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THE JACKSON ECONOMIST. VOL. VII. “The Man With the Hoe.” Not often, among the verses that achieve their first appearance in the columns of the daily press, do we find anything that commands such attention as Prof, Edwin Markham’s “The Man With the Hoe” has aroused. The poem is an interpretation of Miller’s famous paint ing known by that name, now in California. We quote the lines as they appeared in the San Francisco Examiner: Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in the face, And on his back the burden of the w'orld. Who made him dead to rapture and despair, A thing that grieves not and that never hopes, Stolid and stunned, a brother to the ox? Who loosened and letdown his brutal jaw? Whose was the hand that slanted back this brow? Whose breath blew out the light within this brain? Is this the Thing the Lord God made and gave J Tc have dominion over sea and land; To trace the star;; and search the heavens for power; To feel the cession of Eternity? Is this the Dream He dreamed who shaped the suns And pillared toe blue firmament with light? Down the stretch of Hell to its laßt gulf There is no shape more terrible than this — More tongued with censure of the w'orld’s blind greed— More filled with signs and portents for the soul — More fraught with menace to the uuiverse, What gulfs Ootw’een him and the s traphim! Slave of the wheel of labor, what to him Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades? What the long reaches of the peaks of song. The rift of dawn, the reddening of the rose? Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time’s tragedy is m that aching stoop; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed. Plundered, profaned and disinherited, Cries protest to the Judges of the World, A protest that is also prophecy. 0 masters, lords, and rulers in all the lauds, Is this the handiwork you give to God, This monstroms thing distorted and soul quenched? How will you ever straighten up this shape; Give back the upward looking and the light; Rebuild in it the music and the cream ; Touch it again with immorality; Make right the immemorial infamies, Perfidious wrongs, immedicable woes? 0 masters, lords and rulers in all lands, How will the Future reckon with this Man? llow answer his brutu question in that hour When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the world? How will it be with kingdoms and with kings— With those who shaped him to the thiug he is— When this dumb Terror shall reply to God After the silence of the centuries? The name of the author is not altogether unfamilliar to readers of the Century and Scribner’s Magazine, but never before has he a roused so much enthusiasm. Some of the Western papers are particu larly zealous in praise, one of them, the San Jose Mercury, going 90 far as to term it‘‘the strongest, most meaningful, and most striking poem, with the single exception, perhaps, of Kipling’s ‘Recessional’ that has been written in any country in the last quarter of a century.” Poet-Lore says:‘‘The poem is true to the picture and interpets its message not ineffectively, at this time to a country which is adding new burdens, military, official and commercial, to the back of the man nearest the soil, ‘The Man With The Hoe.’ ” Uncle Sam Never Issued a Gold Bond. A. friend writes us. that a neigh bor says, “he did not believe in ir redeemable money and that U. S. bonds were redeemable in gold.” That Democratic neighbor is like a great many of his party leaders, who make assertions without re gard to facts. There is not a U. S. State bond on the earth which by its terms is made re deemable in gold and thers never was such a bond in existence, for the reason no such bond was ever issued. At first the government bonds were issued and made re deemable in the lawful currency of the government, which was at that time greenbacks, aud gold and sil ver coin. In 1869 old John Sher man at the instance of the bond holders, (who had bought their bonds with depreciated green backs) succeeded in inducing Con gress to pass what was called the credit strengthening act. This bill provided for the taking up cf all outstanding “currency” bonds and the issue of “coin” bonds in WINDER, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1899. their stead. This eliminated the greenbacks as a money of redemp tion, and th 6 conspirators set about at once to get rid of silver, but this w’as a more difficult job. They knew a measure to demonetize sil ver aud make the bonds payable in gold would not be popular, so they got up a bill entitled “an act to regulate the coinage weights and measures of the United States” which w r as finally sneaked through both houses of Congress. This bill simply failed to provide for the coinage of the silver dol lar and make it a legal tender for debts, and as the bouds outstand ing were made payable in coin “of the weight and fineness” provided by law, at the time of the issuance of the 18G9 bonds, we had no coin except gold that met the terms nominated in the bonds, aud hence bonds were only payable in gold although the bonds did not so read. This miserable trick was par tially undouo by the Bland-Alii son act of 1878, but silver has nev er yet been restored to its former estate. IRREDEEMAHLE MONEY, As regards our Democratic friend’s statement, that he does not believe in irredeemable curren cy, we have only to say we have never seen a Southern man, who could give a sensible reason for such an assertion. We suppose it is meant, that he does not believe in a money not redeemable in go’d, and if any man, not a banker, an importer of foreign goods or a wealthy nabob, who wishes to trav el with his family in Europe, can give a valid reason why he would prefer gold or silver to a legal ten der treasury note, we would like to form his acquaintance. The greenback bill will buy any thing the gold or silver will buy and it will pay any debt the citizen may owe for tax°s or to his fellow, at its face value and coin will do no more. When the farmer sells his cotton he receives his pay in greenbacks, the merchant receives it from him in the payment of his account, the wholesale dealer re ceives it from the merchant and credits him with the face value, the wholesaler pays it to the im porter and gets the same credit he would were it gold of the same amount, and Uncle Sam receives it from the importer in paymont of customs, just as he would it it were double eagles. What more redemption does my citizou need? The banker wants metalic moil ey that he may corner it aud cre ate a speculation The importer and the over rich wai.t to save the expense to them of buying ex change on the foreign markets with which they deal, and hence they favor the maiutaiuance of a system of finance in this country that will promote the interest of these classes, probably not more than 100,000 in all, no matter how much it costs the millions of wealth producers and bread-win ners in this great country. We have not space in a uewspa per article so discuss [this subject iu all its phases, but we desire to say in conclusion, there never was a straight legal tender paper dol lao issued by a solvent govern ment that was worth less than its face value, and in some instances such money has been rated above par, notably the book credits o r the bank of Venice, which existed 625 years, (from 1172 to 1798,) and was never at a discount, but on the contrary commanded a pre mium of twenty per cent for 300 years of the time. Strange as this may seem to some of our Demo cratic friends, there are many of them now living, who will not de ny that solvent bank paper hs sold at a premium in our own country within their Knowledge.. Before the war, when travel was confiued mainly to boats bn the rivers or the old coach lines, it was a common thing for our merchants to exchange their gold and silver for Mobile or Louisiana money and pay a premium for it every spring and fall, when they went to buy goods. This only goes to show the superiority of solvent paper ever metallic money, and as nobody at home cr abroad would question Uncle Sam’s solvency, we affirm that the best money on earth would be the full legal tender greenback bill issued from the IJ. S. treasury and made receivable for all dues public and private. —Frank Burkitt, Editor Peoples Messenger, Okolona, Mis3, The People, Not the Trusts, Need Protection. There is a strong sentiment among right minded Amerecan people agamst giving the power full trusts of the country the ad ditional benefits of a protective tariff. There may be some justice in protecting “infant industries,” but in the case of oppressive mo nopolies the line should fie drawn. In such cases the people and not the trusts most need protection. For our part. we are in favor of anything to wipe out monopoly, and if that can be done by remov ing the duties on all foreign goods that come in competition with trust made goods—or if the trusts may be crippled by this plan, and it is plain that they can—then, we say, let it be done. And we hope that all antimouopolists wiil join hands to bring about this re form. Speaking of the power of the trusts, an exchange says: “Owing chiefly to the power of combined capital, iron prices ad vanced sharply in the past few months, and results are far reach ing. Nails are markedly high, ad ding to the cost of constructing farm buildings and fences. In the past three months the tin plate trust has thrice advanced its price, and is now said to pay enormous dividends on 46 million of capital ■lock, largely water. The stove manufactures have planned a 10 per cent advance which means an added coat of some $4,000,000 an nually to the American people. The wire trust has been equailv active in increasing th© cost of fin ished goods. Since the beginning of last December wire has advanced sl3 per ton; size which manufet urers of wire fences formerly, brought at S3O now costs them $43, aud sooner or later they must be forced to advance their prices to farmers.” These are but a few instances. When the various trusts that have just been organixsd also get "in a good way of w r orking” greater re sults may be con fidentlv ex pected. Is’t not plain then that the people, not the trusts, protection? —Progressive Farmer. Knaves and Fools. One does not have to move about in what is called fashionable or polite society to find that there are a good many knaves and a good mauy more fools in it. Men who live by their wits, aud men who live witless lives; men whom one despisep, and men whom one pit ies. These knaves and fools are of so various a guiee, that one might fill a whole paper with a mere mention of the different var ieties. We can not and o this, but we can mention a few of the most prominent, w’th a certain knowl edge that they will he found famili ar personages with most who read this article. The nio3t prominent knave in society and by for the wickedest, is the “ insinuating knaves.” The low-lived sneak who at clubs and hotels, among a set of cronies as bad as himself, intimates by shrugs, winks and sly inueudoes, that he has had conquests —where such conquests means a blot upon some fair name. Some young lady is mentioued as having a fine dispo sition, of being a model of purity aud goodness, when this destroying demon will perhaps remark ; ‘ Ah, well,if I was to tell my little story, you might think differently”—or, “Those who have known her, and have as Tom Jones has, are of a different opinion.” Such a man ought to be seized on the spot and choked till he is made to tell *■ liis story” or, failing to do so, should be kicked .ignomm iously out of good societv, — Ex. National Plan of Organization. Yoar committee appointed. to formu late a plan for the future organization and government of the paopie’s party, realiz ug the necessity of preserving party independence and wishing to prove that oar party aloue stauds for dir<*ct legislation through the initiative and referendum system applied to party government as well as to the making of laws, reports the following rules on organization: 1. All delegate conventions of the People’s Paity for nuking nominations and platforms are hereby abolisuad, and instead thereof, nominations for office, platforms and am mdmeats there to sbail be made by direct vole at the People’s Parti) primaries of the politi cal subdivision affected there by. 2. The People’s P irty orgauiz itiou shall consist o : H national committee of three member from each state to be chosen by the stite central com mittee on each presidential year. 3. A state central ommittee of three members from ei ch congressional district to be elected by direct vote at the party primaries on each election ye ir, 4. A congressional committee of three members from each county in the congressional discrict, to be eleoteij. by direct vote at the party primaries on eash election year. , 5. A county oin n'ttee of three membors from each township or ward, to be elecsed by direct vote at the party primaries on each election year. 6. National, state, c mgre3sion al and county committees shall perform the same duties as heretofore, not inconsist ent harewith, provide blank hallots for the referendum votes horeiu contemplat ed, aud canvas aud certify the votes cast in their respective territories. ?. The uuit of organization shall be, the precinct club 8. Any voter may becom) a member of the precent club of any precinct by subscribing to our national declarations of principles and our rules ou organiza tion. 9. Any member of any precinct ciuo who shall propose fusion or co operation with either the Republican or Damo cratic organiz vtions in the mike up of a ticket tnrough conference ennmittee or otherwise, shall, upou conviction thereof., by a majority vota of ins club be deemed outside the party. 10. No person not a number of a pre cinct club, aud in good staudiuß shall be eligible to membership on any Peo ple’s party committee or a People’s party nomination for any office. 11. Each committee shll make prompt report to the committee next higher of all referendum votes and other matters within the jurisdiction ol suca higher committee, aud the chairm in of each committee shall be deemed responsible for the prompt and faithful performance of the duties of his committee. 12. State platform* can be changed only upon demand of a majority vote of the precinct club membership of any county, raffled by a vote of the precinct club membership of the State; and the national platform can be changed only upon demand of a majority vote of the precinct club membership of any State ratified by a majority vote of the pre cinct club membership of the nation 13. No salaried official shall be elected: a member of auy committee of the Peo ple’s party organization, and any mem ber of such committee elected to a sal aried office shall be deemed to have vacated his position ou such committee. 14. All People’s party candidate* for offlie and members of People’s party committees shall at all times be subject to the principle* of the imperative man date and may be recalled by a majority vote of the league membership of their constituency. Respectfully submitted, John O’ZABEL, Chairman. H. B. FAY, M. D.i Secretary Adopted in national Cin cinnati, O , Sept. 6th, IS9S. NO. 13.