Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-10
HOw's This?

How is it that before we were obli-
gated as members of the Alliance we
were assured that nothing in it would
conflict with our political or religious
views, and now we are to be fitted
with a greenback saddle and ridden
into fiat money camp?
| We were assured that the Order,
though political, was non. partisan;
and now the air is ringing with
Farmers Alliance! and Third Party!
till we can hardly tell which from
| t'other
The Alliance is simply a school of
economical science, where men of all
parUies can come together and discuss
political questions without party bias
or feeling; and when anybody tries to
make third party out of it turn them
out for violating their obligation.
| Now is the time for all true Alliance
men to assert themselves, and to vim
dictate the organization. 1T was de-
signed for good and noble purpose;
don't let it be used for a narrow, fool
ish, and ignoble purpose. In it pre-
| pare yourselves to act effectively and
intelligently with whatever party, or
in whatever manner you see fit; but
never attempt to take political action
inside of it. You have no right to do
anything of that kind, except openly
and publicly, and outside of the Alli-
ance. 1t cannot nominate candidates
for public offices. 1t cannot propose
political measures that are obligatory
upon its members to accept. 1t may
formulate principles for the examina-
tion of its number, but anything at
tempted in state, or national conven-
tions, contrary to the general declara-
tions of purposes under which it was
organized, is null and void.
This attempt to identify the Alli-
ance with any party, and especially
with wildcat fiat money party, will
come to grief. 1t is in the interest of
money mongers, and such men as the
Rothschilds, to discredit coin till a
poorer currency can be issued so as to
be issued in such quantities as to drive
the coin into their hands, and. then
those who have lent themselves to
such schemes would be rudely walked
up to the fact that a government cam
not make money; and that its bills
are only credits, and promises to pay
what the people have not gotten but
what the Rothschilds have. We may
have all the produce of the country
behind the bills, but any attempt to
take more of that produce than we are
taking now would prov oke revolution.
Our silly attempts to make money out
of paper reminds one of the Spartan
plan of making money out of iron.
Flood the country with national
"wildcat" and bushel of wheat
would buy no more calico than it will
to-day, if as much; and while the rate
of interest would decrease the aggre-
ate of interest paid would be greater
in proportion, and you would only in
crease the debtor class instead of de-
creasing it. Somebody is paying for
an immense amount of fiat money
plate matter that constantly mixes
the Alliance up with third party;
and that somebody has an ak to grind,
and is well able to pay for the grind
ing. Don't let such trash influence
you Study the underlying princi-
Piles until you see what is true and
what is not. Money is not a creature
of law, and the whole money question
should be taken, by the people, out of
the hands of lawyers, and lobbies, and
fixed by provision in the organic
law of this nation.
The present condition of govern
ment and the questions we are asking
about do not show much common
sense, and we sadly need just such
school as the Alliance was intended
to be; but from present appearances
every Union will soon be broken up
or turned into Brick Pomeroy club
and die as such clubs died.
VIM. CAMM.
Murrayville, Ills, August 80, 1891.