The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-05

The Peoples Economist: There is
one thing that congress must not neg
lect and that is the farmers interest.
They may ignore their demands if
they wish. but just so sure as the sun
rises in its daily course. so sure as its
beams fall upon discomfort and finan-
cial disorder so sure will Democratic
congressional neglect work disastrous
ly in the South.
The Alliance Reporter: When the
bondholders and money spectators of
Wall street overreaching even their
greedy design, become involved in
complications which threaten to
thwart their schemes they have only
to appeal to the secretary of the treas
ury for him to rush to their relief
with liberal loans of the peoples
money, or graciously relieve them of
their bonds at the liberal premium of
rs per cent.
The Alliance Herald: The old party
press still cries aloud that the Alli-
ance is dead. No doubt their readers
hear them, but like frog little at
tention is given to their cries. know
ing full well that his air bag is large
but is filed with disease breeding
miasma from stagnated marshes and
cess pools. and it is only question of
time when some coon will come along
and take him in. They can be located
by their croaking.
Tho Alliance Leader: Twas the
work of the money kings of England
that silver was demonetized in order
that they might speculate upon the
commercial value of gold and silver
and in order that they might increase
the value of their bonds and make it
more difficult for us to pay them.
And do you notice one thing my
friends? 1t is only the class of men
who are living off the labor of others
that are to-day opposing the free coin
age of silver
The Independent: According to
the presidents message the total pro-
duction of silver in the United States
for the year 1890 was "a. 500. 900
; ounces. while the government is buy
ing and putting aside annually "a, 0OO,-
600 while in the arts and manufac-
lures we use annually I. 14O, 900
ounces. This shows that we are con-
Stunning 6,640. 900 ounces more than
our domestic products. We would,
therefore, like to know wherein lies
the danger of free coinage.
The Ocala Demand-We advocate
the ownership of American soil by
American citizens just think of it
for one moment citizens of the
United States One English syndi-
cate owns 4, 500. 600 acres of land in
Texas another 5000. 900 acres; Ed
ward Reed K C. B.. has 1000, 900
acres in Florida; the duke of Suther-
land holds 425, 600 acres of American
soil; Philips Marshall & CO.. !. 3OO.-
600 acres; the London land company
of Tweedale, !. 700, 600. etc. and, as
it was very prominently brought to
our notice during an important trial
in our own county court in Ocala last
summer. it was declared to be the
avowed policy OF certain foreign land
and mortgage companies to acquire
Florida laEds through the foreclosure
of mortgages. Any thinking man
will see. from these statements, that
one of the things that England failed
to accomplish during the bloody strug-
gle from '76 to 'SS she is slowly. but
surely, accomplishing through the in
strumentality OF that powerful and Sc.
cret enemy of American liberty and
American homes-money.
The Caucasian: We heard a very
intelligent (and we thought well-in-
formed) man say few days since that
while the farmers might have some
grounds for complaint under present
low prices, yet those who work for
wages in the industries were never
better paid in comparison with tho
value of products which they helped
to create. Now let US see how this is.
The figures of the census on this
matter for 1890 are not yet out but
let us see how it was in 1880 COM
pared with 1860. The total amount
paid in wages IN 1860 was 81. 689, AL.
in 1880 it was 81. 750. 76S only a
light increase. while the number of
wage earners in 1860 was only II. 81
10 Is. 109 in 1880. This shows a con-
siderable actual decrease in wages
while the value of tho products no
worked to make increase from $16.-
CTS, sos in 1850 to 500 OO5. O57 in 1880,
If these figures are correct the day
laborer as well as the farmer has a
just grievance; and let the figures tell
what they may. he feols his grievance
and will stand by the farmer in the
fight for financial reform.
The Laborers' Herald: The farmers
have no just cause of complaint
against the old party organs because
OF the latter's Misrepresentation of
the farmers uprising. The old par
ties and the appurtenances thereto arc
just what the farmers themselves have
made them. Our is-government
with all its class laws is another pro-