Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-24
REVOLUTIONARY SYMPTOMS.

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LA1E dispatches from various parts
Of the United States, aud European
countries, indicate very unsettled
condition Of the industrial world. From
London, England, reports reach us
that a strike Of dock laborcrs II hourly
expected. The strike has already com.
menced In Cardiff and several u the
smaller sea coast towns. II IL feared II
will extend to all shipping ccn,ers Of
England.
From various points ofour own coun.
try comes reports u vast organizations
Of wage workers. The railroad EN-.
ploycs Of some OF the great systcms are
aiiying themselves with the Federated
Trades Unions, while In other places
the railroad employees are OF.
gambling TO fight the projected
Granger legislation against rail.
roads. From Chicago comes news
that laborcrs engaged ON the Worlds
Fair arv working under tho protection
Of the military and police.
But tho most startling news Of all
comes from the Famcrs' Alliance pco-
pie. The members Of this party, in the
Illinois Legislature, demand absolute
Government ownership Of nil rail-
roads, telogRphs and telephones" This
Ia a gigantic demand. To purchase the
railroads and telegnphs Of tho United
States would require six billions Of dol.
lan. To raise this money would add
Immensely 10 taxation, unless the
Farmers contemplate taking the prop.
crty without giving any compensation.
To operate those roads and telcgraphs
would require Gus million persons.
All these, under tho new regime, would
10 government ofici,ls, and would
naturally work for their own perpclua.
ton In office, and for tho party In
power.
j The Farmers Alliance has also Il q
mandcd "National Independent
Convention" In 1892. Ono plank Of
the proposed platform Of that Conven.
tlon win be the favoring Of an Austrai.
ian ballot system. That Is, It will be
an attempt 10 compel every State 10
adopt this system whether II Ia dispos.
cd 10 do 20 or not.
Tho Alliance men In tho Kansas
House Of Representative passed law
few days ago absolutely repudlating
all loans la that State. The Kansas
Senate, which IA Republican, passed n
resolution condcmnatory OF the House.
II reads as follows;
"whercas, Fly the passage OF the House
hill commonly called the Elder TaN bill
aud others Of a like character. tho House
OF Representatives OF this state ha,
caused great apprehension aud distrusi
among tho holders Of Kansas securities,
and i, IN We believe, doing the people OF
this state great and irrcparahle injury hy
causing the withdrawal Of all foreign
capital from our State, by rcndSTlng II
impossible Tor the Debtor class OF our
people To renew their mortgages or even
pay the interest aecniing thereon, there.
fore, DO II
, Resolved, That It Is the sense Of this
, Senate that no Wild or visionary meas.
ure, calculated In It's nature or by liz pro-
visions to iniuriously affect the people Of
this State, or the credit OF tho same, can
or shall pass this body"
In addition to all this the Alliance
demands the free anu unlimited coin.
age Of silver. II demands the abolition
OF National banks, the election Of
President and Vice.President OF the
United States Ms well rs that Of United
States Senators by direct vote Of the
people.
II ia not difficult 10 imagine the
radical nature Of the revolution these
demands, II obtained, would accom-.
pllsh. Government control Of railroads
and telegraphs involves something poe.
itlyely dreadful to conservative Ameri'
cans, II IL true railroads do moi
deserve great deal OF consideration
at the hands Of farmers, but the ire
mendous change contemplated should
be appropriately considered.
The operation Of the national banks
In the way OF loans aud discounts,
aggregated, last October, to something
equal to s., 900, 100000. II Is estimateC
that there were $4,000, 100000 worth o
crops raised In the country last year
and that tho national bank
facilitated the marketing and exchang,
, Of this vast aggregate, aud the farmer
/ have no scheme to supply the place o
, tho National banks.
. Compare these demands on the par
{ OF the farmers with the development
, going ON In railroad organizations an'
I In trust combines Chauucey Depew
Y President OF the New York Central
gets salary OF s75,OOo year. Tn
1 presidents Of trusts got ON an average
b 1000 year. james q. Blaine get
. only 5000 rs Secretary OF State. Tn