The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1895-01-23
CRAY VS.. CRAY.
One Red Hot PopuIist the Other
a Red Hot Democrat.
The PopuIist Has the Floor and
Declares His Party Is Not
Dead.
BUT STILL IN THE FIGHT.
will Enter the Next Campaign
With Fresh Zeal. Advo-
eating
Free Silver, Government Owner
ship Of Railroads and
ReciprosIty.
Say, W. Heath Gray, Have Not the
Democrats Run the Government
Very Satisfactory to the
Republicans"
" WHAT ABOUT IT."

DhhNDhNbOhbJ hn'j Jdu. DEAR
Editor:-I ask small space in the col
umns of your paper to reply to some Of
the arguments made by w. Heath Gray,
who has submitted some thoughts con-
corning silver, etc, in recent issues
of your paper.
lie has submitted some thoughts that
l wish to notice and in doing so / will
not say one unkind or unpleasant word
concerning him or his policy. propose
to discuss it from purely business stand
point, and l want him to answer me.
After taking up almost half column as
a burlesque on Jim Arnold, he says
''lets get down to business" He starts
off by saying that the Populists, or Jim
Arnold at least, holds the Democratic
party alone responsible for the hard
times. 1t is not claimed by the Populists
that the Democratic party alone is re-
sponsible for the condition Of affairs.
But we do claim that the policies which
have brought about this deplorable con-
dition originated in the Republican party
and are being perpetuated by the Demo
cratic party. He now takes up the
Sherman law and says "it required the
purchase Of "a, OOO, 900 ounces of silver to
be stored away in the government vaults
as so much merchandise" / am quo
ting from memory, but think l have in
substance what he says. Now, the silver
thus purchased and heaped up in the
vaults was not lying idls, because notes
were issued in its place. For every bar
of silver that is in the treasury, notes
have been issued representing every dol
lars worth of it. But l want you to I'M
derstand that l don't oppose such law.
The Sherman law was "cowardly
makeshift," but at the same time l say
it was better than no silver law at all.
The point w. Heath Gray is driving at,
| think, is this. That the redemption of
the treasury notes in gold was depicting
the treasury of gold. But since the law
has been repealed: the gold reserve con-
tinues to flow out and bonds have been
issued to build 1t up. Now will he tell
us next what is taking the gold out since
that law has been repealed. In order to
be understood l will say again that al
though / did not approve the Sherman
act, still it was better than no silver law.
Again, he says, that the sugar trust was
an out growth of the Mckinley law.
Yes, the Republican party built the
sugar trust and then the sugar trust
built the Democratic party. This sugar
trust is dangerous institution. 1t has
interfered with the doings of our Con-
gress, influenced the committees and
even seduced virtuous old Senators. 1t
did not step on the grass, neither was it
sent to Jail, but it got in the work just
the same.
He claims, too, that the 40 per cent.
advalorem tax Is good thing. Now let's
look at it. We only produce about one
eighth OF the sugar we consume. One
eighth OF the sugar used here We pro-
duce. The remaining seven-eighths be-
ing shipped in from abroad. Now under
the Mckinley law we paid bounty on
the one-eighth produced at home. I'm
der the new tariff law we pay tariff on
the seven-eighths shipped from abroad.
Now is it not better to pay bounty on
one-eighth, than to pay tariff on seven
eighths. But his point here is that the
40 per cent advalorem is revenue tax.
So it is, but let's see now about bounty.
II we pay bounty TO our home pro-
ducers, then our people are taxed to pay
tribute TO the sugar growers OF the south.
Now then just apply rigid income tax
to the sugar planters and we would catch
the revenue from that source. II not
please show why. The objection have
to the 40 per cent. is this. you know
England, France andGermany have been
the chiei markets for our pork. beef, etc.
But you see the moment we put tariff
ON sugar, these countries retaliated by
putting restriction on our meats.
We Populists are not discouraged over
the results Of the late election. We have
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Wofid's PsIr Highest Medal and Diploma.