The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-08-14

able a trust to rub us, or ou lnmber,
because we srs cutting down too
much Sf our iifnbsr now, snd should
moi give premium f.sr doing 80.
there IL no sense Of q tax on eOai,
which has become the football OF
monopolists. There Il no sense OF
tax on linen ~ there IL no linen
manufacture, except % ersah and
are not likely Go have any. No more
sense In tax on these than y tax on
coffee, tea or qulnine, and I might
GU on aud increase the list. The
only way of measuring the PROPOSE
ton L.: Will 10 benefit or injuTs
our working, producing eIassesf
These are the only questions TO set
tie.
In measuring the changed eondI-
tons OF working men many things
must be taken into account. First
and foremost we have grown from
!, OOe, 600 OF people, thinly scattered
over thirteen colonies, TO ~, 0OO. OOO
! In foFty-Iour states. Has that any
thug To do with it, We are in tile
habit Of pointing To this great growth
with pride, a. an evidence Of great
prosperity. Ia the second place =
change has come over the pursuits
sud lasts of our people, ~ la dwell
Z ing In the country, and In cities and
! towns. In lTD there were only
six cities In the United states pos
sr-siBR from s,On To l2,U0 inhabit-
ants. In 1870 the urban OF city pop
ulation Was only 81 per cent, OF our
I entire population. la IS.D the per-
cent UI city duellsr- had Lalleu still
/ lower. aud Was only four aud eight
Ala.
J towards n country ar rural life.
/ Then the tendency changed. Ia
! I'SIiA nine aud ne-tenIh percent
/ lived la cities. In lSSI, by MilhAll's
! tablets, o. aud 10 percent were re-
| -idrnI- nf cities of not less than D.
'HO inhabitants, aud iT We add to
that that the population of cities
! from 5,uUO To ai,UO, the percentage
! would have bSeu from ~ To ~ per-
/ cent reuidsuiz of cities Of 900 aud
upwa ards can hardly be classed as
rural population. have no doubt
hut that the present census will
,l-N chop the fact that moi less than
~ aud probably - per cent. Of our
| people are city jewellers, if We Tx ON
| cities at I,tsD Inhabitants ~ the
! standard. rnus We see that Ia 40
years lite urban population has In
I creased ten fold. This tendency has
! iin doubt been procured in several
way, Hnt the least nf which has bsen
/ lhat farmers aud sons uG farmers ~
J they we're severed from their rights
! To the patsrnal -nil, sought employ
Inrnl in the Titi.-- let nae Sgain call
Your attention thnI the number OF
{ in,ttpr iiti.-nt O9 urT-, " hn employ ed
/ tlru-rINrs has thus steadily hrcTeas-
\ I'll. and Ne have an increase OF Hage
workers. Hitherto the population OF
{ the country has h-eu considered the
bone aud sinew" Of tile uaIiUn, aud
: u j. among this hitherto agTiCuItu-
/ raj people that the changes 80 Sc
/ Tiou-ly affecting their standing. re-
sources sud power have brru So rap
idly going On.
! In securing u satisfactory settle
nIrnt Df these gursiinns ! sce Moth
ing 10 hinder the Alliance from lie
magIing aud securing from the Re-
publican party th" performance OF
such work.
There IL not solitary item Of IL
hat what ! worked for, aud in part
I accomplished while n nirIuhsT of the
Republican party. Twas. during my
IlT,,' irTm- in cungTusS, secretary Of
"f bath houses At the san- time !
wS- -.'.rrtaTy If the silver League,
which WaS not y party organization.
Certain Wall street Interests, rOTlEO-
rate interests, aud EASTERN Interests
net friendly tn the west would no
doubt have liked Ia drive me out Of
ilIc party, hut they could not, and ]
ip not want ih"m to drive you out.
helprd to build mp the Republican
hrc1Usr 10 champinn-d the cause u
tho dow utTn,ld'.n aud the NrsL, and
as NoTE - not done yet, aud since u
has lee 'niiie q I'nSrTGul organization
u" nat want the devil To steal IL az
IT, wrsS ftirn'is TIA abandon IL till Its
"uTt il dUuS. ! am no slave nf par
is tue claims 1T mankind rise far
alsoV" those 0T parts but know how
hard u u to frame a national party
on = few ISSUES no matter how in-
pnTtsnt. think I ,--In SEE. the fail
ur' 10 all HE promises this orgSHiEa-
lion wives you 10 you try 10 make u .
.U'Tr pnrtizan machine. Let your
ALLIANCE lie maintained as an OTgani-
:tti"n To- secure the adoption of Ger
tain measures, the selection OF nISg
aGis and true To what you want, aud
. ihe defeat Of those parasites aud Int
rnu!iei-uis who will or can do moth.
iuy for you, but mo- not destroy ths
lirpubliTan party until you eau see
y1Ir way clear To "A better one, aud
a. long - other great national quss-
iions are unSetiled.