The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-06-09
Communicated.

Communicated.
1s there any reason why the farmer
should not clamor for more system
alto form Of legislature when We see
how he is oppressed on every hand
with combines, trusts and laws, that
are enacted by congress, continually
enforcing them. He Is 80 heavily
taxed that nowadays he hardly can
procure hired help on the farm. The
farmer first produces the wealth Of all
nations yet II seems to pass out Of his
hands, doing him but little good, and
goes to benefit or enrich the few. The
farmer pays his hired hand all he
can stand, and have money left for
living and other expenses. The rea-
son Why is, he has to pay tribute to
Mr.. Manufacturer, which enables the
manufacturer to pay wages sufficient
to induce the hand to leave the farm,
and have plenty left for luxuries; and
at the same time saying with a sheer
that the farmer pays hands low wages
and work them more number of hours
In the day. During England's pro-
tectcd era, it was her agricultural
industries that we're protected; manu-
featuring interests had to pay tribute
to the farmer. The farmer is the
bone and sinue of all nations, and il
special favors are shown anyone 1t
should be to him. But our United
States thinks not; taxes are loaned
and are transferred from one hand
to another until it reaches the farmer
and there finds firm Judgment. COM
polling all producers to suffer with
them. For illustration young man
buys a farm, or We will say forty
acres of land, and contracts to pay
one thousand dollars. He pays five
hundred dollars down, and mortgages
his stock and land to the National
Bank for the remaining five hundred
at the usual rate Of interest. He
goes to work. hires hands, and
huilds house and other necessary
buildings, on the farm. At same time
clothing his family and keeping on
hand supply of provisions for hired
labor. He pays for the lumber tina,
goes into his house and all other
buildings with two dollars a thousand
protective tariff added to the bill.
But this is not all; he now has to
furnish his honse according to custom
Of the country or be ignored. Now
lets see about the taxes or tariff
enacted ON the necessarics of life.
Wo!lcn carpet, 49c tariff on the do:
lar; brooms, 25c; knives and forks
25c; glassware, 45c; pms, SOC; oi
cloth, 40c; wollen blankets, 65c; rugs
45c; stove pipe, 45c; pots and kettles
Csc; wollen hats and caps, Csc; meta
buttons, 45c; WOODEN hosiery, SOC
rice, $l.O2; salt, BIC: furniture, Csc
clocks, Soc; lamps and rcfectors, 45c
needles, 25c; sewing machines, 45c
cotton sheeting, 3Sc; stoves, cast irol
45c; straw hats and caps, 35c; cottOl
thread, soc; cotton hosiery, 4Oc alpac:
umbrellas, soc; canned fruits, IS
canned vegetables, 35c; syrup, 35c
flat irons, 45c.
| Now you will see at once that tn
young man is going to Ike badly dis
appointed. He receives notice from
the bank that his interest is due
and another from the tax collectO
that his taxes arc due. He goes u
and pays the interest on the five hun
dred to the banker, and then step
across the way to pay his taxes, whic
he pays just rs though he never owe
a dollar in the world. The law in tn
United States is to tax the man Il,
most who owns the least, and the ma
the least who owns the most Blu
what about the bankers taxes thu
loaned the young man the five hur
dred dollars to buy his forty acres Q
, land. We find he is exempt from tn,
alton accor ling to National Bank Ac
Section =, which reads as follows
"All stocks, bonds, and securities, q
the United States held BY individual.
corporations, Or associations, With
the United States, shall Ike exemu
from taxation BY or under state author
ity." Now, you will see at a e,ngl
glance that it Is tie l'aa: Q = busin
to loan money, and the farmers bus
ness to pay taxes on it. Such ste,
Law rs this practiced upon the peopi
is q infamous GU. rage in q so-calle
land Of liberty, where a man is SUI
posed to enjoy the privilege of cqus
rights. o. Of our best writer's saw
the evil inflicting the producers 9
this country may be summed up i
one word, namely: Extortion; nc
only in one but in several way.
''Everla: ting taxation has held tn
, peoples pocket books, stintcd thei
stomach, blighted their hopes, d,
out their ambition, robbed their chill,
rem Of an education" Laborcrs q
America, "where as you was chastise
with whips, you are chastised wit
, corruptions." ITO your tents, OF
lsreal,' and resolve, ''make the mos
of your ballot" Remember til
immortal declaration of years gon
by, and live for that era when ner
teaching false doctrines and arraye
in STOLEN gravc-clothes, shall disak
pear from view and their influenc
he lost forever.
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