Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-27
A Word to the Farmer.
For the DEMOCRAT.

For the DEMoCRAr.
The great cry of the rich is ssover-
production" and it is done to keep the
minds of the poor from the facts in the
case. Last year was the first crop you
have raised in four, but they still tell
you it is overproduction, that you do
not get better prices for your crop;
when it is not the facts in the case at
all, when there is 10000, 600 of people
today on half rations. Why are they
in this fix? Because they have no
work. Why have they no work? One
cause is there is not enough money in
the country to do the business of the
country. Another cause is the rate of
interest is too high. Why? Because the
national banks control what money is
in circulation. Why do the national
banks control the currency of the
country? Because the government
issues it to them and they to the people;
the government gets one per cent. a
year, the banks get from two to three
per cent. month. Now if the govern
ment would put out to the people at
one per cent. year enough to do all
the business of the country those 20
millions of idle people would be put to
work and would be able to buy what
they wanted to eat, and it would use
all the overproduction we have; besides,
there would be plenty of money for all.
and times would be good and all at
work. We would have no strikes, nor
farmers alliance, nor trusts to contend
with.
But as it is, the rich are trying to get
richer and to make the poor poorer.
Why were times so good during the
war? It was because the government
was paying out more money than it took
to do the business of the country and
money was plenty. We had at that
time $57 per head; but since that time
the population has increased until we
have now but about 81 dollars per head.
and what there is in the hands Of few,
and they won't let it out unless they
can get more than it is worth to do
business OH; so we have hard times to
deal with, and 1t will be so as long as
you let the national banks and thieves
run your government. But the people
have stood it about as long as they
will. But" says one, 1--WE have as
good banking system as the world
ever saw" We know it Is good for the
banks, but hard on the people who
have to deal with them, as some of you
can testify to. They want to be
knocked in the head or let the govern
ment deal out enough money to do the
business with and we will have no use
for them. just so long as you let
things run as they are we will have low
prices and hard times, and you poor
devils can sweat and work and sell
what you raise for what you can get,
and keep on cursing your merchant
here, who has been carrying you for
two or three years until you could pay
him, for today half of them are in a
worse fix than you are.
Now is the time to stand by the men
who stood by you and go to work in the
right place. What have your congress
men done for the laboripg class to
better their condition? What are they
doing now? When you have a poor
hand you turn him off until you can
get man to do your work as you want
it done. Do so with your congressman.
If congress has the power to issue
greenbacks to pay the appropriations
they are making, that would put more
money into they country. but no."
say the national banks, 'that would
not dot would hurt us. The less
amount of greenbacks in circulation
the better it is for u.s."
Can the people stand this kind of
business. That is the question.
Z. B. B.