The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-28
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
IL Object and Necessity.

| aN Whpm may ron,srss
The nrst object Of ter FARMERS Al.
lianee y IT, "r,ng tho farmers together
from different parts Of the country, TINT
they may become better acquainted
with cnch ether. th.M condition ani
| wants, anl work Tor rach others vel
fare, hA Tho mental, moral aud soeial
Improvement VI its members.
Wy inspection and trial. a,lopt a
more rational system Of tillagc, and
guided by the exercise Of more brains,
thereby command II return can,mehsu.
rite with tho capital. brain ,and mpscle
employed IN IT. psnauetian.
hut those are not tie only. nor even
the greatest, objects Of the Farmers Al.
lianec.
What does Il matter whether the
farmers raise good crops or poor ones,
II they arc to he robbed hy II vennl sys.
tom ot taxation out of nll TINT they raise,
but II bare livinps With our improved
maehincrv and manner of tillagc, one
man can nov produce as Much wealth
~ three men caud ilttr ycars ago, and
tho farmers have to pay for MI these
improved inventions and ma,hihcrv,
yet they get none ~ thcit benefits.
TaxatitN Has hccn increased NJ the
same ratio tlmt the farmers ability to
produce has been increased: therefore.
tho farmers are bn, little better of than
the farmers were tifty years ago And
tho main object of the fasm.ss'. Ali.
ancc is to set tAa sasNcis together and
inquire why other industries are nd
vaneihs ut such "lightning spced,'
while farming remains 10 poorly paid,
and their calling W degraded.
Taxation il the word TINT fully an.
swcrs that question, Evcrv device that
ingenuity af man can contrive IN. been
rcsorte,l ta. to rob Tho producing class
by taNatinM
/, Our naticnal.hank circulation is
based On the c,4siit 3f the General Gov.
crnMonh but tho Government bonds
lilo ~ n sponge between the national
hank circulation aud its base. for the
solo purpose of absorbing and cxtort.
ing, and they ,lo eNtort in interest alone
some Sl3.M,N,OO annually. which tho
producing class murt ne,,ss.asi'y pay,
AMI yet those haaks eannot lie made to
reteem thsir currency in anything bet,
tor than United States treasury notes,
and IL the redccmer is not greater than
the thing redeemed, that redemption is
a farce anl fraud
The national banks, as banks Of issue.
are also dangerous monopoly, They
cndanper our lihert'cs anu The stability
of commerce, nv plainly shown BY tho
eearse they took in forcing President
Hayes to veto certain rcfundinE bill
Just Mfose he left that office. There.
fosss il commerce can he male more
steady AMI reliable, our liberties more
safe, aua save Sl3,OaN, ono annually, and
al tho same time get the Very same
money that the natiraa,@hMnk notes are
nsleemahle IN, ny the General Govern.
MeM issuing our paper money, instead
or Harry, M r. now tho rasc, nave we
not n very unjust or unwise Govern.
men, FOR not doing sas And who are
To- alame for tho acts OF this stupid
Gosernmeat If ours hut tho people
who elected its Malori,ics elect in this
country aud the farmers hold that vote
thcretcra tho farmers votcd This annual
tax of slanM,uaO on themselves, and
have no inst eaase for complaint,
kaslraa,ls arr tho second link in this
eonfc,lcratcd monopoly, which prob.
ably extou $luo from the farmers to
where the national banks do 81.
"All that tho traffic will bear" il tho
watchwenl of om rsilroad n,agnates,
and il thu pcurlc protest against that
sNsteM of nhhcry, th, lonls Of the rail
reply, Vet the people he damned
They rob tho farmers ef their substance
AMI then curse them for their tnrhear.
aaec ami stupidity in suffering that rob,
berry To CONTINUES
nelcn Williams. in the momun'S
nost,l, in speaking af this matter, Says
that N man Who will take Il damn, ie.
serves il,
After the railroads ,omes the tele.
graph robbery, the Standard oil rob
hcry, tho Mrhed-Mire mhlerys and
evessthmg else that is not covered hy
special charters is covered by our tariff
SYSTEM of robbery, and as every other
productive industry but farming is pro.
,eete.l by our tariff system Of taxation,
the agricultural class have this Who'll,
tall tn loot, and tho following is an ink
ling If the device by which il is done.
tosMlts When a farmer takes load os
wheat, or anything else, to market, tn,
wheat.haScr must necessarily deduct
tho freight, he must have sntsicicn,
margin te run his business, and, ii h,
pays any State. county, township, city,
schoel, poor, or road tax, or ANYTHING
for medical attendance, legal advice. ol
for Tho support ot tho gospel. his mar,
gin ito he fixed by wha, he may reason
ably expect IT, handle through tn,
seasanl must cover the whole, and also
II himself or family aso any whisky
talacco, sugar, salt, WOODEN goods
castor oil, prayer books, or anything
else that tho Government has placed !
tax or import duty on~-and there AT,
but few things that escape---the wheat
buyers margin must cover the whole
and then what is left Of that load o
wheat that farmer gets in homes
money,
And then when that farmer takes tn,
money and goes 10 buy his dry goods
groceries, hardware, farm implements
or anything else that his wants require
he must 80 through about tho yer,
same shave that he did with the wheat
buyer. And il our merchants sci
goods to any one but producer. tha
person must pay the demands enumer
ated above; hut it can never stop, eve,
If IL has to pass through twenty ol
more hands before il reaches the pro
, ducer.
And il can get no farther back tha,
y the producer of wealth; neither can i
stop until il gets there, unless som,
non.pro,luccr is forced 10 draw on hi
9 capital. which w.uld soon render him ,
bankrupt. when he would have 10 60 I,
producing himself, or else the produc
ing class would either have Ia bull,
r him up again or support him rs pau
o per.
y We must remember this fact, tina
wealth does not spiing from nothing
like mushroom, hut must be produce.
by labor: therefore. all the wealth o
this country must come from the pro