The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-24

was manipulated upward until il
reached IT'S, a then in day, because
Of a quarrel between Cyrus W. Field
and n Gould interest, it fell 20 points.
lC has been a favOrite gambling stock
since then, being specially useful in
CaSoS where deals were made with local
politicians, they being let in with points
on the market III return for t. e grant
ing Of pu6hc privileges.
Is cannot be gaIn5aid that Congress
has leglsiated in the interest Of the cor
pOratiO1s, anG TO Curtail and restrict
tbs power OF the Stats in Controlling
the railroads and protecting the small
IN esIOrs and shippers The machinery
Of the Federal Courts has been the main
engine in this robbery and ruin Dur
ing the past thirty years, with very
few exceptions, and ] speak OF the *.
captions u the honor of the few Judges
who have wI1EstQO the almost over
towering temptations with which they
have been ha8e5, the decisions of the
Supreme and Circuit Courts have been
uniformly against the people and in
f~uFCh9r6nce Of the aims Of those who
have stolen. under forms Of laws, the
larger portion OF this railroad property
from its original overs.
The reason why the Federal judiciary
has been thus antagQnl6CiC to the bnaU
interests OF the country end to justice
l9 tha5 the judges are almost uniformly
selected from among corporation at
tOrueys and | have no doubt their
names ave been frequently suggested
or dictated 30 the President fer ap
pCIuCmanc by the corporations
In addition TO this the raw products
hauled I'd market, together with the
mauufac uve1 prCGu3C8 transported to
tb8 interior il eXC1 %Dge, have had to
pay trelgb5s far in excess Of what l.
reasonable in order 20 y ieId a fair Civi
dend on the capital originally jnves5-d.
This IN spite Of the fact that the Inter
state Commerce law was passed by
Congress essentially with a view to the
control 0f|the extOrti0Gs of railroads in
handling freight and to prevent dis
cTlmInari0ns and rebates.
The Unit d S ate8 Treasury is run
as though II g g private corpora
ton. The Secretary OF the Treasury
goes to New York when called upon by
his masters TO receive instructions.
HIS deputies are constant visitors al the
offices Of the men WHO control the
Treasury from tbs city.
1t Is nOtOriOus-at least it Wa8 gen
orally reported in the newspapers
that Mr.. Cleveland, in the early part
Of 1898, said toa5 Wall street had the
OunJrv by the throat. We would nave
naturally looked Z a man who appre-
ciatcd n a faco, ard who sought to
loosen Wall streets grip on the coun
try g throat, to have selected other ad-
visOr7 than man who are the leaders
and directors / II Wall street.
But he cO0lly and j l~ibera6ely opened
the doors Of the treasury and hid those
LEI d RS in Wall street enter and work
their own sweet will.
There have already been issued 1862,
600. 900 Of bonds to adj to the bur dens
OF the already desperate tax payers,
and the end ie not yet, Still, we are
told that the financial question will not
be an issue in the next campaign.
The best illustration Of the existing
conditions, and n which viii appeal
directly to every farmer in the United
STATES. is q picture which | will draw.
The idea, however, is not original with
me.
Spread the map Of the United States
bafur6 you. Let US consider for pur
pose Of illustration that there is an en-
ormoUs mich COW, so large that she
q reach half way across the CJDtl
nent. Suppose her mouth to be in the
Mississippi Valley and set The myriad
wagons and freight trains OF that gran
airy Of the world IN motion to lransp )rt
into her capaciOus NAV all the surplus
products Of the farms Of the South and
West.
It is a ending stream and the
sturdy toileTs in the field. with brawny
arms and s"uE-browned. toll stained
faces, push forward with the products
Of their labor to satisfy her omnIver-
Gus appetite.
So much food should produce some
mix But where is her udder? Stretch
n of her legs back in the usual atti
tude for milking so that it will rest in
New England. The other hind leg will
rest in New Jersey.
The bag hangs over Manhattan
Island. See the streams of rich, golden
mix drawn from the uddar of that
great COW. The farmers feed and ever
feed. The milk streams into the re-
c~eptacles Of the capitalists-the bank
er5. brokers and spectators of Wall
street.
How much longer, o benighte d sona
OF toll. viii you feed that cow You
are getting no milk. How much longer
will you vote like dumb, driven cattle,
without considering why you vote or
for whom you vote?
Let US reverse this picture. The last
Congress, after a bitter struggle, passed
an income a. measure. The idea Yves
to have wealth bear some proportionate
share Of the burdens of government
From those wh0 had much it was in
tended to take just a little.
Congress turned the great mich cow
around and placed her head in New
York and her udder at Washington.
What happeped2 The Supreme Court
of the United States took the cow by
the throat. chokad il to death and the