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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
HOWLING FOR REVENGE
THE SAVAGE PASSIONS OF THE
ITALIANS AROUSED.
Some Want War, lying on tho Prowess
of King Humberi's hi. BatIleships-
Attitude of Mayor Shakespeare, of New

Some Want War, Relying on tho Prowess
of King Humberis Biz BatIleships-
Attitude Of Mayor hakespoare, of New
Orleans.
A dispatch from Rome states that the
news of the massacre of the Italian pris-
onerS in New Orleans created a profound
sensation, and cables have been passing
between the Cabinet and the Italian
Minister at Washington. The engen-
dered feeling is one of utmost indigna-
tiOn and thirst for repriSals in some
form. An English visitor, who was mis-
taken for an American, had narrow
escape from being mobbed. In the talk
on the streets and in public places strong
protests We're uttered against any repre-
scntation of Italy at the coming Ameri-
can exhibition. Count Raspon, of the
Italian legation in Paris, expressed him
self in very strong terms on what he
called the cruel massacre of his country
men. He said Italy could not afford to
let such an outrage on humanity go
without redress. anu that it was a stain
on the American people that could never
he effaced.
Among Italian residents in London
there is much excitement On the subject,
and the killing is fercely denounced.
There is talk of 4 mass meeting to re-
quest King Humbert to demand redress
The papers published at Rome are
severe in their condemnation of the
"American mob"
The Popolo Romano, referring to the
tragedy, says that, "Relying on the fore
sight of the American authorities, and
out Of regard for sincerely friendly
power, Italy has refrained from sending
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THE DIGNITY OF LABOR.
II Deserves n Much Higher Consideration
Than Capital.

affirm il as my conviction that class
laws. placing capital above labor. are more
dangerous to the republic OF this hour than
was chattel slavery in the days of its
haughtiest supremacy. Labor is the SUI
perior of capital. and deserves much the
higher consideratiOn.--i!rdi Lincoln.
From earliest history, the many who
have performed the labor of the world
have been the servants of the few who
have lived and luxuriated upon the pro-
ducts of that toll which they never
deigned to perform, and which they held
to be mcnial and degrading. Even yet.
and in onr own democratic America. too,
there still fingers this same aristocratic
spirit. The head of contempt is tossed
at honest labor, even while supercil-
iously reveljng i'll the products thereof.
But it is sadder to see the children of
toll not only cringe and cover before this
spirit. but actually do homage to it. The
dignity which justly belongs to labor
alone is thus transferred to those sharp
ers and schemcrs who, in various very
polite, very legal to) and even trust"
y ways are daily committing piracies
| on the high seas of labor, and robbery
| on every continent of toll.
Consequently gaunt poverty, ragged
want, pale suffering, and wan sorrow
| dwell among the laborcrs of the world.
Whereas, if there were no idlers. and
scorn instead o. flatterv was hcaped
| upon these getters of ''usury and unjust
gains," universal peace, prosperity and
progress would bless the world at the
hands of honest toll. Universal respect
and Difference would be paid to all the
children of labor. No iealousies or
heart burnings would exist among
them: for, whether manual labor GEM
med their hands. mental labor their
brows, or moral labor their souls, it
would be seen and recognized that:
On each brow of faithful labor
That moistened is by honest ,weat.
Regarding neither place nor favor.
Jehovah's royal seal is SET
Each hand that useful toll hath honored
Each heart that yearneth for the good.
Each brain that for mankind hath pom
dered
Each soul that for the right hath stood,
Alike is gemmed with worth eternal
When viewed by Gods impartial eye;
On earth below in worlds supernal.
The worth of toll can never die,
&. II. fooE in If|iu0 Tsy1es
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
WHO WINS.

Who wins in the long race of lifes
Who wears the wreath from fields of strife?
Whose courage ia Is not. storm or calm.
Who never fails t. bear the palm:
Who brings bright honor from the field.
As Spartan youths brought back their shield
TiS he who yields a steady dart.
Who yields the cause a firm, true heart
He wins.
Who fails when nations count their treasure
To stand the test OF manhood's m aasure:
Who shows the warwaked storm of wrath,
And stands to-day in progress path.
In counting Ger the hostile list
Of friends and foes whose name is missed:
Half hearted men whom all derde
Claiming and claimed for by neither side
These fail.
BY whole-souicd men, the work Is won
Whose hands and heratS iDlpel it on:
Whose mind of depth and Will of might
Deems every question wrong or right:
Who'll never an atom of priuciple yield.
While right has friends or wrong a shield;
For them the golden moments wait.
"ris those who pluck bright fame from fate
These win.
He wins who gives his work his heart.
He fails who plays the halfway ptrt
Be men. and show your colorS now:
Write friend or foe upon your brow.
No halfway plan e'er won the way
In issues grand like these to-day.
There never was but one way right.
For that de .lare and and for 1t fight
Right wins
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
She Prevented Him.

Mr.. Gladstone, when he formed his
administration in 1880, made blind
man, the late Mr.. Fawcett, Postmaster
General. The POST had sometimes
carried with it seat in the Cabinet,
but Mr.. Fawc cett remained outside of
the council chamber TO the day of his
death. His wife stood in the way.
Mr.. Smalley, in his London letters,
explains how Mrs. Fawcett prevented
her husband from entering the Cab
met.
Mr.. Fawcett's blindness would have
made it necessary to confide Cabinet
paEels and secrets to his secretary.
His secretary was his wife, who was
also his confidante. adviser, FELLOWSHIP
dent, and other self. Had Mr.. Glad
stone made Mr.. Fawcett Cabinet
Minister, he would have made Mrs.
Fawcett one also. But the Prime
Minister of Great Britain would not
have been supported had he extended
the practice of woman's rights to tho
Cabinet,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
Uncle Sans Auction Sale.

will sell on my farm between the At
lantic and Pacific. on March 4. 1893, all
of the following property, to-wit:
Twenty tons of fat Office seekers.
Twenty-three carloads of Associated
presses, used to press hayseed.
Eve hundred head watered stock
Two dozen trusts. Grinders patent.
Five dozen syndicates.
Sixty dozen land grabbers.
Three thousand national banks. My
hired men feed these we'll and they are
good stock for the butcher.
Half dozen stock exchanges can also
be used for dehorning cattle.
Two hundred yards imperishable
bonds: all have patenteNpansion balance
and are set in dnst proof eases.
One gilt edge bond mill and premium
elevator.
Forty car loads, No. usurers.
Twenty five car loads of commercial
travellers.
Fifty tons of pcrverters.
Forty-five cases of eyeglasses to dis
cover technicalities.
Thirty cases hardened mortgage ma
chimes.
A large assortment cut and dried eau
cuses.
VIII also sell one-half OF my patent
right factory and many household
articles too numerous to mention.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock a. m
Terms-Spot cash.
Some of the L. S. Satan's agents. will
be here, and will kindly loan you of my
money at SO per cent. if you give mort
gage.
If this supply of money should not be
sufficient for the demand. then they will
send despatch to my treasury and it
will be Forthcoming the same day.
A free dinner of dressed beef and
standard oil will be served OH the
grounds.
Reason for selling is that my hired
men have managed affairs SO badly that
my boys have decided to do all the work
on the farm themselves. Hence the
above named property will be no longer
needed on the farm. UNCLE SAM.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26

THE simplicity, real or assumed. of
our esteemed capitalistic contemporar-
les is truly rural. Some time ago money
was SO scarce in Wall street that not
dollar could be had by bull or bear at
auy rate of usury; now the banks have
run their reserves to 5000. 600 surplus.
which is seven millions more than year
ago. Hence great wonderment: and Yet
Jay Gould, one month ago, told them
plainly that money would be drug In
the market by the middle of January.
Was he a prophet, an astrologer? I'm
questionably. He was the man who
lately locked up the money when con-
templating his Union Pacific and other
railroad combinations. Besides needing
cash for the purchase Of those great
properties he was enabled, by thus Great
ing an artificial scarcity Of the circnlat-
ing medium, to run down their stocks,
and keep them down while he was buy
ing them. He made the scarcity and
now makes the plenty: all for his own
benefit. He made his contracts and is
now paying out. The matter is as simple
and clear as our esteemed contemporar-
les are simple and blind. Worknen's
1drOcdtc. NeW York.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26

government property. Neither Of these
contingencies arose at New Orleans. Tho
Governor did not ask for assistance, and
the public buildings at New Orleans were
at no time in any danger from the mob.
These statements indicate clearly that
up to the time of the killing of the sus-
pected murdererS the cas-, was wholly
beyond the scope of Federal action. Tho
fact, however, that sev raj Of the men
killed wee subjects of Italy, and the
furthHr fact that the Italian Govern
ment has made formal demand for an
investigation, have given the case an
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26

majority of six ballots. The victory
could not be regarded as personal, for,
high as Jenkins stands as man of ire
proachable private character and brave
and able champion of popular rights,
Gen. West, his chief competitor, stands
equally high as gentleman and scholar,
with Il wide reputation as most agree
able and interesting public speaker. 1t
is sign of impending change-Of rule
from the millionaire to the millions of
plain people, who are the sheet anchor
of hope for the future of humanity
JOlin Scitz IN Ndnti0adt IieH.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
South on tho Political Aspect.

! heartily endorse the movement of
Brothers Longacre and Southall, and
wish to strengthen their arguments a
little. From what state do tae liberty
loving and oppressed class OF people in
tend to select their man to vote for
president of the United States in 90?
AS chief magistrate of the United
States, is Cleveland any better than
Harrison? or. would Harrison serve us
any better than Cleveland? In other
words, can we as class trust one man
more than another, who lives in any
state east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio? The bankers,
railroad syndcates, manufactur-
ers, monopolists and trusts of
the eastern states, for more than a
quarter of a century, have ruled the en-
tire nation by nominating their man on
both sides for president, and it matters
not which one of the two cOntending
nominees gets there. Their politics are
leach the same except in name, and
the interest of the New England land
old England) capitalists will be we'll
looked after by him, and the farmers
and laborcrs of the south and west will
be cleft out in the cold" If there is any
difference in the political views and
practices of the eastern democrats and
republicans we fail to see where they
exist and where they have been applied.
| for one will not vote for any man
who may be nominated by the New
Englanders, or who is in any way related
to them financially, locally, or sectional
ly. Now, let all the libcrtyloving men
of the south and west set to work and
nominate our man and then give him our
united support. Do not wait one for an
other, but let all the correspondents of
the paper write on this subject. Let all
newspapers friendly to the cause of labor
and labor products, get to work on this
thing at once and by united and strong
effort we can bring itabout. Men Of the
south and west, arise! with " healing in
your wings. "and soar over the mountains
of our eastern oppressors. Let us hear
from not only few bnt all.-Bcn. S.
South In Kentucky State linton.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
Taxes in 1890 as follows


Also the various national, savings,
state and private banks claim to have
on hand in the shape of capital, surplus,
profits and deposits the enormous amount
of S., ,2O1, ,671, 100.
Now is there money enough? To find
a ready and fairly remunerative market
for all the farmer produces there must
be in circulation among the people over
81, 900, ,O0O,O 900. Even the most radical
supporters of the present financial sys-
TEN do not claim there is over one-half
of this amount in actual circulation.
According to the bank statements there
is not nearly one-half enough money to
settle up what should be cash balances.
Then it isn't over-production that stag
mates the markets, but inability of the
consumers to purchase: it isn't an incli-
nation to rcpudiate which leaves debts
unpaid but there is not enough to pay
the debts.
After the cause of these hard times
reason Immediately seeks a remedy. 1t
is very evident that, in this case, the OPP
positc of the cause will prove panacea
"a sufficient volume of money in actual
circulation. So the relief necessary
| must contain three provisions: 1st. more
money; end, placing it in circulation;
3rd. means to keepi it in future circula-
tion.
The policy of each and every admin
istration has been to not increase, but
rather decrease, the amount of currency.
Both republicans and democrats have
adhered to the minimum coinage of
silver, robbing the people of 500, 900, 900
| every four years; both parties favored
contraction in 1866.
Cleveland opposed the compulsory
coinage Of silver to any amount
Mr.. Cleveland's comptroller of the
treasury favored the destruction of the
S346, 100000 of greenbacks and their
substitution by interest bearing bonds.
Harrison opposes the free coinage Of
| silver.
Both republicans and democrats oppose
an issue of legal tender notes and Bit
terly oppose the sub-treasury and land
loan plans which are designed to reas-
onably increase the volume of currency
and place it in circulation.--Bnte
| Ark ! AHiU1rP I'Oire
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Game in this vicinity is very plenty.
writes L. c. B., from Andover. in the
kennebec Journal In fact for deer
and bear it is veritable sportsmen's
paradise. Go outside the village half
mile and you can see deer tracks cross
ing and recrosslng in all directions. l
know of no better place in Maine for
weeks sporting tour than this. A tramp
Of two or three miles is all that is neces-
sary to bring you into the very heart of
splendid game country. The man
who cannot bag deer or bear must
indeed be a poor hunter.
Last fall two boys, aged respectively
13 aud I, started out fron the village
on "a grand bear hunt" as they termed
it. They were armed with one cur dog
and an old-fashioncd tiint-lock pistol.
The first day they tramped ten hours
without seeing any game and then
camped out on the ground in the woods.
In the morning they were up and off
again with untiaggiug zeal and courage.
About noon they heard the dog barking
violently, and retracing their steps they
found that the canine had treed an inn
mense bear. The boy who held the
pistol took deliberate aim and pulled
the trigger. A flash in the pan was the
only result, and after several Intellectual
attempts to discharge the thing they
held council of war.
In the meantime the bear showed
disposition TO come down and take a
hand in the deliberations.
The boys hastily primed the blunder-
buss, and this time it went of, knock
ing the young hunter over backward
and apparently doing no damage to the
bear. Again the boys consulted, and
after about half an hours work they
succeeded in reloading the ancient fire.
arm. As chance would have it the next
bullet struck the bear exactly in the
heart, killing him instantly and bring
ing him to the ground. He was 6 mag
niticent specimen, weighing $50 pounds,
and his pelt alone brought the captors
$l5. That is the sort of boys they raise
up here in Andover.
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Disagreeable for Hawk and Mouse.

A Texas sportsman the other day was
returning from quail shooting when
he perceived sparrow hawk poise in
the air short distance from him and
then dart fercely down into the grass.
In q moment the bird few upward with
something in its talons and uttering
cries in which acute pain and the fierce
Joy of victory seemed somewhat blended.
1t kept screaming and pecking at .
small object in its claws. The sports
man brought the gun to his shoulder
and killed the bird.
The bird had driven its claws into
the back of the mouse. perforating the
skin, passing beneath two ribs of the
little animal and piercing the skin again
in such q manner that it could not turn
its catch loose. The tortured mouse
on his part had seized one leg of the
bird in his mouth and buried his teeth
into it just above the joint in the leg,
cutting the bone entirely in two. Both
mouse and bird had been killed ont
right by the human animal of prey, the
mouse having received a shot in the
side and the bird one in the head.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
@Couldn't you have punished them by
lawful means9n

@Couldn't you have punished them by
lawful means?"
"They were punished by lawful means.
The men who did it were all peaceable
and law-abidng. The Italians had taken
the law into their own hands and we had
to do the same"
1t is stated by the officials Of the De-
partment of Justice and the War Depart
ment, in explanation of why tho govern
ment had taken no STEPS to prevent mob
violence, that tho Federal authorities
are powerless to act in cases of disorders
in the States exc pit when called upon for
aid by the State authorities or when
necessary for the special protection of
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26

THE coinage of paper money by gov
ernment for the purpose of loaning it to
the people at not more than 2 per cent.
year is one of the most important
planks in the peoples flatform. The
government has been loaning several
hundred millions to national banks for
nearly thirty years at per cent, so that
the principle is not 4 new one. The
only question is. do the farmers need the
money? Unquestionably they do, not
for the purpose of loaning to their
neighbors, but to relieve themselves
from usury and unjust taxation. The
banker does not have this plea-has no
necessity for this money. But the
banker is government pet, while the
farmer is treated worse than beast. 1t
is time to make change.-Os,ccgo
Kan. Statesman
BAKERS arc great loafers but they are gen
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
NUMBER 6.
The Peasant DfspiacIng the Farmer.

Prof Rodney We!ch says in the Feb
ruary Forum: 1t may sound strange
to Eastern readers, but it is neverthe-
less true, that there are more farms in
Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa that have
there are in New Hampshire, Vermont
and Massachusetts. In the New Eng
land States owners leave their farms be-
cause the labor lent in cultivating
them is no longer remunerative, but
such is not the case in the prairie re-
gions of the West. There the owners of
farms leave them for the reason that
they can obtain sufficient rent from
tenants to enable them to support their
families in towns. Cities In several of
the Western States contain hundreds
of retired farmers. Springfield, ILL.,,
and Janesville, Wis, are good exam
pies of the towns in which these alb
sentee landlords reside. These retired
farmers or absentee landlords take lit
tie interestin keeping up good roads In
the township in which their land is
situated. or of sustaining schools of
high grade. As rule they do not
even keep up the improvements on
their farms or commence new ones.
They erect no substantial buildings,
plant no orchards and vineyards, and
set out no ornamental trees aud shrubs.
Their farms are worked, as mines and
quarries are, for the amount of market
able material they can be made to pro-
duce. As their tenants ordinarily lease
the land from year to year, they have
no interest in making Improvements.
The result of this is the formation of
a distinct peasant class, such as is found
in Bavaria and Bohemia. In entire
counties in Illinois and Wisconsin the
English language is scarcely ever heard
outside the large towns. The church
services are conducted in foreign
tongue. and instruction is gwen it in
the schools. The intellectual condi-
ton of the PEOPLE who occupy farms is
not above that of the lowest class of
laborers in our large cities. The town
ship, they inhabit seem like detached
portions Of central Europe put down
near the center of the new world.
Nomina1y these men may be citizens,
for town politicians have had them
passed through the naturalization mill
but they know little and care less
about the institutions of the country.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26

you think that a monster was wrapped
in its folds unless You knew their awful
story. A fear that Baptista will die
and also cause his death makes Laz-
arus solicitous regarding his brothers
Welfare.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26

WANTED, for dime museum: Any
one who was ever seen laugling in his
own or any one else's sleeve.-St. Jo-
seph NeUS
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-26
TILLERS AND TOILERS
SHOULD STAND TOGETHER
AGAINST PLUTOCRACY.

Decrease of Money In Circulation and Its
Effect Upon tho Country Facts and Fig
ures That Tell a Terrible Tale of In
justice--Thc Principal Cause of Hard
Times.
The la TX of money in circulation is
now conceded to be the principal cause
of the hard times. In 1866 we had S52. OF
in circulation per capita, now We have
S5.12. This statement has been clearly
proven IS the ablest writers on finance
in the country. One of the effects of
this condition is. shown in the business
failures. In 1865 VIC had SEQ failures,
with total liabilities of Sl1,625.OOO. In
1889 we had 1927. failures, with total
liabilities of SAFE, 496, "a. This does not
give over one-half the actual failures.
Deeds of trust. railroad and corporation
failures by rcceivership. compromised
Indebtedness and other forms of liquida-
tion are not included in the above fig
ureS.
Let as see what effect this contraction
of the currency has had upon the ma
tional debt:
Amount of debt in 1855 ........... e. .7s3 oCO0OO
Amo mt paid on the principal.--- 15ae. 665. 3l2
Amount paid on the interest 2,:rN. .6,Ots
purchased :....... H,54o.m
Total amount already paid 81 l9S. .9Sl .3S1
SubtractinC the original debt 80. 2SS3 10000
From the amount paid and
have oyerpaid it by. ..---.-.-.... Nii3.G'l 36i
Notwithstanding this fact, we still owe
Si,1S3. 334, 4,6sS. What makes it much
worse is the fact that it will take more
of their products at present prices to
pay the SI.ls5.334. 6SS, now due on the
debt. than it would have taken to pay
the original debt at the price of products
when the debt was contracted, as shown
by the following table: