The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-09
The Alliance is the Peoples Friend.

That there is a great unrest and
satisfaction among the farmers,
lahorcfs and business men Of the I'm
tied States, no truthful person can
deny. The old party devotees in one
voice cry out that the uprising OF tie
farmers will amount to nothing, and
that .ir brains and wealth Of the
country Will hold the mastery,
But how did the old parties bring
about the present state of affairs? BY
laws, and judges to make Judge law
How do they propose to continue the
mastery? BY the same process
Take away the buiwarks of legal pro-
cess and how long would golsibugs
grind down the poor end lowlv mil
lions. The entire system of jurispfu-
,l,ncc in this broad land of civil lll,-
crty is one-siied and every where dis
eliminating against the poor, The
supreme court of Missouri has recent
" merged rules - and Is into -,
which in the face OF the statute Of
this state says that all of the record
ill each case shall be printed i'll full.
This makes litigation too expensive
for poor man. 1t shuts him out
from the court and leaves him at the
mercy Of the rich man. The people
should cry out loudly against this
abuse.
/ Money, property, vested rights
and special privileges are rs securely
guarded as under the most tlespotic
government ia the world Life, liber-
t. and the pursuit of happiness are
not OF the first to our lawmakers by
ang means. To such tie almighty
dollar and its protection is of the very
first Importance. Its the classes as
against the masses. All legislation
tends to make the ric!, richer and the
poor poorer The {. 5 Statutes is
full CT laws for the protection of the
very rich gcldbugs as against the Toll
ing masses.
Let member of the legislature
oiler 4 bill to regulate tae foreign
loan companies of New ! rk OF Ne"
England, aud you are met with q
great cutlery, If you do this capital
will Withdraw from the state. We
say let them withdraw and take taeil
::l-got,cn gains from the state. The
sooner the better for lis. Yes, they
sometimes threaten 20 forec,osc thci.
mortgages and evict you from youi
! homes. Why and how is all this:
Is not this unequal and unjust law?
Far better that all foreign capital
withdraw from our state than to have
farmers thus held in duress and moA
ey slavery by Eastern capitalists.
We envy No man or woman be
cause he or she may he rcn. Capital
and labor should 90 ha.lti in hand to
rethcr, but We tia war on the opplas
siye methods of the mcn Of this
country Who have grown to he llil
lion heirs iii the past twenty-five
years by le-i5ittioli-this class Of
. men who have roapt Where they oit
not SOW, ard now are using their i'll
gotten means to further Cypress tht
, farmers Of tn" west and so,ith.
We are fighting Oh money because
this government provides that ti'
national backs st,al! ;1lyc Il monopo
ly, practically without interest, ani
denies the same IL u3. We az
fighting OH railroads because ihe'
, discriminate against the producer
T and favor the middle men and br:i'
TIE legislators and by free ptssc.
corrupt our national and state Goa
. ventions, and pack anil corrupt on
, courts and commissioners. We per
. sonallv hate no man, wh!lo We MAJ
hate his methods and WAYS. Let In,
+ hloatcl p!l.,,;ctat5 take up the Gag
Of battle Just as soon rs they please
The people are aroused and will nee
3, the Depews, the HENDERSON, tn
Goulds. the Standard Oil Briccs an'
!. all that gang-E,lina independent