The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-26

| TINS great state to say that one OF her
greatest Industries was being operated at
| loss? Who recommended the railroad
| managers to destroy Onc-fOurth of tho
/ surplus by fire as was recommended for
| the relief of Iowa corn growers? No
| one. All were as silent as the tomb.
| Yet when the farmers of Iowa report to
| the bureau of labor statistics that it
costs Sl.26 per acre to fcrtilize corn land
ii is SANDER: Sl.l2 per acre for plowing
! ground is Sandcr: n cents for planting
an acre of corn is slander; IL cents per
! acre for seed corn is Slandcr: Sill for
| rultivating an acre Of corn three times is
! siander: Sl.26 for huSking and cribbing
| an acre of corn is SANDER. and all the
| other items of expense which swell the
average cost Of producing an acre Of
corn in Iowa to SlO..3 is SANDER.
! And when thousand reliable farmers
| say the general range OF farm produtcS
| have sold below the cost of production
| since 1855. and that there has been no
| profit on the labor of hired men on the
| farm, at $3.50 per month, the average
| price paid, and governor has the cour-
| age to repeat it III the house of monopoly.
| the same men who printed and circulated
the poverty speeches of the railroads
wiring their hands and tear their hair in
SpuSmS of anger at the insult and fairly
rcnd the air and make the earth quake
| with declarations that the fair name of
this commonwealth has been slandercd.
| In this recent cry of Slandrr | am re-
| minded of the man who murdGSed his
| mother and then asked the court to ac
! quit him of the charge on the ground
that a murder'trial was Il SANDER on the
! community.
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more flesh and blood they cry poverty,
and immediately the capitol at Washing
ton is in dclugc of tears. and the ma
ton is thrown into Il furor of excite
ment. and the secretary of the treasury
rushes to New York with open arms To
| give comfort and succor to oar poor fam
ishing pets. The national treasury is
| opened unto them and all the sub-treaS-
| uries and mints are notified to transmit
| exchange on New York by telegraph and
all the people are asked to do homage to
| this modern moloch of greed Twenty
| six million dollars We're issued by the ma
| tional government IL relieve the poor
! national banks from poverty during the
! panic Of 1873. and later their taxes We're
reduced Sl2.00o,OoO per annnm- All in
the name of poverty. But let it be said
that agriculture is depressed and labor
| in need of better conditions and it is met
in anger and hate with charges of vile
and malicious SANDER.
| These facts are sufficient to Indicate
| the duty OF this organization.
| Let labor vote for labor and tyrants
| will grow pale. Let labor carry its cause
to the ballot box and society will not
| squeeze the manhood out of 20. 900 work
| ing people every year to maintain a Jay
Gould. The purchasing power of money
| will not be further increased to further
oppresS the debtor class. One half the
people will not go begging for an oppor-
| tunity to buy and the other half for an
| opportunity to sell. One half will not
make themselves miserable because they
can find nothing to do. Private in
| tereSts will not tc the only motive
for operating distributiye agcn-
cics. When labor votes for labor
society will increase the opportunities
| to earn a inventive genius increases the
| wants and necessities Of man. Distri-
| button will keep pace with production.
| The millions of little children will be
! taken from the dark and unWh0icsome
| rooms Of the factories. The play grounds
| will rrsound with the merry frolicS Of
| childish innocence. and the graceS of re-
| fined society, the blessings of the school
| and the virtues of the home will adorn
! the heart of the youth. There will be
! eight hours for work, eight hours for
sleep and eight hours for recreation and
improvement. and the man who earns or
inherits a dollar shall be protected in its
enjoyment. and the man who neither
earns nor nherits his dollars shall never
| have a dollar to 10y.