The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-22
PROSPERITY.

u Is. the United States has grown
rap,dl>. iahulously rich in few short
years, hut " l',. s...s got all this pros
pcritl' =, it 81 i,sssc OWNING, pleas
;,n:sv, cr ~ prosperous industrial class?
No. j. is the money kings. bankers,
steel rail Mayna;es, land haroGs, cat
tie kings and ether monolr,I,sts, ,!'"t
, haze about all the wealth, Well,
everybody admits We are right 50 far;
lets 80 further investigating the VA
lions prosperity. What created all
hi, wealth? Work! Most of it hard
| work 10y the millions who have not
got j.. What then has caused .l.c fsw
! ~ have i,e:,i'ly *ll the wealth willie
the other millions are paup2rs? The
/ system, that have prevailed throu4l,
! ,hc laws cnartnd during tho thirty
years Of wealth increasing IN this
country, the banking system:, currcn-
I cy systems, the system OF watering
railroad stocks and the tariff system
! Of the country have male few rich
faster t!.tn specul a.ors ever gained
wealth in any other country. Now
| Mr.. Merchant Or you Mr.. Worker walk
! out in Quinc, t. spend Il few dollars,
10 you te.l that you are enjoying very
much ST all this bnustcd prosperity?
We think not. Don't you think you
could stand little larger share Of
!, your eaUntry's prosperity without do
ing ini ustice to the great moilopolistic
few; Well, we'll say yes for you.
But You are enjoying some of your
country 5 prosperity and We think you
ike it AMI are glad Of it. You ask
what it is? Why, it is the postal sy>-
;em. Many years ago you paid pri-
.ate parties as high It's Is Or 20 cents
% deliver Il letter. To-day the gov
.rnment delivers it for ? cents and
saves you just so much on every let
.er Instead of your paying some
nonopolisl s az 10 times the cost to
deliver your mail. you pa, just actual
cost to the Unithc States. which is the
public You like that part of this
nations and your own prosperity don
.ou? Yes. We know YOU do Well,
YOU and and all of us can enjo,
some more Of our great common
country. S prosperity if we will onl,
combine or all pool together t.
Iilj'.y it. Do you wish to know how ?
Why. just run the railroads, teleyrphs.
telephones, etc. just rs we are run
ming our postal system, aud We, the
people, VIII mutually enjoy the same
prosperity from the syste.ns that the
owners now enjoy. and that it would
he almost IN unknown thing for one
to hear of railroad ,,nl>h-up. a>
every bri lgc would be inspected be
fore the passage Of the train. and the
greatest caution prevailed over all
the Railway systems. thus while the
government made it perfectly safe
for the public to travel, it would
lessen the cost Of Iailw;,, fare, and
freight charges just us much in
proportion to monpUiistic rates as i,
les>ened the p stat rates in comrari
son to private NAL n.;,,ration rates
in times past. As fast as the profits
increased through. lower rates just
that rapidly wo:ll tie fare and
freight ties te lowered, us the gov
ernment would only operate the roads
on Il self-sustaininy 'asis, and not
to make profit. instead of paying
s21,o',o 4 .sear to one man To l,e The
pl.;,iolent of Il short railway the
United States would pay twenty five
men 900 annually to guard tho
| ,rY..s u galnst accidents. In fact all the
money received by the railway sys
; ten, and other systems mentioned
if operated hy the United state:
would he paid out to the cmp!oye:
az those systems and make NOR,
prosperity ,t,,r the public and less fol
r. the present few. and we know the
..nasses join with the yoHr:al o
Industry in this vieE.- ,,.4arnal o
, Industry.