The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-10-29

self that his nightmare was nothing
but freak of the Imagination. The
same applies to the statement of
Mr.. PETER that private treasury
statements, one Of which the GENTLE
man clsimed to have In his posses
sion was made. A very private AZ
fair IL would be IL PETER had one.
THE LAND LOAN SCHEME.
This is new scheme and Is q
vicious piece Of proposed class legis-
latiou, aud utterly opposed in prin-
ciple to the tenet OF equal rights to
all; aud special privileges to none"
Not one Of the 1900, 900 OF the claim
ed unemployed are to receive any
benefit. No iaboring man, mol
mechanic Is to receive any benefit;
nor anybody except the owners OF
farm property are to be the bene-
ficiaries OF the scheme. In the
Argentine Republic where they
have the land loan scheme and in
flation of the currency, land that q
man borrowed $4,000 on was now
able to procure him 100000, SO
great had the currency deprecated
because Of the imitation aud the
character of the security. When
money was made and furnished the
people "at cost" as Senator PETER
put it. What good will come to the
man who has no security to offer;
and la fact Is 1t not intended to have
the government give the money out
right to all comers? Money Is to be
the mere creature Of the law, ac-
cording to the new gospel, and to
have no value, except that the
government is to say "this Is money"
Everybody is to have all they want
OF it aud everything is to be done on
n cash basis. Banks and bank ac-
counts will he but a thing OF history.
aud nobody Is to depend upon the
verify OF his neigbors word, or place
any confidence I'm his honesty.
Credit is TO banished, and with 1t,
all the elements of the hnglo-Saxon
civilization, when the new party
comes into power. The Senator
then showed how credit had made
us what we are, and that the very
thing the new dispensatiOn seeks to
destroy Is one OF the bulwarks Of
our civilization. The land loan and
subtressury schemes were measures
born of selfishness and the instru-
ments of inscriptions and I'M
principled men, who were so varied
as to what they thought best for the
"dear people" that he believed SO Of
them, il locked up In a room by
themselves would starve to death be-
fore they arrived at a unanimous
conclusion. He would be willing to
take a jury of twelve men out of the
very movement itself, and after
giving them the facts he was con-
fident they would say they did not
believe in it themselves. Crocodile
tears were shed for the homeless and
unemployed yet not one measure was
advocated for their relief, but in
stead those who had were to have
more, according to this scheme, and
the poor fellow who had nothing
was to have taken away from him
that which he had. When the dis
tribution came off, under the pro-
posed law he was going to be there,
he said. and see to it that the poor
aud homeless were provided for first
aud then the balance could be at
tended to afterwards. He held up
the scheme i'm such q light that all
could see through its fiimsy folds,
and made it an object Of ridecule,
and assured his hearers that such q
law would never he passed. He
closed this part Of his speech by
urging all to stand up for equity and
justice to all, and proved that IL
| these fellows were in the least con-
sistent they would every one be in
the Republican party.
THE COOPERATIVE SCHEME.
Particular attention was called to
the scheme adopted at the late meet
ing of the state alliance, which pro-
vides that all supplies Of whatever
kind needed by the farmers, includ-
ing everything from a paper Of pins
to threshing machine, are to be
bought Of company In New York.
The merchants in every town are to
be boycotted, the dealers in all kinds
Of merchandise and the small manu-
facturers of articles scattered over
the country are to be ignored, the
members and repairers are to be dis
pensed with and all business that
the farmer has to do is to be done
through the company In New York,
which is said to be q philantropic in
| stitution, and has a capital Of $50,
OOO, 900 invested just for fun, or be-
cause its owners are SO in love with
humanity, that they are actually
driven to use it in the interests OF
those people who are seeking to de.
stroy the property function Of this
sort of capital. The Alliance is 60
ing to destroy all trusts, combines
aud monopolles by the most gigantic
aud far reaching monopoly ever con-
ceived OF i'm the history Of the world.
1t was clearly demonstrated by the
senator that when all this has been
accomplished the numerous towns
and cities Of the country will be
destroyed, and the only occupation
left for man to engage In will be
farming, aud when this has come to
pass, as il inevitably must il the
project is carried into effect, the
number of farmers will be about
doubled and then over production
will again ensue. Make producers
out of nine-tenths of the consumers
and then what are you to do with
your products OF the farm? The
towns and cities are centers Of in
dustry, education and enlighten-
ment, and this proposition will ef-
face them all. And when all are
gone and the farmer is left alone
with his supply company in New