The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-28
The Messenger.
SOUTHERN OPINION AS TO THE
PROSPERITY OUTLOOK

M neayy gOldbug and nigh tariff
tax organ, the Baltimore Manufac.
turers' Record, gives OF view.
from the gold men and manufactur.
ers in the south. Most of them ar
strong for Mckinley we believe, and ar
very hostile and p~rejudiced as t. Bry
an But all are not SO. While Bryan
election, quoth the bankers, will bring
financial disaster and degradation
the election of the little trickster, time
server n financial topper will bring
unbounded glory, prosperity and hap
piness. Wonderful! Bryan fares pad
ly in the hands OF monopolists always.
One banker-at BLACKSTONE, Va, Mr..
Jas. III. Hunt writes that he does not
believe "it would make much differ
ence with our material prosperity
which of the candidates are elected to
the presidency, for, in my judgment,
an agricultural community is far more
dependent on the seasons and supply
and demand than on who sits in the
presidential chair. The affliation Of
the republican party with the negroes
force the southern people to vote the
democratic ticket whether they like
the platform or not, and 1 look for no
change in this until enough of the
blacks have moved into the northern
states for the people there to have
from experience by contact what we
have to contend with, and not to have
to rely on bloody-shirt speeches from
northern demagogues and southern
Scalawags."
He is evidently not top-heavy and
knows a hand-saw when he sees it.
Mr.. C. E. Frost, cashier at Athens. Ga,
expects hard times anyway'-"that
the pendulum u(of prosperity will soon
break" and thu before four years
end 1--WE will have some very hard
times" Mr.. E. G. Wilcoxson, presi-
lent of a bank al Smiths Grove, Ken
lucky, and the NJ. r. can get but little
grease for it's grinding from what fol
lows:
AT least half of our farms are un-
der mortgage, and at this poor dying
rate our farmers will not be able
to raise them, nor will Jul farm hands
ever be able to purchase a farm OF
their own. The south needs free trade
and reciprocity, and protection against
trusts and combines, emancipation
from the negro race and an importa-
ton of a class of white laborers that
are Industrious and with sense enough
to vote for their own interest.
Mr.. J. R.. Matthews clearly a good
digestion and a sound liver. He is
cashier at West Faliciana, Louisiana,
and writes I'VE want Bryan elected.
and don't fear any bad results should
he be elected"
We suspect he is a bona fde demo-
crat from shoe strings to necktie Mr..
J. B.. Watts, Pulaski City, Va, writes:
81 think Mr.. McKinley's reelection
would not help the business Of the
country"
Mr.. Benz. Sherrod. assistant cashier
at Wichita Falls, Texas, says:
81 am. of the opinion that the sue
cess or failure of either Of the great
parties would only u a temporary
ripple on the face of the business
world, Notwithstanding the
oratory to the contrary
He is not a republican calamity
howIer," you see. n sees no imam
ciaI disaster in Bryan's success. Will
liam Powell is a northern banker III
Georgia He says "Bryan's election
would be a national calamity or
course. 1t would interfere with the
trusts. and disturb the grinding tariff
tax, and reduce expenditures. etc. 1t
would help the people
Mr.. j. E. Hall, cashier at Scranta
Anna, writes that las TO the political
situation, l feel that / can best serve
my country by supporting w. j.
Bryan" That saying will cause him
to be expelled from h sanhedrdm.
Mr.. L. c. Prather, president OF bank
at Baldwin, Miss. has this conserva-
tive view: I'VE are decidedly OF the
opinion that the election OF Nh. Bryan
will tend to conserve the original pur-
pose of his government. while we be-
lieve the election OF Mr.. Mckinley will
have the contrary effect"
Mr. w. C. Sloan. president of bank
at Imboden, Ark, writes with a steady
hand: IF Bryan should De elected i
do sincerely believe that the masses,
or a large majority of L people. will
be greatly benefited" Drcp him from
the roll instanter.
MI. Duncan F. Young, cashier at
Amite City, La. dares to tell the NJ. r.
that organs election Uould mean
substantial prosperity for the south.
Hang him at once without benefit of
clergy. The cashiers strike n as be-
ing more southern than the presidents.
Mr.. ]. A. Space, cashier at Darien.
Ga. thinks the coming election will
not affect our interests in the least"
A sceptici
Mr.. C. 7. Bodi1eld, Cleveland, Ohio.
connected with a manufacturing es-
Establishment, thinks politics a little
to do with trade conditions, but he
notes thar we are having many
strikes in the north, our home city
not having been free from a strike Of
some kind the entire year" Having
many strikes and through 1.-THE en-
tire year. out in Ohio. McKinley'S