The Brookhaven leader., 1891-04-16
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES.

Inc Ohto state Alliance Will be or
ganized April 10, and the New Yorl
State Alliance April %. Roth start of
with unusually large membership.
The report of Secretary Strom berg
of the Minnesota farmers Alliance
shows that the organization is making
the same phenomenal growth as last
year. More than 1l,0Oo members have
been enrolled since the election in No
Vember and six or seven sub-alliances
are being organized weekly. The pres
ent number of lodges is 1875, with a
total membership of so, 900.
The sub-treasury plan is fast gain
ing ground 1t is becoming the leading
principle in the decalogue of the nation.
al platform. This principle is becom-
ing fixed upon the minds and hearts OF
the people. Public sentiment through
out the rank and file of the alliance is
becoming so strongly conferred on this
question that neither party will have
the courage to side-track it.-Exchange.
A great financial agent is telling
the people of Colorado that, if the leg
islature will only refrain from passing
certain laws to restrain the acquisitive
propensities of corporations, he can
guarantee the investment of twenty
millions of capital. No doubt of it.
And If the legislature will only repeal
the laws against theft, the state can Sc
cure all the stickyfngered population
it can wish for.-Journal of Knights of
Labor.
1t is coming-the two-cent passen-
ger rate where three cents now pre-
walls The Chicago & Alton, whose
president is believer in nationalism, is
the first to make the break. While not
definitely settled that such viii immedi-
ately go into effect, the agitation started
by the proposition will hasten the day
when railroads, like the postal service,
will learn that the cheaper the rate the
greater the business, and better the
profits in observation-disclosures.
Instead of being the laborer's great
est help capital has been turned into his
cruel taskmaster. But in the days that
are to come, that of matchless glories
hint" all this must be changed, and or
ganized labor latter breaking its bonds)
will provide its own capital from the
funded surplus of its owA exertions.
The vast sums that are now legally the
property of private individuals have all
been made in one shape or another out
of the laborer's sweat and muscles. 1t
represents the unpaid wages of millions
of men, both the living and the dead
Exchange.
Gold to the amount of $1,000, 900
was sent to Germany last week. The
government refused to furnish the bars
and the shipment was made in coin.
Financial reports state that the rates of
foreign exchange did not warrant the
transaction, but omitted to say that this
gold went to pay interest and dividends
on alien investments, ana consequently
the rules of exchange cuts no figure.
When the United States government
furnishes sufficient volume of money
to its own people gold will not be sent
abroad to pay for the use of alien
.money.-National Economist.
The principal objection to govern
ment ownership of railroads is the i'm
mense sum required to buy them. Hon.
Cassius NJ. Clay shows how it can be
raised. lie says: 81 say, without hes
itation, that the best investment ever
made by a government would be the
ownership of the railroads Issue
bonds for so years, and they would sell
at par, no doubt, bearing pa or per
cent. interest. But the nation could
make 10 per cent, or per cent at will,
and the principal and interest could be
paid off without the expenditure of a
dollar, and enough could be made, per-
haps, to pay the normal expenses of the
national government"
When the politicians of the recent
congress reached home they discovered
to their surprise that the alliance had
been at work during their absence.
They found out also that the average
member of the alliance was thoroughly
acquainted with the business congress
had done as well as that which it had
neglected. These gentlemen further
learned that as a factor in politics gar
den seeds and patent Office reports had
been eliminated. They became pain
fully aware that nothing but square,
honest work on lines parallel to the de-
hands of the alliance will answer in
the future. The alliance school-house
plan of education did it. National
Economist