The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-06-03

civilized world is what the Peoples
party consider. or rather claim to con-
slider, their movement. And their very
claim is an insult to Americans. even
including themselves. Not only has this
government made greater advancement
in the condition of its working people
than any other nation upon the face of the
globe, but by its action has caused other
countries to look somewhat to the i'm
prOyement of the condition of their
wOrkingmen. 1t is fake idea that the
only workingman is be who performs
hard manual labor. Any one whose time,
talents and energies are directed and
controlled by another who may be called
the employer, though he often runs more
risk and does more work than the enl-
ploye, is workingmah. In this country
the wOrkingman is free, in fact often
more so than his employer. The twaddle
about the laboring class being the slaves
of the money power is not only false but
senseless and an insult to every working
man in the nation. No man is more COM
pletely master of his own time than has
been the American workingman since the
republican party bad control of the ma
ton and began its operations by protect
ing our labor from foreign paupers. The
chance to labor and to receive fit reward
therefor is what the republican party has
sought, and still seeks, to give every citi-
zen. This is more than other nations
have done, but with this the republican
party is not satisfied and has given to the
workingman the same opportunities po-
litically, intellectually and financially
that are open to the wealthy. The sword
and shoulder straps were worn by the
wOrkingmen in the late war; the presi
Dental chair has been filled by republic
can workingmen. The rich man of to-
day is not often the son, and very seldom
the grandson, of wealthy parents. Our
laws make them politically equal, and
according to the merits and qualifications
of the individual is his social position.
Any man who has a school boys
knowledge of history and talks about the
uprising of the dOwntrodden working
men is guilty of both falsehoOd and
treason. That there have been wrongs
committed by Oh: government is not to
be denied; that these mistakes have been
corrected and the wrongs are being
righted rs far as possible is also fact
that cannot be successfully disputed.
The party now in power in this govern
ment feels and knows it is their duty to
protect the labor interests of the nation,
and the greatest calamity that could be-
fall the wOrkingmen of our country, and
especially the farmers, would be the put
ting in practice some of the visionary
financial ideas of some demagOgues and
Office seekers, whose principal labor is to
work farmers for fat offices and good pay
as missionaries to convert sensible people
to their way of thinking. Like every
thing in this world. the new party has its
uses, and so long as it strOve for the real
good of the masses, and was able to in
dictate sensible changes i'm the existing
laws, its usefulness was apparent, but
since its main effort is now directed to
the destruction of the best financial sys-
tenn eXtant. its use is difficult to find I'M
less it be to show people how easily they
can be misled and that the work done
by incompetent legislators is as unsatis-
factory to the people and the nation as is
the work of poor mechanic to his EN-
p]Oyer. No fair minded man objected to
the alliance of farmers for mutual pro-
lection. 1t would have been better for
this nation, the grandest agricultural
country on earth, had the farmers been
organized and more active in politics
many years since. The time is not far
distant when the question of foreign mar
kets for farm produce will not be ques-
ton of great Importance to us, it will
keep American farmers hustling to sup
ply home demands if our manufactures
keep on increasing. The farmer has a
right to fair prices for his produce, the
capitalist to reasonable interest for the
use Of his money, and the railroads for
their services. Unjust charges in any
case are wrong and the alliance commit
ted no error when they combined to
check unjust charges. In this land the
reign of the pillow is by no manner over,
but is in its first term of office. The
gain to the farmer that will come through
the alliance will be that he will become
better posted in the affairs of the nation.
as well as his own. He will realize that
business is naturally selfish and will con-
tinue so so long as there is individual
among men for success.
There have been times when almost every
business felt that the laws were against
them. So with the farmer and his de-
mands at the present time. Some of his
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