The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-09-13

want to burn into you, that you may
see how the crop was sacrificed. Corn
374 cents, Wheat Ga, Rye 81, Oats
2o, Potatoes G7, Tobacco y, Cotton
.OG9 against .084 in 1892. Products
without an exception gone down.
You know know flour is. The best
patent flour at the mills $2.7O per
bbl. How can they live? I intend
ed my speech to be all figures. In
1883 agricultural interests employed
44 per cent of the population and
had twelve billions invested and made
two billions profit. All other inter
ests had $2,70o,OoO,O0O invested and
made S5,G00,000,OO profit. Our in
come was 6 per cent. The income of
the others was 200 per cont. Here
VIC are devoted to this government
Arc VIC going on at this rate? Now
you sec where your money is going
1t IS gong to tho glare and glitter of
the towns. Your children have n
school two months. Town children
go to school all the time. They arc
educated. Yours arc ignoramuses.
''In the last campaign people asked
tho candidates this, that and tho 9TH
CT question, but did not ask tho i'm
portatant qaos ton. Tho Alliance
had projected schemc-the Sub
treasury, the princip pal Of which is this
government shall not favor ono set of
men more than another. If wo can
make it safe, why should not the gov
crnmcnt lend money to you and me?
Some people arc opposed to the gov
crnmcnt lending money. I do not
care whether it lends it or not SO it
treats all alike. If withhold from
one it should be withheld from all.
This IS the sub treasury scheme, to
get money out Of the control of the
banks and have it issued direct to the
people. 1t is right, correct and Just
and must prevail. This is all that is
contcndcd for and it is bound to come.
L have word Of ccnsure but cannot
u.s. it here you do not deserve it.
Farmers in other places have stood
by and done nothing. We have six
OF our men in Congress and one in
tho Senate. Iccnsure Ga, Ala, Tex,
La, Ark, Miss. Cleveland was made
President only by seven votes. IF
ono Of those states had stood bv
South Carolina he would not be Drcs-
ident today, Cleveland is tho friend
of capital Carlisle turned against
the people after dovoting twenty years
of his life to their service and went
into Clcveland's cabinet, also n friend
of capital. Morton was appointed to
overlook the interests Of thirty million
farmers, and tho first thing ho did
III tho agricultural department was
to lower its dignity, for which we
fought and for which Aiken fought,
by cutting down it's expenses S3G9,000
He is going to trim it down. The
farmers Of republican Now Hamp.
shire asked the President to remove
him. Not n southern state but
state nesting in tho mountains of
the North
When 1 go to the national alliance,
shall sec that dcrclict States are
brougt up. When that is done, you
will sec such changes in washington
as will make you think this is
government of tho people.
Joel III. Miller, the worthy lecturer,
was then presented. He said: "I will
not take up much of your time. I
want to call attention to n few things
The sub-treasrry has been we'll ex-
planned. The alliance thinks tho gov
crnment should own the railroads.
The newspapers tell us Of great an.
noyance between the railroads and
their employees. The government
would stop that. Much trouble to
tho country would thus be spared,
and it woald bo better for all con-
cerned. We allow public roads to pass
over peoples land because their use
is for tho public. Railroads get the
use Of land the same way. Decause
it is for the public good. Then if it
is for the public good, let tho govern
mont own and operate tho railroads.
Years ago when Chicago was burn
ing, they took dynamite and put it
under peoples houses and stores and
blew them to pieces to stop tho fire
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