The advocate., 1891-03-18
A LETTER FROM BROTHER MACUNE.

hlLnough you now seem 10 % Abbhe hfA1
OF the procession, Il will be impossible
for you 10 stay there unless you continue
10 be fully az active and discreet 90 In
the past. Just In proportion as your pres
ent supremacy depends upon education,
that is TO say, a thorough conception by
the rank and ile Of the order OF the eco
uomlc principles involved In this great
farmers movement, just in that degree
will II be easy 10 march on TO greater
achievements, and to Withstand both the
dIscouraging effect Of defeat and the In
toxicatlng effect Of success II, however,
your Victories depend In any degree upon
agitation, success is fully as dangerous
as defeat, because different agencies will
claim the credit, and each through its
friends will tend TO produce discord and
division. Agitation, while II may secure
us temporary and brilliant success, ls,
like the alcoholic stlmulant, always fol-
lowed by corresponding period OF de-
preston. The plain nutritious food on
which this body will best grow and
thrive Is education and / am disposed TO
believe this view has prevailed in the
work in Kansas, because / noted with
pleasure what an important factor In the
Alliance the sisters are That TO my
mind is one Of the surest signs Of a good,
healthy, vigorous Alliance growth. Moth
Ing promises more for the future OF the
movement In Kansas than TO see your
fine, intelligent women attending all your
meetings, and even sitting on the floor Of
your House Of Representatives deeply In
terested In the debates and pr0Ceedlngs
While In Topeka heard several Alliance
men say that the sub-tressury was a very
good thing for the cotton and tobacco
growers in the south, but II would not
work 30 we'll in the wheat growing dis
tricts, Ifyou have many such men as
that in the order you need work and need
IL badly. Every member Of the Alliance
should be able to meet that argument
concluslvely, and II they are not, you will
see trouble next year. II is your duty as
Alliance men 20 discuss and thoroughly
understand the sub-tTeasury plan, and II
II is not correct we should know II at
once and stop advocating II, because II
we can eliminate that from our platform
the Democratic party in the south and
the Republican party in the north will
swallow the platform whole and never
make face at it. Wall street does not
care for free silver now, but they thought
it was best to keep It as an Issue in the
next campaign. Wall street will not OBJ
ject to doubling the value Of money when
il can take plenty Of time to prepare for
the change 30 as TO make II profitable TO
Wall street, but they will fight the sub
treasury to the bitter end. WhyH Be
cause the sub-treasury is based on an
underlying principle Of free government
and seeks to establish representative
currency which shall expand or contract
automatically as the necessities Of bust
ness require, thereby destroying "the
power of money TO oppress by It's scare
ity, and rendering it impossible for any
combination Of capitalists to depress the
price Of the produce Of the country by
means Of "corners" and trusts or pools.
This will establish and maintain the
principle for which Abraham Lincoln