The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-15


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The Swedish farmers of Minnesota are
Joining hands with the native born till
ers OF the soiI. They have orgWnizetir uu=
Alliance at Spencer Brook, Isanti county,
and they will battle for reform in their
adopted country. Two Alliance papers
are now being published in the S@ edish
language in Minnesota.
The Alliance and Reform Press now
has papers published in seven different
languages in the United States. viz.
English, Spanish, French, German, Nor.
wegian, Danish and Swedish. The
movement is growing in all directions ut
an amazingly rapid and solid rate.
Make the home the center of your farm
work Make every effort to add to it's
beauty and its purity, and the home will
In turn make yolr field work much light
er and pleasanter.
A bushel of corn makes four gallons of
whiskey, which retails at SIC; Of this
the farmer gets 40 cents, the railroad 81,
the United States 50, the manufactured
81, and the vendor 81, and the drinker-
60 days and the delirium tremens.-
Texas Truth.
1t is expected that there will be some
surprising figures when the report for
Ohio is completed. Some facts arc al
ready known. For Instance, the Oh;o
State board of equalization shows that the
appraised value of farm lards i'm that
State has decreased $9s, 900, 600 in ten
years. And yet the national census re-
port shows that during the past ten years
the wealth of Ohio Increased $243, ,0OO.-
600. Do you see anything in this2 Do
you see that while the State has grown
$243, 900, 900 richer the farmers of the same
State have grown sos. 900, 900 poorer?
Can you explain this curious piece of bu.
sincss2
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Mr.. PETER, of Kansas, introduced an.
other of his characteristic bills to AUTH
80 q, ..77'.cys.of- the Treasury to ex
1r. = .a.- -h-,ss-1- 1--S,-s.,--.., y
Mr.. Oates. of Alabama, (by reauest5
has introduced in the House bill to is.
sue $l, 600, 900 to each of the Congressional
districts of the country for the purpose
OF enlarging the national banking system.
The Washington Post calls this money
by the bushel."
The "Alliance member" referred to in
the opening line of Representative Will
liams, of Massachusetts, anti. coinage
speech, was Hon. w. A. McKeiphap.
under the rule, spoke only five minutes:
and Eastern Democrats objected to con-
tinuatiou of his remarks in the Record
but he created most favorable impres.
sion His voice was clear, and his atti-
tude strikingly dignified.
Senator PETER has kind heart be-
meath his flowing whiskers. He happen
ed to be descending the basement steps
OF the Senate when his eyes caught sight
OF newsboy who was stumbling head.
long, having been upset by gust of
fellow ana fea Gepssaa saoh hmn nP td the eedbtds e
his scattered papers. Hither and thither
he scurried with great activity over the
north side Of the wide plaza, gathering
up the papers one by one, while the wind
took the most unwarrantable liberty with
his beloved whiskcrs. In a few minutes
the newsboy's tears were dried aud all
his papers collected, and as the Senator's
tall figure disappeared down the border
ed path the newsboy was heard to mut.cr
gleefully, go de Lod, but didn't tho
bos''s whiskers fly"
rHE BIGGER THE CROP THE LEss MONEY.
The farmers of the United States re-
ceived S4S, ,000,000 less for raising ;G, =
600, 600 acres of corn in 1896 than thew
did for raising $4,000, 900 acres in 1883,
though the former exceed the latter 11G, :
0O0, 900 bushels. In 1884 there WAS sown
1000, 900 acres more oats than 1888, aud
~, 000, 900 moro bushels raised, but to
The fsrmers e26, ,02O, 900 less was realized. !.
- 3pa>o6 p - 1ra1f f6rx xaa l1flt<1I
sdecreAse In the amcunt fealized on the
bushel. yifginia Alliance.
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