The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-01-15

issue of gold Understanding bonds.
And what will be the result of their
issue? Simply to make the rich few
vastly richer. How is it possible to
conceive that the issue of bonds can
help the great body Of our INDECENT
poor?
Second, Protection Of the few at the
expense Of the great army Of consum-
ers.
The editor of the Manufacturers
Record ought to know that these
''make-shiftsv can only touch the up
per fringes Of society and cannot pos
sibly reach down to the middle and
under classes to better whose condl-
ton the attention of statesmen should
be directed. Why should we want to
make richer the already rich? Why
the necessity, what the reason for it?
Riches are menace to simplicity and
simplicity is supposed to have been
one of the foundation stones-one of
the chief pillars on which the struc-
ture of our government rests. The
policy of Mckinley, the policy of
Mark Hanna, the policy of the repub-
liean party, which you advocate, if
carried out, must inevitably lesd to
greater riches for the few and increased
poverty for the many.
Let me cite one example which is
true of the whole policy OF protection.
tn this state there are few hum
dred men engaged in orange growing.
The consumers of this luscious fruit
number millions. Now, the few grow
ers want a protection or bounty from
the government of a dollar a box on
each box grown. Why should these
few men be thus protected and made
rich at the expense of the whole army
of consumers throughout the United
States? 1t must be borne in mind
that only the growers get the benefit
of this bounty. None of it goes to the
laborer. Whether the grower gets one
dollar or five dollars per box the hire
of the laborer is the same; and, as is
always the case, the consumer "pays
the freight" AS it is with the orange
industry SO it is with all others. The
same principle is found running
through the warp and wool of the
whole theory. That it is any benefit
to labor is mockery and a sham. 1t
is selfish and sectional to the core, and
the quintessence and embodiment of
'paternalism.n Yet its advocates are
continually leeturing the deluded pop
ulists and Others of the sin and folly
of expecting benefits and riches
through legislation.
But am DEPRESSING. What of that
promised prosperity? That was the
watchword of your canvass. 1t
was one Of the receptions you prae-
ticed to caiole and capture the igno-
ffs ant 1 getess Leave your protected mill
ionaire manufacturers I've the men
who have been given municipal, state
and national franchises and out of the
gift have accumulated millions; leave
the men who, through legislation,
have monopolized the bounties of ma
ture and grown rich by exacting usury
and tribute from their neighbors; leave
your presidents and governors and
high paid officials, and put your fin
gers on any class of men who are en-
joying your promised prosperity, and
the free silver editors will lapse into
profound silence. Your talk of pros
perity is moekery, pretense and
sham. 1t does not exist even In the
Imagination. 1t exists only in decep-
ton. 1t was born of political dishon-
esty and the cry is continued in n.y.
pocracy aud ia the face of constant
daily refutatioD.
would that you We're ashamed of
your part in it because you belong to
race of people who have steadfastly
refused to bend the supple hinges of
the knee even though thrift might
follow fawning.
One of the great political needs is
for editors who have the courage to
tell the truth. The restoration of
truth is as much needed as the resto-
ration of confidence and prosperity.
was one among many who urged
the farmers of Florida, Just after our
disastrous freeze, TO plant cotton. We
urged that it would be a money crop
| and with the cash derived from its
sale the unfortunate farmer could pay
taxes and buy needful household sup
plies. But what do we see? Tie
crop hasn't paid for the cost of its pro.
duction. AS usual the farmer has the
bag to hold.
met man OH the tram the other
day from North Carolina. He was q
tobacco grower. The trust he said
controlled the crop and regulated its
prlol From twenty-five and thirty
cents ssS gc,;S had fallen to five
and ~ yet the price 5; f6s ~. lu-
RENAL 4 g. Inconsistencies, snuff, eta
IhaFe before h.c
land Recorder, a paiy Of the Cleve4
Mark Hanna's home. 1t givtpted in {
count of the Hanna dinner, wfTerlS
this "organizer" gave to the Invited
editors twenty dollar gold pieces ~
souvenirs and mementoes of the VIE
tory for gold. Perhaps yop were there
and got yours and feel that confidence
has been fully restored. Well, this
paper gives an account of another in
cident. a farmer brought load of
corn to town to sell and from the pro-
ceeds of which expect Il to buy shoes
for his family and perhaps a wrapper
for his wife. He even went so far as
to select the articles before trying the
strength of the market. What was his
modification to find that his whole