The advocate., 1890-07-23

to-day thOy own less than23 per cent, anc
still pay 30 cent OF the taXes,Rnd wher
/ say that Il bot mean the 0irect tQx, but
| the tax that lhllected from the pefple on
what they 0nH From 1850 30 lSaa The
actual valuatio f farms had increased l0l
per cent; from iiO 10 1870 they had IN
| creased 43 per catN from 1870 to lsSO thlt
I had iuH,Based OiNv per Cent; and nOtWitM
handitf thnh the ~ wedilh OF the county
had ino16Qsedt5 ptr scnt aaa the populR.
lion ~ 1'r cent 1lppOse F1 mtelhgapl
man frOr aOm6 far Nn county vino had
hoard Of thlg goternulent, supfb9e he hfl
heard this a'Atement; 8IDp0se tNh he ~
travelled Ov kansas, haf Visited w farnA
had Witness your induity, and had seen
these hOnesA ben WHO haze caltliAted thes.
| rich lands since 1865, men who had wOtfed
hard, lived hard and had cultivated thtse
| lands for twenty years, and are poorer to-
day BAan they were twenty years ago. Sup
pose no had heard this statement which
have Just made, he would say: "Sir, l have
heard you had the greatest government on
earth. have been taught that prosperity
has thrown its arms around and over and
about the citizens TO protect and shield them
from harm, but II your statement be true,
am forced to believe there is something
wrong something radically wrong" Sup
pose / had made this statement 10 this for
eiRner, that man had recently died In this
country and left his son fortune which was
80 great that ifhe did nothing but draw the in
terest mt per cent, he need not speculate or
invest his money in any way, and | would
allow him $5,OO0,OOO a year for pocket
change, and no need do nothing but collect
his interest and his rents; If he should live
as his father, drawing the interest all that
time, he could buy the whole Of this country
and put IL into his vest pocket, what would
no sayY And yet that statement il true.
know nothing OF your mOrtgaged indebted
ness in Kansas, but we hear much about IL.
This know, that the product Of your labor
costs you more than you receive for it. do
know that the farmers Of Kansas have made
no money in tho last five years, and they are
poorer to-day than they were FIVE years ago.
They are going down the scale of our pros
perity; you feel IL and you know IL. Here
are eight or ten millions of farmers in this
country, who by nature OF their vocation,
live isolated lives. Their employment re-
moves them from the sharp contact Of
shrewd money men, and from the workings
of political machinery Of to-day and tends
10 make them quiet, digniiied and law-abid-
ing and contented citizens. IL Is 80 from
one end Of the country TO the other. But |
tell you this afternoon that from New York
TO the Golden Gate the farmers have risen
up and have inaugurated movement such
as the world has never seen. IL isa reyolu-
tion which pray God may be peaceful and
bloodless; a revolution which shall roll ON
and ON and on till some OF the great wrongs
OF the world shall be righted; revolution
that can not be stayed: a revolution OF hon
"A A. " KutI
until IL shall accomplish the glorious mis-
sion for which IL was inaugurated
Men wonder why the farmers are 80 agi-
tated. If you want TO know, 90 to the reg
lister OF deeds Office or the office OF the re-
Corder of your state and you will see the
cause. IL you 90 TO the homes you will find
the children working in the corn fields who
ought to be i'm the school rooms. Go to that
old man, see him denying himself and fam
! ily the comforts OF life because of the short
reward of his labOrs. Then turn your eyes
and see the prinCely fortunes that are being
accumulated all over the land, and tell me
! why the farmers are separated on this ques-
ton, when we have reached the great bed
rock We know that it is TO our interest Ia
stand together and not 60 down at their
bidding. The American has inherited The
strength OF his father and the faith Of his
mother, and il is heritage he should prize
yes, a fortune. He has fruitful soil. he
has health, muscle, will, industry, and de.
sires TO build himself up, and he sees that
everything else is prosperous while he alone
is at standstill, and he would not be wor.
thy his heritage IL no did not seek to know
the reason for this great discrimination
Illinois last year produced G,0OO,O00 more
bushels of corn than il consumed and O,.
COO, GOO bushels of wheat. And yet tell you
farmers of Kansas, If every bushel of wheat
and corn had been applied to paying the in.
terest ON the indebtedness, II would have
fallen short $3,840,O0O. The corn cost 49,,
5000 more than il was worth when raised
But lay aside all of these facts, shut oul
eyes TO all these truths, and stand here and
ask why it is in this great country of ours
tho best ON the globe, with all our rich soil
| improved as it has been, admirably adapted