The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15
No. So
UNMAsKE D! A BOLD ATTEMPT
OF THE USURER CLASS To
DECEIVE THE PEOPLE,,
EXPOSED.

we would call the serious attention
Of every reader of the Arena to the fol-
lowing editorial taken from a recent
number of the Farm r cord. 1t ia
olfncult to conceive of ANYTHING more
lnsldlous or dangerous iu it's character
Cnan this systematic method of the
usurer class to deceive the great wealth.
producing masses at the most crucial
moment IN the history of our nation,
at the mcment when the policy of the
Bank Of England, which has reduced
our wealth creators from a condition
OF marvellous prosperity to that Of de-
pendence upon capitalism, is preparing
to strike its final blow. These conepira-
tors against the wealth makers have
entered into plan for systematically
prostltuting the country press Of the
South and West. We believe, how
ever, that tie intelligence of the pee
pie of these sections and the bitterness
OF their condition are such, that thev
Will promptly discontinue all papers
which begin to publish these deceiving
communications which are calculated
to fasten forever the chains of serfdom
upon the wealth creators of the repub-
lie. This is the editorial as published
in the Farm Record.
There was mailed to this Office from
the goldbug den at 50 Williams street,
New York City, on July "a h, letter
containing three sheets. One is list
Of books against the so called silver
craze" at prices ranging from fifty
cents to one cent each. This is legiti-
mate business if anyone wants to buy
the stuff but by reading the other
sheets we find that free editorials are
going to all who will take them, One
letter begins: Enclosed herewith is a
sample Of our brOadsides. We
offer to deliv, them to your flee free
OF all charges. as often as once in two
weeks, in sufficient quantity to cover
your subscription list We offer
similar matter in plate form free of all
express charges" " The other sheet says:
I'VE have ordered the American Press
Association to snip our second page of
Sound Currency stereotype plates to
you" Signed Calvin Tomp-
kins, Secretary" This cffice never
asked for any plates.
In still another sheet inclosed is a
report Of what has been doue by this
den Of pirates, saying: I'VE are now
supplying, every two weeks, properly
dated and printed with the names of
the papers circulating them, bToadside
supplements sufficient to accompany
! the full editions Of TWO hundred d local
papers in every part of the country,
most largely in the South and West
and Southwest. In this way the sound
currency literature Ia carried direct
into the homes of rural voters as a part
of the only paper they take, in moet
cases, and which they therefore read
| from beginning to end, and some four
hundred thousand full page sheets of
sound currency literature distributed
each fortnight" Again: 1--WE are now
supplying over one hundred papers
(and the number rapidly increasing)
with plate matter"
Further on in the report it is stated
that this den has in it's employ over
thirty clerks and editors, and says the
expenses will be very heavy from now
until November, when a rest OF two
months will be had, after which Eek
penses will rise again as the time ap-
proaches of fest prepara ions for the
national conventions in June, 1896"
Here is the open avOwal that they will
expond vast sums during the prepara-
ton for the national conventions.
What does this mean9 1t meaIs that
no delegate will be chosen to national
convention next summer unless he
wear a gold collar. The rife diet" is
just ahead. Get ready for it. 1t is
now "unconstitution to tax the rich"
or to grant poor man jury trial.
What will be the next step: The poison
| ing of the fountains of public 1nforma-
tion is preparing for coup d'etat that
will throw civilization back five nun
dred years, or it will fall, and she will
lean forward into a newer and more
! brilliant career than was ever dreamed
by enthusiasts.
In commenting on this conspiracy,
the Chicago Express we'll observes that
the determination of the money power,
IN it's conspiracy, to poison the minds
of the voterssby subsidizing every pcs
e;bIa avenue of news has long been evil
dent but recent movements in that
direction are more obtrusive, pushed
more ope2ly and with greater energy
than ever before-The Arena, Boston.