The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
THE ALLIANCE.

The Progress: Let not the laborers
OF America forget that the volume Of
money is what regulates wages. Let
them not listen to the howl OF the
money kings who are wanting every
thing reduced to agold basis that they
may own the earth. Let them not
forget that the cry for more money
comes from the down-trodden and OPP
pressed toiling millions. Let them
bear in mind that nor money means
freedom. but contraction means slavery.
The Western Advocates: The gov
eminent must own the railroads or
the railroads will own the govern
ment Government control without
government ownership is a fatal delu-
sion. The vas money interests of
these great corporations always has
and always will control all legislation
in their interest. The wealth which
they extort from the people is used to
corrupt legislatures and buy Judge,
till justice cannot be secured except by
the peoples taking possession OF the
entire business.
The Alliance Farmer: As the hours
grow darker clasp hands, brethren,
and stand firm by our beloved order.
Stand by its principles, come what
may, and in the end a glorious indie
pendence will be secured. Indepen-
dence is the only thing that can better
your condition. You want to be indie
pendent of monopolies, banks, trusts,
and all political parties. Independent
of thieving combines. as we'll as politi-
cal combines, and you are safe and on
the high road to that social and inan-
cial independence that is the long
sought ~unrealiZed hope OF the toiling
millions OF the world.
The Modern Light: Victor Hugo
Gays the problem of civilization is 1.-The
creation OF wealth and the distribution
of wealth." This is the question now
being considered by The voters OF this
government. The question of human
civilization is now on trial and the
voters OF this government compose the
jury hat will have TO decide it. Will
the decision be given in favor of leav-
ing a just portion of the wealth in
the hands OF the producers, thereby
lettering the condition of the great
plain suffering people and advancing
civilization. or will it uphold our
present financial system which binds
the producers and laborers in slavery
TO the money power and will ulti-
mately destroy the last vestage of
liberty?
The Alliance Echo: The farmer
pays the taxes. If he lies his neigh
bors will tell the assessor, and he is
caught up with, but his brother in the
city is sent u blank to fill out. and he
writes as much or as little as he
pleases and swears to it and returns it.
II he has a palace home with costly
furniture and rooms elegantly fur
nished from cellar to garnet, worth
S25. 600, he gives it in at from 50. 900
to IS, 900. If he has cash and bonds
to the amount of $40, 600 he will not
return a cent. Should he have a large
sum OF money deposited in the banks
he draws it out, takes a certificate
check and has the cashier hide it
away in his vaults till the assessment
is taken. Hence the burden of taxa
ton falls upon the farmer who can't
we'll evade the law, if he is so dis
posed, Or upon the poorer classes in
the city who have houses and lots that
can't be covered up.
The Hart County Record: The next
legislature is composed of between
sixty and seventy members who
are farmers, and who were elect
ed mainly by the influence of the Far
mer's Alliance; there are not exceed
ing ten lawyers, who heretofore have
controlled the legislation of the state,
upon whose shoulders all unjust legis-
lation rests. Now the farmers have a
chance to show their hands, and
should they succeed in doing for a
whole state what is most needed, it is
a feather in their caps, but if blind
prejudice and base ignorance are the
prevailing features, it will be we'll for
the trainers of the new constitution to
have made the legislation of the state
a nudity never to meet again. A few
men should not control the whole
body, but as a unit they should move
forward for the common good. Let
the farmers show lawyers they have
not only brains but honesty and capac-
ity to use them.
The Midland Mechanics: We are
not finding fault with our lot in life,
but when we see q great city almost
depopulated by those who are FORUM
ate enough to possess the wherewith
to take q summer vacation we ask
ourselves why we were not born with
a silver spoon between our gums, like
some OF our more fortunate neighbors.
Through the long summer months we
are compelled to remain in the Office,
with our loved ones far away never
daring to hope for anything better.
While our more fortunate neighbor
can HE himself away to the mountains
or some summer resort and spend
more money Tor pleasure during his
vacation than We can earn in a dec
ade. There is something radically
wrong in the distribution Of the good
things of this earth, and we think
some OF us are getting the worst of
the deal. 1t isn't because the wealthier
have more brains than the poorer
class, but because they were more for
tunate in receiving from their fore
fathers a competency, or been more.
successful in financial matters. We
will live in hopes if we die in despair.
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