Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
NEws oF TAE MovgMENT.

NEWS OF THE MOVEMENT.
The time has come when farmers AM
wage workers are rapidly laying asid
the prejudiccs Of years and are findinl
out that what injuries one injuries bot
classes. They are also finding ont tn
duplicity OF those who are dependent o.
the differences OF opinion that havl
heretofore kept them apart. The two
faced politicians will soon have TO Ia,
aside their masks, for in spite of them
light is breaking in the dark places. =
Alliance Leaders,
The sub-treasury plan was rcadoptc,
at Ocala, Fla, at the annual council o
the Farmers Alliance. The prcsiden
Of the Alliance in Missouri, though
aiming 70 represent 1l2 counties in op
position TO the sub-treasury plan, die
not find many mule-headed men, like
himself, TO aid I'm obstructing the pro
Rress of the Alliance in the interest oi
the Democratic party. just as long as
men like L. $. Hall are at the head o.
the movement in Missouri, Just that
long the order win be inefficient and
worthless. Hall is in no sense a re.
former, only as he sees the Democratic
party aided by the reform movement. =
Exchange
The Democratic press of the country
claim % have discovered "a gigantic
plot in the Farmers Alliance 10 destroy
the Democratic party by starting a
third party movement This will be
amusing 70 Kansas readers, who will
remember how desperately Kansas Re
publican papers during the last cam
paign tried TO convince the people that
the Alliance was started for the special
purpose OF disrupting the Republican
organization. Both party organs, for
once, are startlingly near the truth
The Alliance was started for the eX-
press purpose Of breaking up class legis-
lation. wiping out special privileges, Z"
and securing relief from the results Of a
financial policy that has been fostered
by the machine element Of both of the
old parties, This is the plot. gentle
men, and as both parties are desper.
ately opposed TO the desired reforms, "a
third party becomes necessity. Nom
conformist.
Mr. U. S. Hall, president Of the Mis-
souri, Farmers and Laborers' Union,
made speech before the Ocala, Fla,
congress and denounced the sub-treas-
ury scheme and professed to represent
the views of 1l2 Missouri counties.
That Brother Hall does not speak for
112 counties was demonstrated prior 10
the election, when he issued his proc
lamation and threatened 10 revoke the
charters of all those Unions which had
placed tickets in the field independent
of the old parties. Brother Hall's
proclamation had but one effect, il con-
vinced the brethren that Brother Hall,
like Brother Hickman, had a Demo
cratic goose to fatten. and he feared
that the Independent move might cut
off Democratic rations III Brother
Hall is as familiar with the sentiment
of the IL counties as he Processes 10
be- II may not then be necessary TO re-
mind him that his views OF the sub
treasury scheme are not thesuprema lex
in South Missouri Union tAlo.l bee.
If money must have intrinsic value,
IL Is evident that such value should be
equal TO the money value else the diff
ference would have nothing TO suA.ain
it. Silver and gold go up and down in
price, but the debt paying power Of
dollar never changes. The number OF
grains in a dollar have been changed by
law several times. but the power Of the
dollar has remained the same. The
trade dollar of 1873 contained 4a0 grains
and was current dollar. When
demonetized, 1t was worth only ninety
cents; but the smaller standard dollar
of 4i2l5 grains, was still worth dollar.
A pound of copper is worth twenty
cents. When coined into money
il becomes legal tender for
SLIGO. A pound Of the nickel"
is worth about seventy
five cents Its money value is
S.. How much intrinsic value must
money have TO make ii good2 Money
is simply check issued by society. II
bears the stamp of the Government TO
show that il is genuine. and as a mark
Of sovereignty. II is a legal tender for
debt because the law so declares. Every
one honors It because he is member
Of, and has confidence in the firm that
issues IT, Take the STAMP Of t,f IL
gold or paper, and it will
neither pay debts nor buy groceries.
Restore the stamp and You quicken it
with new life and start il ON its cir
cult through the channels of trade
W. w. Green, in Progressive Farmer.