The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-06-12

we have as good as any in Ohio and as
good men ride in them, and pay our
way-the railroads in Kansas are
assessed at $50, 100000 for the purposes
of taxation; they are capitalized at
S456,000,000. eight times as much.
The farmer, when he appears on the
tax roll, it is for l68,OO0,00o, and
even Mr.. Porter put our Indebtedness
at $3.50, 100000 or $18,OOO,000 more
than we are worth, while the railroads
are eight times more than they are
worth. So our farmers are good finan-
ciers if the railroad men are. Now,
take the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe
Company as an illustration. They be-
came embarrassed short time ago,
like some OF US have, but instead of the
world saying: "You got into this
trouble through Encouragement" in
stead Of the directors asking the stock
holders how they happened to get into
trouble and what was the best way out,
they simply made q proposition and
enforced is, to scale down their interest
from seven per cent to four per cent
put the bonds upon the market, and
to day are selling under new organiza.
ton. Give us four per cent money and
we would then save anywhere from
sixteen to twenty per cent. We are
paying from ten to forty per cent. as
Mr.. Porter tells. Last summer when I
looked into the faces Of the farmers
and their wives and asked them "What
rate are you paying for the use OF
money on long time?' and they would
answer me, call the way from twelve to
twenty four per cent" | asked,
"What rate are you paying 90 short
time loans with chattel mortgages as
security?' and they would answer,
"from twenty four to seventy two pc.
cent" So you see we have Christians
in Kansas as we'll as in Massachusetts,.
The whole trouble with the people is
debt, Money has control of our bust
ness. Money presides over the des-
TIMES Of this Republic that we have
builded. Money controls our politics.
It manipulates parties and dictates
| policies. 1t controls our legislation. 1t
colors our judicial decisions. Money
is king in this country, and, like a
king. it parcels out its patronage TO
leaders Of clans. relying on them for
support in tine OF need, and the lead
ers of the clans stand at the head of
parties and their vassals are the voters.
We, the people have come to the con :
clusion that it is time for this feudalism
to cease. We propose to restore the
authority Of the people. We propose
to place the government Of the country
in the hands Of its rightful inheritors.
the people.
j There is no use, men Of America. to
mince matters longer. To destroy? No.
To fight? Yes. And fight with bal
lots; fight with songs such as these
men have sung here to night, and that
we are teaching our children to sing,
and pray under the influence of this
new gospel. This Alliance movement
is taking the place in large measure
Of the churches. We open our meet
ings with prayer to the Great Father /;
We close them with prayer to the Great
Father and if any man mentions the
Fathers name irreverently he is labored
with and cast out into utter darkness
until be repents in sackclcth and ashes
and gives the password at the door.
4 A new party? Why certainly. What
do you suppose we are here for? What
do your suppose this movement among
the people means? Why my Repub-
lican friends, and / have lots Of them.
they say to me, Why PETER, you were
always q strong Republican. Yes.
Amt you afraid the course you and
your people are pursuing will result in
placing the Democratic party in power?
| havs two answers to that. The first
is. 1t is not any of our business whether
the Democratic party comes into power
or not; the other answer is this, My
dear old friend, love you for the good
you did. If you really fear the incom-
ing Of the Democracy; if you would
rather take forty doses OF quinine in
two hours and half than to address
the President as Democrat, there is
one easy way out of the dificulty-you
just turn in with US. And we won't
leave a grease spot Of Democracy BY
the time you and We go for them
together. Then you can go and tell
vour wivas and nasohhnra teVVa Lila