People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-02
ALL PULL TOGETHER.
The True Relations between Farmers
and City Workers.
Southern Alliance Farmer.

and City Workers.
Southern Alliance Farmer.
In 1885 when the K. of L. were in
a fourishing condition in the principal
cities of Georgia, especially so in At
lanta, we remember the tactics pursued
by the daily press. Their whole aim
at that time was to prejudice the minds
of the farmers, as well as every other
class of toilers against the movement,
and by Misrepresentation and willful
perversion of truth, Influenced them to
fight monopoly's battles at the ballot
box. This is, and always has been
the policy of the money kings, and
even of those who hope in the future
to be so-calIed ''Kings of finance" If
they can get the horny handed sons of
toll divided each other, their victory is
easy and complete, and they can then
boast of chow good it is for brothers to
dwell together in unity;'' and plan still
greater successes.
Then, when it is too late, the honest
workingman sees "that an injury to
one should have been the concern of
ALL"
The situation at this time, is to all
appearances, a reversal of the condi-
tions of 1886. Now the farmers are
in open rebellion against legalized
wrongs and injustice, which then they
did not understand, and were claimed
as the willing tools of monopoly to aid
them in accomplishing the destruction
of the Peoples Party,
Some of us, at least, have not for
gotten the prosecutions we suffered at
the hands Of the newspapers, who af-
feet to believe that ''whatever is, is
right, " and no one has right to think
otherwise.
We all remember the old cry of
'agitate, organize, educate,' but for
what purpose many of us did not then
understand, but had we been seekers
after knowledge, as we should have
been, we would have learned that
"every member having the right to
vote was part of the government of
the country and had duty to perform,
and the proper education necessary to
inteligently exercise that right, free
from corrupting influences, was one
of the highest duties of every knight
of labor"
Gin short, an action that would ad-
vance the cause of humanity, tighten
the burden Of toll or elevate the moral
and social condition of mankind, was
the proper scope and field of his oper-
atoms"
It has been matter of conjecture
with the writer whether the K. of l..
who still contend that their principles
were correct are aware Of the fact that
the Peoples Party platform was copied
in almost it's entirely from the demands
of the X. of L.
Read the Omaha platform in another
column Of this paper and compare it
with the following from the K. of L..
demands:
Section 4-'FThat the public lands,
the heritage of the people, be reserv-
ed for actual settlers; not anoth er acre
for railroads or spectators, and that
all lands now held for speculative pur-
poses be taxed to their full value"
come tax be levied. :"
Section 14-'EThe establishment of
national monetary system, in which
a circulating medium in necessary
quantity shall issue direct to the peo-
pie, without the intervention of banks;
that all the national issue shall be full
legal tender in paymet Of. all debts,
public and private; and that the gov
eminent shall not guarantee any
private banks or create any banking
corporation"
Section 15-EEThat Understanding
bonds, bills of credit, or notes shall
never b e issued by the government,
but that when need arises, the emer-
goncy shall be met by issue of legal
tender and non-interest bearing
money"
Section 17-FEThat the government
shall obtain possession of by purchase,
under the right of eminent domain, of
all telegraphs, telephones and railroads,
and that hereafter no charter or license
be issued to any corporation for con-
struction OF operation of any means of
transporting intelligence, passengers
or freight"
In the preamble we find the follow
ing: cit is imperative, if we desire to
enjoy the full blessings of life, that
check be placed upon unjust accumu-
lation, and the power for evil Of ag-
gregated Wealth. E'This much de-
sired object can be accomplished only
by the United efforts Of those who
obey the divine injunction. In the
sweat of thy face shalt. thou eat
bread"
Once we did not understand the
true significance of the speech made
by Mr.. Powderly at Richmond, Va,
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