The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-29
Falicies Crushed by Sim
mons Logic.
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the Dingley Tariff imposed a duty upon
cabbage. OF course the cabbage farm
crs in MIR Moodys district are all
laughing at his ignorance and mistake,
but the cabbage farmers are not laugh
ing al Mr. Moody more than the t0Eacco
farmers and the truck farmers of East
ern North Carolina are laughing at Sen
atGr Pritchard
In his ecent canvass in the eastern
part of the State. Senator Pritchard
learned that the tobacco and truck far
mers Of that section have received high
prices for their Tobacco and truck this
year, and like Mr.. Moody, he at once
claimed that it was due TO the Dingley
Tariff. Senator Prtchard knew and the
truck and tobacco farmers of Eastern
North Carolina know, tn the Dingloy
Tariff went into effect in August, 1897
But Senator Pritchard did not know
what the truck and the tobacco farmers
Of that section kneW-that during the
years l897-98-99 and 1900 tobacco brought
barely enough to pay the expenses of
cultivation, and that during large part
Of this time truck did not bring much
more han enough TO pay for the guano
used in its cultivation Naturally, these
tobacco and truck farmers are enjoying
hearty a laugh at Senator Pritchard's
expense. They are saying if the Ding
ley Tariff has given them high prices
during the last two years of its opera
ton. it gave them low prices during the
preceding four years of it's operation,
and that Senator Pritchard and his Ding
ley Tariff are indebted to them for the
difference betfeen the low prices which
they receivd during tn first four years,
and the high prices which they have re-
ceiveG during the last two years
Their loses during the first
four years was much greater than
their profits during the last two years
OF Dingley tariff, and when the Senator
goes down in that section to speak again
they Will doubtless present him with
bill for the difference.
In less than q week after Senate
Pritchard told the truck farmers that the
Dingley bill was the cause of high price
truck this year, | was approached h. d
delegation OF truckers on one of my East
crn trips and asked if something could
not be done TO secure reciprocity between
this country and canada on potatoes and
strawberries. They said when we had
potatoes and strawberries 10 sell, Can
ada had nona and when Canada had pO-
Iatoes and strawberries to sell, had
none; that before the Dingley tariff
placed a duty upon Canadian potatoes
and Strawberries, Canada was a fine mar
ket for their pottoes and strawberries.
Now they were shut out of the Canadian
markets because Canada, by way of re-
taliation. had imposed a high duty upon
our potatoes and strawberries. The re-
suit was that Canada could not buy our
truck and we could not buy hers, and
that between the upper and neither mill
stone OF this foolish tariff fight the
truckers of Eastern North Carolina were
being ground to death. The high duties
OF the Dingley tariff have involved us
in tariff war, not only with Canada,
but with France and Russia. as well as
with other countries, and the end is not
yet
In reference to Senator Pritchard's
declaration said to have been made dur
ing Populist times that he was for free
silver, and wanted to be put in the luna
tic asylum if he ever advocated the gold
standard Senator Simmons said Senator
Pritchard Who has turned more summer
saults since he entered the political
arena in this State than all others COM
bined is going up and down the State
solemnly assuring the people that free
silver was a humbug, and it's devOtees
pitiable lunatics.
When the Senator stood for silver, he
was Il candidate for the Senate, and
could not have been elected had it not
been for his advocacy of silver
Senator Simmons said some might
charge that his colleagues advocacy un-
der these circumstances OF the Whlte
metal was prompted by shrewdness, and
not that insanity which he attributes to
the other advocates of silver. There was
a shrewdness which Bonded the pregnant
hinges of the knee that thrift might fol-
low fawning, but he did not attribute
that to bis colleague,
Mr. Simmons said that Senator Pritch-
ard had said hat he had ncgrophobia
mo, no. said he Il had that in 1898.
| have got well now.
He said not only he. but nearly all
the white people of Eastern Carolina had
negrophohia in 1898. They had been bit
ten. With thousand Of Senator Pritch-
ards mad pets turned loose in that Sec
ton, biting men. women and children
Was it any wonder negrophobla was cpl
demic down there during these days
But they are all well now.
1--WE found q remedy, they call 1t white
supremacy. 1t has proven just as sure
a cure for negrophobit as Pasteur's
treatment has for hydrophobia. 1t is
Senator Pritchard and his lily whites who
are sick this year. 1t is they who are
crying with agony and pain. We gave
The Senator and his lily whites such
dose of negro in 1898 and 1900, that they
have got negro cholera morbus or to be
more accurate, they have got what the
doctors call the black vomit l com
mend 70 them the white supremacy
cure"
Concluding mis- speech, Senator Sim
mons said great victory await
cd MS both in the state and
nation. We will elect majority IN the
National House of Representatives next
Tuesday and the next President he con
fidentiy believed, would be Democrat
No opposition party in twenty years
has carried the House of Representa-
tives in an off year, without electing the
President in the succeeding general cleo
ton.
When the great victory comes we
- - Dor,ooratia Congressman and