The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-23

jects somsof their ill gotten money"
Would you dare say this again, Bro.
Bailey Just write it for your leading
editorial. Place it alongside your de-
wand that mo benefactor be black
guarded as a scoundrel."
And that alongside your statement
that s'some n must cut off the cor
poration from the throat of the cou
lay"
u And that alongside your statement
that 1.-The gift acquires for the giver a
certain consideration"
And that alongside your sarcastic
remark: perhaps our college boys
should be taught to admire the opera
tions of the trusts"
And that alongside your statement
that there is no education in North
Carolina that panders to the money
changers in the temple, and that you
never heard of any such in the United
States.
And that alongside the question you
asked under head of "Alarming:" us
it possible that money conspires to cor
rupt education 2"
Perfectly bewildering, is it not9
Floating mines9 Why they are all
around you, Bro. Bailey. Flee from
the wrath to come.
Bro. Bailey intimates that we are
afraid Of him. Says we take care to
try to get rid of him." Right.you are,
Bro. Bailey. We wouldn't be in the
midst of 80 many floating mines for
pay. We are afraid to get near you.
No one blames us for taking care to
try to get rid of you"
Now, as to the statement that we
impeach the integrity of cody men
and cast reflections upon Methodist
conferer ces, etc., the Recorder knows,
or ought to know, that no such thing
was said or intended. We said we be
lieved Trinity College had been tempo
rRrily led astray. We said we be
lieved the Methodist people would
make it right. We believe the bulk of
the Methodist people believe as we do.
We have a right to u opinion. We
presume that Judge Clark is as good a
Christian as Bro. Bailey. Hence we
have defended Judge Clark and have
nothing to hide, and no apology to
make.
Now as to Oxford and Cam
bridge and robber barons. Robber
barons are things of the past; we have
nothing to fear from them. Mt so
with the money power. It is a living
thing, and so we ask with Recorder:
Does money ''conspire to corrupt edu,
cation9 We print the Recorders state,
ment in full. We believe this is best.
When we can't answer q statement we
shall give it to u readers and let
them draw their own conclusions.
Finally, the Recorder says that we
abuse the men who seek to clothe ser
wants of Christ in the light of Gods
truth that they may feed humanity
and relieve the oppressed. You are
mistaken, Bro. Bailey. We simply ex
pose the hypocrisy of the men who are
unjust, who stife freedom, and cause
the people to suffer" for lack of bread
and raiment, who are themselves op
pressors, and still have the face to give
one per cent. of their stolen property
back saying that they wish to relieve
the oppressed and feed humanity. How
Bro. Bailey or any other sensible man
can believe them is beyond our com
prehension. We r not yet ready to
cease abusing them as conspirators and
scoundrels, and though some may now
differ with US, we are delighted to
know that ''in time the people will
percsive who are THAR friends and who
desires to help them"
And of course we know that monop-
oily does not give money in its own
name, but in the name of individuals,
If there is another point in the Re
corder's article which we have failed
to notice we shall be glad to have some
one point it out.