The advocate., 1890-09-03
REMARKABLE.

the rule oi Providence IN scndug bountlul
crops aud abundant hayests, WIS condemned
and the comphincrs proposed 10 improve upon
Gods methods and do things up In good order
ana 10 the farmers pecunlary Interests. The
next year. 1874, came drouth, grshoppers and
chnch bugs, and the farmers had no cause 10
rail NJ the good Father for sending too bountiiu
season
In iSsO.OO the farmers alliance entered much
The same complaint against the Ruler Of the
earth ana heaven, for sending such an Immense
crop 0i corn as 10 ruin the market and they pro-
pose to improve upon Heavens government,
Their lecturer advised 10 use corn for fuel, to
plant less aud thus control the market; and In
their scheme, 10 improve upon the ways Of PrON-
dence, they have gone into politics and propose
t0 capture the state aud national governments
and run things after their own ways Drouth
again comes and the corn crop Is nearly ruined,
Many farmers win have TO buy corn this year.
Are these two instances Of finding fault with
Gods ways and the accompanying drouth ON
each occasion mere coincidence? Or Is there
In ita proudentIaI rcbuke TO the compumcrs?
VIII thoughtful farmers carefully consider this
matter?
Our country has been regarded as the "Child
Of Providence from the landing of the Pilgrims
no Plymouth, and the first settlers at jamestown
to the present timei and II does not seem we'll 10
"charge God toolishly' because the seasons do
not always please us. "Wsdom Is approved Of
all her children" Let all be her children.
The foregoing from the Oskaloosa
Independent exhibits an amount of
gall seldom equalled and never sur
passed. Who ever heard gran
ger or a member Of the Farmers
Alliance utter a complaint Of the char
acter attributed to them by the imbe-
cile who undertakes to distill wisdom
through the columns Of the Tndepend-
ent} Nature most bountifully re-
warded the labors Of the farmers Of
Kansas in 1889. The products Of the
farm were abundant, and under the
farmers policy Of equal justice to all
and special privileges to none, the
season should have marked an era of
unusual prosperity. But what are
the facts? Prices were such as to
bring no adequate return for the
labor Of the husbandman. After dis
posing Of all his surplus he found |
himself with insufficient funds to pay
his taxes and the interest on his in
debtedness and leave anything to pro-
vide necessities aud comforts for the
family Did no charge this result
against the Ruler of the universe as
stated by the Independent? Not u
bit of it. He had better sense. He
charged it to the vicious financial
policy of this great American govern
ment, whore it rightfully belongs.
Who is it that has attributed the
calamities that have come upon the
industries Of the country to the
"Ruler Of Heaven and earth for send
ing such an immense crop of corn as
to ruin the market" as the Indepead-
eat puts it? From whence has this
cry of ''overproduction" come. 1t has
come in every instance from repuJH-
can politicians and from the nincom-
poops who know no better than to
echo their cry; and now after reiter-
ating their utterances, ad nauScum,
as the only explanation these idiots
co,,ld r;va ~ tbo coueo of nm. o,,y;o,,l