Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-19
VOL. XIV. NO. 1903.

speedily lead 70 bankruptcy and ruin.
We therefore would recommend that YOU
take such action aS shall be necessary for
the maintenance of the alien land law, and
look with disfavor upon anything that
would lead TO an insecure hold Of our peo-
!, pie upon our lands for homestead purposes,
| and upon the homes they now enjoy.
| FINANCE.
| Il is fact well established by history
| that circulating meGium-mouey-iS u
| very important aud necessary factor of rjvj-
| lization In proportion a. the finances are
| properly adjusted 10 the demands ana needs
! of the people and commerce, do We lind
nation enjoying the highest type o. civI ia
| ton and prosperity. Without money civil
| lization could not have had beginning;
| with 4 diminishing supply il must laulsuiSh,
and. unless relieved, finally perish. In
studying the history of the nation aud
! familiarizinG ourselves with the conditions
| that now obtain. we find the money of the
nation oCEed in the Golfers of the rich, and
the produce of the nation Glow the cost OF
production. the wages OF labor below a llv-
ing compensation, the commerce of our
country IN StaGnant condition, 100000
mortgages covering the homes of our peo-
| pie the continued increase of the credit
| system, all of which leads 10 the conclusion
that the finances of our country are mad
equate To meet the demands Of its business
Therefore if we would free agriculture
anu ldtDt IRON Tie uCdl III grip Oh UCubpU1S,
resdScitate our ijnguiShlng and almost
pardiyZrd industries. lift the mortgages
from the homes Of our people. dispel the
dark clouds that hang so low and heavy
over the business men of our nation, keep
the sheriff from the door Of the working
classes and the auctIoueer'S hammer from
the ears of our mercantile men. We mus
correct the evils of our financial system ana
80 adjust il To the business, interests of our
country. that a few men cannot produce a.
financial crisis at any time they wish. In
order 10 secure this necessary reform We
would recommend that you take such steps
as may be necessary for carrying into effect
the demands Of our national organization
on financial reformation.
TRANSPORTATION
1t is an evident fact that the development
of our natural resources the comfort and
prosperity of the people the spreading and
propagation of our moral and religious lu-
situations and the maintenance ana prog
reSS Of our present civilization depend
largely. if not wholly, upon the proper
means of distribution; and while less per
feet management and less rapid transit than
our present system of railroads viii not
suffice. we recognize the necessity of per
haps greater development in that line in
the future than MANY others, in order 10
keep pace with odr cvcr-incrcasiug de
mauds aud wonderful growth in civiljZa-
ton
roads or their. further development, but
only ask that theF he under and subject u
such legislative control as shall prevent
discrimination and oppression believing
that with proper adjustment, the interest
Of both management and patrons will be
protected and improved. Now that we
have Il commission created for purposes aS
set forth i'll the demands of our order, we
should look well To the laws governing same
and see that they conform to our interest
and are properly executed We believe the
appointive power tends toward an arist0-
cratic government, and opposed to true
democracy. Is against the Interests of our
commonwealth and the fright of suffrage
guaranteed 10 US by our constitution
Therefore. we would recommend that all
officers, both state and national, be elected
by direct vote of the people.
CALLS FOR A REPORT on TIE EXCHANGES
The agency, being d chartered institution
and directly under the control of the stock
holders, and whereas the state Alliance has
no Jurisdiction over the same, we must look
TO said stockholders Tor the perpetuatiOn of
the same: Vet, i'll view Of the fact that dp-
pedlS have been made to the brotherhood by
the management for assistance, ami also
the Waco conference recommended that the
order take immediate action for the proper
adjustment Of the business; therefore,
would recommend as a matter of infor-
nation and satisfaction to the members Of
tue bi'ttI. tuIt llIC DpdiN VI uiItItptS ilIsthc
Il report to this body showing the exact
condition of the business.
LADY MEMBERSHIP.
There is nothing that tends to the exalt-
ING and purifying of human nature So much
Us that which endeavOrS TO better the con-
dItiOn of life and make its environments
more pleasant. To this end the Alliance is
working. ana one of the great factors nee
esSdry 10 its success Is the leavening iutiu-
cHce which the none women of our land
can give. The relations which they slI,-
tain to the great drama uf life is no less
than that which they sustain 10 the ALI
ance. Each would be Il fixture, and the
hopes and aspirations of life would, with
all they imply, blast creation, We're it not
that woman, the GROWING work of God,
was and Is 10 te the inspiration of mans
endeavOrs through all ages of the world.
Without her influence, home would be
blasted shrine; the foundations upon which
civil and religious liberties stand would be
a wreck. and chaos inevitable. Anarchy
would reign supreme, and darkness, like
pail. would cover this fair land of ours.
Then with the knowledge of the past before
us-the history of the nations that have rs-
en-, flourisheG and dccayed-we cannot ignore
the great part which women performed III
the departed epochs. We find the scale OF
civilization graded in proportion as they
were hOnored.
Seeing the condition of many fair women
of our land tO-day-slaVing in the fields and
factories, their surroundings not at all cal