People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-05-13
THE REFORM PRESS.

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cling great burden of debt upon
the people and laid the foundations
for larger incomes by making these
conditions so as to force the farmers
to mortgage their homes. After all
these schemes were completed, then
they added the browning act
of infamy by increasing the pur-
chasing power of the dollar
and correspondingly decreasing
prices, which prevents the debtor
from paying his debts, perpetuates
the business Of the income receivers
and enables them to procure labor
and all its products at low prices.
Could anything be more Infamous j?
And all done through legislation
Winfield (Kon) Free Press.
Wehear it asserted sometimes that
the Alliance is not in politics. We
want to know where it is then? If
it is not in politics, why does or did
it ever have a national body? If the
word national has any other signifi-
canoe except a political one, we
know nothing about it. The ALI
ance was in politics from it's very
foundation, as is clearly shown by it's
declaration of purposes. God in
spired and brought the order into
existence as an instrument to punish
plutocracy, as He used the Red Sea
for like purpose in the past. Then
why claim a thing that we know to
be false and say the Alliance is not
in politics, when to take it out of
politics would deprive it of any pos
sible chance of accomplishing its
noble mission on earth ?-Alliance
Farmer, Westville, Fla.
It seems to be a common error
with political papers and politicians
to think on old party lines and sup
pose this movement of the people is
for ofice-a grave mistake. Just
laws is what we are after, and we
propose to elect servants who will
act the will of the people who elect
them, giving us just laws, and do
away with the unjust laws that now
exist. The servants of the people
can never be secured under either
old party lash, as the whip is held by
the bankers association of America,
that whips the tools of both old par
ties into ine.-Hamlin V. Poore in
Topeka Advocate.
A short time since the daily pa
pers announced that deal had been
effected between the Democrats and
Peoples Party in Kansas whereby
the former was to support the latter
and place no opposition in the field,
especially in districts represented by
the Peoples Party. Now comes the
annou ncement that "Sockless jerry
will have Democratic opponent in
the Seventh district where there
never were more than enough Dem
Gratis to make respectable funeral
procession. These things do not
coalesce. Racine Advance.
From 1850 to 1860 seventy-three
bushels of corn or thirty seven bush
els.of wheat would buy one ton OF
bar iron, while from 1870 to 1880 it
took 113 bushels of corn or 48 bush
4 els of wheat to buy one ton Of ban
iron and yet the cost of production
of iron has been much more reduced
than the cost Of wheat in the two
periods. of time mentioned. Some
people, in their ignorance and preju-
dice,r tell us that "everything has
gone down with the price of wheat.
Kansas Commoner.
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh
N. c., says: "Sixteen hundred Of
the 1900 sub-alliances in Georgia
have taken action and endorsed the
st. Louis platform. Only three have
condemned the platform. NORTH
Carolina is ahead on that matter
Only one alliance-Scotland Neck
has refused to endorse the platform
so far"