The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-07

driven out Of this strong hold and it Is
in possession of the enemy; the non
pr oducers. By a scheme called gold
standard, or gold and silver standard
matter which-they limit the
volume so as to control the prices Of
the workers products and by another
accursed scheme called interest they
manage to make the workers pay usury
at impoverishing rates for the use of
money.
Looking again a little to the right of
Fort Money On an eminence we see an
other Castle called Public Traneporta
ton. Here again the enemy, non
producers, are in complete control and
by a scheme of things known as stocks
and bonds which represent ownership
of rail Ways, ship, boat, telegraph, tele
phone lines, ETC., from all of which they
manage to absorb form the producers
products, SUR profits and also usury
for money they have invested in such
things.
Looking again to the right of this
castle on another eminence we see
Fort Taxation in complete control of
the enemy for non.proGucers have sue
ceeded by legislation in having bonds
stocks, money and vast accommodations
of wealth pay the small part of reve
nue. while producers pay by far the
greater part OF taxation, and this bur
den, if once seen in it's true light would
hasten the intelligent workers OF
America to open rebellion.
Then we may l)ok still farther out
along the enemies battle line and see
heights capped with facts and castles
all manned fro NJ the same little, but
very brilliant, army Of non producers.
They are known as Castle Railway
Combine, Standard Oh Castle, Fort
Sugar Trust, Fort Bank Combine,
etc , etc.
1t will be seen that all these strong
holds claim to belong to the people and
to be operated in the interest Of the
people of free America. This is not
true. They belong to rings and cliques
and clans of very few people who have
become eminently rich by selfish
scheming combinations against the in
terests of tie people.
Again it will be seen that the Ameri
can flag "Old Glory" floats over every
one of these forts and castles to signify
loyalty to Liberty and that they art
the peoples strong holds.
This is q bold impudent lie.
These Forts do, constitutionally be
long to the people but the great mas
, of industrial workers bave beel
driven out by rich clans who are nov
in full possession and by combination
; in legislation have implanted primo
> pies of imperialism in as dangerou
? and far more subtle form than Wa
l done by Emperors and Mobiles CD {
antiquity.
The great masses of industrial peopl
= are naturally from interest and nece
sitv at enmity with the occupation {
d their ~strongholds for liberty by prou
: selfishness and avarice. They RICH
q fully constitute an enemy whose pril
; ciples against such combinations
one. but whose votes are millions.
; Therefore, u going into a cottol
CORD, wheat or other Trust, is simpl
throwing down our own ar NOR of trut
= and Justice and robing Ourselves vii
the enemy's selfish avarice. In it v
shall O o be found out and not haVir
: the right garment on, we shall
kicked out Of Gods employ.
;. AS we have had one severe lesson
:. that kind if we have any sense left,
it ia time we should stop all such d
" ceptive work.
ii just so with regard to abundance
= money by free coinage Of silver
any other way 90 long al money cast
- is in the hands of the enemy who n
- nipulate money, quality and uses,
, their own interest, to suit themselvt
NJ To increase our volume Of none
7e without changing the policy from t
ID present aggregative to q DISTRIBUTE
system would, in my view, be fill
to ND the castle with more money, for t
It robbers and gamblers to get aw
Of With, and they will surely do it,
cause they are more compl etely
III control and better entrenched
sh money castle than they were in 1867
It. Brother let US sgree on fnanc
Id principles that will put money in all
at usefulness under complete control
IF the people whose servant it rightfu.
ne is. and then when we storm and
-ncssess the castle. as we surely che