The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-12

not. This proceeding of the Demo
cratic press and of the Republican
party forced him, as chairman of the
committee to speak out and through
himself make known the general wishes
of the Peoples party. This is his
crime.
By the by, I took my seat to talk of
tar IF. We say that Whiting went to
both the Democratic and Republican
Conventions of '92, and wrote the
financial and tariff planks for both
parties, for both in their ultimate
analysis are the same, so that the party
hummers could suit all things to all
men. They were nothing but sham
and shoddy goods for the purpose of
cheat and deception. How, then, can
an honest Populist give an expression
of appreciation on either side of this
question without being aligned with
these deceivers.
Every POpulist is for protection-not
the sham and shoddy of the Republi.
can party Of robbing some and making
it a free gift to others, but on a prin-
ciple of mutual benefit, the greatest
good to the greatest number. Every
POpulist is for a tariff for revenue, but
not that sort by which the masses pay
all the taxes. Both the shams can be
so construed as to make the masses
pay the taxes, and this is called hon
esty. Yes, we want protection, but
not the kind which robs US to protect
some one else. We don't want protec
ton on the tariff and robbery for the
British gold tories. We don't want
protection for the tories and robbery
for the people. So when a man comes
to you and says he is for a tariff for
revenue, ask him out of whom is he
going to get the revenue and if he
knows what he is talking about, you
will find he is going to get it out of
the poor. And when one comes and
says / am for protection, ask him who
is he going to protect, and you will
find he Is going to protect trusts mo
nopolies and combines and is going to
rob you. The final end of all tariff
discussion in either party is decep
ton and robbery. This is what is the
matter with the country and the peo-
pie. Not seeing through it they are
Jumping from one part to the other for
relief-jumping from the mouth of
the lion they fell into the claws of the
tiger.
Honest and patriotic men can go levy
a tariff as to be of mutual benefit to
the nation better than they could to be
hampered by the stuff and shoddy of
these wornout and self diegraced par
ties.
There has not been a tariff levied by
a Democratic Congress from j. fferson
down to Cleveland but that had some
protective features in it, and not one
by q Republican Congress that did not
show they we're after the revenue.
All the discussion on this subject being
ton for the fl msy pretext of waging
a sham battle to attract and fool the
people, it is a wise course the Peoples
party has pursued in ignoring this
question for the time, important as it
may be. Honesty, patriotism and a
sense of equal justice will outweigh all
the party hobbies of the past. We
might say we will SO levy a tariff on
a plane OF equal Justice as in u judg-
ment will give the greatest good to the
greatest number. But there are so
many people more afraid OF justice
Qike the Irishman) than anything else,
we can afford to let the position rest
till this cruel war is over against
the British gold tories.
The funniest thing at all, matters not how you
take it,
Is the running of a British gold tory on a tariff
racket.
| Old Bill MCKinley-Oh, no!
/ What makes GU fool dem darkies so?
w. r. LINDSAY.