The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-15
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recipients of the proceeds OF the $780,
000, 900 exports of agriculture products,
must calculate upon a credulity in the
agricultural districts that is not com :
~prehensible to those who have rural
constituents.
Does not the secretary OF agriculture
know that the farmers do not receive
this money, that it goes to the middle
men and to the exporters, and that un-
fortunately, as the autonomy of our gov
ernment exists, the federal government
is unable to destroy the combinations
in the great grain markets of the
United States which make the farmer
the victim and put the proceeds of his
toll in the hands of those who toll not,
neither do-they spinP
But there is another statement in
in that paper even more astounding.
1t is undoubtedly the most remarkable
1 have ever known to come from Il de-
partment of this government. The
secretary of agriculture says that the
banks and savings institutions are in
debt over "a Zoo, OO0, 900. In debt to
whemP To their depositors. In other
words, fthey have the money of the
people, which they receive without
paying interest and which the banks
are loaning out at from 6 to 10 per
cent, and even more, and the secretary
of agriculture says that this an indebt-
edness which shows their most unfor-
tunate financial condition. L have been
under the impression that the bank
which had the largest deposits was the
most fortunate, and, although in their
bookkeeping the deposits are not
charged up as Indebtedness of the bank.
we know that it constitutes the greatest
desideration. with bankers and gives
them their largest profit.
Is it possible the secretary of agri-
culture thinks that the people OF the
United States are such idiots as not to
understand thisP Does he expect us to
believe that the manufacturers of the
east and the operatives of New Eng
land with their millions and even
billions in the savings banks, are NOT
really the fortunate class IN this country,
but the unfortunate class, and that the
farmers, as Mr.. Morton says, in that
report, are deriving larger profits upon
their capital than any other portion of
the community
The trouble with the secretary of
agriculture is that he is a monomanIac
on the subject of the gold standard.
He sees nothing but gold, red gold,
and he believes that every man who
cannot understand the question as he
does is a lunatic and ought to be re-
garded as a public enemy. ] saw in a
newspaper that the secretary of agri-
culture absolutely paid off his M
men and women who are sup
posed to be favorable to the free coinage
of silver, with silver dollars, in order,
as he said, to give them an Object
as to the use of silver. Was
at the time, but l saw the t1b-
LEGATION. 1t was published in HErIklsh|
paper also. -
l was told by one of the employees
that he had to receive $40, 1 think it
was, in silver dollars, and as he wss
o little lame be was afraid he would be
compelled to hire a cab in order to get
The senator from Virginia (Mr.
asks why the secretary did not
give him silver certificates? Recaass
he wanted to give him an object lesson,
synically showing what would come if
The silver dollar was coined in the
States. In that day OF gloom
and disaster when the democratic
party was overwhelmingly defeated at
he last election. and true democrats
everywhere through this country were
mourning over the result, | saw n
carefully prepared interview with the
of agriculture, in which he
over it. "lo t~riumphe." He
Maryland, Kentucky and Ohio have
gone for the Republicans and the
Judases have been struck down, who
Who in the senate opposed the admin
Mr.. President, l thank God the time
never come, and it never will come,
when I gloat over seeing the democratic
lag in the dust, no matter by whom
hat banner may have been borne. No
rue Democrat will ever do that. But
he secretary of agriculture could see
except that men who differed
rom him have been struck down in
public life, aud he, a member of the
administration, came out
and gloated over it and shouted
With ghoullsh glee over the defeat Of
members of his own party.
The secret try of agriculture delivered
speech in New York On January 1871
Which was published in the New York
and which any senator can
!btain from The library, IN which he
''What do these politicians at
know about financeP Why
The capitalists, bankers and bust
less men demand n monetary commits
TO regulate the finances of the
ountry and force congress to accept
$ decisionP Go to Washington aud
make them take it. What do those
politicians know about finance and gold
Make Your