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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11

The IVOrimdn and Farmer of Day
ton. Ohio, has this to say of the work
of the Wall Street gang i'll conven
tions:
If you want to ascertain how near
the money power" Street
free people under its control, Just read
the partisan press and the work being
done by the different conventions be-
ing held by the old parties. where plu
tocracy is on one side and the rights of
the masses on the other. To be a party
slave is bad enough, but to he both a
party slave and a puppet of a set of
bosses is certainly condition that n
freeman should not tolerate. It is we'll
enough for partisans or candidates to
work zealouslv and earnestly for their
favorites. and to use all the persuasion,
argument and logic they can command
to elect their man; but there is line
of demarkation beyond which the ille-
gitimate and obnoxious becomes the
worst species of intolerance and abhor-
rent tyranny. 1t ought to be made
criminal for such methods to be under
taken or practiced. 10 make a man
fear that he will lose his employment
or suffer in the management of his
business, in case he shall exert his
right of suffrage as his conscience and
interest may dictate, is one of the worst
curses of this age, and it is bound to go
from bad to worse until serious results
follow.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11
JULY FISCAL OPERATIONS.
A Gratifying Showing Made In tho First
Month Of the Current Year.

A Gratifying Showing Made In tho First
Month of the Current Year.
Washington special: The fiscal oper-
ations of the Government during July,
as shown by tn" monthly public debt
and revenue statements issued from the
Treasury Department., lresent gratify
ing results for the first month Of the
current fiscal year. There was net
decrease of Sl.l97, ,s15 in the public
debt, and an increase during last month,
compared with July, 1891. of $3.50, 900 in
receipts and a decrease Of $2,5O0,0M in
expenditures.
The public debt statement shows an
increase during last month of Sl,050 in
the bonded Indebtedness, a decrease of
SS40. .35t; in the nom interest bearing debt
and an increase of 1857 500 in the sur
plus cash in the Treasury. The surplus
in the Treasury to-day. including the
S100. .na0. 600 gold grccntack redemption
fund. aggregates Sl27 ,050. .2s6. The total
debt to-day, less surplus cash in the
Treasury, amounts to sS40, ,32s .64S, made
up OF S5S5, ,030. $50 In bonded and S255,
2?S, 264 in non-interest bearing debt.
Government receipts last month
an Inted to S34, ,171. .35t, against S34,
300,3t in July, 1891, AID the expendi-
against $39.79s,9l1 in July year ago.
The receipts and expenditures of the
Government last month and in July.
1891. are shown in detail by the follow
ing table:
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of the country own 2Sl 200, 900 acres of
land, and foreign and domestic svndi-
Gates own S4,000,O0O acres, making
total number of 365 900, 600 acres. The
total number of farms in the United
States is 4, 225 9y3, and of these 1,O24.
7O1 are rented; of this number 702 224
are compelled to share their crops
equally with their landlords, while the
greatest share asked of tho British
farmers is one-fourth.
In New York City 10000 of the
1000, 600 own nearly the whole city,
and only $4,000 own any real estate.
In Chicago-population 200, 600
less than q per cent. own all the real
estate.
The total number of mortgages in
this country, according to Census Su-
perintenlent Porter, is 9,OOO.OOO, or
one to every seventy inhabitants.
Total number of millionaires, 3d.
900. Total number of people out of
work, over million. Tramps number
nearly 100000. Ex-Union soldiers III
poor houses, $4,000; bondholders
none.
It is estimated that 10000 children
die annually in this country from the
lack of food. In 1880 there were ST.,
900 homeless children in the United
States.
In New York 10000 working women
are so poorly paid that they must ac-
cept charity, sell their bodies, or
| starve. In one precinct twenty-seven
| murdered babies were picked up in
six vaults.
New York has 1,OOO milllOnaires.
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To the Reform Press,

The following resolutions were
adopted by the National Central Com
mittee of the Peoples party, and an
earnest request made to have the re-
form press take them up and publish
the same, aud do all in their power to
assist the committee in CARRYING them
out. The time has come for battle, no
shrinking from duty now. Everybody
must do what is in his power to ad-
vance our cause:
Resolved. That the National Com
mittee of the Peoples party request
the reform press to urge, with all its
force and influence, that upon the oath
day of July, or as much earlier as pos
sible, every Peoples party club and or
ganization in the United States meet
and collect funds for the national
campaign; that they then adjourn to
meet again on the 18th day Of Aug
ust, the anniversary of the Battle of
bennington, the first battle of the
American revolution, and that on that
day meetings be held in every town
shi, to collect funds for the national
campaign, since without funds we can
not make the fight for reform with
any hope of success. The people
must sustain the campaign with their
means as well as their votes, or it may
fail, and with it the hopes of the peo-
pie for justice and prosperity in this
aud all future generations. The meet.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11
CROP OUTLOOK.
The Condition of the Spring Wheat Fair
Corn Generally Good.

Corn Generally Good.
Reports have been received from al
ternate counties in Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan. Kentucky, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and the Dakotas, on the con-
dition of corn, oats and spring wheat.
and are given in the Farmers Review
of this week as follows:
Corn is generally good in Kentucky.
Nebraska, Dakota and Minnesota. In
Illinois only II per cent. report the con-
dition as good; "a per cent. report fair,
and the others poor. In Indiana l. per
cent. report good; 81 per cent. fair. and
the rest POOR. The condition in Ohio is
similar to that in Indiana. In Michi-
gan p per cent. of the correspondents
report good; 40 per cent fair, the rest
poor. In Missouri the corn is in good
condition, with little exception. In
Kansas the condition is generally fair,
s5 per cent. reporting the condition fair
to good, and about the same condition
prevails in Wisconsin.
Spring wheat Is fair TO good i'm all
States except Iowa and Wisconsin,
where quite number of counties report
fair to poor. Oats are quite general y
good in Dakota, Minnesota, Wiscon in,
Michigan, and kentucky. In Illinois 40
per cent. OF the correspondents report
this crop as average or above; 30 per
cent. report fair ana a like number poor.
In Indiana 40 per cent. report good; %
per cent. fair, and the others poor. In
Ohio - per cent. report good: 35 per
cent. report report fair; the rest poor.
In Missouri . per cent. report good: CO
per cent poor; the rest fair. In Kansas
30 per cent. report good, and most of
the others poor. In Nebraska % per
cent. report good; 45 per cent. fair; the
rest poor. In Iowa 20 per cent. report
good; ~ per cent. fair; the rest poor.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11

composed of bankers. Most of tho del
cgates to national conventions arc
either bankers or men known to he in
thorough sympathy with the banks
and opposed to any interference with
present conditions. OF course bankers
should have justice, they should have
their interests protected when legiti-
mate, but this continual helping the
strong to oppress the weak has sapped
the life out OF everything. It must be
stopped. Progressive Farmer.
war Bulletins.
The New York Shylocks of both
parties are feeling very well. Clevc-
land and his head chopper, a re
formed Greenbacker, suits them ex-
actly.
Capt. Jacob r. Carnahan, the
Peoples nominee for Governor in Ar
kansas, was in the field hoeing corn
when he was waited upon by the com
mittee that notified him of his n"mi-
nation. SO was Perry Daniels, candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor of our
party in Kansas.
l. he 1Ifi ':vNf Ht 'Vt say
Whitelaw Reid upon aplatform Of pro
lection is a spectacle that will no doubt
shake Cleopatra's needle 10 pieces with
mirth. Americans are humorous
people. provcrbially able and willing
to enjoy joke, but the funniest thing
that a humorous person ever did was
to place Reid upon such Il platform. .
The kansas 4gitntor says: George
Gould, the son of Jay Gould, has noti-
fed the railroad employees on the
Gould system in Iowa that they must
vote for the repeal of existing railroad
laws before he will entertain their Pc
tiiion for life-saving appliances on cars.
Free country! Free people! Let the
plutocratic eagle scream from its lofty
heights, let the night owl hoot, and
let the people he damned"
On the first of July, according te
the Tribune. S12,O0O,O0O was divided
among the stockholders of the banks,
gas and street car companies of Chi
cago. PROBABLY v as much more was
added to the surplus of these institu
tons to be divided among the same
parties at some future day. This larg,
amount represents the tax on the ener
gics of the peoplcI absorbed by thes,
three institutions during the past six
months, per capita of SIG for ever,
man, woman and child in the city.
William G. Whitney, whose father
in-law, commonly known as "Standar,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11

Oil Payne" bought the Ohio Legisla-
turc away from old Allen G. Thurman.
and thus gained n seat in the United
States Senate. was the man who, ac-
corling to Democratic organs, did
more than all other combined to bring
about the nomination of Cleveland
And now he is to be made Chairman of
the DEM National Committee, because
Ec belongs to an older, richer and
therefore more respectable monopoly
than Harrity, who is Armour's lawyer
John Sherman is whlstling and
chattering and, as he thinks, joking in
his evil old age, to keep up his cour-
age Here he is on Worlds Fair souv-
enirs: "Give the Fair So ,O0O, 900 and
do not make believe that you are de-
ceiving yourselves in giving it 70
cent silver dollar or two 35-cent half
dollars. If children cry for it, as the
Senator has said they will, why not
give them 'castoria'?' said Sherman.
Il have read that it is a popular thing
with the little ones. more popular even
than the souvenir half dollars would
be except for teething purposes. Chi
cago Express.
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Violated Every Year.

If you will put on your glasses and
look on page 20 of the Journal of the
Third United States Congress, you
will find the following law passed by
that body:
ANY person holding any Office or
stock in any institution in the nature
of bank, for issuing or discounting
bills or notes to bearer or order, under
the authority of the United States, can
not be member of either House while
he holds such office or stock"
This law has stood all these wears
unchanged and unrepealed. Yet it
has been violated every year, perhaps.
The United States has not had Pres
ident, Vice President. nor Cabinet Off
Ger who was not connected with banks,
in years. Every Congress and Senate
has been filed largely with ssockhold-
crs, and in many cases, bank officials.
Every financial act that has been
passed in thirty years has been di-
rectly or indirectly in the interest of
banking many of them being outrage
GUS in their nature.
| The recent monetary conference was
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11
BOLD CRIME OF THE DALrONs
They Enter u Bank In broad Daylight
and Garry on All the Money.

They Enter - Bank i'm broad Daylight
and Garry on All the Money.
The boldest robbery of the notorious
DaltOns was committed at Ell Reno,
Oklahoma, at about 1890 Wednesday
morning. At that hour people passing
along the street were startled 10y
screams for help coming from the Bank
of FL Reno. The screams were from
Mrs. S. W. Sawyer, wife Of the Prcsi-
dent Of the bank. who had just Been
held up by two robbers, who had also
robbed the bank Of $1O,5O0.
At 1870 n stranger entered the bank,
stepped up to the cashiers window and
made an inquiry about some town lots.
and then stepped to a desk and cem-
menccd writing. In a moment another
stranger stepped to the cashiers desk,
and presenting revolver at Mrs. Saw
yer's head, demanded that she hand
out all the money In the bank. The
woman was SO frightened that she
could not move. but the robbcr threat
ened to shoot if she dill not act quickly,
and in dazed way she went to tho
vault and handed to him all the pack
ages Of bills in the vault safe
and what was in the daily
change drawer, aggregating about $10.-
so, and less than 500 Of It was i'm
silver. The man who was writing at
the desk turned quickly and grabbed
the money rs Mrs. Sawyer handed it
through the wicket and disappeared out
Of the door. the one holding the revolver
following quickly. Mrs. Sawyer scream
ed several times and fell over in a
swoon. The robbers mounted horses
that were standing at the edge Of the
pavement unhitched and rode out Rock
Island avenue as fast as their horses
could go. Mrs. Sawyer was the only
person present in the hank, the Presi-
dent. her husband, icing absent in
Oklahoma. He arrived home about
thirty minutes after the robbery. The
robbery is believed to be the work Of
the Daltons on account Of the manner
of its execution.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11

ger the peace of the community to set
Alice at liberty, SO she will at once be
conveyed to the a. ylum for the Insane
at Bolivar. This verdict does rot alb
solve the defendant from being yet
placed on trial for her life at some future
time, should she recover her reason and
the Attorney General should soc fit to
prosecute her.
The verdict has nothing to do with
her sanity at the time she killed Freda
Ward. 1t touches her present sanity
alone. The only question involved was:
is the defendant. Alice Mitchell, now
In such a mental condition as to enable
her to confer with her counsel SO as TO
intelligently conduct her defense on a
trial for the MURDER" The iury's an
ewer by It's verdict is NO, and as the
law forbids the trial Of an insane person
the indictment against her must te re-
tired until such time as she is declared
sane, or 1t may be nolle pressed at the
discretion of the Attorney General and
the court. If the defendant does not
recover sanity her confinement will be
for life. If at any time she Is declared
sane she is not 10 be set at liberty until
ing against her.
Detailing the Murder.
Without trcmor in her voice and
with a coolncss that was remarkable,
Alice Mitchell tod on the witness stand
how she deliberately cut Freda Ward s
throat. She said: Il took the razor out
while going down the hill. When l
reached Freda cut her with the razor.
cut her throat first: that was the first
cut gave her. As l cut her throat she
tried to say Oh or something like that.
Then / heard n scream. don't know
who screamed; it was Jo Warl or Miss
Purnell. Thnn 10 hit me with an um-
brella and said, You dirty dog l saw
che was going to hit me with the umbrella
again and / struck at her with the razor
In my hand. l cut her, / thought, on the
chin. didn't mean to cut her. When
che said You dirty dog it made me mad,
and didn't know what was doing. I
intended to cut Frcda's throat and then
cut mine. but Jo made me mad and !
ran after Freda and cut her again. ]
| didn't mean to cut her up that way.
had cut her throat, anI all I wanted TO
do was to cut her SO as to kill her." When
asked by Attorney General Peters if
che did not know it was WI, ng for young
ladies to marry, she replied: Yes; but
thought if l dressed like a man no one
would know the difference. I intended
to take her to St. Louis and work for
her,"
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WHATOF TIE WEATHER
FOSTERS FORECASTS TELL
THE STORY.
Cooler and More Agreeable Weather May
He Expected During the Latter Part of
the MOnth-StOrns from the 28th to
the 3Oth-IOcal Forecasts.
August Weather.


My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm waves to cross the continent from
18th to 18th aud 21st to 25th. The next
will reach the Pacific coast about the
26th, cross the western mountains by
the close of the 9th. the great central
valley from 2sth to 3Oth and the Eastern
States about the 3lst. This storm will
be at its greatest force on the Pacific
coast about the 10th, while the one pre-
ceding it will also be at its greatest
force on the Atlantic coast.
A wave Of cooler and more agreeable
weather may bc expected to cross the
western mountains about the 29th, the
great central valleys from 3oth to Sept.
l, and the Eastern States about Sept z
The last week In August viii break
the drouth III many places, and may bc
considered as the turning point from
which the rainfall of the United States
will begin to be more evenly and nor
mally distributed.
Local Forecasts.
These local weather changes will
occur within twcnty-four hours before
or after sunset of the date given:
SANTA FE, DENVER AND BLACK HILLS
MERIDIAN.
August
2I-Warmcr
22-Storm wave on this meridian.
23-Wind changing.
24-Cooler and clearing.
25-Fair and cool.
26-Moderating.
27-Warmer
GALVESTON, KANSAS CITY AND MINNIE
APOLIS MERIDIAN.
August
Modcrating.
22-Warmer.
23-Storm wave on this meridian.
24-Wind changing.
23-Coolcr and clearing.
26--Fair and cool.
27-Moderating
ATLANTA, CINCINNATI AND LANSING
MERIDIAN.
August
21-Fair and cool.
22-Molcrating.
23-Warmer.
24-Storm wave on this meridian.
25-Wind changing.
2G-Cooler and clearing
27-Fair and cool
Copyrighted 1892 by W. L. Foster.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11
WEALTH HELD By \ FEW
SEVENTY PERSONS CAN CON-
TROL OUR CURRENCY.
railroads and Synd Gates Own :'6J.OOO,-
600 Acres Of d-Dccrcase IN the
Value of Iarnn rOducts and Farm
PrOperty-RcfOrm Notes.
COnce of Wealth.

The following interesting statistics
were gathered by John Bright, Pro-
fessor Allen and others, and will show
the enormous amount of wealth i'll the
hands of n few, while the great mass
Of humanity is only privileged to live
upon the payment of rent and interest.
As a single tax argument it is valua
BILE.
6 In France there are 800. 900 thatched
cabins without Il window, 1,J0O, 600
with one window. |, 100000 with two
windows. Out of 100000 houses,
more than 4.50O.OoO have less than
five openings, including doors, and are
matched cottages. i'll which live nearly
two-thirls of the population.
In England and Wales 100 persons
own 4, 900, 900 acres In England. in
1887, one-thirtccntll of the people
owned two-thirds of the national
wealth.
Seventy persons own half of Scot
land: LOO own ninctenths: ansl
twelve persons own LAG. .O0o acres.
In Ireland less than 500 pesscns own
onehalf of the land: 402 members OF
the House of Lords own l42lO.Oll
acres, which rent for S37 ,S6o, ,6I9. The
total number of tenant farmers in Eng
land, Scotland and Wales is .069, III,
and of these Ireland furnishes 514,2322,
and England l4,Sl4.
England's war debt is $4,000. 900, ,00t
and the English bond holders fattcn
on an interest of S3l2 O0l, 800 annual:
drawn from the population of that
country.
In London relief was given SO. 1G]
pa,lpers i'll one week. 1t takes 1900
policemen to guard London's popula-
ton.
In the United States seventy per
sons are worth -, 100, 900, 900; and les:
than fifty of those can control the cur
rency and commerce of the country a
a DAYS notice. One hundred are wortl
81, 600. 900, 900 and 25,0OO own half o
| the total wealth.
The census shows that the railroad:
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11
Miscellaneous Notes.

THE boy who weeds his garden well is
pretty apt to wed well later on.
A CLIPPER ship for every day In the
year is required to move California 8
surplus wheat 10 Eurape.
D1x-How old was your wife when
you were married? wenty-
six. And that was ten years :go; she
must be 36 now" NO; she's 2j now.
HUsBAND-Which shall it be Bea-
trice-the diamonds or brougham? /
can't give you 10th. Wife ,hesitat-
ingly)-I think I'd like-well, one brace
let and a dOg-cart.
Do not seek happiness in what is mis-
named pleasure; seek it, rather, in what
is termed study. Keep your conscience
clear, your curiosity fresh, and embrace
every opportunity Of cultivating your
mind.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11

government for food to sustain the peo-
pie in the famine stricken portion of
that country. At the same time We
read that Russia has exported a large
amount of wheat this year. While
part of the country was blessed with
plenty the other part was starving. In
stead of giving the perishing people
wholesome wheat bread this was sold
to raise money to pay the expenses Of
a monarchial government, to keep an
immense standing army in luxury, and
the cheapest vile breadstuff to he found
was bought and begged for the people.
This is the way the backbone of
the country are treated. This is wrong.
1t will not inspire patriotism. The
press of the country should condemn
all such at every opportunity.-Ex.
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llarrisOn's Subterfuge.

Ii ever there was fraud sought to
he practiced on the American people,
it is that which President Harrison is
trying to do by calling an interna-
tional conference of the monarchial ma
tions of the Old World to establish
ratio for standard of money to govern
the American people. The patriotic
American citizen who cannot see
through this tiimsy scheme must be
blind indeed. Monarchies, who have
spat on our flag time and again, and
who would overthrow our free institu
tons at any moment, if it was possible
to do so. Monarchy to establish a
standard of value that would rob every
producer or toiler, whether on the
farm. in mill, machine shop, or behind
the counter. of their God-given herit-
age. Monarchy that has plundered
us of hundreds of millions of gold, and
the products of mine, field, and shop,
annually, to satisfy the greed for gain,
to fix our standard of value? Away
with such humbuggery. The confer
ence is only another subterfuge to
catch the poor ignorant dupes (voters)
into supporting a system that will fur
ther enslave them the coming four
wears. Where is there loyal citizen
who does not know that England will
never submit to standard Of money
value that will strip her of her power
commercially over this nation, the
United States. 1t is just as impossible
to gain the assent of England to unite
on fixed silver ratio that will keep
gold and silver at a parity as it would
be to obtain their consent to an in
ternational conference to fix protect
i've tariff against her industries. Gold,
AS standard of value in England and
the United States, makes her mistress
of the seas, and keeps other nations
begging at her doors for money capi-
tai. gold, which, through her mastery
craftsmanship in finance, always keeps
gold flowing from all parts Of the
world into her Golfers. This interna
tional conference is the work of the
goldbugs and the leading metropoli
tan press, subsidized in their interest
1t is the same power that in all ages
has subjugated man to slavery, barbar
ism and crime. and all the concomi
tant evils that a.iiict the human race
Record, Danvil1c, Pa.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-11
Where Is 1t Going?

A leading financial journal states
that values of farm products, farm
property, etc, has fallen Z per cent. in
twelve months.
1t is plain that there is great leak
somewhere. Now where is it? It is
certain that farm products have fallen
that much, and in many cases that
much below cost of production. Add
to this a loss of 7 per cent. in the value
of your land. your farm machinery.
your stock, making q total Of II per
cent. on all your investments, all your
labor. In other words, the average
farmer is IA per cent. poorer than he
was twelve months ago. This may
not be true in all sections, but in the
cotton belt it is. Now are you willing
to submit longer? Will You stick to
parties that treat you that way?