The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
MONEY---II.

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Before proceeding with the subject,
I will make the following corrections
10 Chapter I az printed. After the
words, public faith" read pieces
instead of prices, and after the words
''evil way" read hateful" instead of
helpful"
The medical profession used to con
slider bleeding the great remedy for
impure blood and opium the divine
remedy for pain. Then the Thoms IN
Ians came along with their "steaming
process" combined with emetics,
cayenne pepper, sc. Then the milk
microbe scare came, and now we must
quit eating hog meat, because, forsooth,
hogs eat "refuse matter" and wash il
down with ''sour slop."
Now go back in your minds a few
years and see the value of currency re-
duced by the calling in Of a large mum
Der of greenbRcks. Then when the
vitality OF the nation was weakened
from the lots Of 80 much Of its natural
life current, sweat-shops, dram shops
and other detes able shops multiplied,
emetics in the form Of intolerant taxes
we're administered, and, to cap the
climax, the great opiate, the gold
standard, was administered, in order
to put q quietus on the system and re.
store conf Ience in the political prac-
titioners; then ''bonds" came as q eac
ton, and now the whole nation has ST.
VISus' dance on account Of the poor
negro. You may seek to eliminate
him from politics, but politics is like
steriliZed milk in can Just as soOn
as you remove the covers, the miCEQbes
will fall in by the million, and before
you can drink the milk every spoonful
will be infested with the pestiferous
little imps. just 30 with the negro,
eliminate him now and before q decade
has past he will be in again, Neither
of the old parties could get along with
u him, and all the new ones want
him.
Each party has some grand sovereign
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che intense suffering and restore vital
ltY and tranquility.
An increased volume of money in
cir culasion will not remedy the evil,
unless iE come to the people through
Itgitimate sources. and by legitimate l
do not mean merely sanctioned By
law, but sanctioned by righteous prin-
ciples. Among the Israelites it wa
unlawful to cast certain money into
the treasury of the Lord not because
they were in any way counterfeit, but
because they we're the re wards of in.
EQUITY. In the strongest sense, they
we're blood moneys, because they we're
the prices OF those who sold themselves
to DO evil in the sight Of the Lord.
Now our money system needs a
thorough cleansing from every money
that might be termed blood money.
Beginning with that branch which is
applied to the use of public schools,
and referring to the laws of 1889 we
read: "All moneys, stocks, bonds
and o,her property belonging to a
county scacol fuud, also the net pro
ceeds from the sales of estrays, also
the clear proceeds of all penalties and
t~orfeItures, and Of all fines cole cted
in the several counties for any branch
of the penal or military laws of the
State, and all moneys which shall be
paidb persons as eqIivelentfc r exemp
ton from military duties; also thu net
proceeds of any tax imposed On licenses
to retailers Of wines, cordiRls or spirit
uous liquors and to auctioneers shall
belong to and ain in the several
counties, and shall be faithfully ap-
propriated for establishing and main.
tanning free public schools in the sew
eral counties as established in pursu
ance Of the Constitution.
In his pamphlet of school lave, dated
August 6, 1898. John Q. Scarborough
said: "a large amount of school money
is derived from fines, forfeitures and
penalties, and from taxes on the licenses
for the sale of spirituous liquors."
Once a priest sold an indulgence to