Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-29
THE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH TEXAS TUESDAY DECEMBER 80

hood, aud IN the workings OF the order II
frees It's members from party creed, self
ishness, political demagogues and en-
courages them TO rely upon their own In
telligence for good rather than party or
creed. The alliance instructs It's mem
bers to live in practice Of virtues which
tend 70 purify society, and the order will
In the end usher IN the community OF
toilers more intelligence, inspiring love,
hope and progress within the entire
membership. We, as farmers, have in
terests Of vast Importance to protects we
have matters 10 discuss relating 10 the
present and future welfate Of ourselves
aud families. The wealth Of all the civil
lied nations to-day Is the production OF
labor, yet we find the working class the
poorer class. Oil why should those
who toll the hardest be the
poorest generally. These laborcrs would
have possessed all this wealth II some
thing had not interviewed TO prevent the
natural result. Here, in our own country,
whore the reward Of labor is greater than
In other countries, there Is cause
operating with continual and INCREASING
effect TO separate wealth from the men
who produce IL, from the hands which
have created IL and give II to those who
have never produced anything. That the
wrong is here Is evident, but neither
party, creed, statesman nor philanthro-
pist have traced II to the true source, and
hence are not able TO project any plan
sufficient for the removal Of the great
wrong which Is imposed upon the pro-
ducers. 1t remains, therefore, for the
Farmers alliance to accomplish that
which all political parties and other or
CARNATIONS have failed TO do, TO secure
justice TO the toiling masses. 1t remains
for this organization to apply Il simple
but effectual remedy for the removal of
this evil. II Is strange that the farmers of
this country do not become rich, they
gather the bounteous crops every year,
toiing carly and late in the production
aud gathering, one family producing cot
ton enough TO clothe forty families, yet
some of them have not a respectable suit
to wear in society. Now there Is some
thing wrong in this; surely they would
become men of means II it were not for
the rules which govern the marketing
of their produce. But they cannot price,
weigh or measure their own productions
in any of the markets. Here we lind the
farmers deprived of the privileges enjoyed
by all other classes, yet yearAby year he
goes on toiling
"From early morn till dewy eve"
in producing the necessarles of life in al
most fabulous profusion. But by the in
gcnious laws and rules that govern the
of the crops aided by the usury
and monopoly these crops are transferred
TO the granaries of Wall street. few
Interest receipts, a few freight bills, a few
store bills, and the farmers crop is gone
and another year of toll stares him in the
face lille his crop takes a pleasure
trip to the East and even to Europe, he
takes pleasure walk behind his
plow. All this will be changed and can
easily be done, for the farmers are begin
ming 10 use their brains as well as their
hands. They learned long ago how it
was, and they have begun TO apply the
remedy. The Farmers alliance teaches
the agrculturists to rely upon themselves
ana their own intelligence, and they have
learned that corporations have achieved
their power to plumber by combination
and unity OF action, which has enabled
them IN some instances to crush the
working-men into seryile degradation.
Mr.. 5. o. Dawes, grand lecturer OF the
Farmers alliance OF the state of Texas,
very kindly furnished us the above ex-
haustiye article upon the object purposes
and plans OF the alliance. This article
was published in the Wise County Mes
senger of a recent date, having been pre-.
pared for that excellent paper by Mr..
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