The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-05

a man who was telling what an awful
sinner he used Ia be-. what j liar he was.
and how he Swindled men out of their
money in the street. He said it was the
most wonderful thing lie ever heard of
that the Lord could save such villain.
Mr. Drew grew interested. He
nudged the person next to him and
asked: who is the person that led such
reckless life y" That's Daniel Drew"
was the answer.
So you see the Little Wizard has be-
come SD respectable that he can hint
loosely III his own yillainouS career
The fact is that Jay Gould is the real
organizer OF the compact: though j.
Pierpont Morgan is put forward as the
leader. Goulds triumph is now com
plete. He is the king OF America. In
this movement he takes rs partners the
last of those who have opposed or
frowned upon him. The Nanderhits
and Brown Brothers Il Co. are repre-.
scented in this agreement.
As TO PicrpOnt Morgan, he is supposed
TO be the cunningeSt man i'll the world.
except the Hebrew acknowledgements
visited by the Prince of Wales. to the
great horror of arstocratlc Germany.
The association is just like the Trunk
Line association. and will strive to work
with it and the Central Traffic associa-
ton. which two embrace all the midland
roads east of Chicago and st. Louis. 1t
expects to take in all west of those
points. Aldice f. Walker is named for
the acting head.
n new proof that all power centers in
New York bankers is seen in this aSser-
ton in a New York money article:
The tenure of Office of railway presi-
ipntS il nv
years. and prominent houses. where will
ing. find it much easier to secure proxies
in behalf of reform measures. A care
fnl canvass of the various brokers offices
would show that in nearly every election.
particularly of the newer roads. the
brokers chiefly by indiscrminate grant
ing of proxies, practically hold the bal
ance Of power. In other words. if the
members OF the New York stock eN-
change We're agreed to have the proxies
on all stocks in their names, not directed
by the owners themselves, deposited at
each railroad election with Il committee
Of the stock exchange, Great reforms
could be enforced and the interests Of
their clients will be protected
Think of that. Great reforms. Greet
from Scott would have cool thrill o1
delight in the purgatorial fires if heread
that.
This argument is the New York Suns
last ditch in the fight with pat1rnaliSm.
Dana-who seemed once 70 nave the
making of great and good man, and IS
now only one of the rich owners Of the
best news journal i'll .hc "orld-goes
over more and more to the bad, and the
Sun more unblushingiy becomes the or
gan of capital.
He saws that this argument is just
perfect. He has been working for it
for two years. ''resolutioA that will
restore securits to every branch of bust
ness He is as rough as Stickncy on
his s!coparceners," and says:
THAT there should ever have been oc-
casion fcf that action no one connected
with it can in the future fail to blush;
but r1w that the thing is done, the less
SAID about the past the better, particu-
LAZY as the future is infinitely more at
factlve.
He SAYS there can never again be the
big plumber there has been; but if the
railroads are we'll worked they will
readily prove to be what we have always
held that they are. and that is. the finest
properties ever created by human indus
irv and enterprise. They have not
fathorned 1.-THE of the resources of their
several territories.
You bet enormous sWag there yet, II
the paternal .Alliance' does not step in
to interfere with the genteel argument.
A word to the wise. When this dragon
has but one head, it will take but one
paterna whack to remove that head.
BEWARE OF TROJAN HORSES.
Farmers of the east. beware of your
eastern brethren. / was such old
granny papers as the Elmira Husband
man. of New York. the Farmers Friend,
of PENNSYLVANIA. that took the snap out
of the Grange and made it a back num-
ber."
Now there are some agricultural pa
pers Of the east with large circulation
and bank accounts that will bear watch
ing | notice the american IJricnftuf-
.st straining every nerve ito rise TO inc
OCCASION Its boss. whoever he is,
seems to say, $50 to now. see me put
this cyclone in harness. See me corral
this wild ass of the prairie.
Last summer this motherlT old hen
stretched its wings and clucked viSor-
ousIv and seemed to think il had gath
cred all you young eagles under 1ts
wings. And now it has out most Ju-
dirious. sober, discreet symposium. inns
tells what I'ncle Jerry Rusk thinks
ABOUT jdTil- NiiAb bih'ie'io'|'
White. of Cornell, utterS about the ALI
anre. Speaking from the standpoint OF
Il tinancicr, a Wall street banker secs
mo cause for alarm among capitalists a,
the present uprising among farmers be-
cause it necessarily implies a large de-
gree of education in financial AFFAIRS
He thinks the farmers representatives
will be slow to advocate government
ownership of railroads when they find
how such policy must bear enormously
O:i taxpayers.
Pity about him.
Il have only read 4 synopsis of the ar
,irlc. There seems to be some gooc
things in it from DR.. MacCune and Bell
amy. and about cooperation. but the ed
itor is utterly opposed to the proposed
plan for relieving American agriculture
that is based on government mortgage:
If not Only our farmers freehold prop
cr.v, but even the very product of theil
land
Mn of the west. sinila. If you don
feel any need of soothing syrup, don
take a1y.
AL IN A MUDpiE.
What with the panic, the fifty con
gressn,en elected by the alliance, nDcer
1ainty about the force bill, silver leg
is!atiaa. tariff effects. etc, our con
s.rvativcs are iusi wild. The Sun
which said in November that Reef
was a fool for heading off silve
coinage. low goes against it. Its wis.,
man. Marshall. makes a fool OF himsel
by opposing more currpncy-bccause tn
uanic is caused by scarcity of credit
instead of money. The poor souls witt
make the money articles see Eight In tn