The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-04-11
. ALLIANCE MATTERS.
An Interesting Letter From FJvnd
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March s0.--As the labor question: has
Eebeeome prominent among the vital is
sucs of the day, aud is now agitatine
the pinds of the agricultural popula
3icas 5sroaghont the ration, we realize
lf9sEact tai ii Is important and ueces
EssfYf a rs to understand the real
Fcaase or causes ii indusiriaio .iepres-
sion.
The crying necessity If The hoilr is
for 4 Av '-e1,.e "a think t,}r themselves.
and the danger "a, the government, is
bat H1ge.s Or, TAR from the epie aud
They nil ,tet etftttrstaad its workings
-aass-~atch i,s every act There are vast
enterprises interested In compile ,sting
government matters so as to blind the
vision of the tax payer, which desire
to seelEIim de- pair Of ever being able TO
understand such matters, and he gives
up trying, and settles down to delve out
his life IKE the patient donE ey. and
8 field all the gam accruing from his
la beits 20 those who have the cunning
II" secure government gid to assist them
IL appropriating it.
Evidently energy could not be ex-
PENDED in a better cause than an
effort to correctly evolve methods
calculated to check such disastrous
/ Iesnits; agriculture must ever he the
basis Of all true pros petity in this
couptfy ,and apparent flush ii " ,sper
ity ,.enj6yed by any class, II il b. at
hthc e&iense Of the tine iuttrssts Gf
agriculture must, Of necessity, be snort
lived and be attended with CORES
poifding degree Of oppression.
/ That is to say, if unjust coia,tions
have prevailed, whereby other classes
have, through the power Of govern
mental support, been made prosperous
at the expense If agriculture, such
classes have been sappingthe life blood
of their own tenure of existence: and
while it MAY have made them abnor-
maHy fat, it is because they, IN the
greed, we're not content with good,
ric!l milk from the COW. but haye been
feastiiie o.. her ftsh also, asd will
saoii have the bones picked eileen,
when they VIII get neither flesh nor
milk aud starvation must stare them ia
the face Hence the farmers alliance
and co operative union Of America
have sprung Up. and they have come
to stay. rot h pull down the merchant
or.ts,e middle man, but gaiust exor-
hitant ard unjust charges, and against
Til a.-aecursed system of trade inaueu-
rated il great centres and usually
known Is combines. pools and trusts
| whiclSe a@.;th nther iike devices, are
es&sl7to. ceiitratTze trade, thwart com
petition ard build immense fortunes
detrimental to he tiliefs f the soil
Isnd wage carriers f the country. If
fla'sor and land are not t. blame for
the great evil that is BOW threatening
our country, We then must look else
where fAl' the cause II the people
create wealth, they ce4tein'y would IN
Joy prosperity. if there vas a Just lis
trihusi,n of the v:.iaes created bq
them, bet undo IN uajust system Of
'distribution, the produce. fails to get
his proper SHIRE of the r-oduct. Of his
own labor Hence ihe prodacer Of
wealth beeen3es posr, while lhos, treat
CORP rations vhp control the produce
of the nation become enoruousl y.rioh.
For this cagse the Farmers Alliance
wheels, the unions, &c, are organizing,
ard fer this cause they are consolidat-
ing, and when we reach flat period in
the history of our nation that the
agricultural masses realize the fact
'thaDtheir cause is II common cause
lsnd through Ne;l defined sysJsn II
organization and education, they learn
the important lesson Of CO operation
aid are prepared to stand shoulder to
shoulder in the struggle for liberty,
theplthen will accomplish fu1tillment
off their hopes
MAY He who ruleih all things and
hofllesii the destiny Of nations ii lis
hand hasten the day when the banner
of cnnseiidattd lab y Wi!l wave triuia !. h
antI9 f.osa every i,iIl top IN cur lsuf,
and the people understand she great
prIlcip iessthat underiie oar orgaF.iza-
tIoII, that we may through q we'll de-
tinebdsysfeIn Of ea-operaiion, break
the shaeilas hat bind tie industries
of iuei country in servile ci;eins and
say tonur people: You are free nten,
I f7tfs kaars traternaIiy,
oln' a4ia 49, A FUEL FuLToN.