The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

may not. What ever the intent, it
is a fraud because the Farmers AlIi-
ance has no Publishing Company UNI
less the GREAT WEST be such. The
central MINNEsOTIAN," our former
paper, was the official organ of the
Alliance, and a paper was drawn up
to have us start this journal in st.
Paul. But, practically, there is no
Publishing Company attached to the
Alliance-nor should there be.
There are a half-dozen papers i'm
this State, political minions, who are
singing good deal of mud at this
paper. The ground occupied is that
we are making too much fuss about
the poverty OF the farmer. We aver
that the farmer is under an absolute
tyranny:-First, as to the prices paid
for produce being set by a lot of ma
bobs, who are buyers. Second, that
nine-tenths of everything that he
purchases is in a combine, and has
an artificial price-that every tooth
pick supports an extra man. Third,
that the two great parties take him
by the nose-and if not promptly
shaken off, they lead him whittier
they will, putting a house Of lords to
rule over him and abusing the indie
pendent manhood in him. Fourth,
the press of the United States is un-
der a censorship more rigid, stern,
powerful, than that of any country
in the world except Russia. The
dailies are ruled with a rod of iron
by the Associated Company of rich
men who furnish all news to all pa
pers, and the country press are COM
PEELED to get their news and senti-
ments from them. Then the State
Committees aud County Committees
exercise a fatherly interest in whip
ping them into the traces.
So profound is this mastership of
wealth over the country that in 25
years the "bonding system OF build
ing and constructing everything
from a "Pioneer Press" building to-a
railroad, has become universal. This
system makes some other parties,
the producers, build everything, paw
the interest on the debt to build, paw
the principal, and then turn the
property over to the plutoerats!
The New England Farmer gives the
following facts in regard to the effect
OF these things on farmers of the
east, where farms are deserted bv
the thousands:
1.-The price OF the farmers produce
has diminished, while his taxes have
grown larger rather than less. He
cannot escape taxation, as manv
who own bonds and mortgages do.
Hence the pasture that formerly paid
the tax with one COW must now fur
nish two COWS, or their value, to the
tax gatherer. The value of the farm
er's real estate has in twenty-five
years fallen to one-half it's former
value in many instances. The rela-
tive social rank of the farmer has in
fifty years changed. Formerly, the
prosperous farmer was courted, now
he is only patronized. The farmers
expenses of all kinds have increased
out OF all proportion to his income.''
This is not the case with manufac-
tuners, railroading, express or tele-
graph business. The Fall River
manufacturers, Thirty three in num-
ber) have paid dividends. lover and
above their interest on capitalized
plant, of over eighteen millions) to-
the amount OF $1,S5O,OOO! Eight
have divided from II to "a per cent
profit each, this year. These state
ments from Bradstreet's.
The railroads have not even been
troubled in mind over the universal
stagnation and depression. They
charge more for freig ht on corn from
the fruitful west than ever before, lex
cept in Iowa.. Their net profits
have increased more than twelve ner
cent. in one year-taking the Ave
great trunk lines and branches west
OF Chicago. In Iowa, since the
granger legislation, their profits
have increased one million dollarsf
Under these circumstances let these
party dogs keep up their bowling.
and snap at us. We are not fearful
The GREAT VEST has a capital back