The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-25
THE ALLIANCE.

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Louisiana brethren had better look
sharp in their conflict with the Louis
lana lottery. There is danger Of the
lottery becoming question of state
policy.
\ The Farmers Light: The subsid-
lied press and moss-back politicians
want to know why the Alliance does
not talk more farming and less poll
tics. The reason is very apparent
What is the use of talking farming
when it costs 10 cents to raise cotton,
and the power of money to Cypress"
takes it from them at cents.
The Kentucky Farmer: The sub
treasury plan favors the loaning of
money by the government to the peo-
pie upon equally good if not better
security on as favorable terms as it is
now loaned to the banks. If there is
ANYTHING wrong in this our promo
nopoly friends would oblige by point
ing out wherein the wrong lies.
The Caucasian: When the farmers
and other wealth-producers began to
complain of the low and falling prices
of the products or their labor and to
suspect that it was due to contracted
currency, the money power through
its subsidized papers began, and. has
since been repeating, the statement
that the law of supply and demand
alone controlled prices. The time was
when the farmer would swallow this.
but now he is thinking for himself
and knows that the law of supply and
demand regulates prices only when
the volume of money in circulation is
controlled by the same law.
The Liberty Bell: Money-loaning
institutions, without exception, are
our enemies. The business exploiter
and gambler, the party leader and
chronic oficeholder, would all rejoice
at our fall and finally the great mass
of the people of all occupations who
refuse or neglect to think for them
selves but drift along in the current
of party politics. The education and
conversion of this great class is the
only hope of the Alliance All the
others must be met in the open field
and fought to the finish. 1t is idle to
waste time parleying with the forces
that emanate from the great parties
They must be defeated at the ballot
box. They will listen to nothing
else.
The Business Index: Those who are
not interested or favorable to the
Farmers Alliance and subtreasury
plan are the persons who live on ex-
tortion and 'usury. We defy them to
produce one single flaw where this
plan will be an injury to the country
and allow them to think for themselves
that the world is fast coming to recog-
nize the character of men who are
offering opposition to it. This is
campaign of education. Men are
learning to think for themselves
They are commencing to span over
the chasm of sectional prejudice and
partisan feeling and are realizing that
their interests are in common. We
say again. your attitude will prove
your color. Stand on the right or
wrong.
The Alliance Leader: In Chatauqua
county there is a whole district that is
entirely abandoned, not solitary in
6iuid,1o1 loft. h.
farms has not been cut and that with
in twenty-five miles of jamestown,
one of the best inland markets in the
state. Oh, no; there is nothing wrong
in a system that builds up the cities
and villages at the expense of the
country-a system that breeds lot of
weakened, shallow Drained. spindled
dudes in the place of the sturdy yeo-
many of other days. Sew
enteen years ago Christopher Gran
dali owned 100 acres of land on
Phillips creek, and at that time he
was offered $50 per acre for it. but
refused to sell it at that price. In an
evil moment he hired 500, hard times
came on. and the worry, work and
upOA A1u uIOV0 u1u luLO ill
insane asylum. His family broke up
and scattered. Last week his farm
was sold to satisfy the mortgage,
which had now reached over 81. POO.
After quarter of a century of labor
and improvement upon this home, it
has, under the present robber system,
deprecated over one-half in value; it
sold for $14.25 per acre. Oh no.;
there IS nothing wrong with the times.
The Peoples Tribune: If for no
other reason, the one simple fact that
the subtreasurY and land loan plans
offer an escape for the people from the
power of the banks ought to immort-
alize them and silence all objections
In the cities large hotels, many stories
high, have an iron ladder reaching
from every window down the side of
the building to the ground. Why is
this? 1t is way of escape prepared
for an emergency. Should the house
get on fire, and the way to the ele-
vators and stairways be cut off by the
flames the unfortunate occupant could
descend on the outside of his windows