The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-08
IT WILL COME IN 1000.
Correspondence OF the Progressive Farmer.
BLOOMINGTON, IND

Republicans and those who voted
the Republican side ticket" are busily
engaged in alleging that the silver sen
timent has spent itself and is a dead
issue. That the contest is ended and
such a preposterous proposition to help
the bulk of American people and take
from the plutocrats and anarchists
some OF their extensive power, will
never present itself again.
Oar Republican and Democrat
Republican brethren, in the year 1900,
will never have seen such a live corpse
as the 50 called silver craze will be.
The advocacy of free silver coinage is
not a new theme. The POpulists have
advocated this measure for years, as
a means of relief for our people, so the
free silver proposition is not so young
and fragile as the friends of ~plutocracy
would have the public believe. Bu5 On
the other hand the free silver senti
ment has been carefully nurtured from
a babe" in the hands Of a few patri-
otto men until the ''Oabe" has devel
oped into q young giant" which came
very near capturing the country, but
Was thwarted by the intrigues Of plu
tocrats and the bad impression created
by the Cleveland "goldlto" admins,
tration.
Before the year 1900 the Mckinley
administration will have long since
proved very unsatisfactory TO many
Of our enthusiastic Republican breth-
rem The continued single standard and
1.-TWO hundred cent dollars" will have
become exceedingly unpopular and the
exodus from the single standard party
will sufficiently Increase the strength
Of the young giant" so that he a
win the victory in spite Of the intrigues
of p~lutocracy.
the European press is very enthusi
astic over McKtnley's election, and
glories il the defeat of Bryan. Thay
readily see that if the United States
should adopt a free coinage meaeure
she would prosper as she has never
prospered before. She would wrest
the trade of South America and the
Orient from E lrope and at the same
time the measure would be equal to a
very high protective tariff, which
would be very disadvantageous to
European countries, and this is why
the foreign press uses it's influence for
the gold standard in America.
The monarcbies Of Europe are not
for America. They do not seek to
build us up and make US prosperous.
They seek to tear down, to make us
retrogressive and humiliate US if pos
sible. The country has been taught
this lesson more than once. Why not
profit by it7
Oar home policy should be n that
is not so satisfactory to the nations
across the sea. They should not be
given the opportunity for rejoicing to
such a great extent as the election of
Mckinley is causing them to do. We
should not elect a man on a platform
so acceptable to the money grabbers of
Europe. Our platform and President
should be strictly for the w%ellbeing of
the citizens Of the United States. It
the peoples policy does not suit the
money gamblers Of the East and the
popular notions of Europe let them
turn their attention else where.
The American people, as a body,
have not had the foresight to know
what was best; their party blindness is
their ruin. II one will think for him.
self, home and onntry, and will throw
party to the winds, he will then, and
not till then, be capable Of voting in
~telligentiy.
a stock argument" Of the enemies
of progressiv6ness is that the citizens
of this country epj ~ more freedom,
have better homes and receive larger
wages than do the down trodden ciGi-
zens of any country in Europe, the
country of oppression, standing armies
and bigotry.
Oar country is not to be compared
with such nations. Her onward prog
ress should not be retarded simply be,
cause che affords a little better homes,
a and more freedom than other
countries.
The only comparison that can be
made of the United States is with her
past prosperity, and in comparing her
with herself a prosperous people will
ever strive to give her citizens a more !
liberal form of government.
The most contemplate party that