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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-10-22
NEWS OF The MOVEMENT.


Cumulative Taxation, Is the title OF
a new but valuable pamphlet of so pages.
just issued from press by w. v. Mar
shall, of Santa Fe, Kan. 1t is little
work. clearly written, and no economic
library is complete without it Recon-
mended by the State Lecturer, of the
Kansas Alliance, for discussion in all
Sub-Alliances. Price, 25 centa
There is 10 farmer or laborer in any
part of the United States but knows
that his oppressed condition has been
caused directly through the legislative
power of both old parties And they
are we'll aware that no relief can be OBJ
tanned only through an independent
move in party organized by labor
Unions.-Wash: ngton lind Anti-Mo-
>nopolist
A number of prominent Alliance men
haye leased the Southern Mercury,
the State organ Of the Farmers Alli-
ance of Texas. They propose TO pug
ample capital behind the enterprise and
make it q strong Alliance publishing
house. They will employ an able edito-
rial corps, and make the Mercury one
Of the best reform papers in the land. -
Exchange
Countless miliionaires on the one
side, poverty untold on the other. Pow
erty laboring and creating the wealth,
while class legislation steps in and
places IL in the millionaires' Golfers
An idle aristocracy, and the masses
busy and Industrious The wealth
made By the many, centralizing in the
hands of the teY.-Arrowsworth lNeh
Home Ruls.
1t is impossible for the leaders of the
old parties to drive the masses back to
70 still further duped by political rings
and trust combines Independent prin-
ciples are now taught in labor organiEa-
lions st the freside. in the mines,
workshops and in the fields. and On No
vember the leaders of the old parties,
with their pet legislated for class. will
find that they are shorn of their power.
Exchange.
We continue to warn farmers against
+, the efforts of interested parties to create
prejudice against farmer candidates.
Scandal and lying afe usually the weaE
ons used for such work. and surely
clear-headed farmers should know bet
! ter than to be controlled by it Let
every farmer candidate, for Congress OF
State Legislature, be gauged by his rec
ord and standing, aud arder Ill back,
biters to the reaE-Grange Bulletin
| Uncle Jesse Harper is getting down te
business in earnest in his Congressional
capapatsa ~ Hliaois. and is not g91ins z
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some rertnenU queries That Are DimcuIs

some rertnenL queries That Are DimcuIs
to answer.
If farmers create the largest portion
Of the worlds wealth and are admitted
to be the bone and sinew of q nations
power, why is it that laws are made to
discriminate d against them?
The mechanic and farmer pay directly
and indirectly nine-tenths Of the taxes
of this Nation; but not mothers SON
Of them can borrow one dollar from our
Govarnnent to assiet thsm in their bust:
ness, and yet the use Of millions ara
given to Q speculative GLASS on the flimsy
pretense of safe keeping, while other
millions are loaned to the same class,
for speculative purposes, at cost Of one
per cent
If a United States bond is good secur-
iBY fgr money used in the banking busi-
ness why is 1t not equally good security
for money to be used in any business?
II our Government can loan money
for one kind of business, by what rule
is it made unconstitutional to loan for
another on the same security?
If our Government can loan money on
its bonds, why not loan money ct the
same rate on the peoples land, which
make the bonds good for If there were
no farms or farmers there would soon
be no value to the bonds Of this country
Labor creates and sustafps all wealth.
yet it receives but a small portion OF
what it makes. Why should it be COM
pelled to pay all taxes2 Answer, who
viii or can.-Brookfeld tMo. Union.
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me LODGE KANSAS WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER %, 1890. NC

be side-tracked or ditched until he gets
through the race Those who have had
the pleasure of hearing Uncle Jesse
speak can imagine what stacks of fun
he is making for the boys over In his
district When he gets to Congress he
will make the corruptionist animals
mighty tired throughout the country
St Louis (Mo. Monitor.
We stand for reform wherever 1t Ia
needed-in politics, in law, in society
and in relig on. Begin to-day, and to-
morrow when it comes Let society be
purged from all evil infiu ences. Let
our politics be rid of all corruption and
trickery. Let our laws be re,nodeled so
that they may bear equally upon every
class Give US good, honest govern
ment, with an administration that will
protect the weak and lift up the wage
workers to a common level with all
other classes Equality, education, in
telligence and thrift-let them come
National View.
The condition in Wall street for the
past two weeks is living anu practical
demonstration of the necessity for the
sub-treasury plan The only thing that
saves the country from panic when
the exploiting class let out credit paper
as circulating medium to supply the
deficiency of money to move the crops,
and let it out much slower than needed
in order to produce stringency that
will reduce prices; the only thing that
prevents panic as result of this pres
sure is money furnished New York
bankers from the United States Treas
ury. When the debt is paid we will be
compelled to have the sub-treasury plan
or panic.-Economist
The Selma (Ala) Mirror says: in
the light of the present manipulation Of
the price of cotton, the intention of the
trainers of the Sub-Treasury bill to
prevent such an occurrence is clearly
manifest. With some such relief
afforded to the farmers they could have
held their cotton crop until the manu-.
facturers would pay the value of the
staple instead of being forced to
sell to speculators at loss Of $40 per
bale. The Sub-Treasury bill has re-
ceived no recognition at the hands Of
Congress, but the farmers can now see
the necessity Of demanding some pro-
lection against the present financial
policy of the party in power"
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IOWA FARM ERS.

The Approa ching Alliance Convention-Im.
pOrtant Matters TO BE Considered.
The annual convention of the Iowa
State Farmers Alliance will be held in
Kurtz' Hall, better known as Hibernian
Hall, located at 314 West Fifth street.
between Walnut and Locust streets, in
the City of Des Moines October 90,
$780, at nine o'clock a. m. The ratio OF
representation will be one delegate
from each local Alliance having paid
the annual fee of fifty cents for each
member and made report of membership
to the State secretary, and three dele
gates from each county Alliance.
1t is of the utmost Importance that
there should be a full representation
from every local Alliance
The past year has been one of the
most eventful not only in the history Of
the Iowa Alliance, but in the Alliance
work over the entire United States. The
work of organization has been pushed
with great energy and rapidity every
where, and especially in the Iowa Alli-
ance.
Several hundred new Alliances will be
represented for the first time in our
annual meeting, and it is therefore i'm
portant that this new element should be
fully represented and that, as a result
of this meeting, there should be a unity
of sentiment, both in matters of belief
and policy, that will enable the Alliance
to move onward to greater achievements
in the future than it has made in the
past
To this end the local Alliances should
consult and select truly representative
men by whose matured and we'll con-
sidered Judgment they are willing to be
guided
In addition to the usual discussion oi
public measures and policies and the
election of officers, the question Of Civ
ing the local Alliance power to adopt
secret work when they deem 1t expedi
ent, will be brought before the Alliance
in accordance with resolution adopted
by the executive board. Other meas
ures of great importance will come be-
fore the meeting, and therefore a full
attendance is of the utmost Importance
Announcements as to reduced rates or
railroads and at hotels will be made
prior to the meeting. By order OF presi
dent AUGUST Posi-, Secretary.
Moulton, Iowa, Sept. 90. 1890
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FARMERS ALLIANCE.
THE FARMERS UNION.

AIR: BONNIE BLUE FLAG.
We are a band of b, others united in q cause,
Which brings to prosperity il we obey
our laws.
We know that man is frail and weak, u
louely he does stand,
But union gives US rengtb and power our
wishes to Ommand,
Chorus:
Hurrah! Hurrah! for our union every
where,
By keeping to our principles we are free
from debt and care.
Our motto here, as everywhere, is to de.
mand that right
Be done to all the brethren, who In our
cause will fight;
No war have We to m Ike on men, we fight In
self defens',
'Gainst ell Px ortioners who charge uS
pound instead Of pence.
For years w. toiled. and worked, and slaved,
and poor and poorer grew,
Until at last all hope had fed, we knew not
what to do
Twas then tn t''Un on" was the cry, twas
raised our ranks among,
And farmers then throughout our land came
rushing to our throng.
Our foes at first thought 1t a Jest ana
laughed at US in scOrn,
But now their jeers are turned to fears that
they ar. left forlorn.
Our watchword is Ec> nomy, our bulwark
Unity,
While on our flag is brotherIy love, upheld
b. Harmony.
CheneyvilI La LINN TANNER
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SOMETHING WILL DROP.


The boss' plug hat sIts high on his head.
And his tongue goes nippofty mop.
Watch the plug hat when the farmers come
And .hial you wiz hear something drop.
Kernop,
cure pop.
The greedy mortgage holder counts his
coupons,
And the Interest seems never to stop.
But when the Alliance gets matters dxed up,
You viii be sure to hear something drop,
Kerhop,
Sure pop.
He'd best keep his eye peeled. for the ALI.
ance 10 here,
And Is working itself to the top.
So you won't have to listen very long, am
thinking,
Before you will hear something drop.
Kerfiop.
eure pop.
So. farmers dou't worry for your day Will
just go straight ahead without stop,
When mortgage comes due Just set back and
For you are going to hear something drop.
Kerhop,
sure pop.
II you go the bank to get some OF their ash,
For interest they will take all your crop.
But when Uncle Sam makes us two per cent
loans
think you will hear something drop.
He fop,
sure pop.
30 keep straight ahead, ye Alliances brave,
You are sure to come out on the top.
And I think this fail when voting time
comes,
Old Shylock will hear something drop,
Keriop.
cure pop.
Halstead, Kan. C.S WHITE.
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BOYCOTT THEM.

Do Not PatronIzs Papers That Denouncs
the Alliance and Support Monopolies.
We have been taken TO task quite Sc.
verely for advising independents not
to attend meetings to be addressed by
railroad candidates And we have be-
fore been castigated for advising all
anti-monopolists and reformers to boy
cott the papers which are published in
the interest of the money and railroad
power.
We wish now to emphatically repeat
our advice in both cases There 10 no
more potent agency of oppression, no
more efficient machine for misinforms-
Eon, distortion and tion
Of the truth than the monopoly press
The press associations and com binations
made for the gathering and dissemina-
ton of news are controlled by such mon
60 Gould, Vanderbilt, ct al who natural
~ nse their power over these reports in
their own interests. They name the
agents and employees of the press asso-
ciations Is it not natural that the en-
ployes should look after the interests Of
those who furnish them their bread and
butter? Through these agencies the re-
ports of these companies are colored,
important facts are suppressed, debates
are mangled, and the tendency and
character of new laws misstated, and
even important judicial decisions are
interpreted different from what the
| judges intended-all to preserve and
magnify the money and monopoly power
Of the plutocrats.
Boycott this press, of course. Boy
eott it every day of the week and every
week in the year. II 1t were possible
we would wipe 1t of from the face Of
the earth with stroke OF the pen The
| people have no manner of use for it II
is misleading and destructive.
Another thing. A clean daily paper
that is fit to go into the family where
there are young children, Is a very rare
thing. Sensational matter which we de
not care to describe in these columns
seems to be greedily sought for by al
the publishers 1t is not fit to 60 into
decent family. But all the dailiel
abound with it We deny that the pub
lic taste demands ii. 1t is forced upoI
the public; and it will inevitably GREAT,
prurient and degraded craving in tn,
young. We solemnly warn parents and
heads of families against it Boycott i
as you would boycott blast from tn,
pit tits amazing that publishers, wht
are themselves heads OF families, per
nit this trash to be daily hashed up II
their paperA Some purifying spiri
should at once take hold Of this Augea1
stable. Patronize home papers VIII cl
are on your side. Boycott railroad ant
monopoly papers Royoott the press o
the money power Support paper
which are clean and which advocat
your principles and promote your inter
esta-Lincoln (Neb) Farmers ALI
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CHURCHES.

~ DAPTIST-PreaohIng each sunday at II a.
DIM and at Z 80 u. M, at the courthouse sun
daV school at 10 O'clock a III. Prayer meetlnS
wednesday evening of each week. Rev: W: A
Cain. Pastor. Residence on Cor. Lincoln Ave
and Cherry Streets
0NHRISTIAN.-Prea every Sunday at
" II o'clock, a. M, and 1870 p. m, by Elder
J. f. Nicholson. Prayer meeting every We'd
ncsday night. Sunday school at 10 o'clocka a. m.
every Sunday. Pastors residence at the par
sonage study at the chapel,
NEETHODIST Observation-Disclosures every
Nl Sunday at III 100 n. IN. and Z 30 p. m: sum
Ia, SCHOOL every Sunday at 10 a. m. Prayer
mcetiDa every Thursday evening at $3.50.
strangers invited y. w. PHILLIPS, Pastor
DRES ESQYTERIAN.-ser+i.;e every Sunday at
IL a. M and 80 p. m: Sundsy School al
10 n. III. 4" d. NN'
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on 2nd
sunday of every month at Sherlock nan, III
90 a. IN. Kew blITEh H"9'Oi'
| N ERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN Hold reg
| lJ ular services at Mingona, Barber county
! the second and fourth Sundays IN eaCn nontn'
| At Forrest school house on the second SUNDAY
| Cedar Creek school house ON the thlrd SUNDAY
| 9y Elders Shamberger, Smith ana Neher'
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rhoronrhIr Enuinnea.

The '.inconvenient multitude" seems
to be gathering strength and numbers
with each succeeding day. Neither the
war cry of sectionalism nor the frantic
appeals 30 partisanism are capable Of
checking the rapid growth Of this great
army of the dissat SIZED. Nor is this
all; the more the demands of these peo-
pie are considered the more firmly is
the Justice of their cause established.
For this reason the announcement null
titude" now counts among its members
honest ana efficient msn irom every
legitimate occupation or profession in
the land. This multitude" Is not an
unorganized mob, being led to defeat
and disgrace by fanatics and cranks,
but it is a thoroughly equipped ergan.
ixation, guided by conservative. compe-
tent men. and is just as certain OF sue
cess as are the promises of the final
triumph Of right over wrong sure and
abiding. = Economist
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THE FIRST NECESSITY.

Tariff Refom is ImpracticabIe Until We
Have Moro and Cheaper Money.
In the Advocate Of August 81, In de-
Tending the position occupied by myself
in reference to the tariff, asserted that
most of the advantage Giyea 70 Ameri-
can manufacturers hySthe tariff was abb
seRbed by the high rate of interest
preyalent In the United States, as oom,
pared with the rates prevailing ia En-
gland. Again in series of articles
wBitten for the Midland Mechanic, 70.
asserted the proposition, as follows,
In rrferenoe to the reapeetiye merits of
protection and tree trade. Il must be re-
nembered that leaving altogether cut of
the question the claims OF labor, it IL fact
that honest American capital invested in
honest industriss, stands no manner of
chance whatever Of competing with British
capital invested In manufacturing snd com.
Inefciai enterprises, 80 long As call loans
are worth Lat from one TO twJ per cent In
London and range from to lb per cent. IN
New fork. It y fundamental economical
axiom hat cheap capital can undersell dear
capital, II the finance system remains a. n
u we must haYe more and cheaper money
or high tariff duties on impofts.
In the Issue OF October 4th the Ma.
tional EconoTi2s the National organ
of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
Union, takes the same position in the
following editorial;
During the entire recent discussion Of the
tar.d In Congress one very essential point
was entirely omitted-the effect Of cheap
money on produc i've Industry. Neither of
the parties deemed II safe to bring It M for
discussion. In this they acted wisely, es thA
mere mention would have op-ned train Of
ideas for confederation that would have been
alike unpleasznt and perhaps unfortunate
| TO both It would have shown the hollow
| mockery OF the Mckinley bin 30 far aa the
farmer is eo-c rIed. ths utter Ipade
auaey Of many of its provisions,
and denonetfsted much too plainly for
| partisan p1rpose1 tire extent 70 which
the hepublicsn party u dominated By New
Eaglaud. II would also have laid b re the
| felisey OF fPoe imports without cheaper
money, and have disclosed the fatt thGt
Demeofaey 10 ever slew to run counter to
the fAterosts and desires Of Wall street The
factories Of New England aes the money
/ owners of New Yotk were eoniendfng fof
| the same pyfnc i,le. but for different objects.
Sew Eagland labored to keep out cheaper
| foreign products, and Wall street assisted
| in order to preclude cheaper roney-n9t
foreign money. but lower rases OF iqoOme on
/ NEST Q capital 8his Of ccurse would be
| very unsatisfas tory 20 that class whose fnl
| come depended upon the rata of intarsss
| With money at two per cent. Amertosr
/ industry could defy tiis words eut with
money los4ing at seven per cent. PRO-
/ dnetfge lator, unprs tected. wOuld be winoc
out In many Instances II Is but fair 20 an
sumo, then, that the Mckinley bill to con
| siderable extent, does not protect the man
ufactarer, but thu insurer; that it does not
! bring better w3g 3 70 the lab Srr. but doei
tzlnR higher interest 70 the money lender
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Pointed .rs fr1s

The best writsra on political economy
and finance Of the world agree that the
productive capacity of the earth will
net pay over 81 per cent on capital or
70 make IL moro plain, the average am
pual increase Of the wealth of the world
b not over 5k per cent The average
rate Of interest in the United States fog
the last thirty years has been more than
three times thatamoaAs which explains
the cause for the mortgage on the farms
and homes Of the people Take the
power away from shylock to rob the
people, through usury. by placing the
money control absolutely IN the handa
Of the people the Government and
place upon 1t the same regulations a.
thst Of postage stamps then the people
viii commence paying on their mort
cages ana beautfyiDg their homes
Fort Scott Industrial Union.
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The Democratic party Is just ~ bad
es the Republican party; and this 10 the
meanest thing we can say of the Dem
ocracy.
The time was when we had hope that
the Democracy would do something" IL
1t had a chance.
It had q chance" for three years, and
what did it do?
Stepped squarely into the shoes Of the
Republican party and carried out the
old Republican Wall street policy.
The Republican party is too rotten to
live; and the Democratic party 10 no
better.
Cut the throats Of both of thsm!-
Exchsnge.
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Go 10 Alone.

II the third party can't poll but a
dozen votes make them straight votes.
Whstever you do fellow-workerA 90
IL alonel
A zAillieu votes. even If there is not
% nvoh - road-master elected, will
count more than ffty Congressman IL
elected by fusion with either Of the old.
parties.
There is absolutely no difference be-
tween the two old parties
The one is as bad 80 the other. They
are both utterly bad; thoroughly bad.
Stand up and be countedl
Go 1t Glone!-SentineL
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Riley County, Kan.

We. the members of College Hill Al
lance No. 1920. submit the following
for publication,
Whsreaa. 3ha Topeka Capital has In the
past two months shown by It's persistent ana
Yinaineus lying about the members of the
Alliance, its officers, and part cularly the
candidates for ONCE nominated by the Peo-
plea party,
Resolved. The members Of College Hill
Alliance, Riley County, Kan, hereby recon-
mend all true Alliance men TO withdraw all
their patronage from said paper and refuse
70 take same
Resolved, That J. X. Hudson, editor OF tho
Capital, has shown himself q demag 1gue OF
the lowest type, unworthy of any political
recognition. w. H HEPLER, Secretary.
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just So

The refusal Of many warehousemen
OF the Northwest to store grain for
faFmers as heretofore. the farmer by
paying cost Of storage to avail himself
OF higher prices, is q new argument In
favor Of the Sub-Treasury bill. These
men will. in many instances, ruin farm
ers by forcing them 70 sell below even
present market rates Eureka Sprin9s
lArk. ElSctric Light.
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State Officers.
Rarher County oncers.
POSTAL.

Postofce at Medicine Lodge open from N
T, 7PN Sundays one hour on arrival OF mani
\ oney order, open A. NJ. to p. NJ. SaJur,
days j. O. open until p. NJ. Eastern mali
closes promptly at Z A. NJ.
LII A Known. Assistant.
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posses TO the Rear,

The po.isieal eoAGes who have hereto
fore held all the offices, handled all the
peoples money. and ruled the State in
their own interest have been relegate4
to the rear Of the coIcnn, and sAs Peg
pie pow 40 81 the head. d.--oook County
TEX. Signal
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Great 1. shyIoeIE.

The ofacials at Washington never say
word whom bankers rob their victims
Of 10 to 20 per cent in the West, but u
Wall street gets short of money. every
pore In the Treasury Is thrown open -
supply the sharks. It Is even given to
them Great is Shylock and his sat>
rapsi-Iowa Tribune.
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FuAlng.

Republicans are discussing the possi-
bility and sdvisability Of nominating
men for county officers who will be able
- obtain ths Endorsement Of the Demo-
erAtA-Alliance Signal.
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--lrampI Tranpii TramplH The earth
is tairly shaking with the mighty revolt
in politics that 10 taking place. -Luray
IVA Union.
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DEIPHIk LODGE, No. 140, K. of p, meets on
Monday evening of each week, At the X OF r
hall. Visiting Knights in good standing INV
ed to attend. L. q. MoLLOf, u u
OTIS LoRroN, X. of Il. & 5.
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rRANsFBR LINE.

J. g. 6ano is the manager OF the Souts
western Bus and Transfer Line. Buses AMI
baggage wagons meet every train, passengeF
and freight, Delivers freight and express Il
any part of the city. Leave orders at the
office of H. O'Brian, or at the seQs naep O.
Kansas avenue, west.