The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-07
THE ALLIANCE.

parties are Just as sure to be revolution
ICED in this government as the world
stands There are no issues between
the two old parties-they live on sec
tional hate-but with the education
the people are receiving they can not
be deceived much longer.
The Peoples Forum: The rapid
concentration of wealth in the hands
Of the few and the consequent power
Of the owners over the rapidly in
creasing number of dependent laborers
ought to arouse the latter and stimu-
late them with determination to find
and remove the causes that have
brought this condition about.
The Labor Review: Politics is a
slick confidence game; its success de-
ponds upon few workers who must SO
work the wires that the voters will be
about equally divided upon some unim-
portant matter and fight each other,
then the schemers can carry out their
plans, for when one party won't accede
to their demands the other will; so in
peace Or war the people are punished
for fighting each other.
The Thedford' Tribune: Our farmers
are all toiling early and late trusting
in benign Providence to bless them
with bountiful crops, and wise and
Conservative legislation to prevent the
trusts, corporations and boards of trade
from robbing them, so that they may
lift their burden of debt and free them
selves from bondage. Providence,
from all present indications, more than
jMtifes the trust, but past history
SHOWS that our legislators have in
most cases betray ed theirs.
The Billings (Mo.) Times: This
year the banks are not looking to the
treasury for relief when the fall de-
Mand for currency sets in as much as
they did formerly, but are making
their calculations so as to be able to
meet the emergency without outside
aid. This in itself is an encouraging
condition of things. -Globe Democrat.
No wonder they are not looking to the
national treasury; it is empty and they
know it. The farmer would be pretty
fool to go to an empty crib to get corn,
but he would be a bigger fool to look
at the state of affairs as encouraging
on account of the crib being empty.
The Kingsbury County Independent:
There have been filed in the office of
register of deeds of Brown county, since
January l, 1858 chattle mortgages.
This is an extraordinary number, and
shows that while the people may be
out of cash, they still have consider
able collateral. Pierre Democrat.
Yes, this is an extraordinary number,
but it will probably compare favorably
with other counties in the state and
country. Although it shows that the peo-
pie have some collateral left, how long
will it last at this rate, and what will
they do when the collateral is all
gone?
need of the reform movement just at
present is one or two good daily pa
pers to send out each day news of the
good work and meet the lying charges
Of the subsidized daily press of the old
parties. Our little band of reform
papers effectually squelches them all,
but daily paper can make a charge
for six days out of the seven, on the
seventh the whole army of reform pa
pers prove the lie, and and on the
eighth day the subsidized dailies set
afloat new lie and keep it stirred for
six more days. We need to meet
them on their own territory and stub
bornly contest every foot of ground.
The Industrial Educator: In the
best and truest sense the labor move
ment is a religious movement. It
seeks by the only reasonable means
within Its reach to bring about the
reign of the universal principles of
justice, truth, righteousness, wisdom,
virtue, love and equity among men.
Our principles embodied in law and
enforced would make it possible for
every man and woman to live true
and beautiful life. 1t would eliminate
the competitive system and introduce
the cooperative. This would estab-
lish the brotherhood of man, the true
kingdom of heaven on earth. For
this Christ labored and preached and
lived. But modern ine-spun theolog-
ical methods. embodied in a system Of
christianity, has largely perverted
these grand soul and body saving
principles. The labor movement is
an effort to re-establish these princi-
pies among the people.
The Farmers Alliances: Thomas H.
Benton said. '.All property is at the
mercy of the money power" James
A. Garfield said, Whoever controls
the volume of money in any country is
absolute master of all industry and
commerce. These are strong sayings
of able and wise men, uttered at DIFF
ferent times before money had been