The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-15
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make acriticism like this subjects him
self to the sludiedIy graceful assaults
of ihe metropoiltan press, and shall
be called demagoa bs pbdsring TO he
haymakers Of Tie wSsf. J hase been
called a silver Iunaiie. an enc,D, p. he
public, a legislative cotnnnnist ana
don't think shall lose anv <I<eu
because l am called a seed demsxo2a
| would rather vete twiee Tie amour,
of this appropriation to give something
! to poor mau in a distant county of
the west, who IS fighting The hard
battle of life sunafded by government,
that would make his cheerless home
Comfortable and bring light to his fire.
side. l would rather put one flower in
the sick room of an oyerworked girior
matron than to have il said that bad
voted 100000 for flowers for <scf D.
/ tions and banquets of the Officials -
this government where the chandeii,r
flashes its light across the red wine aud
the air is fragrant with perfume like the
spicy breeze of Araby the Blessed.
just such things as this action of the
secretary have caused the people Of this
country to doubt whether this is a
government Of the people and for the
people, whether the poor have any
rights except to pay taxes TO support
the government of the rich.
must express my regret that IL we
are TO have economy /. should COM
mence with class the most defenseless
politically of any in the United States.
Scattered over a vast extent of territory
with continent for their scene of ope-
rations, the farmers are unable to or
ganize and protect themselves as other
interests. They are of all classes in
this country within my personal knowl-
edge. more affected by tho coxisting de-
preston in business thnussu> ~ tefe.
According to the report Of fh& sccf--
tary of agriculture himself aud o. the
statisticIan of that department., there
was fall In the price of farm animals
between 1894 and 1895 of 1851 ,37O, O,44s.
With wheat not paying the cost of pro-
duction, with corn selling all over tie
west at from 121e to Is cents, with
beef under the control of the Chicago
Isyndicate, who fix the price at will,
now we must economize by taking away
from the farmers the only thing they
receive from this government, the only
thing that reminds them that the gov
ernment knows there Is an agricultural
class which supports almost the entire
burden of the government.
In view OF the statistics OF the secre-
tary of agriculture and the Official decla-
ration of the president, wish 70 call
the attention of the Senate 20 the most J
remarkable public document ft.It4 tavs
| cen Ia nearly - years. se1<f1Ct n this
chanber. II this does no make good
what / have said IN regard to the pur-
pose OF the secretary of agriculture and
the real animus OF his attack upon the
appropriation of Sla0,OO0 for seeds, am
mistaken in regard to the logical efft CT.
The secretary Of agriculture in his
annual report submitted at the begin
ming of the preseht session undertakes
to prove that the farmers are The most
wealthy and prosperous class In the
United States and that the bankers and
capitalists are the most unfortunate.
have spoken of the extraordinary change
that came over the secretary after three
years distribution of seeds when he dis
covered all at once that the law did not
authorize him to continue the seed dis
tributiCa.
About that time the silver agitation
actively commenced in this country
and the agricultural districts were en-
phatic in favor OF the free coinage OF
silver. The secretary OF agriculture,
instead of devoting himself to the
legitimate functions of his department
has been raiding every portion of the
country upon. the financial question.
He ought 10 be the secretary of war
and secretary of the treasury. The
idea of his limitinghis colossal capacity
and analytical inquiries to cabbages.
potatoes, beets and pumpkins! When
he sees silver man, he charges, he
rushes from his office, reminding us OF
what Cicero says of Catiline's flight
from the senate 'sAbiit, excesslt, evasii,
erupit." Uaughter.)
When the secretary of agriculture
hears of silver lunatic, like the war
horse in Job, his neck is clothed with
thunder. You might go farther and
say, ale sayeth among the trumpets,
ha! ha! and he smelleth the battle afar
off, the thunders of the captains and
the shouting"
Now will the secretary read this ex--
traordinary argument, showing that
the farmers, instead of being unfortu-
nate and their vocation depressed, are
really the wealthy people of this =
country; that all their complaints are
unfounded; that they have no right 10
say that farming is Improbable the
the United States, and he undertakes
to prove it is the most profitable
vocation.
Here the senator quoted from the
annual report of the secretary OF agri-
culture, and continuing his remarks, he
said:
L take it that the farmers of the
United States will be profoundly aston
ished to find that they are the. most
prosperous class of our people, aud
that the capitalists and the mannfac-
turers are the poor unfortunate bank
rupts. A public officer, coming him
self from the west, who wonld dare to
make The statement deliberately put
forth in that paper, possesses courage
and hardihOod to which do not aspire.
The man wh9 will say to the farmers