The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
THE ALLIANCE.

uSuUcfSl1ip cuGlGI0S QlIu 10 a seat In
heaven unless there be earnest effort
along the lines indicated by those or
CARNATIONS. Work out your owr
salvation" is an appropriate motto in
both cases. Men who do not expec,
COWS to back up to them to be MIXED
sometimes indulge in severe criticism
on the Alliance because it has not full.
filled all their expectations in regard to
purchasing goods when they have
never made SO much as practical
suggestion toward organizing this de-
partment of our work Remember
we are banded together to mutually
counsel. encourage and help in all
that is of true benefit to the toiling
masses.
The Advance Journal: 1t has been
a long while since there has been
such cry OF ..hard times in this
country. 1t is case of swap
around" case of barter on all hands.
Money has ceased to fill its functions
as circulating medium for the reason
that there is none to circulate. Where
has it all gone is the perplexing ques-
ton and a question that nearly every
one you meet has different answer
to. The farmers of the country are
not the only ones who feel the pres
sure but It reaches into all the walks
of life and men who were never known
to be short before are unable to
meet the demands upon them. But
OF all classes no doubt the small mer-
chants throughout the country are in
tbs greatest strait and the outlook is
most gloomy for many of them. The
farmer is not the only one who should
be urging p change in the financial
policy of our government
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The Alabama Mirror: There seems
to be general desire to abandon
farming and to engage in other pur-
suits. A great many have been
forced by necessity to make the
change and to seek employment of
somo KIND at stipulated wages What
the result will be to them and to their
families is yet uncertain. There are
many however who should hold firm.
and reduce their operations as nearly
as possible to cash basis. dispensing
with all hired help. and cultivating
only a few acres the first year. to i'm
prove and increase as their means
will justify Almost any family can
make good living OIL ten acres of
ground by planting a succession of
crops 1t will never do to abandon
the farm for the town or village at
such a time as the present The
true plan Is TO take in the sails and |
make everything at home. The
present storm will soon be over and
those who remain upon the farms and
redoublc their efforts will have no !
cause to regret their decision.
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The Lawrenceville Herald. Pa.
What IS the need? The classes are
to the masses; capital is in
control: the few are governing the
many! Every reading and thinking
man ought to know that the legisla-
lion OF this country for the past twen-
" live years has been almost entirely
n favor OF certain favored classes
and against the masses. The farmer
me merchant and the artisan classes
nave been powerless to stay the flood
II legislative enactments which in ef-
ect has been to bind them as in an
ron yoke. How are the people to
AXE possession of their own? How
ire they to regain their rights? In
he first place, they must learn to un-
lerstand the condition of the country
md its needs. They must have opin-
ons of their own and be able to de-
end them. They must know what
hey want and they should also
NOW how to get it. Every voter
mould know the industrial condition
II his own country and of the LEADING
latlons of the world. He should
tudy the relations of the people tn
ach other, both home and abroad
lie should study the relations of cant
al to labor: the effects of reducing
no volume of money. and the effects :
dear and cheap money upon the !,
roducer. the merchant and laborino
IAN. He should study legislation in ,
Ii its branches until he knows what !.
avs will be beneficial to the peonle +.
nd what will be injurious to their }
1tcrests These are all questions of
reat moment and should be studied ,
areiully by everybody who is inter :
sted in FREQ government :
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The Goldendale Courier Wash. :
ioney was never issued except nv :
uthority of some government and # :
ould be non-sensible to empower =
overnment to coin money, without :,
wing the power to issue. Money is :,
sued from the minis when coined It =
issued from the government when :,
ut into circulation. = No purpose y
ould be served by coming money or +
suing it from the minis without = =
>uld also be issued from the govern =
ent The constitution gives tho = =
over to coin money to the federal =,
on that power to coin y
has assumed the power to Issue :,
wo methods of issuance have been y
iopted by this country. the free coin
re OF metals and the national bank.
g system. By the first of these :
of hn1c