The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-29
THE ALLIANCE.


Tho Milton Star: It must be crafty
Ing to all lovers of reform to see il
the signs OF the times that the labor
ers universally are getting their eye.
open as never before. They have fol
years been convinced that q grea
wrong existed; but never before real
lied SO forcibly that the remedy was
within themselves.
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The Randolph Reformer: To one
who reads and has become acquainted
with existing circumstances. it ID ap-
parent that change that will assist
the laboring class is necessary. and al
once by ballot to avoid a change by
desperate means The people will
not submit to starvation when they
produce all the wealth of the nation.
The Superior Citizen: There are
too many blind leaders of the blind.
They mistake effect for cause and
consequently prescribe remedies for
effects. For instance, restriction of
emigration as cure for competition.
Hard labor on water and bread as a
cure for enforced idleness While
on the other hand these same doctors
OF economic and social evils uphold
and protect a social system that breeds
and fosters corruption. crime and in
temperance. Why don't they pre-
scribe remedies for the causes of
these evils which are monopoly of
land, currency. transportation, and
every necessity of life.
The Tulare Valley Citizen: The
chief grievance of the people is the
inequitable distribution of wealth,
every dollar of which is the product
of labor. The chief danger to our
government is the concentration of
that wealth and the political power of
the government into the hands of the
few by the monopolization of natural
materials and forces Such injustice
causes ldleness and rObs industry of
the fruits of its labor and creates
poverty. one of the chief and prolific
sources of crime. 1t creates the plu-
tocratic criminal also, who. al
though the greater criminal of the
two, can shield himself with his ILL
gotten gains in his outrages against
humanity.
The Alliance Farmer: The presi-
dents salary is $50 600 year. Twen-
ty years ago 80. 900 bushels OF wheat
would have paid it; now it takes more
than 60, 900 bushels Twenty years
ago 500 bales of cotton would have
paid it; now it will take /. 700 bales to
get $50. 600. The annual salary of
congressman is s.. 600. Twenty wears
ago so bales of cotton would have
paid it; now it will take about 177
bales and yet congress seems resolved
to reduce the currency, demonetize
silver and keep up the salaries. This
is very hopeful view of the promised
reform. and desire that Justice be
done the people is conspicuously prom
inent in congressional movements
The Farmers Democrat: The ALI
ance has no war to make on any pro-
fession or class except such AZ take
away the labor of the people under
the guise OF law. 1t seeks to place
farming and farmers on a higher
plane, and when this is done the
country will be more uniformly pros
porous. The decadence of England
began when the farmers of the sea
girt isle began to fall behind and to
grow FESTIVE under the unjust bur-
dens they were bearing. Experience
aught to suggest that the best time to
such results is to take time
by the forelock. and begin the work
OF reformation when the premonitory
symptoms appear This is what the
Alliance has sought to do.
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The Unionist: The Alliance de-
mands are on the right side of every
great question now forging to the
front In politics Is not that sufficient
Justification for making them? Does
anyone suppose there would be any stir
In the great and dirty pool of politics
on these questions if the farmers had
taken the advice of the politicians and
stayed between plowhandles2 Not a
bit OF it. but these weathercocks ND at
Washington feel the wind BLOWING
secretary Foster says increase the
currency. He heard that from the
Alliance. Secretary Ruslz saws do
for the farmers He heard
that in the Grange. Speaker Crisp
says, finances shall have full coDsid.
Grafton. He heard that from so, 600
Georgia farmers. Senator Turpie saws
United States senators must be elected
BY the people. He read that in our
plat -orm. President HARRISON saws ;
,he gerrymander IS dangerous ;
menace to free government. He has
cad the plank about equal justice to
Bill There is not a popular demand j
out that the Alliance is on the ripht ;
tide.
The independents: The AVERAGE citi-
ZEN sincerely desires to be right If
7ou can reach his reason and con.
cience through rational presenta. J
ion OF facts. you have convert n
rain friend for reform one who will {
tay, present your case in a reasonable
nd intelligent manner that will an. I
zeal to his reason and sense of rioht !
md justice. But to do this YOU must I
understand the ul1oStion vo,,n,e q