The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-25
CUCKOO ORGANS.
The Atlanta Constitution Tells a Little
Story Showing Them up in a
Ridiculous Light.

as far through q milestone as any Quiet
newspaper we know of, is beginning TO
grow weary of the farce that the gold
bugs in the South are playing, and II
turns it's eye glasses upon them In tne
following style:
1--WE observe with interest that GER
tain of the cuckoo and postmaster or
CANS in Alabama and other Soutnern
States are now declaring that n sH-
YER craze must be stamped OUT we
unite agree with them in so a as they
| seem to acknowledge that every otner
remedy has failed and that stamping
ont is now the e~xpedient to which
c,,ckoos and postmasters have been
reduced. We may say, lndeeo, tnaC
stamping out is rather a OF
our in almost every case. We have
ALWAYS advocated the stamping out OF
diseases, such as yellow fever, small
pox, diphtheria and so On. The trou-
bic has always been, however, to find
the thing to stamp on and the proper
thing to stamp with. But u Office
holding aud Office expecting contempt
raries down South are so positive this
time that we infer they have arranged
these little details, and now we hope
they will go to work stamping out in
real earnest.
IF this movement in favor of the
free coinage of silver be a craze the
sooner we suppress it the better. If
coming silver dollars is to reduce us
all to ruin, to destroy commerce and
paralyze industry, the nece stty for
stamping it out is growing every hour.
We not only want stamping, but we
want lots of it. We want it for many
reasons-for the good of the country,
for the secure establishment of our
national credit, for the promotion of
trade and business activity and athou
sand other things. And while we are
on the subject we might add that
stamping out the silver craze would
be a good thing for the cuckoo ard
postmaster newspapers themselves,
since the termination of that contro-
versy and it's permanent withdrawal
from discussion would enable these
newspapers to talk about matters
of which they have some little under
standing, and in treating which they
would appear to comparative advan-
tage.
1--WE say, therefore, go ahead with
the stamping. A long stamp, a strong
stamp, a stamp altogether and the dog
is dead. Get at it, then! Stop talking
and stampT"
This goes pretty far, but it doesn't
touch the bottom. What the cuckoo
and postmaster organs call the free
silver craze" was lever wide
spread or more earnest than it now is.
The efforts of the cuckoo and postmas-
ter organs to employ Mr. CIevelapd's
influence to turn the Democratic or
ganization into a gold party is the fat
test failure in history. The people are
almost unanimous for the free, unlim-
tied and independent coinage of silver
and not all the subsidized speakers and
organs in the country can change
them.
There was a story current in Georgia
long ago about a man who was opposed
to Stone mountain. He said, accord
ing to the story, that such a big rock
was agin' natur' an common sense"
1t was such an irritating freak that
the man finally concluded to make
way with it. So he got him a gun and
an axe and started out on his campaign
against Stone mountain. He rested a
day after reaching the mountain, but
bright and early the next morning he
concluded to begin the work of demol-
ishing it. He searched for a good place
to begin, and his search led him entire
ly around the mountain, and when he
had reached the point from which he
had set out the sun was nearly down.
So he rested that night, and the next
morning began the work of destruction
right where he was. He fired at the
mountain with his gun until his am
munition was gone. Then he hacked
it until his axe was ruined. Then-in
the language of the story-he hauled
off an kicked It," and he kicked so
hard that he had to sit and nurse his
foot the rest.of the day.
A traveller seeing him sitting at the
foot of the mountain, made inquiries
until he found out what the trouble
was. Then, with a sigh he made this
comment:
why, my friend, don't you know
that arter you've knocked the noun
tain to flinders, thereT be jest as big a