The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-28


ed. Hence there are $4,000 mer-
camille firms bankrupted and ruin
ed annually.
Such is the result OF licensing and
legalizing combinations ofcapitalists
with corporations. great and small,
whose chief and almost sole object,
purpose and business is and has been
to prey upon labor and rob 1T of it's
earnings in due form of law.-Ex.
Congressman Jerry Simpson has
just returned from a tour through
Georgia and other southern states,
where he has been enlightening the
people on the principles Of the
peoples party. He says that the
farmers of the south are aroused as
never before on the subject OF gov
eminent reform. They never had
any faith in the republican party,
and they have lost all faith in the
honesty of the democratic poll
ticians hence they are ripe for a new
party.
The old democratic scare-crow of
negro rule has lost it's potency in
the south as thoroughly as the
bloody shirt has lost it's influence in
the north. Everywhere he went he
says the people came out en- masse
to hear him. Audiences of 10000
were common, and the greatest en-
thusiasm prevailed.
"We are in the midst of the great
est political revolution the world has
known" said Mr.. Simpson; "a revol-
ution which means more to the
people than any other, and yet one
which is taking place so quietly that
many ordinarily intelligent people
do not know OF it. So long have
agriculturists been the slaves, or
serfs, of the aristocracy without pro-
test, it is difficult for their oppres-
sors to believe that they are really
in open revolt. But they are. They
are in revolt against an economic
system which enables non-producers
to absorb the bulk of the wealth
produced by their labors. They are
in revolt against the old politicians
who are responsible for this system.
1t is a peaceful revolution that is in
progress; intelligence, not passion,
is guiding it. In that regard it
differs from the French revolution
OF 1893. The leaders are not Jacob.
ms, nor are they anarchists or
socialists. They believe in equal
rights, exact Justice and free com
petition. All Industrial enterprises
which are essentially monopolistic,
such as railways, telegraphs, etc.,
should be under government con-
troll, but every thing else should be
left in private hands. The doctrine
OF Prof. Ely, as presented in his last
work on political economy, is our
doctrine" said Mr.. Simpson. eve
are sustained by the SCIENTISTS, you
see," he added, "and that gives us
responsibility. The campaign we
are conducting is conducted on lines
OF sound political economy"
Mr. Simpson was jubilant over the
news that the alliance, or peoples
party, had the legislature of Ken
lucky, and could choose a senator
to succeed Blackburn. He is con-
fident that the alliance will down
Senator George in Mississippi.-Re-
public, Washington, D. C.
Our high tariff national bank vel
pers tell us to look at the increase OF
our national wealth which has doub-
led during the last thirty years and
then deny the virtues of the tariff and
"the best banking system the world
ever saw But when they are asked
how it is that during those thirty
years Of vast accumulation 81, 900
men got hold of three-fourths of all
wealth Of the country they are con-
spicuously silent. If the tariff and
the present banking system can sue
coed in thirty years in concentrating
wealth in that manner how long will
it take to place all the wealth in the
hands OF one man? Will some astute
republican organ please take the
pains to solve the problem?-Plain
Talk, Vermilion S. Oak.
Money is the blood of the nation.
AS the blood is necessary for the life
OF the body, so money is necessary
to the life OF a nation. AS loss OF
blood weakens the body, ultimately
causing death, SO the contraction OF
our national currency brings fnan-
cial panic aud distress, weakening
the national body, and will, if not
checked. destroy the national life
ltself.-Register, Pomona, Cal.
Presidential Conventions.
A presidential nominating conven-
ton, be it of what party it may, is
always a great event for the city
where it is held. The number of