Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-03
NEWS OF The MOVEMENT.

NEWS OF The MOVEMENT.
Dead as any door nail That is Sec
tional hate.
The people of Kansas don't seem to
hate the people of North Carolina so
ALFRED much after all Who Is Polkp
Exchange.
Nearly 500 bales Of Alliance cotton
were massed at Alfalfa, Ala, a few
days ago and many prominent cotton
buyers were represented by their pur-
chasing agents. 1t seems however,
that the Alliance representative put in
the highest bid and scooped the lot for
shipment direct to Liverpool
gressive Farmer.
No farmer, no matter how wealthy,
influential and seem ngly independent
can afford TO hold himself aloof from
the general movement, which is now
manifest in agricultural communities.
to unite the farmers and secure for
themselves better recognition of their
interests in the halls Of legislation =
Wichita (Kan.) Republic
The business agents of the State ALI
ances of Tennessee. South Carolina and
ranged for a general meeting of all the
State business agents in the South at
the Alliance Exposition to be held in
Ocala, Fla. during Decemb Der and Janu-
ary. They W IL meet December 1, the
day before the National Alliance as
sembles
Brave men Of the Peoples party
Like heroes they stood upon the rock of
their ''seven demands" There was no
hinching nor breaking of ranks Kan
sas has led the way and forced the is
sues of the next National campaign. 1t
took courage and stout-heartedness to
Withstand the terrible onslaughts, but
Kansas men land Kansas women) were
equal to the time and task.-Advocata
The disintegration of both the old
National parties is rapidly going on.
The campaign of 1892 will see grand
new party, fresh and fervid, composed
of the animating principles and the
best elements of the grand old party of
Thomas Jefferson, and the grand old
| party of Abraham Lincoln. The G. N.
P. has a mission of broader scope than
had ever any party IN the whole his
tory Of the world.-Advocate.
| The railroad system as at present
managed is unjust Its enormous bonded
debt at fictitious valuations is absorbing
the substance Of the people in the in
terest of millionaires. The General
Government should own and operate the
railroads and telegraphs and furnish
transportation at cost the same as mail
facilities are now furnished, and
| I onio1 a. I'm ohou1d ~ sr,lk
rate no higher than those now in force
in Iowa. Voice.
| Every dollar you use carries with 1t
the curse Of interest. AS interest bear
ing issuance from banks is our only
means of getting money, how can it be
otherwise? The price of all commodi-
ties, therefore, must be regulated in
some degree to correspond with the
amount of interest paid Government
issue OF money would. therefore, prove
a two-fold benefit, by reducing the rate
Of usage and appreciating the value Of
commodities Western Advocate.
It is said that enough farmers have
been elected to the next Congress to
control it by holding the balance of
power However this may be. it is a
genuine fact that old ''hay-seeds" and
''clod-hoppers" will be seen in healthy
abundance about that beautiful capitol
at Washington. As the times progress
who knows but that we may inaugurate
another farmer President like Wash-
ington, who shall administer this Gov
ernment for the people as against mo-
nopolies- God speed the day.-Grange
| Bulletin
Said A. w. Wright, of the Knights of
Labor. in recent address: THE labor
agitators, as they are called, are trying
to organize the working people for their
own interests, and yet you will hear the
manufacturers say labor organ ;zatio
are all right If it were not for the labor
agitators. That Is what the slave own
ers said about Phil ps and Garrison.
But we labor agitators propose to keer
on with our WORK of making the work,
ing people dissatisfied with their condi.
tion when their condition is not what 1,
should be."-Exchange.
The Farmers Alliance is a protest
against present conditions A profess
against the unequal distribution of the
profits arising from labor in production
A protest against those economic meth
DDS which give to labor q bare livin.
and make capital the BENEFICIARY of al
life's pleasures and comforts It is
protest against continued toll on tn,
one hand. and continued ease and com
fort on the other. It is q protes
against forced economy. debt, snd pri
vstion to the producer, and peace
plenty, happiness and prosperity TO th,
non-pfoduceE National Economist
What is the Alliance doing? VIII,
twelve months ago you scarcely say
mention made OF it in the various papers
throughout the country. but to-day, yor
can not pick up paper, let it be ever
so insignificant, that hasn't some refer
ence to the Alliance or its methods
Twelve months ago pei ticians ignored
its very existence; today they WOO Il
with strains as plaintive as they would
WOO coy maiden coming through ths
rye Farmers, and their in terests, have
become so absorbingly dear TO politi
clans that they can scarcely sleep fol
devising some measures of relief. The,
are by the farmers. however, a. thi
average tramp is by wCod-pile the,
realize they are kind Of bread and
meat necessity. -Farmers' Advocats.