The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-28
Press Comment.

issue upon the silver question what a
crow feast would ensue.-Workman and
Farmer.
THE Vienna press calls the Mckinley
law IL measure of violence worthy of a
nation accustomed To the use uf the re-
vclvcr. .8-ProSressive Age.
MEN who contribute money to buy
votes and to hribe the peoples repre-
sentatives, as we'll as those who dis
burse it, ar" deadly enemies OF the re-
public.-Judge Gresham.
THE Peoples party in Illinois elected
the entire ii, ket In seventeen counties,
and one or more ofliccr, i'll thirty eight
counties, at the late elections. and yet
the Associated Press never got on to
the important items.-Alliancc Tribune.
THE average citizen sincerely desires
to hc right politically. If you can reach
his reason and conscience through Il
rational presentation of facts. you have
a convert. The mission of the Peoples
party is to teach the truth.-Cincinnati
Herald.
THE efforts of the old party press are
now being used To misrcpresent and VIII
lily the Peoples party representatives
in the United States Congress at Wash
surface and their falsehoods are there
fore not very effectivc.-Ho.,iregc tNcb.)
Progress.
If the farmers are not organizing to
better their condition why organize If
they ar" organizing to merely perpetuate
old party rule and thereby kes p them
selves in the old rut with their noses to
Shylock's grindstone. organization is
nm ftr hn nl 4iaC
already in pussession OF the oppressive
achinery?-Indianapo Globe.
The papers that publicly uphold the
national banking system are limited.
Whatever may be the opinions of these
editors. very few of them have the gall
to declare to an Intelligent people that
the national banking system is a bless
ing. The people know better. They
see no reason why great army of we'll
dressed men should charge them 10 to
II per cent. for the privilege of using
their own money. Ind.) peo-
pies Journal.
WE had hoped that the old chestnut
about Does farming pay:" had been
formally disposed of. But We see that
the newspapers have taken it up again
We have been between the plow handles
long enough to answer that question. 1t
don't pay the farmers. the merchants,
the mechanics. But it does pay the crop
spectators. the railroads. the bankers
and the politicians. 1t is making mill
ionaircs out of many of them.-The Pro-
sressive Farmer.
PRESIDENT HARRISON in his message
assumes that the thieves who stole from
the people the standard silver dollar
were public bcnefactors. He assumes
that the thieves ought not be punished
! and that the silver dollar shall not be
restored 10 the people to whom it be-
| longs. He assumes that the dearest
money is the best money: and therefore
/ the thieves who stole away the silver
| dollar and left only gold as standard
are not thieves. but patriots who have
! established an honest. sound money eur
rcncy system.-Three Rivers Mich. }
| News Reporter.
| THOSE people that are constantly cry
| ing for the intrinsic value of money for
| get that the national bank note has no
| intrinsic value, nor has it anything on
which it is based that has intrinsic value;
vet we know it is good money, every
| dollar of which is worth 100 cents. Let
us see what is the basis of the bank cir
;
guarantee is behind the bond2 The
Governments promise to pay; and this
alone makes it good. Then why cant
the Government issue currency notes
which would be good?-Princeton lind }
Light.
WHEN an old party serf tells you he is
afraid of delugc of foreign silver in
case Of free coinage in this country, just
size him up. and if his head is not
| shaped too much like a hickory-nut, ask
him if he has too much American silver,
and if he knows of anyone who has;
then remind him that there will be time
enough for panic after the experiment
has been tried, also that the country had
| eighty years of free coinage, with nc
disastrous result. which is q very fair
guarantee of the safety of a renewal OF
the experiment.-El Dorado Springs
tNo.l Tribune.