The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-11
The Farmers Oranges.
PONTIAC. Oct. 3. 1873.

r. the Editor u the woRKlSoxAN's ADVOCATE
II is hopeful sign to see the farmers
moving as allies to the working man in the
war against monopolies. The farmer is
truly : working man" No man works
harder or longer hours, and his ordinary
income at the end Of the year is no better
than that 81 day aborer. The fruits Of
his toll are taken from him, as are those
Of the working man, BY the various plum
dering organizations which have become
SO potent during the last few years But
the farmer, through his Oranges, wars only
against one wing of the monied despotism,
and therefore he will accomplish nothing.
These Oranges will ultimately fall to pieces,
OF be compelled 70 consolidate with the
great labor movement In fact. they form
part Of this movement
The farmer must take broader view Of
his situation, and that Of other classes. He
must realize the fact that farmers, in com
mon with all other industries, are but as
fish in the net q the great monied despot-
ism which now, through its toools, controls
Congress and every State legislature. And
its tools are also in the Oranges, and will
do their best to deceive and mislead the
farmers as to the true issue to he fought
for.
The farmer, like the workingman, tolls
year after year, and creates a vast amount
of wealth. Where does It 20 to and who
gets it II passes through various chan
nels into the hands Of the monied power,
where, in the form Of money, it draws
perpetual interest three times as great as
the natural increase Of the wealth Of the
country at large Under such circumstan-
hes all industries must suffer, for the com
munity has no chance to accumulate any
thing.
The war against the railroads is simply
a one-horse war. The railroads laugh at
it. Through their monied instrumental
ties they will still continue to plumber the
farmer, let him pass whatever State laws
he may. They, like all other giant mo-
nopolies, cannot be reached by the isolated
efforts Of any class. A consolidation Of all
industries. powerful enough, as a political
party, to control Congress and the States,
can alone successfully grapple with the ser
pent which has us in its coils.
The distant Western farmer, whose pro
ducts are eaten up in freight, is told that
the hest way to help himself is to establish
home manufactures and home market.
True but how can he do it : What other
industry can do it They all lack money
to make a start, and if they borrow, at
current rates of interest, the produce dis
appears i'll interest instead Of freight. The
monied power has its hands in every man
pocket.
But is there no way to escape from this
omnipotent despotism, which is daily grow
ing in wealth and power on the ruin OF all
industries Certainly there is, and the
late Industrial Congress pointed out the
way. We must have general consollda-
ton and organization Of the masses en-
gagged IN all Industries the establishment
Of cooperative institutions, productive and
distributive; with a new circulating me-
dunn issued BY the Federal Government
directly to the people
Here we have all the elements Of sue
cess, labor, cooperative organisation and
money Abolish the national banks call
in all the present currency now given to
favored institutions, and let the industries
Of the country use the public money eX-
clusively for the benefit Of the public, and
we put an end to all monOpolies and mon
led tyrrany. What are rings, bankers,
monopolists and the other agencies for So
cial tyrrany and robbery, if deprived Of
money What right have these anti Re
publican and destructive agencies to the
exclusive use Of the public money And
all money belongs rightfully to the whole
industrial community The actual money
Of the national banks was spent in the
war, and the Government gave them inter
est bearing bonds to pay for it. And then
it care them hundreds of millions of cur
rency to lend to the industrial community
at such rates of interest as they could ex-
act, whereas all the money should have
been furnished to the community, who
were alone entitled to it, without the in
tei vention or interest of the national
bankers. There can be no rings, corners
or monopohes where it is impossible for
favored interests to command large sums
of money.
1t is the monied power which is crush
ing down the farmer in common with al
other industries Its millionaires an
coming to the surface daily. This power
is the great national enemy which is to bt
met and subdued, and its downfall vii
come just as soon as the people come to I
realizing sense Of the exigencies of then
position, and then WELD a consolidated
anti-party ballot on their own behalf. N
existing political party can help them
They are all rotten to the core.