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THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY.
RALEIGH, N. C, JUJSTE 7, 1892.
No. 17
FARMER
TtiONAL FARMERS' ALLI
SS aNCE AND INDUSTRIAL
A UNION.
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Building, F
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v-J. II . Willetts, Kansas.
ttXKCUIIVK BOARD.
-Tarime. Washington, I. C
V Ward all, Huron, South Da-
, Palmetto, Tennessee.
jrniciARY.
Michigan.
, Alabama.
Kentucky.
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me. Washington, D. C.
Brandon, Va.
-rctone, Forest City, Ar-
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OUNi FARMERS
STATE ALLI-
ANCE.
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Marion Butler,
. c.
sident T. B. Long, Ashe-
v-etory-Treasurer
S. Barnes,
fcerirer-J. S. Bell, Brasstown, N.C.
ward-C. C. Wright, Glass, N. C.
Chaplain Rev. E. Pope, Chalk
jPvel, N. C.
Door-Keeper W. H. Tomhnson,
avetteville, N. C. .
Assistant Door-Keeper H. E. King,
sScaiit-at'-Arma J. 8. Holt, Chalk
ate Business Agent W. H. Worth,
Raleigh, X. U.
Trustee Business Agency .bund v .
v. Graham, Machpelah, N. C.
rscrnvE committee of the uulu
CAROLINA FARMERS1 STATE ALLIANCE.
S B Alexander, Charlotte, I. C,
Jh arr..an; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston,
r. C. ; J- S. Johnston, Ruffin, Is. C.
TATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
El Las Carr, A. Leazer, N. M. Cul
oretb, M . G. Gregory, Wm. C. Connell.
'TATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
R. J. Powell, Raleigh, N. C. ; N. C.
idilish, Trinity College: J. J. Young,
Polenta; II. A. Forney, Newton, N. G.
orth Carolina Reform Press Association.
nficfrsJ. L. Ramsey, President;
iiahon Sutler, Vice-President; T5"
Barnes, Secretary,
PAPERS.
rtogrelve Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, N. C.
"aucaia- Clinton, .N.C
The Worfcmirman's Helrer, Pinnacle, N. C.
Watchman," Salisbury, C.
tanners' Advocate. Tarboro, N. C
Allice sentinel, Goldsboro, . C
Country Lite, Trinity Co lepe. N. C.
Mercury, Jlckr"' W
Rattle-. Whitakers, C.
AgrkuYtitrsl Bee, Goldslmro, N. C.
Columbus Weekly News, Whiteville, N. C.
Alliance Echo, Moncure, N. C.
Each of the above-named papers are
requested to Jceej) the list standing on
the first page and add others, provided
they are d uly elected. Any paper fa il
ing to advocate the Ocala platform will
be dropped from the list promptly. Our
people can now see ichat papers are
published in their interest
THE SUB TREASURIES.
Where They Should be Located The
Producers and Consumers Brought
Closer Together.
Mr Editor : The Sub-Treasuries
will benefit the cities as well as the
country. The Sub Treasuries must be
Vcated at larcre cities, the central
joints for distributing produce to local
consumers. These Sub Treasuries
should have refrigerators connected
"with them for the preservation of
perishable produce. The farmers will
oad their wheat, corn, cotton and
laul it to the nearest station, and the
receipt will be good at any postal bank.
The farmers out of debt will sell when
there is a demand, and as there is the
same demand all the year around, there
will be the same demand for monf y at
all times of the year. The farmers
will keep their produce in their barns
until there is a demand. Thoso com
pelled to sell will dispose of their pro
duce and it will go to the Sub Treas
uries. There must be a good supply
kept on hand so the consumers can be
supplied during the busy season with
the farmers, and while there is bad
roads. These Sub Treasuries will be
of great convenience to mill men and
factories. They can buy as they need
and will not have to have a large cap
ital to carry cotton and wheat, as un
der the present system. With a uni
form price on cotton and wheat, their
profit would be certain and there would
be no danger of bankruptcy.
I The farmers must co operate form
w kjjci ., iiv c jinvu tw uivia iitciL I1UI1-
perishable produce shall sell. This
board will grade grain, cattle, pork
and cotton. The price of hogs and
cattle being fixed, they will be shipped
to the national meat packing companv
(Armour & Co.,) where they can be
packed at one half the cost of small
establishments, and as fast as prepaid
tor the market, shipped to the Sub
Treasuries. Armour & Co. can draw
on these Sub-Treasuries, which will be
good at any postal bank. Fresh beef
will bs shipped every day in govern
ment refrigerator cans to these bub
Treasuries. There should be city mar
- ket houses where all kinds of produce
shou Id be furbished at COf-B inis
would el. Lcate one half of the middle
men and i them to the wealth-producers.
B. n these central Sub Treas
uries produce can be shipped to local
points, as there is a demand for them.
Perishable fruit should be shipped at
the risk of the producers. The fruit
industry must co operate and fix a price
on their different grades of fruit and
have a reliable agent at each Sub Treas
ury to look after their interest. With
an abundance of money and no panics,
no fruit need be lost. The surplus
fruit would be canned or evaporated.
The farmers :nust be able to fix a living
price on all they have to stll, a-? other
clashes do. Suppose one class fixes ex
tortionate prices. There must be a
board or court of appeals before which
all complaints must be brought'and ad
justed, and in this way any class can
be held in check. Labor must be graded
and price fixed on each grade. Those
who are ambitious will struggle to
reach a higher grade. Won't thero be
"engines and machinery pent to these
Sub-Treasuries?
With a volume of money sufficient
to do the business of the, country on a
cash basis, very few will start with an
ample cash capital to do their business
on a cash bais. They will buy their
material for cash and sell for cash.
The factories will not have to sell on
time, as they do now. Under the
credit financial system they will not
have to keep a large cash capital to
carry the farmers and charge them 100
per cent, for doing it. This credit sys
tem costs the consumers from 20 to 100
per cent." A financial system that en
ables the wealth-producers to fix a price
on all their products and relieves them
from burdensome interest, "an always
have the money to buy what they
need All companies starting with a
cash capital, and the farmer out ,of
debt, there will bo no one to carry. It
takes less money to do a cosh business
than a credit bu3ines. A cash business
is cheaper and safer than a credit busi
ness. In a cash system the risks are
reduced to a minimum.
Under the cash system, each corn
pany will start with a cash capital,
they buy for cash and sell for cash, and
having a certain profit, they will not
be distressed ; hence there will be no
big bargains resulting from others dis
tressed. Each class grades their ware s,
fixes a price and buyers dealing in this
must pay the price fixed and sell at
the price fixed by his class. No one
will be compelled to fell at a loss.
Under the present competitive system
your misfortune i my opportunity, and
there U a chance to speculate. This
co operative system eliminates all
speculation and makes all business
profitable and certain. Under this co
operative system there cannot be bank
ruptcy if business is carried on under
ordinary prudence. Even if there
should be occasionally a person or firm
that needed money to tide them over,
certainly their means invested should
secure them the needed reliffat2per
cent, as readily a banks can secure
loans at 1 per cent, on the people's
debts (bonds. ) With fifty dollars per
capita issued to the people without the
intervention of bank3, the people will
soon get out of debt and keep out.
Under this co operative plan the com
merce of the country can be carried on
at a great saving and the producer and
consumer brought nearer together.
Under this system the farmer will not
be compelled to pay even the 2 per
cent. As the only function of money
is to make exchanges pa- debts and
taxes, it should be confined to perform
ing this function, and should go into
circulation without burdening the pro
ducer. The Sub-Treasury will consoli
date the furnishing of provisions and
making our exchanges and eliminate
one-half to two-thirds of those now en
gaged in the business and add them to
the producers, and all will have to
work less hours to produce trie same
result and give ample protection to
each class. With cheaper transporta
tion, the nation will make its exchanges
at one half to one third per cent, cost
Florida will exchange her fruits for
provision in the West, and boo:s, shoes
and dry goods in the East. Each sec
tion will produce that which her soil
is best adapted to and exenange witn
other sections for that they cannot pro
duce at an advantage, ine nation
would be like one vast community
making their exchanges to an advan
tage Under this system transportation
would soon increase four fold. Under
this co-operative system there can be
no panics. Biting poverty win be un
known. Those who are not competent
to take care of themselves with the
facilities thi co operative system fur
nishes will be sent to State farms and
made self-sustaining, and nos left to
prey upon the people a now and bur
den the tax-payers. Chrystalize the
Alliance principle into law of equal and
exact justice to all and special privi
leges to none, and litigation will nearly
cease and the few disputes will be set
tied by arbitration. Equity will take
the place of tyranical law and eliminate
its uncertainty. The lawyers and the
horde of officers will be added to the
producing class and a burden of hun
dreds of millions taken from the peo
ple's shoulders.
The establishment of the industrial
financial svstem with the Sub-Treasury,
the co operation cf each class to fix a
living price on the products of their
libor, means we have passed from the
competitive to the co operative system.
Capital and labor will be equally pro
tected and strikes and the strife grow
ing out of the competitive system will
be unknown. Crime and poverty will
disappear, and prohibition will be made
a certainty. The people will pay for
the money invested and the struggle to
secure prohibition will end. All this
will be brought about through tM;
finance movement.
We send this forth as the spiri
essence of this Alliance and labor
ment, and if acted upon will givethe
rtmei me people are clamoring 'ior.
God grant that this people will rise to
the plain that will bring them into
close co operation and make them feel
in truth they are brothers and have
one common father God.
James IvIurdock.
Reform papers please copy.
WAITING AND WATCHING.
J. W. Lane, Fort B.ir w. cell, N. C:
Dear Sir and Pro, : I was much in
terested in your letter in The Progres
sive Farmer. I do not need proof of
your honesty, I know it, I have met
your character often and understand
it. I live in the extreme Northwest
of our mortgaged country, yet we are
brothers, so let us reason'together. To
bo brief, let us state a business piopo
tion: You and I are partners. We
desire to make the people surrender
the profits of their industries and the
title to their homes to us. We do not
wish to return them an equivalent.
We know this will work oppression
and impoverish the majority of the
people, and it will give us millions of
dollars more than we need, but not one
cent more than we want. To fully
carry out our designs against the peo
ple, we will need a variety of advan
tages. First and greatest of all these
is law to protect our rights enforce
our demands and legalize our piracy.
To obtain these laws we must own the
law-makers; to do that we must die
tate who shall be nominated ; we will
let our victims do the voting, but we
will only allow the victims two party
names to vote under and we will per
petuate the two names our victims love
best, dividing our patronage between.
We will engender hatred bet ween the
unsophisticated yeomanry cf the two
parties whilst we dictate the nomina
tions in both parties so that no matter
which party wins, we get the law
makers. We will endow chairs of po
litical economy in the colleges to
sanctify our systems of robbery, and
onlv allow graduates of our school to
bo chosen as law makers. In that wav
honest men will believe they are doing
God s service whilst they are serving
us. vv e will have our law makers
compel the government to give us its
money to issue to the people. We will
regulate the volume and compel 1 every
body who wants money to put in cir
culation to borrow from us and mort
gage their chattels and homes to suit
our terms and designs; Ave will manage
the bus-mess so as to keep our monev
and get their landa. If arv of the
people discover our designs and pro
test, we will ridicule, malign and crush
them; and when our plan is nearly
consummated, and there is a general
outcry against us, wo will have some
of our honest graduates get up a sham
hght on some eternal issue like the
tariff question, and whilst they are
hesitating, and quibbling about uniting
under a new name and spoiling our
game we will have them vote us four
more years ot control as so-called
Democrats or Republicans and we will
finish our work.
Now, Bro. Lane, this is just what
has and will be done, and it id business.
You must understand that this is a
business government, with a big B.
How will we solve this question?
You won't join with me in my old Re
publican party and help me purify
that, i ou know it can t be done. The
leaders of my party would - secretly
join the leaders of your old party and
defeat us.
I won't unite with you under the
left wing machine as a Democrat, for
I know the result would be the same.
But, Bro. Lane, I'll teUyou what I will
do : I will meet you half way on neutral
ground, that will break the steam-chest
of both cylinders of the machine and
we will double teams on it. What do
you say? I know the South is full of
true men, and I will tell you that the
great West is too. Shall we join hands
under the People's banner? It is our
enly hope. Witness my extended hand.
W. P. C. Adams,
Box 1220, Whatcom, Washington.
RANDALL ALLIANCE, STANLY
COUNTY.
Mr. Editor: Whereas, the political
parties of our State have so much to
say about the Alliance going into poli
tics; and whereas, certain would be
bosses of the Democratic party say
that all Alliancemen shall be excluded
from t.hft conventions of said part v.
unless they pledge themselves to stand
by and support the nominees or saia
party ; and whereas, it is our opinion
that one cause of the deplorable con
dition of our country to day is attribut
able to people voting for party in
preference to principle. Now, there
fore, be it
Resolved, By Randall Alliance, No.
2,190, that we, as American citizens,
claim the privilege to vote as we please.
2. That we, as Alliancemen, are not
ready nor disposed to sell out to sell
rut -frt nmr r-vlif i-nl nnrtr
3. That in the next election we will
not vote to please the whims of dema
gogues, but will vote to please our
4. That we are ia hearty sympathy
with tVm nrinmnles of the Alliance.
5, That a copy of these resolutions
ho sent to The Progressive Farmer
with request for publication.
The Progressive Farmer
from now until Nov. lotn
for 40 cents. Slake up j-our Clnbv.
POLITICAL PLATFORMS.
A Series of Interesting Documents.
Milestones in the Development or Politi
cal Parties Since the Organiza
tion of the Govern men.
In the earlier histories of political
parties in the United States, platforms
were not much used. In fact the first
platform did not appear till the year
1S00, and that was adopted by the old
Republican (Jefferson ian) party at
Philadelphia, Pa.
In the year 1800 the Federal party
adopted no platform at all; being
aaeady in power it was probably
thought to "ltt well enough alone.'"
B xt the Jefferfonian Republicans met
at Philadelphia and adopted the fol
lowing: 1. An inviolable preservation of the
Federal Constitution, according to the
true sense in which it was adopted by
the States, that in which it was ad
vanced by its friends, and not that
which its enemies apprehended, who,
tl erofore, became its enemies.
2. Opposition to monarchizing i s
features by the forms of its aminis
trtion, with a yield to concil'. ite a
transition, first to a President and
Senate for life; and, secondly, to an
hereditary tenure of those offices, and
thus to worm out the elective principle.
3. Preservation to the States of the
powers not yielded to them by the
Union, and to the legislature of the
Union its constitutional share in divis
ion of powers; and resistance, there
fore, to existing movements for trans
fefriT g all the powers of the States to
the General Government, and all of
those of that government to the execu
five branch.
4 A rigorously frugal administration
of the government and the application
of all the possible savings of the public
rev-enue to the liquidation o.f the public
debts, and resistance, therefore, to all
measures looking to a multiplication of
officers and salaries, merely to create
partisans and to augment the public
debt, on the principle of its being a
public blessing.
5. Reliance for internal i efensc solely
upon the militia, till actual invasion,
and for such a naval force only, as may
be sufficient to protect our coasts and
harbor3 from depredations; and oppo
sition, therefore, to the policy of a
standing army in time of peace which
may overawe the public sentiment, and
to a navy, which, by its own expenses,
and the wars in which it will implicate
us, will grind us with public burdens
an ! siuk us under them.
Free commerce with all nations,
;..i l w-:.h none, and little or no
diplomatic establishment.
7. Opposition to linking ourselves by
new treaties wiui the quarrels or
Europe, entering their fields of slaughter
to preserve their balance, or joining in
the confederacy ot kings to war against
tho principles of liberty.
8. h reedom ot religion, and opposi
tion to all maneuvers to bring about a
ascendency of one se ;t over another.
0. Freedom of speech and of the
press ; and opposition, therefore, to all
violations of the Constitution to silence,
by force, and not by reason, the com
plaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of
our citizens against the conduct of
their public agents.
From 1S00 up to 1S12 there were no
platforms adopted by any party, and
in 1812 neither the Federalists or re
publicans cared'o proclaim their sen
timents. 1830.
ANTI-MASONIC RESOLUTION, PHILADEL
PHIA, SEPTEMBER.
Resolved, That it is recommended to
the people of the United States, opposed
to secret societies, to meet in conven
tion on Monday, the 26th day of Sep
tember, 1831, at the city of Baltimore,
by delegates equal in number to their
representatives m ooia nouses or
Congress, to make nominations of suit
able candidates for the offices of Presi
dent and Vice President, to be sup
ported at the next election, and for the
transaction of such other business as
the cause of Anti-Masonry may re
quire. NATIONAL FEPUBLICAN MEETING AT
WASHINGTON, MAY llTII
Resolved, That an adequate protec
tion to American industry is indispens-
ible to the prosperity of the country ;
Anrl that an abandonment of thenolicv
at this period would be attended with
consequences ruinous to the best in
terests of the nation.
Resolved, That a uniform system of
internal improvements, sustained and
supported by the General Government,
is calculated to secure in the highest
degree, the harmony, the strength and
permanency of the Republic.
Resolved, That the indiscriminate
removal of public officers for a mere
difference of political opinion, is a gross
abuse of powerJJ and that the doctrine
lately boldly preached in the United
States Senate, that " to the victors be
long the spoils of the vanquished " is
detrimental to the interests, corrupting
to the morals, and dangerous to the
liberties of the country.
1836.
"LOCO FOCO, NEW YORK, JANUARY.
We hold these truths to be self evi
dent, that all men are created free and
equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among which are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness; that the true
foundation of Republican government
is the enual rights of every citizen m
his nerson and" property, and in their
management ; thathe idea is quite un
founded that on entering into society
we give up any natural right; that the
rightful power of all legislation is to
declare and enforce only our natural
rights and duties; and to take none of
them from us; that no man has the
natural right to commit aggressions on
the equal rights of another, and this is
all from which the law ought to re
strain him; that every man is under
the natural duty of contributing to the
necessities of society, and this is all the
law should enforce on him ; that when
the la ws have declared and enforced all
this, they have fulfilled their functions.
We declare unqualified hostility to
bank notes and paper money as a cir
culating medium, because gold and
silver are the only safe and constitu
tsonal currency ; hostility to any and
all monopolies by legislation, because
they are violations of equal rights cf
the people; hostility to the dangerous
and unconstitutional creation of vested
rights or prerogatives by legislition,
because they are usurpations of the
people's sovereign rights ; no legislative
or other authority in the body politic
can rightfully, by character or other
wise, exempt any man or body of men,
in any case whatever from trial by
jury, and the jurisdiction or operation
of the laws which govern the com
munity. We hold that each and every law or
act of incorporation passed by preced
ing legislatures, can be rightfully
altered and repealed by their success
ors ; and that they should be altered or
repealed, when necessary for the pub
lic good, or when required by a ma
jority of the people.
1836.
WHIG RESOLUTIONS, ALBANY, N. Y., FEB
RUARY 3d.
Resolved, That in support of our
cause, we invite ail citizens opposed to
Martin Van Buren and the Baltimore
nominees
Resoyved, That Martin Van Buren,
by intriguing with the executive to ob
tain his influence to elect him to the
Presidency has get an example danger
ous to our freedom and corruption to
our free institutions.
Resolved, That the support we ren
der to William H. Harrison, is by no
means givf n to him solely on account
of his brilliant and successful services
as leader of our armies during the last
war, but that in him we view also the
man of high intellect, the stern patriot,
uncontaminated by the machinery of
hackneyed politicians a man of the
school of Washington.
1839.
ABOLITION RESOLUTION, WARSAW, N Y.,
NOVEMBER 13TH.
Resolved, Tha in our judgment,
every consideration of duty tnd expe
diency which ought to control the action
of Christian freemen, requires of the
Abolitionists of the United States to
organize a oi tinct ana independent
political party, embracing all the neces
sary means for nominating candidates
ror office ana sustaining them by pub
lic suffrage.
IS 10.
DEMOCRATIC, BALTIMORE, MAY 5TII.
Resolved, That the Federal Govern
ment is one of limited powers, derived
solely from the Constitution, and the
grants of power shown therein ought
to be strictly considered by all the de
partments and agents of the govern
ment, and that it is inexpedient and
dangerous to exercise doubtful consti
tutional powers.
2. That the Constitution does not
confer upon the General Government
the power to commence and carry on
a general system of internal improve
ments. 3. That the Constitution doe 3 not
confer authority upon the Federal
Government, directly or indirectly, to
assume the debts of the several States,
contracted for local internal improve
ment or other State purposes; nor
would such assumption be just or ex
pedient.
4. That -justice and sound policy for
bid the Federal Government to foster
one branch of industry to the detriment
of another, or to cherish he interests
of one portion to the injury of another
portion of our common country that
every citizen and every section of the
country has a right to demand and in
sist upon an equality or rignts ana
privileges, and to complete and ample
protection of person and property from
domestic violence or foreign aggres
sion. 5. That it is the duty of every branch
of the government to enforce and prac
tice the most rigid economy in con
ducting the public affairs, and that no
more revenue ought to be raised than
is required to defray the necessary ex
penses of the government.
6. That Congress has no power to
charter a United States bank, that we
believe such an institution one of deadly
hostility to the best interests of the
country ; dangerous to our Republican
institutions and the libertu s or the peo
nle. and calculated to place the busi
ness of the country within the control
of a concentrated money power, and
above the laws and the will of the
people.
7. That Congress has no po wer, under
the Constitution, to interfere with or
control the domestic institutions oi the
several States: and that such States
are the sole and proper judges of every
thing pertaining to their own affairs,
not prohibited by the Constitution ;
that all efforts, by Abolitionists or
others, made to induce Congress to in
terf ere with questions of slavery, or to
take incipient steps in relation thereto,
are calculated to lead to the most
alarming and dangerous consequences
and that all such efforts have an ineW
table tendency to dimmish thejvthe
nes3 of the people, aoenpr
stability and permanence of the Union,
and ought not to be countenanced by
any friend to our political institutions.
8. That the separation of the moneys
of the government from banking insti
tutions is indispensable for the safety
of the government and the rights of
the people.
to be continued.
ALLIANCE INSURANCE.
Springfield Alliance, No. 1,455,
High Point, N. C.
The question of insurance has been
agitated for to years, and is far from
being settled; in the meantime losses,
are increased, energy expended, much
time lost and no action taken. The
saving of money is better than earning
it, and no one thing appeals so strongly
or will serve to retain the active in
terests of the masses as the saving of
money. " The dollar." Put it as you
will, the fact remains that the " dollar"
that is hoped to gain is the strong
point with many, and that must bo
the present, not the future dollar.
Therefore, for more reasons than one
the subject of insurance should receive
prompt attention. It is very simple.
Let every county organize a mutual
company for different objects ouo for
stock, one for fire, one for life, or issue
three policies rather.
Every stock owner takes a policy,
pays $1 or more to create a working
fund ; upon the death of any horse or
other stock, each member is assessed a
certain sum, according to value of
horse or grade of policy. No expense
attends this plan, except for secretary,
who shall make collections, etc.
This is perfectly fair, easy of execu
tion and inexpensive. Let every County
Alliance draft details and put the plan
in operation promptly. Don't imitate
Congres- and tilk, talk, talk and do
nothing. W. II. Warner.
LETTER FROM KANSAS.
The Political Situation as Seen by One on
the Ground.
BhLOiT, Kan.
Mr Editor: Enclosed pie find
$1 postal note for which send me your
paper. I must say that the People's
party of the northwest p irt of Kansas
is in the fight to stay, and that we are
gaining ground every day and will
sweep the State in November for the
whole ticket. At every meeting we
are taking in new members!, and the
people are reading and happ thrown
away the old party lash ana come out
as true American patriots, casting an
intelligent ballot that they think is for
the interest of the masses of the peo
ple. It is evident that the people of
ihe South and West cannot expect any
legislation from the Republican or
Democratic parties; they have sold
themselves, body and soul, to the
money power of the country and
plainly expressed it in their vote on the
Silver bill. What a shame it is for
those representatives who have wilful
ly ignored the rights of their constitu
ents. Bub Senator Wolcott says (and
he is a Republican) there will be a to-
morrow, les, people or tne boutn,
there will be a to-morrow and that to
morrow will be in November. Kansas
will hurl her grand and noble army of
patriots of the People's party and cast
a solid vote for the cause that is just
and the betterment of the laboring
classes. People of the South, stand by
us. Do not be deceived by the two old
parties, who have ignored the rights
of the masses of the people so long,
and now trying to use Democratic soft-
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soap larirr, or itepuoncan pruieuuuii.
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VV e are in inis ngm to stay, ana we
must win to save this country from go
ing into the hands of the money power
of England and others.
I was born ana raisea in tne ooutn
and voted the Democratic ticket at all
times. Why? Because it was a Demo
cratic ticket. I knew nothing else but
Democracv. But. thank God, Demo
crats and Republicans who are Ameri
can patriots, knowing no North, no
South, no East, no West, have united
under the banner of the People's party
at St. Louis and given us a new declar
ation of independence. Let us stand
by it. It is pure political doctrine.
Mitchell county will go 1'eopies
party by a large majority, all of our
county officers are People s party men
and we are gaining. The Republicans
are organizing leagues but are maKing
no additions to their numbers. We
have got them on the run and going to
smother them out of sight with Peo
ple's party ballots in November.
Will you men ot the bouth help usf
I cannot but think that you will. Keep
in the middle of the road ; stand firm,
don't be side tracked by the old politi
cal ringster, and remember Kansas is
as firm as the Rocks of Gibraltar for
the People's party.
Geo. A. Hartman.
THE FARMERS FOOT THE BILLS.
The Alliance Echo, of Chatham
county, fays : ' There is a great deal
of talk nowadays about the enormous
amount of taxation the people would
be compelled to bear, if the govern
ment were to buy the railroads. We
f lite to know who paid for these
roads and who is paying the expenses
now. Certainly the people wno w
the freight bills and buy tickjgj !
Trace it on back,, andy
farmer and laboring j" 1
after an. g
progressive Farmer
tmi now until Nov. 15th
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