The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

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The Major Reforms Again--A Row With
Betsy--The Price! of Raw Ma
terial VS., the Price of Manu-
featured Goods.
B.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Good morning Major. guess
you are still holding or to your gold
bug IDEAS"
B.-t.No, I'm not q goldbug. I'm a
guide Dimycrat9 1 believe in a single
standard, but favor coinin' the seenor-
age and an increase in the c%irculatin'
medium. I think Secretary Carlisle is
dom right in issuing more bonds. The
poor folks need sum place ter invest
their muney. He is doin' exactly
right"
R.-''The man who favors a single
standard, is only in favor of coming
the seignorage, and endorses the issue
of bonds. is neither a Democrat, Re
publican o Populist. He is a pluto
crat, a goldbug. To make it plain, he
is rascal or an ignorant fool"
B.-"OhI l can't argify with you an
Betsy. 1 believe you are both An
archists. Betsy she quarels with me
every day and asks me questions that
Icanat answer. She makes statements
an I can't conterdict them, fer they
seem like facts. I tux sum wool to
town the other day ter sell. I cum
ba6k an tole Betsy whut I got fer it.
ne lowed that wuz only half what
we sold wool fer a few years ago.. an
she lowed that it wuz OWN, ter the
3emoneytization of silver an contrack
11f the currency. I tole her it wuz
all on ercount ov that infamous Nc,
Kinley bill; that it put up the price of
wool hats an wooden blankets an
clothes. Betsy she looked az mad az a
eettin' hen an wanted ter know why
wool should go down when the Nc
Kinley bill put up the price ov wooden
goods. l tole her I couldn't tell why,
but that the Dymacrat papers said
that wuz the reason. She said it wuz
a false argymint an I thought it sorter
looked that way myself. Then she
wanted ter XII DIV whut put down the
price ov wheat to one third whut it
u fifteen years ago. 1 tole her I
reckoned it wuz the Mckinley bill an
the Sherman bill. She asked me whut
the Mckinley bill he'd ter do with
wheat. She says we don't buy any
wheat, but we do sell wheat, in turin
countries. l couldn't tell her how it
wuz an she got the best ov the argy-
mint as usual. Then I tole her I
reckoned overproduction put down the
price Ov things. She lowed that
wouldn't do, fer there are millions ov
peaple in America an the balance ov
the wurld Twin on short rashuns and
needin' clothes. She said every bushel
ov wheat, corn an pound ov meat in
the United States that we could spare,
would be eaten up inside ov a month
if the people had money to buy it.
Then she lowed that if every pound
ov wool an cotton in the world wuz
made into clothing as fast as all the
factories could spin an weave it, that
it wouldn't comfortably clothe n
fourth of the honest, industrious PEG
pie who are out ov wurk, money and
nothalf dressed comfortably. Icouldn't
argufy against that an he'd ter give
in. I tell you I'm gittin' mighty shaky
erbout these matters. I believe I've
bin on the wrong track. I'm goin ter
cum out ergin contraction of the cur
rency an trusts"
R.-'In regard to trusts you might
see Attorney General Osborne. Per
haps he can help you some"
BAH right, hitch the phone ter
his number fer me. Hellol Mr.. General
Osborne, hellol"
A, G-"Who is that9'
B.-"Zeke Bilkins."
A. G.-"I am busy to-day Mr.. Bill
kins."
B.-"Say I just wanted ter ask you
If you've seen or hearn tell ov ennv
trusts scootin' Ground over the State"
A. CT tell you am busy to day
Mr. Bllkins. I have been too busy
since 1 came into the office to look
after such things"
B-"What have you bin doin'q'
1No answer) I reckin' he is powerful
busy az he can't talk erbout trusts.
Good bye"
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