The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-10-02
UNITY.

The Necessity of tho Alliance Standing By
the Ocala Demands.
The more we read the comments Of
the press OF both parties and note its
attitude toward the alliance, the more
united and determined we should be in
our efforts to secure the reform meas.
ures which the alliance has inaugurat-
ed. There is an undercurrent that is
sweeping against the foundation of our
order with such force that unless Wig
ilantly watched and earnestly resisted
will have the effect of destroying much
of the power and influence of the organ.
ization. While our brethren are SAN
guine OF accomplishing many things
for the good of the organization, they
should not be forgetful of the fact that
the mightiest forces arrayed against us
are to be resisted; and in order to
resist them successfully we must be
united in one solid line. We must
hazard almost anything IN order to
secure the utmost unity and harmony
in the organization. The most essential
prerequisite to the securement Of
any reform in which the masses of the
people are interested is unity, and we
admonish our brethren throughout the
country to stand by the demands as
adopted at Ocala, Fla. They are the
embodiment, the essence, of the princi.
pies of honest, just, wise and economic
government, and it is our duty to main
tain them. After calm and deliberate
reflection they were formulated for
adoption by that great convention, and
seeing in them the embodiment Of
wisdom and justice they were adopted
as the platform of the Farmers Alli-
ance and Industrial Union of America.
We have espoused great cause-one
that requires gigantic efforts on the
part of an oppressed and downtrodden
class of people to throw off the letters
OF the enormous money powers of the
country, and let not petty jealousies
and chickering's estrange you in the
fight against these monsters. Tar.
borough IN. CO. Advocate.
Germany is gold standard coun-
try, and our financiers tell us we must
do as Germany does-that we must not
adopt silver standard until Germany
agrees to it. AS an evidence of what
the gold standard is doing for Germany
we may remark that Berlin, the Ger
man capital, increased in population
last year about 1000, and yet the de,
crease in meat consumed was as fol.
lows: 29,625 cattle, 574 calves, $3.50
sheep. and S0,744 hogs And why2
Because the masses of the people Of
Germany are getting too poor to buy
meat. And this is the example tho
politicians say we must follow.-Mt
Vernon (Ills.) Progressive Farmer. :.
The Hickman Pioneer says.
Democracy. pure and simple, will COM
troll Tennessee politics. Mark that
down. Put it in your pipe and smoke
it, and tell us how you like it, Brother
Taylor" Democracy, pure and sim.
pie" as defined by Thomas Jefferson
1.-THE will of the people"-smokes
splendidly in our pipe. Its fumes have
a palliating effect when literally IND
hailed. Others interpret democracy
pure and undefled, to be to visit the
machine politicians and keep yourself
unspotted from the alliance. That
kind Of democracy will never again
rule in Tennessee.-Weekly Toiler
The farmers of the east have suf-
fered even more than the farmers Of
the west by reason Of the contraction
policy. The western farmer has been