The advocate., 1890-05-28
THE CAUSE on THE HARD TniEg.

| EDITOR ADVOCATE In lDOknR over YOU
valuable papers Of April 30 and May 2 and "A,
notice q great deal Of complaint In regard tO th,
depressed condition Of the agricultural interest
Of good many localities In Kansas and Tina
this II true 10 much greater extent than the tll
lers Oi the soil IKE 10 see, no one will for mo
mcnt deny, and that this ia a great misfortune
all will fully coIncldei and that we have probably
not received the attention Of our Representatives
In congress we should have received yet Is II Tho
part Of wisdom for thO Farmers Alliance 10 bC
constantly passing resolutions denouncng OuI
representatives Tor all our Ills and msiOrtunesl
True, since the year 1894 times with the farmers
and labOrors have been gradually growing closer
and closer until there II very little encourage
ment In farming, yet we have the samo Kind Oi
congressional material we had eight or ten years
ago when everything was fOurlshlng with thC
farmer. The writer came b Kansas In the yeal
1867, and has always been iamerand amem
ber Of the Mayetta Alliance NO. lll, and Is IN
hearty sympathy with the order and with thegen.
oral welfare Of agriculture, and has seen droutll
and grasshOppers and four general failures Of
crops, and has seen times that those We
are now having are quite easy In COmpar
ison with the times we had then, yet we were
true and tried Kansans and all pulled through
and are here yet. And now, Mr. Editor In All
tho communications wo have read In your hon.
Orable paper, not one yet has suggested remedy
for our depressed times except 10 pass rosolu'
lions denounCIng some OF our representatives In
congress, and advance some theory which II
fully as much as we can expect 10 do And now,
Mr. Editor and brethren OF the alliance, viii
Just rohearse my own experienced In regard 10 our
depressed situation as farmers and laborers
Doubtless many members OF the alliance rcmem.
ber full well that Immediately after the great war
all WAS OKtravaganoe, and That all kinds Of farm
produce brought fabulous prices, and that all
kinds OF stock brought about al man chose Ia
ask for II, and Is II not only too true that too
many OF us bought stock at those high prices
with the full expectation that prices would still
remain high, and many Of usgaye urnotes bear.
Ing q heavy interest for the same, and when
prices declined many Of MS, rather than sacrifice
on The prices Of our stock, gave mortgages ON
our homes, and some Of us have been carrying
this indebtedness ever slnce2 and II does seem Ia
me that II is not tho part Of wisdom to blame NIL
this to our representatives In congress. What
we most need is this To call halt In extraya
gance ourselves nv we'll as congress, and try II
Nlye a little moro within our own means and keep
aAmuch AZ possible out OF debt and all viii bC
wGOl. We have an organization here NJ Mnyetta
Of About forty members, and the order Is doing
wen. We have an alliance store here doing a
good business. Brother \. X. Jones Is our bust.
ness agent, and we are getting our goods at rGas.
enable prices.
We are all In favor Of the free coinage Of sIl.
vor, and will petition congress TO work for that
measure
Corn is now worth 20 cents per buShcl here,
iat cattle cents per pound, hogs $500 per hun
drcd, mch cows are selling Mt from S25 TO $50,
and altogether times are looking bettor for the
farmers.
And now, Mr. Editor, while We have not given
any remedy for the general depression In the ag-
rcultural interests, like my brethren, have only
given suggestlOns and now what | think is our
duty In regard TO our congressman is this Letus
beseIge congress with petitions In regard to our
best interests, and then II they will not hear us
let us unite as body and reogate them TO the
rear
with charity for all and malice 10 none am
fTatemOlyyours, NOBLE CHASE.
This brothers heart is in tho right
place; his motives are all right, and
he will be found in full accord with
any movement that may be inaugu-
rated by the alliance for the improve
ment of industrial interests. 1t is ap-
parent however, that he has not
studied the causes Of the present
hard times. We invite the writer's
attention to a few considerations sug-