The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-01
MONTGOMERY, LA. l
Jan. %, 1895.
Ed. POPULIST:

Ed. POPULIsr:
Our Brother Goodwin of the
Colfax Chronicle has referred us
to an editorial comment which he
reproduced from the Daily Picay-
une as being ga complete answer
and overthrow of our theory that
the government can issue cheap
money and sustain it at par value,
with nothing but the faith of the
government to back it," We had
already read the article referred to
and we have also seen many other
productions of the Picayune and
also the Times Democrat both
leading democratic journals and
we suppose good authority from a
democratic standpoint. We will
give few samples of what we have
seen in these two papers. We saw
and read that a ''silver standard of
money would put cotton to 10 and
IL cents per pound and wheat to
one dollar per bushel." We saw
and read that Havermeyer presi-
dent of the "sugar trust" paid
either the democratic or republi-
can party for whatever Legislation
he wanted in favor of the trust.
We have seen and read in these
papers upon the question Of over
production) that production had
increased only IL per cent while
consumption had decreased IS per
cent in 1894. We have seen and
read in these papers that Robbery,
Burglary, Larceny, Suicide and
Insanity had increased in the I'm
tied States ~ per cent in the year
1894. We saw and read in the T.
d. that the Peoples party had
made miraculous gains in every
state in the Union at the last cleo
ton. We have seen and read in
the same paper that the administra-
ton had spent all the revenues of
the government besides creating an
Indebtedness of one hundred mil
lions of dollars with five per cent
interest that the people will have
to pay in gold in addition to which
the government would have to IS
sue four hundred million dollars
more in bonds and yet none of the
debts of the government would be
paid. We have seen and read ire
Gently in these papers that there
are so, 900 people on the verge of
starvation in the state of Ohio
caused by being out of employ
ment. We have seen and read in
these papers where bar rooms,
bath houses, barber shops and
restaurants were run for the lux
ury of the members of congress
and at cost of thousand of dollars
to the already overburdened and
overtaxed people. We have seen
in these papers that the expenses Of
the government have in the last
few years increased from % so per
capita to 81 Is per capita. We
are satisfied that our friend Good
wynn has seen and read the same
things but he ingeniously comedies
such facts from the people. Why
does he do 500 Is such q course
in journalism honestl 1t is but
just that the people should know
all that is going on in the affairs of
the government this is the only
way that the people can vote intel
Iigently and there are not 10 per
cent of them that ever see these
great dailies, and therefore must
depend on the country journal for
their information and when this
information is misleading or the
country journals are silent upon
these great questions, the country
is in danger Of despotism. When
would the people have ever known
anything'of the issues involved in
the great struggle for liberty had
Il not hoeu for the roform cav,,-.