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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
The Ocaia Demands.

ID We demand the abolition of national
banks
D. We demand that the government shall
establish : u Treasures or depo STORIES in
.ne several States. which shall loan money
oirect to the neop'e at a low rate of interest.
not TO exceed per cent per annnm, on non
pefisha6!e farm products, and also upon real
e''a'e' with proper limitations upon the
Suantlty OF land and the amount of money.
& We demand that the amount of the cir
,,ualing medium be speedily increased to not
less than $50 Fer capita.
mat we demand that Congress shall pass
sucn laws as will efectually prevent the
a'aihg In futures of all agricultural and
"'enahical produc;ions; providing astringent
.ss'em OF pToce lure in trials that will secure
IV prompt conviction, and imposing such
aenanies as shall secure the most perfect
'UHpllance with the law
We condemn the silver bill recently
rsSeei iy Congress. and demand in lieu
Silver
T.. We demand the passage OF laws prohibit
- aleh ownership of land. and that Con-
.shKe prompt action 10 devise some plan
,oo'hn all lands now owned by aliens and
hsh h.,sss syndica;es, and that all lands now
-. w railroads be reclaimed by the govern
thd held for actual settlers only.
a. !. neheving in the doctrine of equal rights
mand-
nat our national legislation shall be so
tmed t.sd IN the future as NOT to build up one
ItuS1ry = at the expense of another
a., we turther demand removal of the ex-
Nt. neavy tariff tax from the necessities OF
unat the pooc of our land must have.
So, We further demand just and equitable
.m OF graduated tax on incomes.
81 ne believe that the money of the country
h.s.u oe kept as much as possible in the
,sa. OF Inc people, aud hence we demand
Nas.' national and State revenues shall be
'su ID the necessary expenses of the gov
tered.
tn.. demand the most rigid. honest and
sas s e'a'e and nat onal governmental control
nsupervis.on of the means of public COM
eeation and transportation. and If this
sh.si hoi and supervision does not remove the
ssses msss now existing. we demand the govern
es,s ownership of such means of cominunl-
ana transportation.
re demand that the Congress of the
co.ss SasteS submit an amendment 10 the
rss'a4 'atioh. providing for the election OF
1''pls o. sspa s.sis.
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RECIPROCITY.
Progress of Negotiations WITH the soUtL
American states.

American states.
WASHINGTON, Oct 81. - Delegates
from Barbadoes and Trinidad, the two
most important of the British West In
dies, are expected here shortly TO con-
fer with Sir Julian Pauncefote aud the
state department The aggregate for
eign trade of the British West Indies is
S6i, ,702,1 of which Barbados and
Trinidad have S32, 331,672. These are
the figures for 1889. the latest which
have been compiled by the bureau OF
statistics of the treasury department.
The trade of these two islands with the
United States, however, is less than
with Great Britain, and the American
exports TO them are considerably
smaller than the imports from them.
Secretary Blaine and Mr.. Foster hope
to remedy this state of things by
a reciprocal agreement which will
open the markets of the islands on
favorable terms to this country's prod
ucts The countries with which treat
les will be especially sought in addi-
ton to those already made are Mexico,
Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. Ne
gotiations with Mexico are going on
at the Mexican capital between the
United States minister, Mr.. Ryan, and
a special delegate appointed by the
Mexican government for this purpose,
Senior Jose Ives Limantour, and he is
expected in Washington early in the
winter to talk with Secretary Blaine
and with Senor Romero, the Mexican
minister. If a treaty is made with
Mexico it will be outside the linn
its of the Mckinley bill, for Mexico
does not export enough sugar, coffee or
hides to justify opening her markets to
American commerce in return for the
placing of those articles on the free
list.
Treaties will probably be made with
Venezuela and Colombia upon the
ground of their large exports of coffee
to this country. The government OF
Venezuela was the first to propose reci-
procity after the passage Of the Mchin-
ley bill, but a final agreement has been
delayed by the promptness OF Minister
Peraza in accepting the first PROPOSE
tions of the state department, which
went a good deal further than tI:e We
neZuelan government was reduy W ~
or Mr.. Blaine expected them to go
Minister Scruggs, the United States
representative to Venezuela, is now iu
Washington, and will take back to
Venezuela modified propositions which
will probably be promptly accepted.
The negotiations with Colomb bia arI in
charge of Minister Abbott, this govern
ment's representative at the Colombian
capital, and he is hopeful of satisfactory
results. This country's trade with
Peru is not important either in imports
| or exports, but ex-Mayor Grace, ot
New York, and some other gentlemen
having business interests in Peru are
trying to arrange treaty which may
| be of some benefit.
There is no pro spect of treaty will
the Argentine republic, for her treas
ury is depleted, and she probably would
not suffer seriously if she lost the trade
with the United States. She sends only
So, AL, 2O2 in hides aud skins to this
country, while sending SIS, S00l ls5 t.
France, s4,151, ,937 to Belgium, S1,954,
694 to Germany. S1,3ls, 3S3 to Italy
81, ,O5S, al to Spain and S97s, 1858 TO Grea
Britain.
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County Alliances.

Nadison-President. T. j. Alsworth.
tanton; Secretary, David E. Wood
Sharon.
Hinds-President d. y. Brown, Uticai
Secretary. c. S. Spann, Raymond.
Rankin Dallas Watts,
Pink: Secretary, r. E knight, Pela
hstchie. =, ,,,,,.
pp, Westyille; Secretary, j. j. Hilton,
Harrsville.
Copiah-President, A. b. Guynes,
Ganman; Secretary, j. d. Miller, Halle
hurst
Claiborne President, Caleb Lobdell,
Port Gibson; Secretary, !. ID. Magruder,
RusSnm.
eferson-Prcaident Robert Mcbride,
Mcbride 7. O.: Secretary, I. l.. Darden,
Tdyette.
iincoln-Prcsident, f. P. Douglass,
Wesson; Secretary, Edward Smith,
Iro0khaven.
Franklin-Prcsident, A. NJ. Newman,
Meadyille; Secretary, Juan Nix, Nc
Calls Creek.
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fed if we redeem these bonds at the
end of five years 'iu the same kind of
money, of the same intrinsic value it
bore at the time it was issued" In
1873 millionaire John Sherman said:
ITO refuse to pay the bonds in gold
would be Reputation and eStor-
ton and would be scoffing at the bless
ings of Almighty God. d."-Dako ia Ru-
ralist
AT the annual meeting of the state
Farmers Alliance of Michigan the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted without
a dissenting voice: Resolved, that we,
the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union of the state of Michigan, heart
lily indorse the Ocala platform, and fur
ther declare to the oppressed toilers of
America that we are unyieldiugly in
favor of independent political action
as outlined at the Cincinnati confer
ence."
-Plutocracy is a modern word, hav-
ing place only in supplement to
Webster's latest diction aries. where it
is defined to mean "a form of govern
ment, in which the supreme power is
lodged in the hands of the wealthy
classes alone; government by the rich;
also, a controlling or influential class
of rich men," 1t is n power which,
though unnamed, has crushed the cor
ner stones of republics and laid waste
empires.
Down in Tennessee the convict
lease system is to be continued four
more wears and honest laboring men
will be starved out of their homes, and
over in Ohio other honest laboring men
are yelling themselves hoarse in behalf
of a democracy led and dominated by
United States Senator Cal Brice, a
principal owner of these same Tennes-
see mines. Verify if laboring men
sometimes get it in the neck they de-
serve it. t-Nonconformist.
The people are mildly asking that
the democratic party make money"
an issue in the battle of 1892. The
ringsters. Cleveland, Mills. ct al, seem
to think their little put-ins will seal
the public mouth. The masses are de-
termined to force the issue. The demo-
cratic party has got to speak either for
or against more money" Will the
party seek it's support from Wall street
or from the people? Let the next con-
gress say.-Weekly Toiler.
Three hundred years ago the bank
of Amsterdam issued its certificate of
deposit against the plate and jewelry
of the people, and these certificates
passed as money. Wherein does this
differ from the sub-treasury plan OF the
Farmers Alliance? The bank OF
sweden, also, issued money to the
farmers up to two-thirds of the as
sessed value of their lands at four per
cent interest Town property was
also taken at the valuation of the fire
insurance companies Are we going
TO remain half civilized in the United
States to please Wall street? Not
much, If the Farmers Alliance knows
Itself, and we think 1t does Pacific
Union.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
The Shaky Giants.

New YORK. Oct. 30.-The rumor that
Richardson, Connor, Ruse and Buckley
will desert the giants to join the Amer
lean association clubs has awakened
a feeling of genuine anxiety among
the lovers of the game in this
city. Richardson and Connor. accord
ing to common rumor, will join the
Athletics at largely increased salary.
Rusie is said to have been offered SO, 500
by the Chicago American association
club. which is $1,000 more than he got
from New York last season. Buckley,
one of the few men in this country who
can hold Rusie's speedy delivery, Is
wanted by Chicago, too,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
Trade Report.

NEW YORK, Oct SIR G.. Dun & Co. S
weekly review says: The improvement
in business continues. 1t is greater
than before at the west considerable
at the south and is clearly perceived
even at the east. Yet encouragement
in some branches of industry is not less
but more apparent than before. evil
IDENTIFY because calculations have been
made upon a more rapid and greater
increase in business than has been real
lied. Premature expansion in some
forms of production and of trade has
invited the usual corrective. and a dis
position exists which is SO general that
it might easily be misinterpreted.
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form of value, necessarily proves in
furious to all wealth producers and
property owners"
The publication of this book and the
utterance of these sentiments by the
author are significant and noteworthy
events Just as sure as the dwellers in
the cities tine professional and business
men and all those myriads engaged in
the labor of Distribution examine into
the sounduess of the principles and the
justness of the demands of the Farm
ers' Alliance, just So surely will they
become willing and earnest workers
and voters for such demands. 'In-
trinsic value" 'specie basis usury,
all must vanish in the light of investi-
cation to make room for scientific
and equitable monetary system.
GEORGE C.. WARD.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
CONvlCTS RELEASED.
Tennessee Coal Miners Release Convicts a
Rriceville and burn the Stockade.

Tennessee Coal Miners Release Convicts at
Briceville and Burn the Stockade.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct 3L-Last
night the convicts in the branch prison
at Briceville were released and their
stockade burned.
Passengers on No. 90 from Hartman
report big fire in the direction of
Briceville from Clinton. Wires are
down between Clinton, Coal Creek and
Jellico.
A gentleman just from Briceville
confirms the reports of the release of
convicts. Three thousand miners sur
rounded the stockade and the guards
gave up the convicts, who were given
citizens clothes and the stockade
burned.
The miners were surrounding Caimba
stockade when the informant left
They were armed with Winchesters.
No one was killed. One hundred and
forty one convicts have already been
released
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05

| investment. The vast body of
American capitalists are indisposed to
take the slightest risk. They will loan
their money on gilt-edged security, but
are disinclined to put it to other uses,
partly because they are cowardly, and
partly because our high interest rates
assure them the most profit English
men have more adventure and dare in
vest in American enterprises, notwith-
standing the bacllwardness of our cap
italiSts."
Capitalists, as such, are not bound to
invest their capital in enterprises that
are needed" With them the meas
ure of the need" is not the want" of
the community. but the amount of
profit to be derived from the filling of
that want. They do not invest their
capital for the public good; that is in
cidental to the motive, but not of it
They do not engage in enterprises that
require the employment of "our work
ing classes" with no other motive than
the desire of employing them. No
They invest their capital, solely and
singly, for profit; and just so long as
other avenues that yield a larger per-
centage of profit-although requiring
the employment of fewer workmen-
are open, just so long will the stream
of capital continue to flow in that di-
rection.
Capitalists cannot be regarded as be-
ing ''cowardly" because they do not
take unnecessary risks; to do so would
be ''foolhardy." How, then, are we to
reap public as we'll as private gain
from the capitalist class? Evidently
not by regarding them as ''cowardly,"
but by so adjusting the relation of cap
ital and labor as to oblige the former
to employ the latter. This can be
done but in one way-by reducing the
rate of interest on money. The truth
of this can be seen in the fact that
"Englishmen dare invest in American
enterprises" not because they are
more courageous. but for the reason
that English capital. obtained at lower
rates of interest. can afford to embark
in productive enterprises and realize
profit
The part the Farmers Alliance move
ment is to take in turning the channels
in which future capital is to run is not
yet appreciated by the people; but once
in power, and their determination to
reduce the rates of interest by dethron-
ing the national banks and compelling
the government to furnish money at a
nominal cost realized, glory such as
never yet dawned upon this usury
stricken world will light the way to a
civilization for which we need not blush
on the morning of the twentieth CEN
tury.-Pacific Union.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
Good Showing For the Burlington.

CHICAGO. Oct Si.-A good showing
is made by the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad for September. The
gross earnings for the month amounted
to S., 71S 135, an increase as compared
with the corresponding period last
year of S46S,66S; net earnings,
after deducting operating expenses and
all fixed charges except dividends,
SS16. s43, an increase of S26S. s7o For
the nine months ended September so
the gross earnings show a decrease as
compared with the same period last
year of sl,51S,0GS, but operating ex-
penses were so reduced as to leave an
increase in net earnings Of slTs,sSa
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
FALL OF NOTABLES.

A Reviewing Stand at Baltimore Falls,
Carrying Down Many Prominent Per-
sons-SenatOr German Among the In
iured.
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 81 3L-During the
democratic parade last night review
ing stand at the corner of Eutaw and
Madison street occupied by about 200
persons, including United States Sena-
tor German, Frank Brown, candidate
for governor, Congressman Barnes
Compton, Robert NJ. McLane, ex-minis-
ter to France, and J. p. Roe, candidate
for attorney-general, who made up the
reviewing party and occupied the
center of the platform. Surrounding
them were numbe" of ladies, includ-
ing Mrs. Frank Brown and her niece,
Mrs. Clifton W. Phillips, of Pittsburgh.
AS the head of the Calumet club the
leading political organization of the
city, approached the stand and the band
which led the column struck the first
notes of Hail to the Chief" the crowd
on the platform pressed forward to join
in the cheers for Senator German. AS
they did so a loud crash was heard and
the platform settled a few feet, when
suddenly the whole front gave way
and the mass of the people standing on
it were precipitated pell NELL into the
street.
The reviewing party fell in heap
and Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Phillips
went down with them. The crowd be-
hind shouted, the ladies screamed and
many tainted. The police who were
keeping the crowd in front of the stand
ont of the way of the parade at once
went to work to extricate those who
had fallen under the timb 1t was
found that all of them were more OF
less injured. though none seriously.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
THE CAPITALIST.

He Employs Labor For Profit and Not
From sense of Patriotism or Public
Duty.
In an article entitled, "IIave we
more work than workers." the Ali
ance Farmer observes:
''If capitalists would put their money
in such enterprises as are needed all
over the country, our working classes
might all be employed at compensatory
wages and fair income derived on the
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
ALLIANCE DIRECTORY.
state Alliance.


p...idant-.T. II. Jamison, Cliftonville
rics.president-W. l.. KERN, Tchula.
S.crotsry-C. r. Smithson, Newport.
T.oasnrcr-T. l.. Darden, Fayette.
IIncrnrcr-Frank Burkitt. Okolona.
Assistant Lecturer. c. GNin, En-
srprise. c,!..oon r Casev
ch.irman. Rolling Fork: &. w. Dyer,
1pn.,ssyille: I. j. Millsaps, Crystal
S,'n snrinrs; John A. Bailey, Topton; I. l..
Hannah, Reform.
nIG business Agent-B. G. West, 2a4 Front
street. Memphis. Tenn.
representatives to Supreme Council
rrnk Burkitt, OkOlona; Ethel Barks-
saie Jackson: J. w. Copeland, Water
Valley; W. D. Gibbs, Bentonia.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
GIVE US AN HONEST DOLLAR.

FARMER-It seems to me that | am
being ground to powder between the
upper and neither mill stones of specie
basis and intrinsic value. Gold and
silver are worthless until exchanged
for food and clothing What's the
matter with making the great staples
the basis for a supplement issue of
legal tender paper money?
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05

do to legislate in the interest of
the silverminers by remonetizing
silver.
SILvERMINER-It seems to me that
the government and the goldminers
must stand in together. Silver has
been money since the earliest ages,
and now it is reduced to a commodity
in the interest of goldminers and the
creditor class.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05

The most amusing feature about
the Ohio dispatches the past week is,
both parties very charmingly decline to
speculate upon ''what the farmers will
do" Isn't it too bad that the town
buns are unable to figure on the per-
petnity Of this grand and glorious
county until they hear from the farm.
srs!-Nonconformist
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05

GoLpMINER-Friend Banker, that de-
monetization of silver was a great
scheme. My gold bullion will buy
from 35 to so per cent more, of labor
and commodities, than it would in 1878
BANKER AND BoNDHOLDER-Yes, in
deed! it was grand triumph of modern
financiering. Both principal and in
terest of my securities is worth half
as much again as in 1873. 1t will never
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars on
all trains through without change.

Also connections made at Chicago
with all Buffet and Dining Car
lines to the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-20
NO BETTER THAN THIEVES.
Pious Banker kean. OF Chicago, and
Similar Rogues Lashed.

CHIC.Go, Jan. 49, - Special. - Judge
Tuthilf in instructing the new grand jury
today had few words to say regarding
the bankers of the class that have been
causing so much suffering among poor de-
positors in Chicago of late. Some of
these bankers are no better than common
rouges. said the judge to the jury, land
it is a public duty you owe to investigate
their methods of doing business" and
then the judge quoted from the statutes of
state that bankers knowing they are in
solvent and continuing 20 operate their
business should be swiftly punished The
court in beginning the charge drew atten-
ton TO a number of larceny cases on the
docket, and went on 10 say:
There is variety of roguery. but the greatest
rogue il he who under the cloak OF doing le-
gitimste banking business robS his depositors
lie Offers himself safe person 70 receive de-
posts OF money from citizens and knows he /.
not such person as he represents himself 10 be-
and when such q one receives the money he iust
as much deprives the people of their money as
though he had stolen IL such eases should re.
ceIve your most serious attention. You should
take such action as viii deter Others from de-
frauding people OF thousands and hundreds of
thousands of dollars. You should look upon
such violations OF law as though the parties had
ilched money from the pockets of their depos-
frorS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-20
THE ruYALLur ODD SECTIONS.
"reat Interest at Tacoma In Nor.b.rn
Pacific's Claim

iAcoMA, Jan. i9.-Jacob C. Mann. a
capitalist OF this city and one of the heavi-
est buyers OF Valentine scrip, with which
to secure tide lands, is feeling very self.
congratuiatory today over the assertions
made by Chief Counsel Mcknight vester.
DAY at Seattle, to the effect that the North
ern Pacific would claim the odd sections of
the Puyallup Indian reservation
under its land grant. For sew.
erai days Mr.. Mann has been
quietly asserting that, barring a treaty.
WITH the Indians later than that of lS5i
the Northern PACING could, and undo,,ht,
eaio would, claim the odd sections in
Guided In the reservation, from the simnIe
TACT that the odd sections had been granted
TO the railroad company previous to the
granting of land in severalty to the In
Mr.. Mann had his attorneys in this city
and Washington City look the matter un.
and no treaty later than that of 1854 can
pc found, although one dated 1851 is said
to ne IN existence. Considerable interest
mas been manifested here during the mast
iorty-eight hours in the statement made
5y Mr.. Mann and corroborated by Mr.. Nc
Naught