Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-03-06

store confidence and bring the needed
relief. Has it done il? Behold the
ruin it has brought to thousands OF
business men: the wreck of many en-
terprises. the gloom and dependency
on the faces of the wase-workers, the
unpaid interest on the
NINE MILLION MORTGAGES
and the army of three million house.
| less. homeless wanderers in our land
for your answer!
| The sham battle over the tariff is
still being fought with the hope of
| side-tracking the real issue iinan-
cial ouestion-aud this too in the face
of a depleted treasury and deficit in
national revenue estimated at S,0,OOo,-
| 600 per annum. 1t is proposed to place
| the raw material on the free list, there
| by Gripping the producer, that the
manufacturer may not be hurt by the
small cut the Wilson bill will make in
! his profits. What he loses in the price
of his products, will be compensated
| for in
CHEAPER RAW MATERIAL.
The necessaries of life, such as sugar
and coffee, must be increased to the
consumers and the proposed income
tax to be levied on the rich must be
abandoned. or the miserable preteXt
for revenue reform now before Con-
gress runs the gauntlet Of mugwump
insincerity in the Senate and EXecu-
tive obstinacy in the White House.
Does any body believe any relief can
come to the people from tariff tinker
ing, which according to high Demo.
cratic authority means the repeal of
the Mckinley bill only to re-enact an
other as near like it as possible?
Mississippians-In your own State
the same conditions maintain as IN the
Nation at large. Real estate deprecia
ting, the products of the farm reduc-
ing in price. money growing scarcer
day by day, while taxes, State, county
and municipal are
PILED MOUNTAIN HIGH.
The recent session of the Legislature
left the treasury practically empty;
the appropriation bills carry in the ag-
gregate about S3,400,000; interest bear
ing certificates to tide the State gov
eminent over the coming summer must
be issued and the taxes for this year
have been increased 20 per cent.
Is it any wonder, then, we find more
than seven hundred pieces of land ad
vertised for sale for taxes in one coun-
ty? Need we be surprised that many
of our homes have passed into the
hands of loan syndicates; the business
interest of our towns is languishing,
our labor demoralized and our people
restless and disconnected? And is it
not apparent to all thoughtful men
that change in governmental policy,
National and State, must be secured
before the sun of prosperity will again
dawn upon us!
Hampered as we are by the provis-
ions of
MOST INFAMOUS CONSTITUTION,
there is yet hope that the utter disre-
gard shown by those in power, for the
rights of the plain people, coupled with
the deplorable conditions now con-
fronting the farmers and business men
of Mississippi will suffice to warn hon
est men who have heretofore voted the
old party tickets to flee the wrath to
come.
Comrades Mississippi expects every
one of us to do our whole duty in this
hour of her dire necessity, and our
brethren of the West and South are
looking sympathetically and prayer
fully on our preparations for the COM
| ing struggle. Let our conduct in the
pending canvass be such as to main
| tam our own self-respect; elicit the
commentator of our friends abroad
and deserve the approval of Almighty
| God.
MAKE ORGANIZATION YOUR WATCH WORD.
Call your county meetings not later
than Saturday, March 3lst; reorganize
your Executive Committees and report
proceedings without delay to the chair
man and secretary of your State Com
mittee. Organize Peoples party clubs
in every community and let the off
GERS thereof see that every member is
duly registered. Invite your neighbor.
who has heretofore voted for the old
party machine, only to be duped and
betrayed. to unite with you in making
one supreme effort for the REDEMPTION
of our beloved State and country
Remember, comrades, that on the
FOURTH DAY OF JULY, 1892,
| the banner under which we train, bear
ing the inscription Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none," was
first unfurled to the pure breeze of
Heaven, and four months thereafter.
more than million freemen entered
their solemn protest against the cor
ruptlon. injustice and oppression of
the INTERCHANGEABLE oligarchy
Our party is growing. Patriotic men
everywhere are flocking to our stand
ard. Truth is mighty and will pre-
vail"
Be prompt in organization; loyal to
principle; brave in upholding the
right; Jealous in the promotion of our
glorious cause and pigilant at The bal
lot box, and the same God, Who deliv-
cred Israel out of Egyptian bondage,
will deliver the American people from
] the chains forged by the money devil
and restore to them that priceless her
itage purchased by the blood of Revo-
lutionary sires at Bunker Hill, Con
cord, Trenton and Yorktown.
W. p. RATLiFF, Chm'n., Kosciusko.
M, u. Cook, Sec'y., Prairie.
l. j. KING, FRED P, SMITH,
JOHN A. BAILEY, S. III. HALL,
I. II. DIXON, r. r. BUNTIN.
w. NJ Nix, G.. w. WISE.
S. w. ROBERTSON, RI. LOVE,
l.. III. BYRD, J. E. GORE.
j. FL. JAMESON, A. M. NEWMAN.
G. w. Bolton.
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