The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29

Europe would declare that the credit
Of the United States wasn't worth a
cent if it wouldn't give them all they
want, but the people of the United
States love their government and will
stand By it Notwithstanding the
President robs them to salty the
bankers. You see the only honor
that is left ir this country is confined
tc New York bankers, who spread
little out among the other bankers
and the New York bankers get all
their honor from Lombard street,
London and Lombard street bankers
get all their honor from RothschiId
who is the fountain OF all honor.
Johnson. Squire, I knew you
woul.l give him the clean stuff. You
understood what he wanted. thank
you very much.
Lawyer. am glad you and the
farmer came to me so that l could
give you sound advice. These farmers
ought not to be meddling with sub
iects that don't coucern them. They
would ruin the country if they had
their way. They would make dollars
as cheap as they were in times OF
jefferson and Jackson and make
wheat and cotton and everything
else they produce so dear that the
.'hayseeds" would have surplus and
all become upstairs, be sending their
children to school and wearing good
clothes and there would be no dis
tiuction between bankers, lawyers and
the common people. I am very much
obliged to you Mr.. johnson, for
bringing him here where I can in
struct him.
Farmer. This may be all very well,
but I thought the farmers were the
bone and sinew Of the country.
Every time there is any trouble
farmers have to bear the brunt of it.
The boys who beat the red coats and
whipped their hired Hessians in the
revolution were nearly all farmer
boys. Farmers boys turned out in
1912 under old-Hickery and cleaned
the English out at New Orleans and
it was the farmers boys on both
sides that did such splendid fighting
in the last war. These bankers that
you talk about didn't even live in this
country. They speculated in bonds
and sold shoGdy to the soldiers,
cheated them in every way and got
rich while We we're saving the country.
Most all of these rich fellows got
rich because they were skulkins
towards and staid at home while we
were fighting. Now you say the
country is for them and for nobody
else and if we don't make dollars
dear aud men and other things cheap
there will be no distinction between
the banking aristocracy, the lawyers
and the common people. I tell you,
Squire. you think you are an arlsto-
crat now because you are attorney
for the bank but these other lawyers
in town are just as bad of as the
farmers. In fact, one Of them came
to me this morning and wanted me
to trust him for pig. He said that
he had had no meat in the family for
month and if would trust him to
pig it would help him out. The
fellow urged so hard that I gave him
the futtiest little pig had, and when
be took it home in his arms to roast
it his wife and children all came to
the door and the old woman actually
shed tears of Joy because they were
going to have something to eat You
had better look out for your retainer
and stick to the bauk if you don't
you will be in just as bad q fix as
that other lawyer.
johnson. How unreasonable he
is. Why he is even opposed 10 an
aristocracy in this country, and sup
pose that he will even be opposed to
the plan which has been recently
adopted of buying lords and dukes
for husbands for our rich girls SO s.s
to raise our own aristocracy. l
shouldn't be surprised if he wasn't
opposed to that and want American
girls to marry Americans and de-
grade themselves! But, Squire
everything has been little blue mere
for some time. Ten years ago things
were booming. Railroads aud house
building and employment for every
body. Everybody appeared to have
good times. What has made the
difference?
Lawyer. Silver agitation and
Populists. 1t is the complaints that
such men as this farmer here makes
about the good government which
we have, which destroys confidence.
Confidence is what we want. You
don't need any money if you can
really have confidence. You go into
any Of the banking houses in New
York. You see they have good times
there. Why is it. They know they
have got all the money and nobody
else can get it aud their confidence is
all right. The farmers ought to
know that the money IS safe. It is
good money aud safe in the banks,
and they ought to have confidence.
Confidence would make them enjoy
the economy which it is necessary to
practice when you haven't got any
thing to eat. Confidence will do
lit all.
johnson. Your explanation is
perfect. I knew that these wretched
farmers were to blame but I didn't
know exactly how it was. Now I
know. When they complain because