The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-06-25
Center, Idaho.

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A democratic exchange has the fol-
lowing to say about the third party
We may grumble about the third
party to our hearts content but there
it is. Perhaps the party it will play
in the next campaign will not i'm
portant and perhaps it will, but the
fact that it had its origin in the
restlossness and discomfort of farmers
and workingmen is, to say the least,
ominous The tillers of the soil in
the south and northwest have a feeling
that they have not been squarely dealt
with. 'If the country" they say,
sis so tremendously prosperous as
our orators and newspapers are
declaring it be, why in the world are
we compelled to mortgage our farms.
If our manufactures are BOOMING and
all is so brisk and profitable that a
man can count his money by millions,
why can't we, who work from sunrise
until after dark manage to make both
ends meet? There must be screw
loose somewhere. And it is that
loose screw, or rather the hope to
to find and tighten it which gave rise
to this third party. The wage earners
are also disgruntled If you say it
is their chronic condition then all the
worse for the system that makes it
so. There never was a time in the
history of the world when SO much
profound thinking was done by the
working men as now. 1t is the tend
ency of a republic to made them think
for they have votes to cast and public
policies to approve or oppose. They
don t quite know what the matter is
and so they strike in the dark and
three-quarters of the time at nothing.
INDY are only sure of one thing
there is something somewhere that
ought to be hit, and hit hard if they
can only find out what and where 1t
is. In the meantime the HIGH tariff |
monstrosity is expressing both of
these classes and making their bur
dens heavier. The government which
should render life easier, is constantly
liking it harder.
The scythe of railroad robbery cuts
thinner swath in Australia than it
does in this country. In this country
the railroads NOW out of the products
OF the farmers enough to pay divid-
ends on about three times the value
ofall their invested capital, but in
Australia according to the Chicago
Sentinel, the government owns the
railroads. 1t only costs person
$500 to ride 1000 miles here.
Commuation tickets for local service
are SILL lower. a workman can can
ride to and from his work, a distance
Of six miles, for two cents trip;
II miles for 4cents Is miles for 6
cents; "a miles for 81 cents; 30 miles
for 10 cents. Yearly tickets, good for
80 mile trips, are sold for 17.4O.
This is the kiud of Capitalization we
need in this country. 1t centralizes
bread and meat into the mouths of the
workirgmen's children and clothes on
heir backs.
What is to be done with that NOR
'trious iron-handed monopoly?
Alliance Tribune; While the rail-
'oads were built by private capital and
Individual energy, they received
grants and privileges from the govern
nent which protected their interests
The fatal and unforeseen powers to
combine and tax the people were not
guarded against The corporation =
hat was at first blessing, through
he greed of man was destined to be-
ONE dangerous and controlling
'ower in our government From
eing the humble petitioner for pro
nction from our government, the
orporation has become the manu-
lcturer of governments, both local ,
nd national.
a communication from 4. i. Day,
'cretary Of the Crystal Alliance
hich was received too late for this
sue VIII appear next week.