Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
FARMERS f6 fAE REsegs::
Lay Aside Your Differences and Get To-
Eether for the Common Good.

Lay Aside Your Differences and Get To-
gether for the Common Good.
Now for long pull and strong pull
tosetheri Come graagers. Alliance
meB. farfners' leagues and clubs, labor
Gii6fis; Ind thS OPPRESSED: let Dis. be
one, and unite III bhe E6nmoti btothef-
hood of man. In the midst of our divis
ions foresee a great uprising and rev
CLINTON among orr tinihsirg, farmers.
All such are now joining the Grange or
Farmers Alliance. Would to God there
was gily 5re organization. with rone
great aim and purpose, namely: t. eghs
down all combinations, monopolies,
trusts and the prevailing evils which are
so damaging to agriculture and its inter
ests. These upper and neither mill
stofes that arg grading is are ran By
HohderfHi and powerful Cor1iss Engine;
which is made up of combined capital
and politicians of the country, who
furnish the oil that runs this wonder
full machine. These powers are organ
lied; they have but one great purpose
in their ergaRisatioR-the almighty
dollar.
/ look back for a lesson I see that
all successful parties ami enterprises
are those who had one great purpose:
This being fact, / see at once that the
farmers will never succeed in doing
any good for themselves in their
present divided state, With a
dozen different organizations. most of
which came into existence by another
species of politicians, namely: those
that want to make living without
work. If We as farmers want to sue
Feed We thhst do away With 6ur di-
visions, and pay no atteiitidR to the
bawling and cries of the politicians and
heads of these different organizations
that are afraid of losing their soft
places.
To overcome all our difficulties will
require powerful and determined effort,
and when l come to see that the farmer
is the most slothful mover on earth,
when l see the grip of the politician
and how tbs farmers have been led
by the hose for So mah5 years;
when l contemplate our otherwise
divided condition and prejudices,
almost despair of farmers ever getting
into shape to do any thing for them
selves. We never can until we agree
among ourselves. Therefore want to
cali Upon every farm journal in America
to copy this article, and to make one
grand call for farmers to quit writing
about what the caues Of their troubles
are when they we'll know therh), and
go to work to unite. My idea is that a
general call should be made for all
farmers and labor interests to meet at
their respective county seats July 4.
Let the call be made by our farm jour
mails all over the land. Select your most
intelligent farmers to make adj
dresses on that day. Get men
that are independent, and that
have not been counting the politicians
for county Office Proceed to make
general call for the Grange, Alliance,
ETC., to send delegates to called con-
vention, and then let Changers forget
their Grange and Alliance men their
Alliance, and proceed to make plat
form broad enough for all to stand
upon. Let It's have one rallying point
one constitution and bylaw, gotten up
irrespective of any and all other organ
izations. Whatsoever is good of the
Grange, embrace it. If it is the
purpose of the Grange to be
social institution. to teach hon
esty support temperance, Guilt
vate brotherly love ard charity, and to
see that the brotherhood get their goods
at reasonable prices, let this all be en-
braced in the one great organization.
If it is the purpose of the Farmers AL
lance to fight and break down COM
bines and trusts, to open the shackles
of the politicians and let the oppressed
people loose, to fill our halls of legisla-
ton with farmers and % influence leg
islation in favor of farmers, let all this
be embraced. Principles good for one
will be good for all.
If one party can arrange to buy
goods at wholesale prices, the other
can, for any body can send his money to
wholesale house and get goods at
wholesale prices, in wholesale quanti-
ties 1t is not so much a cheap shoe
we want as prosperous and happy
shoemaker. Gods Book says, look
upon the things of others as well as your
own. We want this broad principle to
guide us. We do not propose to kill or
starve millionaires and politicians, but
we propose to make crooked things
straight Henry Price, in Ohio Farmer.