The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-04-24
THE ALLIANCE.

kenUuCKy frOgreSS: Inc CenCoF OF
population as shown by the present
census, is about twenty miles east of
Columbus, Indiana. The center of cor
ruption, however, lies at the head of
navigation on the Potomac.
Georgia Farmer: The fight against
the Alliance is gradually but surely
| drifting to Wall street and the east.
The wires have been pulled from that
| locality all the time but the contest is
getting so earnest that the sources of
the opposition are being uncovered.
The Independent, New Britain,
| Conn: Boston bankers are reported
as inserting clause in mortgages and
notes that payment shall be in gold Or
its equivalent This is preparing for
and discounting the possibility of free
! silver coinage. The eastern fnanciers
want it known that they propose to
deal in gold. and on a gold basis,
| whether the government does or not.
National Economist: The people of
this country are beginning to walks up
to the fact that the politics of the ma
ton is big game played by different
players, and that the effort to keep
them divided equally on the tariff ques-
ton and on the free silver question are
simply means by which the exploiting
class works to a given end-that is to
say, to give Wall street balance of
power that it may have its friends in
places to benefit it.
Alliance Herald, Montgomery. Ala. ::
The shrinkage in the volume Of cur
rency has measured the shrinkage in
values The shrinkage in values has
measured the under consumption of
supply, which has made the farmers
believe that they were ruined by over
production. Expand the currency and
values will be increased, labor will be
employed and consumption will make
demand for all that is produced,
! and general prosperity will bless the
| land.
Farm View, Porterville, Cal, Sta
tistics of the state may prove it's pros
! perity by undeniable figures, but it is
true all the same that the people as a
whole-the industrial classes who pro-
duce all the wealth-are suffering in
poverty, ignorance, and degradation.
They may show that agriculture and
manufactures are in the most flourish
ing condition, adding more rapidly
than ever to the national wealth, while
in fact it is constantly adding to the
poverty of the producers.
Dakota Rural Press: When the
| politicians of the recent congress
reached home they discovered to their
surprise that the Alliance had been at
work during their absence. They
found out also that the average men,
Der of the Alliance was thoroughly ac-
quainted with the business congress
had done as well as that which had
been neglected. These gentlemen
further learned that as factor in pol
tiles garden seeds and patent Office re-
ports had been eliminated. They be-
came painfully aware that nothing but
square, honest work on lines parallel
to the demands of the Alliance will
answer in the future. The Alliance
school house plan of education did it.
Winfield, Kans., Tribune: The cen
sus bureau commissioner became dis
satisfied with the farm mortgage show
ing made by the returns and has sent
letters to every farmer who has mort
gage for an Individual statement of the
amount of the lien upon their homes
But what good will such information
dop The government has repeatedly
refused to listen to the farmers in their
pathetic appeals for help. There is
but one other use such statistics can be
used for, and that is to uncover the
helpless condition of the individual
farmer to the eastern Shylock so that
he may the better know how to lay his
plans to attack the title to their homes
and wrest it from them, and the gov
eminent is playing into his hands by
collecting the necessary information for
| him.
Colorado Workman: It needs no
act of congress to restore silver to an
equality with gold, if the legislatures
of the different states will take hold of
the matter; and there is no excuse why
the legislators of Colorado should not
lead in the matter, and if they are as
earnest in the matter as their utter
ances lead us to believe they are
The manner in which this can be done
is to amend the contract laws of the
state in such way as to make all
contracts payable in any of the current
money OF the country. This will pre-
vent the loan companies from drawing
up contracts payable in gold only, and
thus compel them to accept silver in
payment for loans made, thereby re-
storing fully its legal tender qualities
without an act of congress. Think
this over and see if we are not right.
Workman and Farmer, Dayton,
Ohio: If the workingmen and farmers
of this land were to devote a little time