The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-18
Anew Why's AND vvHEREFoRrs
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WIN H svs Political ParSfes

ss LSsK We Are = Fra PsspIs We
WIN H svs Political Parties
Hon C. r Collins of FloridA. hav-
ing been charged With communism
because he advocated the Formers
Alliance program. recently made .
speech at Dade City. in which he said:
What pity that Mr.. Adams vice
president of our Alliance. should be
compelled TO cut down his peach trees
because the express companies persist
In claiming the crop. yet all the while
our fellow citizens In New York are
burning with an intense desire for
peaches Sometimes l am not so sure
that I'm glad I'm living. Maybe II 1
could go 10 sleep and wake mp 100
years from now in Bellamy's Utopia.
! would ind all these matters ar
ranged but suppose should wake up
in the frowning presence OF Caesars
Column might not find things all
disarranged?
If our government has become
strong enough to reach up to the high
er strata OF air above the arid plains OF
Texas and like q cloud-compelling
Jove force the rain TO the earth. /
think its mighty hand can grasp the
innermOst machinery OF the great
transportation lines and save brother
Adams peach trees from the destroy
ing Ak II it can take my letter for
the infnitessimsl remuneration of
two cents and deliver it to the dealer in
Boston with the information that /
have forwarded to him 100 box
es of oranges why may it not
carry those oranges with the same
degree of celebrity. certainty and Sc
curity.' or compel the public carrier to
do 1t at a reasonable compensation?
Then why may it not take me TO the
Hub Of the universe and center OF Gull
ture. where l have shipped my most
esthetic brand of fruit? Why7 Because
we are met with the appalling and
soul terrifying statement that such &C
ton on the part of the government is
contrary TO ali pre-established custom.
and-now. be quiet please; hushi-is
un-Democratic. Let me just here, my
brother Alliance man lay down this
proposition viz: Whatever principle
of economic government can be util-
Ized for the benefit of the masses OF
When l speak of measures being
Democratic 1 am not talking as a par
tisan- l would il were possible to
eliminate from the discussion OF these
great economic questions all idea OF
partisan politics and that the Ameri-
can people might come together and
settle them strictly upon their merits.
but that is al idle wish an irrldes-
cent dream So long as we are free
people so long will we have political
parties. and TO one or the other men
will pin their faith
The Farmers Alliance OF America
Is not political party. and yet its
members are moved by questions OF
an economic nature. as they were
never moved before. l declare TO you
here day that the order was founded
n wisdom II was the coming to-
gether Of brave, patient patriotic and
plOdding men. actuatcd by one COM
mon pulse-self protection We
saw our wealth slipping away from us
as the receding tide leaves bare the
sterile sands I'VE saw our social
status going down in the scale until
we whose fathers were princes in the
land. are but toilera toiling without
hope We saw our political influence a
mere thing of plaster to be nodded at
will by the cunning hand Of the spec
ulator and politician We saw this
government which we love becoming
a temple for the in-dwelling of the
children OF fortune only. while we
linger at the gate, glad to pick up the
crumbs that fall from the rich mans
table We felt and still believe that
upon our existence depends the veal
of all mankind We feed the world
and the world should cherish US
There should be a community OF in
terest and each occupation should re-
member that it is but a factor in the
sum of human progress New Nation.