The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
ROWLING GoLRuGs.

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holders, and all the heelers, cliques and
tooters of the goldbug organizations,
including the Chambers of Commerce,
Boards of Trade, and the metropolitan
Journals are bowling themselves hoarse,
crying aloud from the hilltops and
mountains, between the oceans and the
CULTS and lakes, that prosperity has
again returned to our common country
to bless, make happy and fill with joy
the hearts of the poverty stricken, the
downtrodden and laboring millions
who have been half clad, half starved,
and mad all over for nearly three years.
And to these specified classes we pre-
Eume the declaration is true. In fact,
they have new been in distress or
driven to the wall, They have never
experienced the need of clothing to
hide their nakedness, the want of food
to appease the pangs of hunger, the
need of shelter and bec ding to shield
them or their little ones from the pelt
ing storms and mad blizzards of winter.
They live in palaces, clothed in i'm
linen and purple, silks and satlnszand
lambs wool, and feast upon the tas OF
the land and the fullness Of the earth.
Every taste, want, desire and wish Is
-satiefied and gratified without an effort
or q thought. As to them we cheer
fully admit and concede that the Jul
is prosperous, happy and contented
And they can, from their standpoint,
say, ''plow on boys. all is we'll" And
they will still be contented and happy,
if they and their tools, minions and
hessians can convince the rest of the
human family that their declarations
are true. And who. without q con-
science, or with one scared as with a
hot iron, would not be happy in the
same condition and under the same
circumstances One born with a sil
yer spoon In his mouth, the ends Of his
fingers and toes tipped with gold, dia
monds hung about his neck, his fingers
clad in sapphires. rubies and pearls, his
body clotht d in fine linen and purple
robes, cannot understand and fully
comprehend the trials, t~ribulatiOns,
sorrows, needs and hardships of the
distressed, poverty stricken poor man,
who ia compelled to labor day by day,
in season and out Of season, to drive
the wolf of starvation and nakedness
from his door, and at times the wife of
his bosom and the children of his loins
at night are forced to retire half starved,
half naked, with not covering enough
TO keep their bodies warm until the sun
on the morrow shall come to their aid.
No, no! one must have suffered to
know what suffering is; n must have
felt the pangs of hunger gnawing upon
his vitals, to feel and sympathize with
the starving. Prosperity Where is
it2 To whose home has it comet To
the homes of the L0rds and Nobles2 To
the Kings palaces To the Presidents
mansionG To the bankers parlor9 To
the money lenders ~tabernacle9 To the
officials home and the government
e~mployeesG No. moi it has never de,
parted from these royal abodes! To
whom has prosperity made its appear
ence9 To the faTmer9 To the rail
splitter2 To the producer of wealth9
To the men that feed and clothe the
yworld9 To suffering and bleeding hui
manity7 To the millions of men,
women and children now cut of en-,
ployment and upon the verge of reck
4essness, despair and starvation? MOI
As a matter of fact these people are
about as bad off now as they were two
or three years ago. It is true more
people are at work now than then, and
in some departments receive larger
wages than then. But millions are
sAiI unemployed. And those who are
getting what is called increased wages,
are only those in the protected depart
menus Of industry, where trusts, com
Dimes and patentees dictate the price of
the produced commodity to the con
sumePs And these called increase of
wages is far below the average wsges
before the goldbug panic in 1898 And
in addition to these ress )ns, the organ
lied condition of these Iaborers in these
special departments has much, very
much, tod with the so called increase
OF wages. But admit the fact { o be
true, that wages are higher than in the
days of the panic. this only shows that
mass Of the consumers must
pay higher prices for the goods they
consume and get less for the raw ma
terial they produce or create. 1t is
true that wheat has gone III in price.
Bus.does this benefit the VIE II grOwer9
Hoe mt the what long hiuca Dassa6