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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
THE STRUGGLE IN 1892,

1t i Coming and the People are Eallying
To the Battle Cry of "ln Union is
Strength"
To obtain an encouraging idea of the
strength and spirit of the reform move
m"nt which the pirate parties will have
tn face in 1892, read the following.
which we find over the signature of
John Brown, in the Missouri linton,
and then grid on your armOr:
Five hundred thousand votes were
east by the Knights of Labor and indie
pendent politita action received ten for
to one against.
''Puwderiy, beaumont and Wright
We're appointed as Il committee to con-
fer with other organizations and iSSuc
the call Th" general assembly of the
F. NJ. Il. A. of Illinois passed re>olu-
tion to co-op"rat".
This call will represent $500. 900 or
ganized producers. Never In the his
tory Of mankind has such IA thing oc-
Cured. In that vast body are some of
the deepest thinkers. finest orators and
best journalists in the land.
The Golfers of the enemy will be
opened and the subsidized press will be-
gin Il campaign Of ridiculr. slander and
Nituperation. Murat IIalStead will cry
cumming dcmagogurs.' And the New
York .>un will think the air stnkS of
old .hayserd'
stop the movement? No. never
There is nothing OH the earth or in the
waters that can ward off this cyclone
1t will sweep the country as the avail
ance does the side of the mountain
Ready? Oh. yes. Twenty years of
idrncss of labor. trampS on every hand.
idle, starving savag" and desperate: yes,
it is time The farmer has been taxed
by the scheming few until he gets less
than 40 per ccnt. of what he earns.
The farmer is ready. Fellow
laborrrs who are on the fence. fall in.
Old guard TO the front! lou have
waited long. but we are coming. 5000
900 strong Forward. Do YOU
hear the rumbling sound? 1t is
the Farmers alliance. the grangcrs.
the Knights of Labor. patrons
of husbandry. farmers. mutual
benefit association, natonaliSts. union
labor men. trade uuionistS. wheclcrS
and all other friends of a common hui
manity. See them moving in Kansas.
South Carolina. Dakota. New York
Massachusetts. Illinois and Indiana.
We gods. what a stir they make Third
party? No. sir; this is the first party.
the people which means to destroy the
laws made in the interest of selfish
greed. and see to it that right and jus
tiec rule this country. Unite. Unite.
Brother. we are to-day fighting British
power ten times more numerical than
King George in ITO. We send men to
congress who commit acts in favor of
Lombard streets money power which
would have caused them at that time to
have graced trees alongside of the
British spy. Andre. ."-Idrifc Tnion
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
Two of a kinal-AllnOSt

He passed down the aisle of the car to
the seat occupied only by a man wearing
a weed on his hat and there halted and
sat down, and every passenger thought
it funny thing that two men, each a
widower, should thus be brought to-
yether At least one CT the widowcrs
also thought it funny, for alter bit he
:urned and queried:
"Your wife dead?'
"Yes."
"So's mine. Yours die of feyer?"
"Yes."
$50 did mine. Loving, faithful, and
economical?'
YES"
so was mine. Broke you up, didn't
it9"
"Yes.'
$50 it did me. Couldn't eat nothing
tor half day. Have big funeral pro-
cession?'
Yes"
$50 did I. Counted thirty-one bug
gies and wagons. Got gravestone up
yit?"
"No."
Neither have I. Death is an awful
sad thing, amt it,"
"Yes."
"But we must make the best of it.
We can not help the dead by mourning.
Got your eye ON second wife,"
"No, sir!' was the indignant reply.
How longs your wife bin dead?"
"A year"
The other picked up his ralise from
The floor vacated his scat and as ha
started for the car ahead he said:
Stranger, thought we was two of ::
kind, but 1 diskiver that I'm wrong in
my fggers. One of us tells the truth,
aud the other is gaul darned liar. if
lie for it! Good day y!"-Ne,o York
Sun.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
Sparks and Flashes.

THE way of the whirled-Round and
round.
IN no sense abroad-Those who are at
home.
How to make home sublime-Put lime
in your cellars.
THOSE who wed are bound to be happy
For q while at least
MIGHT intellectual gifts not inaptly be
termed presents of mind?
THE saddest woman on earth is the
wife of the funny man.
SCIENTISTS say the orange was orig
inally berry. In point of size some Of
those to be seen at the present time
might readily pass as such.
HAVING ascertained that an elevator
Is in charge of regular attendant, it
would seem absurd for the insurance
man to ask II it has governor.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

the engine and joined the powder party.
The houses were mostly one-story
flames, and we confined our efforts en-
tirely to buildings that were to wind
ward Of the fire and in no danger of be-
ing burned. The poor natives realizing
that their homes and lives were in dan
ger looked upon us as their saviors and
followed us around with buckets of pisco
a low, brutal liquor Of their own
make. three drinks Of which will enable
a man to bite a teppennv nail in twain.
Inspired by this cheerful fluid and a
desire to distin guish ourselves as fire
men we turned to and saved many lives.
Headed by Fitch and his trumpet a
gang of us would rush into house.
grail the occupants, and haul them on
TO the roof, after which we would lower
them gently to the ground with ropes.
Then planting mine of powder in the
cellar the house would be blown to
atoms and the pieces scattered around
with pixies in the hands Of energetic
seamen. In this way we had saved
seventeen houses. when the powder
gave out, but we still managed to do
good work with pixies.
In the meantime Fitch discovered a
large warehouse in the opposite direc-
tion from which the fire was burning.
Mounting to the roof with his trumpet
the intrepid mariner howled like fog
horn. In few minutes Mclaughlin
dashed out of a saloon with his trumpet,
and, joining Fitch on the roof, soon con-
tributed some valuable noise to the con-
sultation, the result Of which was that
we rigged hawser and some purchases
ard pulled the warehouse to pieces.
Then. as the fire was rushing rapidly
toward the docks, We made a gallant
rally on the tire-engiue and dumped it
overheard into thirty iathoms of water
to save it from the flames. Never be-
fore in the history of Iluilue had there
been such a fire, but We fought the
flames and among ourselves until the
fire reached the waters edge. burned
itself out, and was then completely un-
der control. The natives said after
ward that if it hadn't been for the sail
ors their town would have been ruined.
Then what was left of the village
was at our disnosal. We were heroes
and the dagoes followed Us round with
tubs of pisco with tin dippers III it.
Nothing was too good for us, so we
drank, fought. and yelled till daylight.
We took possession of the saloon,
whipped the proprietors, aud tended
bar ourselves. If we had paved the
streets with dagoes and walked on them
it would have been all right.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
IS SIZE SWIFT ENOUGH?
THE CHARLESTON SAID TO BE
AFTER A PRIVATEER.
Hot in Pursuit OF the Itata-Escape of tho
Vessel Places Unc'e Sam in Peculiar
Position Question Of Indemnity.

Hot in Pursuit OF the Itata-Escape of tho
Vessel Places Unc'e Sam in Peculiar
Position Question of Indemnity.
\ dispatch from Washington says:
The most pressing thing in state affairs
now is the escape Of the Itata. The pos
sibility that this can result in any seri-
Gus destruction of our relations with
Chill is remote, but the ever present
specter of ''indemnity" is what scares
the State Department. "Indemnity"
has become a hair-raising word in state
circles. The Italians started it and the
fear that Chilli may also hoist an emblem
with indemnity emblaZoned on it causes
uneasineSs. Ever since we made Great
Britain pay Sl5, 900, 900 for permitting
the Alabama to escape we have kept a
weather eye kecnly strained upon every
fishing smack that might be suspected
of wanting to carry revolver to an
enemy. Hence the first business of the
administration is to recapture the Itata.
Instructions were sent to Admiral Me-
Cam. now at Valparaiso, to put to sea
with the Baltimore and Pensacola in Or
der to intercept the insurgent vessel.
Similar instructions were sent to Ad-
miral Brown The last report from him
was that he had left Cailao, Peru, with
the San Francisco. His exact wherea
bouts along the coast is not known.
Orders have also been sent to the
Charleston, now at san Francisco, to
start in pursuit as soon as possible.
This last does not amount to much, for
the Itata has five hundred miles and
at least two days start from any vessel
that could sail from San Francisco, and
it is doubtful if the Charleston could
catch her in Gn even race. If the ship is
caught or intercepted it will be by one Of
Admiral McCann's vessels, though if the
Charleston should catch her in one of
the Mexican ports she could undoubted-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.

1t Is claimed that John Rockefeller
could give every man, woman and child
in the | nitcd States 81 each and still
have left the modest sum OF $1,000. 900
with which to start peanut stand
William Waldruf A>tor could do the
same thing. while our own dear Jay
could give 81 60 each and have left $500
600 with which to sink we'll for more
wate-. 1t Is also stated that Mr.. Jones
and Mr. Rru.n who work hard ten
hours each day. can only give their
wives $40 once 4 year. and Mr.. Smith
who works from 6 n. III. to + =. m, upon
a section on a iailroad at Sl.I0 per day
and supports wife and five small chit
dren, says he would be a financial wreck
Issues
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

but had the satisfaction Of KNOWN
that the beastly robbers didn't get it."
And, having explained how he so cum
ningly outwitted the Jquique robbers,
Mr.. Watkins, 4. b., said he had fin
ished aud would ne pleased to hear the
cap'n's fire story.
This was a desperate, destructive
fire." the cap'n resumed, "but the
damage would have been much less if
the Wachusetts crew had staid away.
But they sent for rs, and we went and
rescued their town from the flames. 1t
was just two bells o'clock in the
morning when the summons for help
came Off to the ship. In less than five
minutes we had 125 blue jackets in the
boats pulling away to the rescue with
q thirty-foot man-o' war stroke that
lifted the boats prows clear of the
water. The rescuing party was in COM
mand of Lleut. Roper and two bo'sun's
mates. Mclaughlin and Fitch. Fitch
was a rattle-headed Dutchman, and he
and the other bo'sun had speaking
trumpets nnder their arms. They prob
ably hadn't the slightest idea of what
they were going to do with the trum-
pets, but then they had seen pictures
of big fires where men carried trum-
pets, and thought from this that fire.
men couldn't do anything without trum-
pets"
"What started the fire." asked the
lubber.
"The American Consui's hired girl
and kerosene lamp. The Consul was
writing in his library till midnight, and
when he was through he told the girl
to turn the lamp down. She was new
dago servant who had early acquired the
habit of doing what she was told; so
she grabbed the lamp, which held two
quarts of oil, and turned it upside
down. Then she quit her job while the
boss went out and yelled fire.
when we landed on the dock the
Consul's house was gone and the block
in which it stood was in flames. The
dagos were wild with excitement, but
they were not half SO crazy as we when
we got down to fighting the flames.
Fitch and Mclaughlin took stations on
each side of the fire and swore through
their trumpets, and white one squad of
sailors went to blowing up houses 800
yards to windward of the fire with pow
der another squad OF us tackled the fire.
engine. This was ricketv hand ma
chine with three lengths of hose, and
when we discovered it gang of dagos
were pumping away for dear life on the
dock five blocks away from the fire
They had nine men on the pumps and
seven holding the nozz'e. squirting the
water into buckets which the natives
carried up and poured on the fire from
behind.
Seeing a chance here for brilliant
and effective work We put the nine da-
go bumpers on one handle. while like
number of muscular sailors grabbed the
other. On the first yank we turned to
with heave-oh-heave and ierked
our handle up SO quick that the
other went down with q rush and the
dagos lostit. Then as they all stopped
in row to pick it up we threw oul
weight on the down stroke and thei,
handle came up with rush, catching
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
VOLUME |.
A STORY.
BY ALICE &. HOWARD,

You ask ms to tell Won n story
Romantic. bewitcll nqis true:
must not reveal any secrets.
Nor mention q wCrd about YOU.
AEem, Let me see, 1t was moonlight
II think that 5 the usual wnyt.
The stars vailed their bright. bIushinr faces,
The night bird just whispered his lav.
The trees closely twininc heir branches,
Emhraced III canoriel arch:
The cricket. forget ing. his music.
lndulSeflin in Il slow wedding march.
The owl thought 1t iI,e 10 he drowsv,
SO pulled a big leaf Ger lis face.
For oil in the distance. two lovers.
His great. won,it rful eyes coUld trace.
All down through the shade and the gIinmer
OF this miniature fairy land
Strolied IA truly romantic maiden
Firmly clasrin. her lovers hand
her lips were u ripe rs the cherries.
And hlacker ham night was her hair.
Her breath. like the perfume of roses,
Seemed swcetly rcryadina; The mir.
1ou said must nlake il rolnantic,
Delchtfnl. overwhelmingly trre
So listen with all of Your bsii &.
Keeping closely wilHt trust to ynt.
We knew i'll his soul TINT She loved hinS
She loved him too well to deceive
My friend. shall finish he story
With something you NAV not believe.
He read in her eyes that she loved him,
The knowledge gave tend rest bliss:
On her lips-with PRAYER for Il blessing
He softly imprint ed a kiss
To say hat she blu~hed ani shItI;k from him
Would spoil all the truth IF the tale;
her henrt was aS pure ns lily
admit, she looked rather pale.
With movement rs graceful Ms willow
She laid her dear head on his breast,
And-b1dding You LOW II good-mOrnng,
Perhaps she will tell you the rest.
--Hf1rtb ami Hail
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

OF about 2,30O people, where we laid at
anchor a couple of months in the spring
of 81"
Been there three times myself an
got robbed twice." remarked Watkins.
hut the third time l got TO the wind
ard of the robbers" he continued, with
a reminiscent chuckle.
"This here thing of getting robbed
regular made me tired, SC the last time
! was there l sewed my money in my
shirt before going ashore. Then with
the few dollars in my pocket | got
howlin' drunk, an while yearnin' for
more liquor. I pulls the shirt off my
back an sells it an S12O stitched in the
linen to a Chinaman for 50 cents cash
money. l never see the money again,
A haA tarcai7-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
In "a. Miner" Kew,

THE office-seeker in Washington hores
for an early spring opening.
WHAT others drink distresses a teeto-
taller more than it does a dozen others,
frequently.
A TEXAS miser keeps everything under
lock and key, and he even bots his
food.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

We don't believe in metal money.
Tie metal calf has stood in the wilder
ness and been the object of our worship
too long. But if we have metal money
at all. give us frce coinage of all kinds.
Metal. being a commercial commodity of
great value. don't figure in favor of one
kind and against another. SO that lot
of pirates can absorb the earnings of i'll
duStry Knights Of Lnhor.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

transportation by land is expensive,
necessarily. The workingman could
journey from where his labor is a drug
in the market to where it is needed il
only it did not cost so much to trrvcl.
Where is the genius who shall give us
cheap travel and transportation? 1t is
the one universal need Of the agc.-Bos-
tOn Labor WO,td.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

the whole nine under the chin with an
awful crash. Three of the dagos had
their necks broken and died OH the
spot, two had their jaws broken. and
the rest bit their tonges off, which were
hanging out owing to the unusual ex-
ertion.
AS this sad calamity crippled the
working force on the pump We deserted
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
They VIII, if Not Side-Track k eti.

The workingm"n and the farmers are
becoming apt learners in the school of
political economy. and have advanced
so far that they can plainly see that nn-
der the present system they need expect
no Improvement in their conditions
worth speaking of. They will graduate
in 1892. and declare. AT the hallot-hoX,
toat things must change. Dayton, (O.,)
Workman and FtfrluPr
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
ALL HANDS ON DECK,
An Old Salts Remini>cence OF the
IIniqne Holocaust.

PE. \ X I y G about
the e terrific conha-
grations reminds me
of that sad holocaust
in IIuique som e
years ago. an d
which l helred to
subdue.' said the
cap'n, breaking in
on an animated dis =
cnssion concerning
the relative merits
of hemp or manila
ro.e for sranker
braliS.
Iq uique, til is
State? inquired tn e
lubber.
No: the Iquique
I'm talking about is
in northern Chill, q
small seaport town
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Convinced Against His win.

Judge-Guiity or not guilty?
Prisoner tdazed)-I thought I rras
guilty, your honor, but my lawyer says
l amt, and hes proved it, and believe
it, and when you hear him talk, Jour
honor you'll believe it, too. och.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

AMONG the labor organizations careful
observation has shown. during the past
two mt nths adecidedly strong feeling N
favor of a new political party. to be
composed of the industrial classes as
opposed to the monopolists. All refer
ence to Independent action has been re
ceived almost invariably with hearty
applause.-BOstOn Labor World.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

YEARS ago the Rev. Myron ". Reid
said 1T is a good time in which TO
live: the people are asking questions:
they want to know the why ana where
fore" There's where the farmers move
ment lies. The tiIlers of the soil. the
common people. ar" asking questions.
Every set of "resolutions" or demands
put forth by the alliance. the grange.
the +. NJ. Il. 4. and others. is >pangled
all over With big Interrogation points
that ask our hidebound. fussiled states
men (?} to show good reason why these
statements are not Just and righteous.
The old lies, with their threadbare phi
loSophy will not suffice for an answer.
Politicians may call these impertinrnt,
clod-hopping que>tioners all sorts of
ugly names, but when they see men in
cowhide boots Scraping off the mud ol,
the steps of Uncle Sans capitol. they
will wish they hadn't said quite 81 much.
Sentinel.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

A NUMBER of railroad companies are
again trying to make the people believe
they are fighting each other. But the
people are onto the racket.-Greeicy.
(kuH..) Ners.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

THE impudence of the political liars
in Kansas is phenomenal. During the
campaign they charged Congressman.
Simpson with wearing no socks and
Congressman Clover with murder. Now
they have started the story that at tho
meeting of the reform press association
at Hutchinson. a resolution denouncing
the Grand Army men was adopted. wheD
as a matter of fact a resolution carried
pledged the members TO support every
measure that will tend to render justice
to the old soldiers.-Mil,rdukec tI-is.)
.idrNnce.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

THE trouble the democratic bosses ase
having in Mississippi should cause sll
true party men to shed tears of srm-
pathy. It's hell. when the people OF a
state rebcll against those anointed with
golden salvc. but such things are liable
to happen because of the intirmity of
human nature. Perhaps. as it is an off
year. and the elect Of Wall street .an
concentrate on the Mississippi red neckS.
it were better that the mutiny should
occur now. so as to enable conquest in
detail.-NationdI Citizens AUianre
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

THE difference between the two old
parties is this only: One is in and the
other is or...-Mpstic lId.,) Breeze.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
Still They support Only These.

Hun, out the solid grain from all the
daily press has given in the past week
relative to labor affairs, put it in your
eye, make Il bed of thu chatf, and note
if You do not get an undiSturbed >nooze.
There will not be enough to hurt your
eye. and there will be abundanccS of
chatf to stuff a hed-tick. Pihsblug Pa. J
Labor Tribune.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

Senator PETER says: ''What gives
value--moncy value--to coins is law
nothing else. If you owe a man $50. go
buy ii $50 gold piece. put it in vice aud
bend it over double. or lay it on an anvil
and strike it a blow with hammer so
as to etfacc the figures and stamp, then
offer il to your creditor and YOU will
learn that while it was money while it
remained just as the law describes it. it
is not money now in this condition.
though it has not lost a hairs weight of
metal.
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squeeze the Water Out of the Stocks.

The one remedy for the evils from
which both the farmers and the labOring
people of cities suffer will be cheap
travel and freight transportation. 1t is
the expense of carrying meat from the
west to the seaboard that makes It cost
so great to the workiagman of the east.
1t is the enormous expense of freight
on the farmers products that makes it
cheaper for him to burn his corn as fuel
than to ship it by rail- The railroad
people must live and if possible pay
dividends to their stockholders, though
these are not heavy of late years. Steam
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

CHAuNCEY DEpEw is full of fearful
compassion for the farmers of England.
II seems that what with rents. ttheS
and taxes they are only able to retain
out of the product of their toll Il bare
living. If Chauncey could only spare
time from his daily labor of committing
to memory impromptu witty speeches to
look about him. he would see though
they have 10 landlords and no titheS to
pay the American farmers are exactly
in the same conditions. When he gets
this through his massive mind. it might
possibly strike him that American rail
way brigandS ar" plague as great as
rack renting landlords and 1.-THE exact
ing persons combined. .-,JouInnl nf the
kniuLfS of LnliOr.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

THERE may be no third party IN ls9..
but if not. there will be Il wonderful
shaking up and swapping sides" in the
two old parties. The people have been
blinded :" long To the evils of our inan
cial system that they have arrayed
themselves in opposing parties without
reference TO this subject. Many who
have called themselves democrats will
find that their ideas of finance do not
run in democratic channels. and vice
VERSA. There will be no dodging of the
issue The people are determined that
it shall not be ignored. The two parties
must make plain their positions. If
neither party makes positive and un-
equiyocal declarations concerning
nancr-money-therc will be third
party Liberal Enterprise. fHthei,tf. Ga.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14
OUR GREAT REPUBLIC.
AN INDEPENDENT POLITICAL
ACTION ALONE WILL SAVEIT.

So Long a. Working People are Content to
Vote with the Old Partiesj and Fight
Each Other ON Party Lines .PlutOcr;cy
Need Have no Fear.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

A !,aa tareai7-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-14

Sometime afterwarl, an old man,
speaking to Padri, said:
Your kindness of heart has surely
found its reward"
No" said Padri, "but my Judgment
has,"
What do you mean by judgment %
"Oh, knew that girl business was a
put-up job. My dear sir. the secret of
success is not kindness nor honesty,
but shrewdness. -4rkdnsa,r Trar-