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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

the well-known First Scott Life
Guards" unveiled a monument to the
memory of the comrades who fell Sept.
II. 1862, at Antietam. 1t is erected in
the rear of the New York section in the
national cemetery at Antietam, and it is
eleven feet high. 1t is of granite and
has appropriate inscriptions on all sides.
Encampment> aud Commanders.
Thus lar encampments have been held
in the following cities: Indianapolis,
twice; Philadelphia, twice; Cincinnati.
Washington. Boston, twice; Cleveland,
New Haven, Harrisburg, Chicago, Provi-
dence, Springfield, Mass; Albany, Day
ton, Baltimore, Denver, Minneapolis,
Portland, Me-; San Francisco, st. Louis,
Columbus, O., and Milwaukee. The
Commanders in chief have been
Stephen A. Hurlbert of Illinois,
John A. Logan of Illinois. three
rears; A. f. Burnside of Rhode
$ and, two years; Charles Devens, Jr.,
o. MASSACHUSETTS, two years; John F.
Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, two years;
William Earnshaw of Ohio, Louis Wag-
ner of Pennsylvania, George S. Merrill
of massachusetts,, Paul VandervoOrt of
Nebraska, Robert B. Beath of Pennsyl-
vania, John S. kuntz of Ohio, s. S.
Burdett OF Washington, Lucius Fair
child of Wisconsin, John p. Rae OF Min
nesota, William Warner OF Missouri,
Russell A. Alger of Michigan, Wheelock
G. Veasey Q! Vermont, John Palmer Of
New York.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

and strife exist i. all parts of the coun.
try, and there is feeling of unres. and
uneasiness among the masses that is
entirely foreign to our American insti-
tutlons. These conditions are not
adapted to our soil. They have been
transplanted from monarchial forms
Of gossrnAent that recognizes the aris-
tocracy as the ruling class. Against
these things the people are rebclling.
They have seen them gradually grow
ing in our midst for years and have
protested against them, but they have
grown i'll spite OF protests, until to-day
they have reached the point where
they cannot be borne much longer and
will not be tolerated much longer
The revolution has begun. 1t is wa'
between the people and plutocracy,
and it is for plntocracv to say what the
ending will be peaceahle solution or
bloodshed. For more than two decades
the people have suffered the wrongs
inflicted upon them and they have
come to a point where .h"rc must he !.
change, and they are going to have it.
We believe the country will speak on
the oth day of November as it has
never spoken before. We shall not he
surprised at anything. The chances
of the new party to-day are as good as
either one of the old parties. We
would not be at all surprised to see
Harrison's campaign collapse before
the ides of November, and the Demo
Gratis are already reduced TO the cx-
tremity OF relying upon the House to
seat Grover Clevalanl. The people
are ripe for change and it is coming
Let our reform friends redouble THEN
efforts and fight for victory merely
of party, but principles. Forum.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

Most of the wrong-dOing in the
world comes from an uneasy craving
for pleasure of some sort. The de-
sire for revenge produces all kinds of
malicious and hateful conduct; the
yearning for gain suggests dishonesty,
fraud, oppression, injustice; the ap-
petite for sensual qualification leads
to gluttony, intemperancc, and vice.
A state of true happiness would rem
lcr these cravings impOssible; the
;ghcr Qualifications once thoroughly
n.oyed, no room would be left for
the lower. The great happiness OF
love annihilates revenge and malice:
sympathetic pleasures extinguish self
ish ones; pure and innocent recrea-
tions. cheerful society, and whole
some habits preclude the temptations
to vicious courses. In a word, hap.
piness, in its truest meaning and
best forms, is the foe to wrong-dOing.
and in this sense it may be said that
those who are happy are good.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
RcaiIilIOnt's Battery.
Raluh Raanmont SAYS Nou

Ralph Beaumont says: You are the
fellow that ! am after in this article
| mean the fellow that is striking at his
boss to get higher wages. Let me put
flea in your ear. have some nuts
for You to crack The first nut that
desire You to crack is termed railroad
nut. 1t is about this size: The total
stocks and bonds of the railroads of
the United States is in round figures
-. 9.GD0. 900, 900. The annual interest
on this sum is $50. O.O00,OO Now. the
fellows that get this interest don't run
great many locomotives, don't fire a
great many engines, don't do great
deal of braking, nor have many fingers
cut off coupling ears. There amt
many of them that lose work that is
actually needed in running these rail
roads. They don't pretend to do that.
They say simply that this is their capi-
tai that is working for them while they
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
Exchange SOIninen nts.

Nature made man Lord of Crea ion, "
and any measure that has the remotest
tendency to deprive him of that God.
given condition" is unnatural, vicious.
demoralizing and wrong Laramie
Home Guard.
The toiling millions lie prostrated
and bleeding at the feet of the gold
kings of two continents. Yet thes;,
millions toll and suffer on, never
deigning to apply the balm that would
most surely heal their wounds the
ballot. t.-Winnemucca Silver State.
You voted yourself into the present
financial condition to please your party
leaders, and there is no law against
your continuing it. If you like to
sweat fourteen hours day and take
your pay in rags, patches and debt,
just keep it up, you are the boss. La
mar Union.
Mind should not oppress muscle,
muscle must not crush mind; but the
two working in hormony and for the
common good, should share alike, in
proportion to their several efforts and
successes, the great result of their
common toil-Girard Herald.
We do not wage war against lndi-
| viduals, we do not charge anybody
| with intentional wrong, but we oppose
the vicious system permeating the en-
tire body lolitic. which has slowly but
| surely destroyed the manhood of on,
American civilization. Home
| GuarI
If God in the beginning had given
| Adam n salary of $50, 900 year and
had continued his life and salary until
| the present time, and Adam had hoard
ed up every cent of it, he would yet DC
$50, 600, 900 poorer than VIM. H. Van
derbilt: s25 ,OOOxG, ,OGO is $3.50, 900. 600
Colorado Workman.
! The snb-treasury is class legislation
is it? Well, how about the prodigiun.
loan to the cotton exposition at New
Orleans? How about the silver coin
age law? How about the whisky leg
islation? How about the pension rob
berry? How about the loan to the cen
tennial San Antonio Truth.
To one out Of politics, it would seen
that the energy devoted to the promul
cation of free trade, if expended in The
direction of preventing the trusts ant
other forms of corporate monopol,
from gobbling all the benefits of pro
lection, the departure would be a mos
desirable one for the country.-Sar
Antonio Stockman.
Were We in supreme authority il
this country, and had the sole powe,
to issne legal tender money AS has Con
gress, we should demonetize both golt
and silver, and in place thereof have .
uniform issue Of government money
full legal tender and perpetual as ,
debt payer.-New York Advanc,
Thought.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
WHATOF THE WEATHER
FOSTERS FORECASTS TELL
THE STORY.
A Storm Wave Of Average Dlmenslons
VIII Cross the Country from Oct. to 3
Cool Weather May BE Expected Abous
the 10th.



My last bulletin gave forecasts Of tho
storm wave to cross the continent from
Oct. to ), and the next will reach the
Pacific coast about Oct. 3, cross the
western mountains by tho close Of Oct.
6, the great central valleys from 7th to
9th, and the Eastern States about the
10th.
This disturbance will be Of average
dimensions, and will be at its greatest
force on the Pacific coast and in tho
Western mountains about tho 9Th and
9th, while the storm preceding 1t will bs
at its greatest force in the Eastern
States at the same time.
The cool wave will cross the Western
mountains about the Sth, the great CEN
trail valleys about the 10th. and the
Eastern States about the 18th.
Local Forecasts.
Weather changes move from west to
east across the continent, and each To-
cal forecast is made for within $50 miles
east and west Of the magnetic meridian
mentioned, and for all the country be-
tween % and 50 degrees OF north lati-,
tude. These local weather changes will
occur within twenty-four hours before
or after sunset Of the dates given:
SANTA FE, DENVER AND BLACK HILLS
MERIDIAN.
October
9-Cooler and clearing.
10-Fair and cool.
11-A1oderating.
12-Warmer
13-Storm wave on this meridian.
14-Wind changing.
15-Cooler and clearing.
GALVESTON, KANSAS CITY AND MN Me-
APoLIS MERIDIAN.
October
3-Wind changing.
l0-Cooler and clearing.
ll-Fair and cool.
12-Moderating.
13-Warmer.
14-StOrm wave on this meridian.
l5-Wind changing.
ATLANTA, CINCINNATI AND LANSING
MERIDIAN.
October
9-Storm wave on this meridian.
l0-Wind changing.
11-Cooler and clearing.
l2-Fair and cool.
13-Modera;ing.
l4-Warmer.
l5-Storm wave on this meridian.
Copyrighted ls92, by W. L. Foster.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

CONSERVATION was thrown into the
Democratic camp when Labor Com
missioner Peck of New York, n Demo
crat, published his report showing re-
plies from over 5000 manufacturers in
the state of New York. who claim tina.
they have raised the wages of their
employees since the Mckinley bill
passed.
It was a bad blow to the tariff re-
formers ca but not serious one to the
country. The Democrats seem to be
afraid to undertake any excuses, as the
Democratic House, with its 148 tariff
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

life. leaving behind the habits Of the
field and the camp. and becoming once
more farmers, merchants and mechan-
les ana Iahorcrs. Bat once a year it
has been the custom of many of them
TO come together AT some central point,
and. exchanging fraternal greetings,
revive the memory OF the days gone
by. of war and valor, and bitter strug-
gle, and hero endurance. # hardship
and disaster, and of iina! and glorious
victory.
Now the ranks are thinning out: Old
faces are missing. and the list of the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
FraternIZaliOn.

Fraternization is the living principle
OF social interchange. 1t is the living
spark that kindles the social element
any lifts men up from despondeney.
gloom and fear. to new life of light
and Joy. 1t draws men together in the
folds of a common interest and com
mon destiny. They touch hands, stand
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
How CelIulOld Is Made.

The base of celluloid is common
paper. by action of sulphurio and nj
trio acid it is changed to gun cotton;
then dried, ground and mixed with
from 20 to 40 per cent. of camphor,
after which it is ground fiuc. colored
with powder col0rs, cast in sheets,
pressed very hard, and at last baked
between sets of super-heated rollers.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

famous Generals who
led their men TO vie
tory and have Ia 81 d
from earth is growing
apa G. As the years
rolled past and the
comrades dropped o.it
of line the remainder
Of that great hot has
longcd TO come again
to the capital city an l
tread once more the
broad SWcpp OF that
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
On the Eve pf Success

Friends of reform, We firmly believe
the Peoples party is on the eve of sue
cess. Everything is coming our way.
The logic of events is in our favor.
The pressure of hard times continues.
Money is gradually getting scarcer.
Labor strikes are increasing. Turmoil
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
>OUneth III, y G t;.1't I Understand.

From time to time Christian min
lister is reported as declaring that the
organization of industry upon the
basis of human brotherhood, however
admirable as an ideal. is impracticable.
We confess that although such declar-
atoms by clergymen have been fire.
quent, We cannot get over being
astonished by them. If Jesus Christ
taught anything at all it was that
society ought to be reconstructed upon
precisely this basis of brotherhood. and
if he laid any charge at all upon his
followers it was that they should prac-
tice such brotherhood and make it
universal. How Christian minister
can declare against the practicability
of a fraternal order of society without
coupling with the declaration a re-
cantation of his Christian profession
and resignation of his office as a
Christian minister passes our compre-
hcnsion.- The New Nation.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart
and meet rs one. Tie feeling of broth
erhood is aroused. partition walls fall.
old preludices and old hatreds suhsi;le.
AMI all unite in mutual fellow feeling
and good will
The brotherhood of fellow men is Il
grand dcsideratum. for which all
should work and strive. 1t is no myth
1t is a living active principle. that
ought TO be acknowledged evcryw here
We believe it is growing in individual
life and in public feeling The old
hatreds are dying away. and words are
uttered and hands are clasped that are
full of human sympathy and character
lied by love and good will. SO be it,
For i; brings higher that day of peace
ami kindly interchange. when nations
shall learn war no more and ell the
world shall fraternize together.-N Ma
tional View.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

men unknown to tho
world by name, and
who never swOre any
more pretCntious uni
form than the blue
blouse and trousers,
but who were tho
units that made up
the Srandest force Of
warriors in numbers
and warlikr deeds tn at
tn world had ever
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

III "ollu Hid c"tI COMMANDMENTS
known. When their CHIEF PALMER
duty was done and their country
was saved these countless thousands
laid down the musket and sword and
returned to the ursuits of a peaceful
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

YES, the country is suffering from
over-production. It is suffering from
over-production of sectional DEM
agogues, North and South.-Jackson
Leader.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

MYRoN sILsON, of Whittingham,
VT. is a nice and promising young
fellow. He is only Is, but he stands
six feet ten inches.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
Twenty-six,n Annual sreet.

ihere was initiated a movement, result
ing iii the organization for fraternai.
charitable, and loyal purposes Of the
men vino at their country's call left
hearth and h. me to devote the best en-
ergics OF their manhood TO itssaivation.
In 1866 the Grand Army Of the Republic
WA, founded, with B. +. Stephenson of
Illinois as frs Cnmmander-in-chief In
cluded in its ranks were many men who
had become famous throughout the
world for their brilliant achievements in
the field Of war and on the sea, and
there were also untold thousands of the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

THE Bucolics of Virgil were written
between 43 and A,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29
G. A. r. ENCAMPMENT.
GREAT OUTPOURINO OF OLD
VETERANS.

Stirring scenes on the Streets Of the Ma
tion's Cap,tal-Thousands Of Warriors
Take Fart in the Iarasic-W Washington
Surrenders 10 Them.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-29

Republican Senate. And the first ses-
sion of the "billion dollar Congress"
In the face of this record there would
seem to be but little chance for the
pot to call the kettle black. " Pro.
gressive Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29
Harriet Martineau's Prediction.

Harriet Martineau, probably tho
greatest woman England has produced
in this century in intellectual power, in
neral conviction and as a writer of his.
tory, political economy, fiction, travels
and philosophy, at the close OF her
autobiography, written when her writ
ing days were we'll nigh over, says:
now expect, as / have anticipated
for many years, a war in Europe which
may outlast even the century, with oc-
casional lulls; and I suppose the result
must be, after dreary chaotic interval,
q discarding Of the existing WORKOUT
methods of government, and probably
the establishment of society under q
wholly new idea. OF course none but
a prophet could be expected to declare
what that new idea will be. 1t would
be rational, but it is not necessary here
to foretell what it would not be or in
clude. But all that feel called on to
say now, when I am not writing politi-
cal essay, Is that the leading feature Of
any such radical change must be a deep
modification of the institution of prop.
erty-certainly in regard to land, and
probably in regard to much else. Be-
fore any esectual social renovation can
take place, men must efface the abuse
which has grown up out of the transi-
ton from the feudal to the more modern
state; the abuse Of land being held as
absolute property; whereas in feudal
times land was in a manner held in
trust, inasmuch as every land-holder
was charged with the substance Of all
who lived within its bounds The old
practice of man holding man as prop,
erty is nearly exploded among civilized
nations; and the analogous barbarism
of man holding the surface of the globe
as property can not survive. The idea
of this being barbarism is now fairly
formed, admitted and established
among some of the best minds Of the
time; and the result is, as in all cases,
ultimately secure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29

buy wild lands and hold them vacant
the same as now if they choose to do sos
but, as the ''unearned increment" tho
rental value in each year will go to
the government instead of the paper
title holder, nc one will buy
or hold lands at all unless he wants
them for the usufruct. Capital will
never be invested where it Is forcgone
conclusion that it can make no gain.
and all mere paper title holders WILL
make haste to dispose of their vacant
lands or put them to use, for which pur-
pose alone community is authorized to
distribute lands to private parties Or
all human institutions there IL none 90
completely the work of human folly
so far-reaching in the work OF enslav-
ing mankind. so completely the cause
of the division Of society into the Idle
rich and Industrious poor rs that which
resigns to private capitalists the enor-
nous sums which accrue to the value OF
lands from the growth of community.
l say resigns, for there is and can be no
consideration for such bonus It Il
simply to voluntarily place the lives
and liberties of the people in the keep
ing of land holders or landlords, for the
lives and liberties of all are directly or
indirectly dependent upon the fruits OF
the land. shall not dilate upon the
evil consequences Of the system to be
remedied by the single tax; for, after
the powerful works of Mr.. George and
other writers in that branch Of the sub
ject, It would be superhuous- What
wish to accentuate is, that no proper
construction Of human titles can con-
vey to any holder more than the usue
fruct of lands, which is all that man or
society has or ever can have to grant
And to take the value which accrues to
all lands from the growth of commune
ty for the support of government in lieu
of all other taxation, involves no sacri-
fee of private rights or violation Of
social obligations.
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TRUE NOBILITY.

Aoara" the sword. or fling the spear,
on fatal field of strife,
10 meet the foe In wild career
And strike at heart and life.
Is TINS the idol OF mankind?
lie hero praised and crowned,
ar nobier heroes men may find.
In the busy world around.
me nobler hearts are those that fight
Lilies stern necessities:
Amid the war OF wrong and right.
AND Hateful destinies;
weighed down by mans ungratefulness.
raise hopes, and faithless hearts,
fet lree from cynic bitterness,
And self-debasing arts.
L count that one noble true,
And worthy of all love.
Inc man OF many sorrows, who,
with faith in things above,
Goes through the world with cheerful m,en
Forgetful Of the dead.
with words OF hope, and smile serene,
A bright star overhead.
Fred F. Clyde. in Young Mems Era.
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The Profits Of Privilege Over Labor.

Labor Commissioner Robinson, Of
Michigan, in his report for the current
year, gives this interesting history of .
Michigan mine, it shows how very little
of some products go to capital and la
Dor, and how much to monopoly:
The Colby mine has a history worth
recording. The owners paid S1.25 per
acre for the mine, and without expend-
ing cent upon it for improvements,
leased the privilege of taking out ore
on royalty of 40 cents per ton to the
Colbys, who lease it to Morse & Co. for
52Lc per ton royalty. Morse & Co. con.
tracted with Capt Selwood to take
the ore out and deliver it on the cars
for the sum of STU cents per ton. Capt.
Selwood in his turn got a capitalist
who owned steam shovel to dig tho
ore and put it on the cars (all that he
had contracted with Morse & Co. to do)
for the sum of 1214 cents per ton. This
was in 1885, and the ore which was as
easily mined as gravel from q gravel
pit, brought $3.50 per ton delivered on
the cars. Out of this g.. so per ton the
share of the owners of the mine was 10
cents, Colby's share 1917 cents, Capt
Shelwood's share, after paying 12x
cents as above for the production, was
IS cents, and the remainder, or 81. 40 per
ton, was at once the share and profit OF
Morse & Co. In that year, 1885, "a, 312
tons was mined, which at ~. so per ton,
brought as said, on the cars for trans
portation, the sum of 1886, O7360
RECAPITULATION.
a. 312 tons, at e 80 per 73 %
Owners royalty, at 40c. per tom. 3s,7a 30
Colbys profit, ut 12hc. per TOM. iO,5S9 %
Morse Co. g profit, at n. 40 per ton lls.036 70
Capitalists share for labor and cap
ital used In production, at l2hc.
Der ton ................ iuo5S W
TOt0l. .c>oV,Vo W
Thus labor and capital were obliged
to pay to land ownership over 95 per
cent. Of their product for the bare priv
ilege of producing. Observe that every
item here, except the last, is royalty,
pure and simple. Not penny is for
cost of plant That all goes into tho
last item.-Sol F. Clark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29

There is a priest at Saratof who.
during the cholera riots. was attacked
by a mob, one of the leaders exclaim-
ing: THAT is the priest who buried
me alive; have just risen from the
grave" Although the people were
crying ''stonc him:" the priest kept his
composure- ''lf you have just riser"
he inquired of his assailant, .how IL II
that you are already drunk? The N
Swer Is not raoorded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29

Teasing Friend-"What makes tho
new baby at your house cry so much.
Arthur Arthur (indignantly)-"It
don't cry so very much. And, anyway,
If all your teeth was out, and your hair
of, and your legs SO weak you couldn't
even stand on them. guess you'd feel
like crying yoursel1"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29

The Morbid MonopoIies.

Land monopoly and land monopoly
alone, drives the poor of Europe across
the sea in the hope to find in ''free
America easy access to land" And the
aristocrat of Europe has come to our
shores as well as the honest poor, and
has laid his fatal hand upon American
soil to the extent of millions of acres.
and is prepared whenever the cmergen-
cy comes, to introduce the scenes of Ire
land. Landlordism, whether of foreign
or domestic origin, must go'-Spring-
field MOI Peoples Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29

-Prodigal sons are not always fed
upon the fat of the land these days. II
they were they would run Oh and come
back home every day. Nova
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29

THE Sun, Of Portland, Me-, referring
to the adoption of the single tax at
Hyattsville, remarks that ''the million
aire who owns no land will pay no
taxes" Very true. But who ever
heard of that kind Off millionaire?