Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-31
Knob Lick.

L. y. and Ed Barnes went to Mt.
Sterling Sunday.
Corn is coming up nicely,-in
fact perfect stand.
Ed Barnes and Charles Spencer
have invested in n new buggy each.
Bids will be received at once for
the clearing of the right of way for
the II. r. to Olympia. Work will
commence as soon as bids are ac-
ccpted.
The SIcK.-Uncle Billie Warren
is not SO well. He had a fainting
fit Sunday and fell on the floor.
lie seemed to be resting easy Sun
day eve.
Railroad building in Bath coun-
ty is on boom. | have it from
reliable authority that there will
be a road from Salt Lick to the
mouth of Beaver. While these
roads are short lines they will be a
great benefit in developing the re-
sources of the county.
You say that the cause of hard
times are people spending more
than they make, and particularly
the threat of silver.
TO the first accusation | feel it
would be criminal not to answer
For men who for their prOhigate
habit l have no apology, but for
the honest tOiler who for the last
twenty years has worked from ear
ly dawn to dewy eve, who never
spent ten dollars foolishly, whose
back has assumed the graceful
curve of the swans neck, and is
poorer than when he commenced,
would not be inspired by what
you say. In your second charge,
the fear of free sllyer,-such an
idea is too thin to hold water. We
find that in 1894 the product of
silver was only about 70,G00,00e,
and in '95 about 100000. Divide
this sum by 100000 people, and
we have less than $l.00 per capita
eas' year. That surely need cause
, - fear. You say pensions are
,eugtl 'ause for hard times. Let
rhr soldier have it if he earned it,
..or it puts more money into circu-
iation than We would have. Last,
I but not least, tariff. Is it not
about time to stop that Punch and
Judy show to draw the minds of
the voter from the true issues. No,
Mr. Ed, you must face the true
issue, finance. No dodging. Stand
up TO the rack, hay or no hay.
! ur. Editor, you got terribly in
the woods in your reply. In the
fist place, you don't seem to know
what is Populism. All Populists
are for free silver, but all free
silver men are not Populists. To
a certain extent the free silyerites
march on the same route We do to
that point. We should keep each
other company. But We do not
| intend to stop where they stop,
1--WE intend to go to the full length
of the Populistic principles,-that
1 the Government shall take away
from the banks the power of Great
ing money; that the Government
itself shall create it; and that a
sufficient quantity shall be created
to meet the legitimate demands OF
trade; and that with an increasing
population and business money
must increase, and not decrease
That's Populism. We further want
and shall urge that money being a
creation of law, an act of sover-
eighty and so decided by the Su-
preme Court, the people shall Dor
row or get the money directly from
the Government at . per cent,
backed by the only true security,
real estate, better than your boast
ed gold, for it virtually stands be-
hind gold. We as Populists OPP
pose the discrimination between
the people and the bankers, the
aforesaid bankers borrowing mon
ey from the Government at / of ]
per cent.
That system or the outgrowth
was what jefferson, jackson and
Lincoln referred to. You seem to
claim they had no reference to
them. Then let US take the living
witnesses, Dem. and Rep, old men
and young, the farmer and the la
borer. The first question l pro-
pound: "How are the times, young
MANI" "Bad enough. Cannot get
much to do nor much for it when |
work WELL" Next l meet up with
an old farmer, his back bent with
labor, with a look of detection and
his seedy garments, wearing a
cheap outfit that has done service
for several seasons. l PROFOUND
the same question; the invarible
answer, "Bad enough" what
seems to be the trouble? Have you
not been true to your parties?'
"Yes." Well, my old and young
friend, do you think the parties
have been true to you! They cried
free trade and tariff, free trade,
cheap coffee, tariff and high priced
wool. You see the effects. Free
trade or the tariff OFF, high coffee /;
tariff, and wool low. Now, you see
there is nothing in that. There is
another dodge. They will claim
the over-production dodge. There
are few things there is an over
production of, if the people had
the money to buy with. l will
give you a few of them. They are
not necessities. In the first place,
there is an over-production of mil
lionaires, an over-production of
paupers and an Over-production of
rascals in Office and an ver-pro-
duction of fools that put them
there.
| We accept in part what Senator
Wolcott says IN regard to the Pop
Il.