People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-19
PRESS COMMENT.
The Dakota Ruralist (Hnron 6

Inns Is question for the cool, So
Der Judgment of the people. Is an
over worked, tax ridden people being
taxed to keep up a standing army
which at every opportunity will be
called at the behest of the millionaire
to keep the workingmen in subiec-
ton! Down under the rottenness of
political supremacy, there is some
thing wrong somewhere. Shvlock
Is the power behind the throne-the
torked tongued fend in sheep's
clothing. The unseen fires of a ma
tons hell are burning in the vaults
OF Wall street, and the merry apos-
ties OF the plutocratic Mogul sit and
watch 1t burn and burn the vitals of
the republic.
Torchlight Of Liberty, Montgomery,
Mo, says:
An acre Of corn in 1870 brought
$15.47, in 1880 $40 81, and in 1880
$3.50. An acre of wheat in 1870
brought $l4 so, In 1890 1925. An
acre Of oats in 1870 brought $12.18,
in 1890 $733. Since 1870 about 40
per cent. Of the value has been
squeezed out of the products and
added to the value OF the dollar
through the demonetizatiOn Of silver
and subsequent contraction Of the
currency.
The Western Herald (Girard,
Kansas,) says:
No one questions the statement SO
often made by the plutocratic papers
that "this is the richest nation on the
earth" But these same papers fail
to tell their readers that 90 per cent.
of this great wealth is concentrated
in the hands Of one half of one per
cent. Of the entire population.
The Southern Alliance, OF ITALIA
dega, Ala, accepts the logical con
clusion that the plain people of Ala.
bama, lately victims of fraud by
combination of the "organized"
Democracy and Republicanism of
the State, must come to the Peoples
Party. 1t predicts that the People
viii sweep the State November. 1t
says:
AS we intimated last week, the or
ganized Democratic press Of the
State are coming Onward, strongly
pleading with the outraged people of
Alabama who supported Capt. Kolb
in the late contest to come back in
the fold. Every old why machine
politician is rushing into print, clam
oring for "Harmony" and a COM
promise of the differences that ex-
list. But, we would ask, what do
they promise ? About all that we
can make out of their proposition Is
that If the followers of Capt Kolb
will come up in November and vote
for Cleveland they viii kindly allow
them to participate in future or
gained Democratic primaries so
long as they, the people, do not an-
tao0nize the interests Of the bosses.
But the people will be slow to forget
the many wrongs and injustices that
have been heaped upon them during
the past few months. And the
bosses and politicians who have
sown the wind will now have to
reap the whirl-wind, for q veritable
cyclone will strike the Democratic
party of Alabama in November. No,
there is no compromise that the peo-
ple and the bosses can enter into.
The people will hardly come for
ward in the face of recent events
and lick the hand that smote them.
The Kansas Commoner (Wiohita)
talks like philosopher:
Do YOU know that when you speak
of "the purchasing power OF the dol
lar" YOU must first purchase the dol
lar, and that if they are scarce they
will come high i'll your labor or pro
ducts of the same? Would 1t not
be better to have cheaper dollars,
better paid labor and more business
at profit?
The colonization of voters into
Kansas is said to be actively going
on. TIE Torch of Liberty, Mound
City, Kan, says;
The manner in which the Repub
Icans hope to carry Kansas Is by
fraud. They have no other hope or
name for it. 1t is their purpose to
aplant'' at least five fraudulent
voters, white or colored, in each
voting precinct in the State. There
being about $500 precincts, this viii
give them an increase Of 1900
Voters, all of which is in keeping
with, the past and present history
and practice Of that party.
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