The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-01
STAND TO YOUR COLORS.

Mr. EDIToR:-It is time for the
Alliance to speak out and let the world
know that it is compact, harmonious
body of working people, bound to
gether as one man to stand by and
fight for their interests. Now this
work is being done by regular busi-
ness plan, and through this plan,
known to all Alliance men, b .ve come
our demands, and among these de-
mands is the Sub Treasury plan. Now
it matters not what Mr. Carlisle, Mr.
Mills or the Congressional Committee,
to whom this bill was referred, or
anybody else may say, the Alliance is
going to stand by the SUB Treasury
bill at every primary election and at
every ballot box throughout this
country. There is nothing under the
sun that can check these men in this
fight for their salvation except the
business plan under which they are
fighting long as their banner
stands unfurled to the breeze they
will stand by her. I call upon the
lab boring people everywhere to stand
by your flag at each primary election
and at every ballot box, and not let
it trail in the dust at,the close of this
fight. Our Council at Washington
City will direct our efforts, and let
every man march promptly to orders
We must fight this fight under the
very best of guards and we believe we
have got them, so we will stand by
them.
Let every man work to the prir
cip.es of our order, and we are bound
to success. If our public servants
in Congress and everywhere else do
not take up our cause and help us,
let it be known on the house tops
that they can never be elected as our
servants again. There is but one ex
cuse which you can take for their
neglect to help fight for our demands,
and that is, that our national com
mittee at Washington withdrew the
demand. Every public servant at
Washington and elsewhere who
does rot help US in this fight
to rescue ourselves from the money
power to Cypress US, and shortly
take from us our homes, must be
worked against and voted against,
and in their places put servants who
will do our service gladly and will
lingly, men of patriotism who can
grasp the needs of the whole people
and cannot be bought by the money
class, to pass laws especially for their
interests, to the destruction of the
working class.
Let it be by our Congressman in
regard to our national demands as it
was in regard to our State demands
in our last legislature. Some of our
legislative servants came home with
nicely gotten u . excuses for not work
ing for a railroad commission, but
their excuses avaiIed nothing. The
people knew what they needed. They
had been educated to know what the
needs were that would relieve them
of some Of their burdens, and those
men who voted against this commits
sion and the peoples needs will stay
at home this winter. The Congress
men who are in Congress now need
never come before the people with
nicely gotten up excuses for voting
against our national demands, to be
elected again. The working people
know what they are doing. They
have been educated on both sides of
the question-about what is done and
! what is not done and by the cause of
this education these demands have
come. These demands are backed by
the balance of power in this country
and no man can go to Congress who
oppose them. Let every laboring
man in this country stand together,
viii you do it?
H. F. FREEMAN.
L ! J Il.