The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-02-20

6OAuS W Do q F~0VOlUG1OQ, per
maps OF the mind and brain and ballot,
perhaps Of the bomb and bullet and
battle ak. But this condition of affairs
cannot always last; it must come to
some terminus, either of good or i'll.
Free born and pure bred Americans
won't suffer IN silence always. 1t takes
n Americans a long time to reach
some conclusions, but when they are
once convinced in their conclusions,
neither death, hell or destruction can
stop them in upholding their convic-
lions Think i the legislators would,
by honest, earnest eudeavurs, pass
laws calculated specially to benefit the
man OF toll, and keep passing such
laws, keep tearing thread by thread
from the strong monopoly cord, that
IN time we would yet become a pros
porous and happy nation-a nation
such as the Romans never dreamed of,
or the Athenians ever pOndered over.
l say this a yet be the destiny of
Am 9riCa if the masses of the people
OL4OIA NOOJ dlO w 1O-SU1Ch
together, stand side by SIDE, knowing
no enemy but the enemy of the people,
fearing no foe, and marching under
the liberty-loving banner of equal
rights to all. special privileges to none"
The way to get anything is to think
about it, talk about it, write about it,
and vote for it. One vote is worth q
thousand theories in the oueh.
And my pard was gazing into the
rivulet which murmured sweetly along
its messy banks below-gazing, yet
thinking of a good place to get a square
meal. Hunger Is always more eloquent
than words. When it talks the world
listens In awe. IJ is a touch of nature
which makes the whole world kin"
But Joe jackson Is a tramp to night;
what right has he to meddIe In phil
Osophy, science, politics, religion or
anything else2 Tramps are no good,
they say. ''Hush your nonsense"
said my pard, ''one- honest man is as
! good as any other honest man, be he a
tramp or a king. Character must be
the test of worth with patriots and free
men.
mans a man for a that and
The rank is bu the guinea's stamp,
The man the goWd for "a that ana
GOOD COMPANY 8 n chess-board; there are
kings queens bi-hops. knights rocks, fawns;
the worlds a camel
Joe, it Is the duty Of Americans to
strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,
for as we r players with lfe's cards
perchance q royal flush may yet be
turned by accident. and even three
kings have been known to win the jack
pot. Sohush your melancholy musing
and put on your Sunday smile,
Just then there passed US Gy the
wonder of the nineteenth Century-a
modern politician. Says to my pard,
I'll bet q jug of Junebug soup that that
fellow is a free-sIlver man. Why, he's
too much of a gentleman to be any
thing else. So ~accosting him I said:
Sir, what about the financial Ques
tion7 Do you think the free coinage
of silver. 16 TO l, would ben, fit the
country p At once there came a
sparkle into his eyes as he eloquently
answered: Certainly it would help
the country-it's the very thing we
need to dIsperse this cloud of business
depression. We need more money in
circulation among the people and tbs
will give us more. Now let's look at
this question. AL authority says that
money is whatever passes freely from
hand to hand asa medium of exchange,
and Is generally received III final dis
charge of debts" Legal money ls what
the laws compel Us TO make. This me-
dunn Of exchange has seen very many
different kinds Of things in the history
of nations, such as cattle, furs, in the
Northern countries, OIL, wampum,
among the early New e: CHAMBERS, tea,
among the Russians, tobacco, iron,
copper and other baser metals, and
silver and gold Paper money is only
a promise to pay IN something else
Fiat O Is that which Is not based
on economic demands. r. 7. Ely, IN
his Outlines Of Economies, says: The
possibility Of the circulation of such
fiat money is conceded by economical
writer's generally"
The value of money is governed by
it's supply and demand. Ely says
again: Now, o decrease the amount
of money raises the value Of every debt
and adds to the burden Of every debtor,
public and private. 1t increases the
value of notes, mortgages, railroad
bonds, and local, State and Federal