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

The alliance and, in fact, all
farmers thereabouts, should know
that two merchants Of Mortified re-
fused to let the bills advertising the
addresses of Hon. Ignatius Donnelly
and DR.. Fish, at Faribault, be hung in
their stores. These two merchants
are John Clifford grocer and Richard
son, furniture. We have known bust
ness men in the south who exhibited
such a miserable, little, contemplate,
scrofulous spirit, in southern towns,
and in Kansas and Indiana-to be
compelled to.leave town from loss OF
trade. Of course farmers can turn in
their duoats to the illustrious repre-
sentatives of the Hog Wallow-or to
any other bigots if they wish-but
as for us, we'd eat bark and wear eof
fee -sacking before we would trade q
nickePs worth with them.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

,pioyers, and who are compelled to
work for wages which affords them
less comforts than fall to the lot Of
criminals.
If the question is asked, who should
be idle. the convict or the honest work.
ingman who is trying. amidst the sacri-
fees which poverty entails, to rear his
family as becomes an American citizen?
we say every time and q thousand
times, the criminal If some one is to
be kept healthy by work, in the name
Of justice let it be the honest man.
We do not object to reforming crimi-
nails, but we object to a reforming pol
icy which creates more criminals than
it reforms. There is little hope for q
criminal, but there are boundless pos
sibilities in this favored land for honest
men. and the state should do nothing
which directly or remotely places OBJ
stacles in the way of an honest. law
abiding career. To do this-to smake
crime pays economic infamy, an ex-
hibition of mercenary greed that
blotches to detestation civilization
forever Boosting of its Christian adorn-
mentS
Suppose, by some inscrutahle decree,
the As, 233 criminals in the penitentia-
ries of the United States should all die
in one day; would the nation mourn?
Would flags float at half-mast? Would
gloom, like pail, cover the land? We
do not surmise that such would be the
record Just so many enemies of soci-
ETY. would be dead and out of the way.
Society would breathe easier, and feel
more secure. On the other hand, sup
pose As, 233 honest, law-abiding work.
ingmen should die in day. What pen
so graphic as to describe the scene?
What fancy SO fervid as to depict the
CONSERVATION?
The state ought to feel profoundly
Interested. in the welfare of honest
workingmen, and adopt no policy un-
necessarily increasing their anxieties
or calculated to reduce their wages or
ieopardize their employment To pur-
sue policy in any regard antagonistic
to the welfare of labor is in itself a
crime and can be fruitful only of calam-
ities.-E. v. Debs, in Locomotive Fire
mans Magazine.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
notice.!
FOREST LAKE, q


Reduction in Railroad rates to
fare and a third for the round trip has
been granted delegates or persons at
tending the annual meeting OF the
state Farmers Alliance, to be held in
Minneapolis, Jan. 81, 1892.
To obtain reduced rates delegates
must purchase regular fare tickets
from starting point to Minneapolis,
and secure from the local ticket
agent a certificate showing that full
fare has been paid to destination.
Ii delegate has to travel over differ
ent roads, he should purchase ticket
TO JUNCTION POINTS ONLY,
and obtain certificate at each juno.
ton point. Where this will be nee
essary the local ticket agent will in
form.
Before returning, delegates or al
ternates will present certi6cats to
the undersigned at Minneapolis,
who will sign the same, whereupon
said certificate becomes authority for
sale of return tickets at one third
the regular unlimited rate.
This concession will expire three
days after adjournment of the meet
ing, and will be available for a con-
tinous trip only.
Delegates will please observe the
above rules.
A. L. STRoMBERG, Sec'y.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
Sick.

We are sorry to hear that the ex-
posure of our worthy president, at
tending the alliance meeting at Fari-
bault Saturday last, in the midst OF
very cold weather, with hard ride
to his home over terribly bad road,
and in the teeth OF high wind, has
given him a heavy cold, so that he
been obliged to postpone his two
meetings at Slayton and Pipestone
on the Goth December. He hopes to
visit those places later in the season.
These are the only engagements Mr..
Donnelly has failed to keep this fall,
and he has spoken at great many
places. We hope his sickness will not
prove serious.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
AN OBJECT LESSON.

There Arc Other Arguments In Favor Of
tho Sub-Treasury Plan Besides Those Of
Financial Nature.
It would seem as if the stern logic of
facts and illustration Of events should
prove to even its most earnest oppo-
nents that the sub-treasury plan or
something like it, is sorely needed
Leaving entirely out of the question
the idea of finance, or of governmental
Inauguration and enforcement of the
plan, the fact yet remains that for the
want of the sub-treasury plan or some
thing like it. either of public or private
management, the farmers Of tho United
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
"A Great Time.

We learn that the Trade and Labor
Assembly of Minneapolis, are making
grand preparations to give the ALI
ance convention a royal reception.
There is to be a banquet rendered the
convention by them the second
night, Jany 9Th, with post-prandial
orations by leading representatives
of the farmers and the workingmen.
The Mayor of the city is to welcome
the alliance and altogether it is to be
the grandest occasion ever seen in
tbH state.
he above ''news" is not very Sin
teresting'' to us-we don't believe in
any such proceedings" -E. w. FL
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

his wheat Desperate diseases require
hereto treatment National problems
cannot be left to individual solution.
Now am convinced that under the
land loan plan Of the alliance there
would always be q sufficient volume of
money outstanding to fill any demapd
upon it for productive industries
or the exchange of material wealth.
I am also sure that there would at all
times, be . reserve, or surplus fund
Of idle money, belonging to the people,
invested in savings bonds and available
to'fill any extraordinary demand for
money at or slightly more than the
legal current rate Of interest But how
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
Money for tho Energetic.

Few of our readers are aware that
Honduras, in Central America, which
lies almost at the very door OF the
United States a conn ;. y whose so Is. : :s:
not deep and lasting, having been in
the act of formation since the crea-
ton as all tropical countries are
known to be rich and productive and
we believe Honduras has special ad-
vantages because of it's nearness to
the greatest market pf the o. s.
tChicago)., Large numbers are ar
ranging now to go there this winter,
some to locate, others to visit the
country and spend the winter. 1t is
claimed by persons who have visited
that country that there are greater
opportunities for the accumulation
of wealth and the luxuries of life, to
be obtained with less expense and ef-
fort than anywhere in the world.
The inducements offered by the
Burchard Honduras Land and Fruit
Company. are most enticing, and a
full knowledge of this new country
can be obtained by addressing Mr..
Winger, who says: Compare prices
with California fruit lands-our at Sc
and their at $500 to$1, 500 per acre.
are closer to Chicago by 200 miles.
Time and freight are less. Dissatis-
fed farmers will find this worthy Of
their attention. No coal bills to pay,
nor over.coats to. bgy; no winters in
which to lay by and do nothing, as
cleaning and planting begins in that
country in January. The men who
are interested in this land and fruit
enterprise are good, careful, straight
business men, who have paid their
money, in cash to the Honduras gov
eminent for it's lands, and now pro-
pose to sell some of it's lands to per-
sons who desire a fine climate and
wealth. What is to prevent these
lands, in ten years, from selling at
same prices as Southern California
lands. For a map of the country
and matter giving full information
address with two stamps our friend,
Mr.. E. B. Winger, Room 1904 Cham
Der OF Commerce, Chicago, Illinois,
who will arrange for cheap transpor-
tation, via. Illinois Central Railroad
and New Orleans and gulf going
steamers.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

It seems to be the desire that con-
tinuing appropriation, of two million
dollars year, to run term of years,
shall be made for the improvement of the
Missouri river. A double track railroad
from Omaha, Neb., to st. Louis, Mo-,
can be built and equipped in frst-class
style for fifteen million dollars, and the
work be completed in short time. 1t
is stated by competent authorities that
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES.

The alliance will hang out little
while longer down in Texas before
handing in its checks Between No
vember and Is there were fifty-two
sub-alliances organized in that state
Alliance Tribune.
Dear dollars and cheap sweat, high
priced money and cheap labor, high
rate of interest and cheap products
that is the issue the money power offers
the people. It will be accepted and q
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

'our best railways cannot afford to take
freight at less than five mills per ton
per mile, but it can be carried by water
for one mill per ton per mile, with
equal chances of profit to the business. I"
This is equivalent to statement that
perfect, efficient water route competition
would drive our railroads into bank
ruptcy. What the people demand is
such rates of transportation as will pay
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01


ance of Minnesota, and perhaps in
some other states, has been curious
and unsatisfactory 'sattachment."
We are half inclined to blame the pre-
sent honored president Of the ALI
ance somewhat for this condition.
Mr.. Donnelly has always been gen.
erous man-rarely gets even his ex-
penses for lecturing for the alliance
and always insisted upon serving
without salary when state lecturer.
This course demoralized the alliance.
They came to look upon that one
office, which is not only the severest
in labor, but a hundred fold the most
expensive and the best paid in every
other organization-as field for
charitable sacrifice. Therefore it has
usually been a field of charitable
neglect of duty"
A correspondent in this weeks is
sue takes the matter up. He suggests
a salary and constant work. He is
right. The editor OF this paper has
been in the field constantly for the
past few months-and nearly the en-
tire year of 1S90-and b knows
from rich field of experience that a
lecturer, to do his duty, must be
freed from daily cares. 1t has COM
PEELED us to put a gentleman into the
GREAT WEST Office, on a fair salary,
as permanent fixture, and it will
compel any man to rent his farm, or
desert his private business who prop
erly attends to the duties.
There should be actual organiza-
ton of the lecturers, and a complete
system OF monthly reports-whether
anything is accomplished or not,
Organization is the means of great
accomplishment.
In South Dakota, Alliance 1nsti.
tutes are to be held, lasting two OF
three days, with the lecture force az
teachers. This work cannot b.. done
without money-and there is no rea
son why this great organization o.
10000 members should not raise
money enough to cary on organiza-
ton work. It is raised now-and
every time from $8 to SIS has been
paid us for single lectures Or trips,
and from So to $12 of it gone to
railroad travel, we wonder at the
lack of business management. AS
we write this, not four hours from a
southern-part-o f-the-state trip, we
hurry up the article to get off on an
evening train to the western part
Jackson county-and then ride all
night again to get to Houston coun-
ty-and the railroads will swallow up
about $25. of the receipts.
Observation-Disclosures with
a strong hand at the helm, and earn
est assistants-is needed, and, we
hope, will be had the coming year.
The past year has been an extremely
sad failure.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

At present advices it looks over the
state as though the anti Donnelly,
anti-radical element had petered out
in this state-Mr. Donnelly will
doubtless be reelected by an over
whelming majority.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THE RAILROADS ALSO.

operating expenses (including fair
wages to sufficient number of en-
ployes, who shall have proper oppor-
tunity for rest and recreation) and a
low rate of interest upon actual cost of
construction and equipment. Any
higher rates are robbery and injustice
to the people; any lower rates would be
unjust to the railroads.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
ITS DAYS ARE NUMBERED.

The superstitious Fallacy OF Specie Basis
For Domestic Currency VIII Soon Have
/ Had Its Day.
At the Indianapolis meeting of the
supreme council of the F. A. and /. U.
clause "b" of the financial plank of the
Ocala demands was amended to read
thus:
b We demand that the government shall
establish sub treasures or repositories IN
the several states, which shall issue money
direct to the people at a tax of not to exceed
two per cent. per annum, on non. perishable
farm products, and also upon real estate
with proper limitations upon the quantity
of land and amount of money.
Commenting upon the above men.
toned action, Mr.. j. Burrows. editor
of the Lincoln (Neb.) Farmers ALI
ance, says:
1.-THE following is the platform
adopted at the meeting Of the N. F. A.
and l. U. at Indianapolis week before
last It will be observed that the sub.
treasury plank is modified. Many who
could not support it before will do so
in its modified form. The principle
which underlies it is the issue of money
upon security other than specie. This
is q principle which must be estab-
1ished in the near future, as there is
not enough metallic basis for the money
the world needs This platform NAV
be considered the basis Of the one that
will be adopted by the people for the
campaign of 1892"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

disqualification denies that the gov
eminent derives its powers from the
consent of the governed, but asserts
that the people derive their rights from
the consent of the government To
this complexion has the American re-
public come at last Weekly Kansan.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

will such surplus reserve fund be ap-
piled in such manner as to give the
farmer relief from his present deplor-
able condition? Will individuals make
q business of loaning money at low
rate of interest upon wheat in the
farmers bin upon their farms? No!
Some principle of county. state or ma
tional cooperation must be put in force
to the end that the people collectively
shall help the farmer out Of his diem
ma.
know perfectly we'll, that If the
farmer were only out of debt, he could
hold his wheat without resist
ance and be free and independent But
he is not out of debt, and even II he can
fund his debt under the land loan plan
at two per cent interest it will take
him considerable time to get out of
debt In the meanwhile, Mr.. Anti.
sub-treasuryite, what are you going 10
do for the farmer? address this ques-
ton to those who, though advocating
the land loan plan, are opposed to the
''non-perishable product feature of
the sub-treasury plan. Those who OPP
pose the land loan plan, also propose
to do nothing either for the farmer or
anyone else, but so far as they are con-
cerned. will suffer humanity to be Of
fered as a sacrifice upon the affairs of
the false gods Intrinsic value" and
''specie basis" around whose affairs are
even now the bones Of stifed and
slaughtered humanity of these many
centuries past Like those of whom
Paul wrote eighteen hundred years ago,
there are many even in these days who
choose not to 'believe q lie and be
damned!" In the meanwhile, what's to
be done with the farmer while he is get.
ting out of debt?
Now do not misunderstood me. /
have the utmost faith in the land and
loan or land currency system, rein
forced with the postal savings bank
inter-convertible savings bonds am
positive that were the farmer out of
debt and restored to his normal, natu-
raj condition that the reserve or sur
plus savings Of the people invested in
savings bonds drawing one or one and
one-half per cent would be instantly
converted into cash as soon as it was
manifest that it could be used in the
channels of trade or commerce, so as
to pay two or two and one-half per
cent, thus furnishing an elastic and
flexible volume of currency that would
automatically adjust itself to any ad-
ditional or extraordinary demand
for its use-such as moving or
handling the crops But 1 am al
most as surely convinced that
were the farmers out Of debt as
class $50 that the necessity would not
exist for them all to sell their products
at once, at any sacrifice, so as to pay
pressing, urgent demands), that there
would be no extraordinary demand
for money to move the crops, as tho
grain would then be sold as the de-
mand for consumption called for it day
by day, week by week, and month by
month, in about the same quantity for
each and every day, week or month.
But it is present existing conditions
we have to deal with, and again ask
if the sub-treasury plan is discarded,
what are you going to do for the farm.
er while he is getting out of debit
George C Ward, in Topeka (Kan.) Ad.
vocate.
disqualification denies that the gov
eminent derives its powers from the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

-California has over 100, 900 mem
beers in her state alliance, and has only
been really in the work about one year.
West
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01

The money question will have
place in politics henceforth. Crisp's
election says that. y
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-01
LATTER DAY REPUBLICANiSM.


is Growing Menace to the Republic.
The republican party of to-day is the
embodiment of all that is vicious in
American politics.
1t antagonizes commercial freedom,
personal freedom and Industrial free
dom at every point.
It hates the very word 'free." It
fights free speech, free trade, free
coinage, free men and free access, to
the bounties of nature.
It teaches the atrocious and hitherto
unheard of doctrine that debt is q
blessing, and a mortgage as evidence
Of property; because it's masters, the
Shylocks of Wall street. thrive when
the people are in debt and prosper
when they are burdened with mort
cages; for then Shylock collects his
blood money in the shape of interest
through the local leeches who wax fat
on commissions and fees, in return for
watching and bounding the debt-cursed
people, and warning them to pay or be
sold out by the sheriff.
It fosters capitalism, high tariffs,
high taxes, jobbery, interest usury,
kOA0 oOdAN dAOAoAAS AAOAOPOAACo 0AO UAO
Capitalization of capitalistic and po-
litical power.
It distrusts the people.
It's faith is in corporations
It is rapidly transferring all sovereign
ty from the people to corporations
It treats with sneers. scorn and con-
tempt the bare suggestion that the PEG.
pie in their organic capacity as gov
eminent could issue money direct to
themselves, or that they could man.
age natural monopolies without the in
tervention Of corporations
Any proposition that they do so is
greeted by the g. o. p. with loud and
derisive horse.laugh.
Latter day republicanism means
forty-six billions of dollars concen.
trated in the hands Of $50, GOO people in
death struggle with twenty billions
divided among SO. 900, 900 Of people.
Republicanism is robbery in kid
gloves, piracy in silk stockings an
archy in broadcloth.
It keeps in its service. because it can
pay for it, all the trained talent in the
land, whether it be at the bar, on the
bench. in the pulpit, on the press, in
literature, of the forum, in the factory
or the counting room, or wherever it
can be found and is needed for it's pur.
pose.
It is party Of legalized plumber,
gilded immortality and practical athe.
ism.
It neither fears God nor regards man
in its pursuit of pelf and power.
It is an ever growing menace to the
republic, and must go. or republican
institutions will perish from the land.
Pittsburgh Kansan.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-09

dealing with these bonds and this scrip
had the means Of ascertaining their ab-
solute worth!essness, and therefore they
had constructive notice, if not actual
notice, of every defect. They had no.
tice of the fraud and must bear the
consequences.
"'How much scrip was issued"
about s, 600, 900, but I 30 not recol-
lect exactly.
"'Who got the money received for
tie scrip?'
"The State got none of it at all. The
money went into the hands Of the peo-
pie who sold the bonds. I do not
know personally who had the nanipu-
lation of the bonds after they were is
sued, but it was understood that Hon
est John Patterson was the engineer
who found himself hoisted by his own
petard."
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-09
WILL MARRY POOR GIRLS.
Unique Purposes Of a Club Composed of
Rich Men.
Lucy Harper's Letter.

In these days of mercenary marriages,
when the lords of creation, even more
| than the weaker sex, are unusually
anxious to make a good match, not
from the point Of view of sweetness Of
disposition or beauty, which are apt to
weigh very light in the scales Of deci-
sio:: when placed in the balance with
money, it is more than refreshing,
idyllic, to read the account of club
lately started in Austria. The chival-
rous fnelirgS of the members of the
Mariahilf Matrimonial club raise them
so far above the majority Of their sex
that it is difficult to believe in the
actual existence Of the club, about
which, however, believe there is 10
doubt. The members Of the club are
all rich men, and each has pledged
himself to marry poor girl. For the
sake of these noble beings, animated
with such unseltish desires, / can only
hope that the secret of embership is
devoutly kept. am very unwilling
to disparage my own sex, yet We so
often hear of, and even see, the match
ing mother on the war path. Can we
blame her for her maternal instinct
while the maiden who has very keen
eve TO the main chance in the matter
of her matrimonial alliance is not
unknown. fear for the peace of mind
of these noble minded men. Their
riches alone would be strong bait to
penniess maids and their scheming
mothers, while, if the fact Of their VOW
was known, should imagine the can
didature would be very fierce.
In case, however, the members find
the attentions Of portionless girls and
widows too overpowering, they have
provided themselves with loophoes of
escape, for should the damsel Of their
choice be blessed with an abundance
of the worlds goods, they may redeem
their oath on payment Of e40O. a fur
ther feature Of the club is to provide
deserving butimpecunious couples who,
after long engagements, have still 70
purpose Of setting up house, with
start in life. OF course the forGeitures
are devoted to this purpose, and thus
two pairs of loving hearts are made
happy. am really inclined to believe
that the stern2r sex in Austria are
superior set of nortals to those who
inhabit the rest OF he world, for I feel
quite convinced that none of our fid de
steele young men VINO adorn London
society are capable of founding SINH
lar club.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-09


w. L. DOUGLAS Sl.75 BRO
GAN. The best Brogan for the price ever
placed On the market. Solid leather through
out, very strongly made, and will not rip.