The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-27
THE ALLIANCE.

people should be 50 bitterly opposed
10 free coinage of silver. when it was
the law of the land up to a873. In
that year the law was changed by an
Infamous trick and secret. The law
had worked no injury, no enc had de-
handed its repeal and after it had
been wiped out very few were aware
Of the fact.
The Industrial Union: Why is it
that our national Alliance speakers of
note have been kept out of Missouri
and Ohio and that other states like
North Carolina, Kansas and Georgia
states admitted to be at full tide in
Alliance enthusiasm, as well as mem
bership SO numerous as to excite
establishment We repeat why is it
that our noted speakers manage to
travel over Ohio, Indiana and Mis-
souri, frequently and fail to make con-
kections in Ohio. Indiana and Mis-
sourip Missouri has been conspicuously
sighted. We desire to know the rea-
son that these states are overlooked
The Alliance Herald: The last con-
gress incorporated in some general
bill in regard to lands that where a
fraudulent entry had been made of a
homestead that unless the govern
ment had detected it within two years.
that the fraud should stand. This is
about the only instance on record
where the government has boldly
espoused the cause of land shark
and made his cause the object of its
solicitude, to the extent that it not
only licenses the theft but protects
him in the possession of the stolen
goods. and besides estops itself from
interfering. This is not the only case
on record, however, which shows that
this government of the people, for the
people, and by the people, has been
converted into government of
thieves, for thieves and by thieves.
The Midland Journal: Those per-
sons who read newspapers-andq quite
a number are supposed to do so-fre-
quently see mention of an Alliance
tickets, Alliance parties, Alliance can
didates etc. All such statements are
groundless The Alliance is not a
political party, makes no nominations,
has never a ticket or candidates. The
Alliance is an, order that investigates
political questions and imparts in
struction on political economic affairs.
Members of all political parties make
up the order and the only influence it
exerts is through the information it
secures and imparts to its members on
political or governmental subjects.
To impart reliable information on
these subjects is very dangerous to
is wherein the offense of the Alliance
lies. Those whose deeds are evil fear
the light. Hence the hubbub raised
against the Alliance.
The Pillow and Hammer: If the
money should not be issued by the
government (the people) direct to the
people, without the Intervention Of
banks; If railroad or telegraph corpo-
rations, which owe their existence to
the doctrine of eminent domain"
should not be absolutely controlled by
the powers that gave them the right
to exist; if the public lands and those
obtained -surreptitiously by railroads,
foreign lords and >syndicates, should
not revert to and be the property of
the government hespeople). then the
Peoples party has noright to exist and
should NOT On the, other hand, if the
corporate amonOpolies whose agents
and tools are our officers and legislat-
ors, have become so corrupt that they,
instead of the people, control these in
struments of civilization, then it is
time that the people assume control
and assert the power of the people in
stead of the corporations.
The Hiawatha Journal: Why shall
not the producer of wealth fix the
price of his products? Why shall not
the laborer fix the price of his toll?
Why shall not the mechanic fix the
value of his skillP Why shall the
farmer be compelled to ask. the dealer
in the products of the farm, what
will you give me fer my .oorn, my
wheat my hogs and my ,cattle?" And
of the merchant ''what,will you sell
me your goods forT' And, of the man
ufacturer, '-how much for your
wares?" Why should the wage, labor
or be compelled to ask of the. employ
or, what will you give .me per day,
week or month for the labor hid away
in my muscle" and in turn ASK the
grocer, what is the price of your
goods?" Equity would seem to say
The farmer. the mechanic. the laborer,
the merchant, each should best know
the cost and per cent theuson neces-
sary to a successful business, and each
should receive that sum WHICH insures
his prosperity and comfort.
The Farmers Advocate: If the AL
lance is disintegrating through the
weight Of ats own odious measures it
is strange that such active means are
devised to kill something that is al
ready dying. The opposition with
which the order is meeting. and the
character of the opposition, is . very
cogent and eloquent argument that it
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