The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-14
THE CONSISTENCY OF THE OLD
PARTIES.

The consistency Of the subsidized
press Is somewhat amusing. The cry
has been for a long time, if anything
was said about hard times that the
people caused all their trouble by their
extravaganza. In the Rockingham
Rocket ! n of the May numbers,
says the people are still the cause, but
this time it ls their sUinginess that they
pInch the eagle until it squeals. If they
would only spend the money they
have 1t would be good times. Isn't
that consistency? Who ever knew
those two p~ropensities to be combined
IN one and the same person, but &C.
cordIng to hat article and others in
circulation, VT shall have to accept
that we Che laboring people, are both
s5lngy and extravaganza all ct once.
Very few Of Us have the privilege of
seeing an eagle, let alone the chance
TO pinch him, if we happen to get hold
Of one he slips from our grasp in such
a hurry it seems more like a phantom
than a reality, that we aver possessed
one.
The people have, in most cases, I be-
lieve done their best to get along with,
and make the most of what they had
to do with, with one exception. They
have been So party blind and followed
party leaders, have not tried to think
themselves, until they ere nearly re.
duced to slaves through ignorance. I
think that it is time that our people
put their brains to work, to looking for
the u Of our trouble and put men
at the head OF our government that
will legislato for the wealth producer
instead Of the wealth absorber. I have
talked with different persons and all
agree that it is the hardea5 times they
ever saw. Many have not enough to
lest them till HARVEST, and don't know
what they will do. Many have let
everything 90 that would bring in a
cent or pay O debt. Everybody is
obliged to admit that il is hard times,
and many rather starve themselves
and families then leave the rotten old
party that is reducing Gh3Ln and their
families to ac0n3lUi0n w0rse than chat
tie slavery. One person n .de the re-
mark, yes, it Is hard times but l sup
pose we'have got 20 stand it. Such re-
marks are made by cur party tools.
They say legislation has nothing to do
with producing hard times. If that is
case why does the banks and corpor-
ations keep lawyers and lobbies5 TO in
fuence legislation2 Why is it the
lab0rers and farmers can get nothing
passed that adds to their interests, and
not even the small appropriation of ten
thousand dollars could be had to help
the farmers Of the great State of Texas,
when a few in a corporation Of Chicago
could get one and q half million dol.
lars that robs the laborers. Is that
economy Or roh0ery2
How long will the voters suffer such
work to go on, when it sin their power
to remedy the evils we are suffering.
I hope the time is not far distant when
right will prevail, when the tyrants
that are now crushing the people will
be hurled from power to suffer the pen
city that awaits them.
Such times cell for all to speak, Ia
dies as well as voters. We suffer the
wrongs ae well as our fathers, brothers.
husbands and @ l hope we shall
hear more from our ladies, the farm
ers' wives especially, as l am one of
that number. l believe in ladies vot-
ing, but as we cannot vote let us talk
and write and use our influence to bet
ter our condition.
a FARMERS WIFE