The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-26
GrccnOck Items, \. n. Co.

| once held to the theory that the SUI
preme power being vested in the people
there could be no such thing as embarrass-
m cnts of the farming class or agricultural
DEPRESSION 1t was guardian theory.
The earth at this time slumbers and
rests, and so does the farmer Contrary
to the laws of vegetation the farmer buds
and blooms in the winter. He has a
chance to become acquainted with his
family, with his books, papers, plans and
many other things; among which to think
for himself, to speak for himself, to act
for himself These statements will be
recognized They will be accepted.
Taxation and civilization are concomi-
tant factors. Taxation is the physical
force to which States, counties and
municipalities freely respond. Reduce
taxation, without warrant, and YOU reduce
that standard of which you are SO justly
proud The demands everywhere made
by increasing civilization for increased
improvement must be responded to by its
legitimate factor and promoter-taxation.
1t is said that piled in the vaults of the
National Treasury there are 100000, 600
in silver, demonetized, null, void ard use
less Convert that amount Of treasure,
lying wickedly idle, into dollars, lay them
fiat on The ground and they would pave
in glittering sheen 212!5 miles of public
roads Is feet wide. Again, estimate one
ton, S32 900, to the load and it would re-
quire one OK cart, making one load each
dav, AZ years and 295 days to haul that
precious metal, which our God put into our
mountains and which our statutes put into
our Constitution, from Washington to
Greenock; and the last load will be as
heavy as the first.
AS far back as 1879 it was generally al
lowed that there was a subsistence of val
ues below the renumerative point, and
that gold bought more of all productions
than before Thus in that conclusion it
becomes apparent that we have the ex-
PLANTATION of agricultural embarrassment
and depression. "Embarrassments of the
farming class was at the time above given
a subject of wide discussion through the
columns of our county newspapers. The
most brilliant and fascinating rural writer
it was ever my good fortune to read failed,
like many others at the time, to strike the
heart of the trouble against which his guns
were leveled. Ignoring entirely the path
ology of agriculture and forgetful, under
the whitening irony of Republicanism and
its surreptitious Crime" of 1878, that
agricultural murder had been elevated to
the dignity of Il fine art" Great stress
was laid by the accomplished writer above
referred to on the matter of taxation, par
ticularly the public schoolta However,
he did not wish to be considered as OPP
posed to popular education, but generously
submits to burden of taxation that
almost brushes the farmers for the main
tenance and support of the public schools"
That mans mind in one sense was beau
tiful expanse, dotted with evergl Gems,
festooned with gariands and fringed
around with sparkling gems-in another
sense bowling wilderness. What did he
know about the pathology of agriculture.
The austerity of his intellect could pene-
trate superficial Atbenian Democracy un-
der Perices, but it seemed as if he could
not penetrate the scientific depths, cause
of the farmers former prosperity being
all that the heart could wish" in 1856 and
antececent. The pathological remedy lies
in the success of Jeffersonian Democracy
as embodied in the Constitution and as
embodied in the Chicago declaration of
principles and platform of 1896 Tee.