She advise the farmer to raise less corn and more hell
伊利斯鼓勵他們停止耕作,參加起義
She also said that if one man had not enough to eat
她還說有的人窮得吃不起飯
not enough to eat 3 times a day, another man has 25 million
吃不起一日三餐,有的人卻有兩千五百萬家產
The last man has something to belongs the first redistribution, definitely by the day standard
后者必須分一些給前者,也就是我們現在所說的再分配
She was well known as an orater
伊利斯是個著名的演講家
William White said she could read the multiplication table out loud and make it seem interesting
威廉姆·懷特曾說伊利斯能把九九乘法表讀得朗朗上口,使它變得趣味盎然
One of the so-called prairie populist who're emerging out of the great plains at this time
她是所謂的草原平民論者之一,是一個生長于大平原的平民
and really challenging the order
并對當時的秩序發起挑戰
There's a couple reasons why the great plains became such a hotbed of political discontent
大平原地區之所以成為眾多政治批判家的溫床

A farmers raising less corn and more hell at this time
并使農民們放下鋤頭去鬧革命
One as actually a serials of droughts, then were striking the great plains
原因之一是當時的大平原正遭受一系列的連續干旱
And the 1870s, were relatively wet decade
19世紀80年代,是較為濕潤的時期
and farmers had pushed the plow into fairly dry areas of the central great plains
使大平原的農民開辟了不少原本干旱的區域進行耕種
it didn't have enough rainfall at this poor agriculture and you have a dry period in the 1880s
然而當19世紀80年代,降水量相對減少,農業則長期為干旱所折磨
and they're having a period of crisis
導致農業生產出現危機
Another issue had to do with the money policy
另一個原因與貨幣政策有關
The Bourbon Democrats like Grover Cleveland as well as Republicans were hard currency advocates
克里弗蘭等的波旁派民主黨人及部分共和黨人提倡使用硬性貨幣
They wanted the gold standard and hard money but that met deflation
同時希望推行金本位制,但當時正值通貨緊縮