The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-02-01

harmful TO a country or any section OF
q country az bad laws. They ''henest-
- question whether bad laws are not
worse than no laws" Unlimited cap.
ital viii come South If the investor can
have reasonable guarantee of fair treat
ment and honest dealing.
The opposite of honest dealing is dis
honest dealing. And the entire South
is included in this charge. Such, you
tell as, 10 the Eastern impression OF
the South" You say year talk TO the
South (AugusG 81 twas plain enough.
but these indorsers have NOT disguised
their opinion Of the South" Surely
not. Latham s. Co. speak out with
the boldness born of conscious virtue
and with the bluntness common TO the
vulgar. You were inspired, cir, when
you wrote the headline Eastern Inn
pressions OF the South"
Latham &Co. went to New Fork,
opened what the South calls q bucket
shop" joined the stock and cotton ex-
changes, which the South considers the
vilest gambling dens on earth; then
blOOmed out as brokers; got rich then
blosSomed out az bankers; got inceu.
lated with the Eastern impression
and now join in the Eastern hue ana
cry 1.-THE South iG dishonest"
From the time when slavery was
found to be Improbable in the East to
1851 the cry against the South was
brutal elave drivers" From 1851 to
date the Eastern cry has been REBEL
TRAITOR" From the time when East
ern millions began to confiscate South.
ern railroads, and the South, like
Eaboth, tried to resist, the cry has
been ''the South lie dishonest" Truly
this is the Eastern impression" OF
brokers, bankers and investors who
make their money by the methods Of
John Morrissey, Jay Gould and Ma
pOIeon" Ives.
1t is significant, though not suFpris-
ing, that neither you nor one of your
indorseFs has specified one law in all
the Southern States that ia bad or hos.
tile to capital, or that threatens danger
10 investors Or is unjust. This Omis-
Bion by Latham & 90. is especially
marked, as they must know that Geor-
gia has made keeping q bucket shop"
crime. So has New York very re-
Gently, but not until the rich paFlor
dealer found out that the poor curb.
stone dealer wal dividing the rich
mans winnings. You are right, Mr..
Thompson, it ta all business Rast-n0
politics. The two we're merged q cen
fury ago. The banker who deals in
his parlor is doing business; his com
petitor dealing on the curbstono 10
committing g crime.
Mr.. Hewitt says to the South: 1.-THE
fundamental principles of honesty
must be recognised; there must be no
legislation interfering with contracts
or violating the cardinal principles OF
honesty" He talks az if teaching the
Feejees the primer on government. I
respect Mr., Hewitt. / feel no unkind-
ness toward him. II he knew the
South he would defend and not accuse
her. His knowledge Of the South il
derived from geography and the New
York press.
And last of these censors afflicted
with the Eastern Impression comes
Major Hanson, Of Macon, Ga. BE iS
not so violent as Latham s. Co., bnt
he applauds your editorial with @
shout, This is the doctrine that wants
to be preached to our people in season
and out of season. p Limit Of space
prevents any debate with the Major as
TO whether that doctrine is Vearning
to be preached or is wholly Indifferent,
or after being preached every day
and Sunday, too" for twenty years,
would like TO take a Rlp Van Wrinkle
nap, but I know that it the Southern
people Gare q bsuble about this Bast-
ern conscientious Standardization
they imagine the doctrine must be
weary from old sge clone and that Is
would prefer the nap. The South has
heard this Eastern IMPRESSION
preached for four generations. We
have heard il from Maine to the Poto
mac, in pulpits and on stumps, In
banks, infant industries, hotels, in the
great gambling dens, on trains, boats.
street cars, in stores, factories, restaur-
ants, bar rooms, everywhere, at All
times, Tin season and out Of season /"
except when the South ia buying Hast
and paying cash.
Major Hanson resides South. He
has made it in factories by corporate
capital and under laws he declares to