The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15
THE ALLIANCE.

fnant6. farmers, mecDaufCS ana all
other classes are equally interested in
the prosperity of the country. and
should begin to lay their plan for its
redemption from the errors of the
past Let us do the best we can. and
pull together in future.
The Alliance Reporter: The man
or party that denies the right of the
people to receive loan from the gov
eminent at the cost OF the issue and
supervision of the loan. denies the
right of the people to make their ex-
changes and transact their business
Money is tool Of exchange; only that
and nothing more. 1t should be made
like any other tool as cheaply as it is
article.
The Topeka Advocate: Our hard
money advocates profess great solicit
tude lest paper money issued by the
government should depreciate and be-
come almost worthless Will these
astute financiers be kind enough to
tell us why government bonds never
deprecated? Have they any other
basis than the greenbacks had? If SO
what is it? If not why did the bonds
remain at par or rise above par while
the greenbacks fell below? Will
some one answer?
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National Economist: On fashion
able night at the theater in New
York, from $75. 900. 900 to $780, OOO.-
900 CLEAN from the boxes of the As
tors and Vanderbllts in the form of
glittering jewels. Old Mrs. Astor, the
leader of the ultra fashionables, is de.
scribed by the New York World as
covering her neck and shoulders with
diamonds estimated at 81. O0O.0
and sitting smiling like bride in the
gaslight.
Alliance Herald: These Alabama
editors whose obsequiousness to
bosses keeps their nose to the grind
stone, can never regale themselves
with the happy thought that they
can make a governor squeal for
quarter and invoke bulldozing methods
to enforce silence. while he reaches
for the thirty thousand dollars the
Herald man is supposed to carry in
his vest pocket Stick to the truth
and sling facts boys if you would
climb the ladder of fame and be
prosperous.
Alabama Mirror: The country is
tired of strikes and the cause of
strikes must be removed. Equal and
exact justice to all must take the
place of class legislation. The miner
and manufacturer. the farm laborer
and prince. must all be placed upon the
same footing. Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none" is the
platform upon which all must stand.
1t must be made the keynote of the
present campaign. and its sound must
be heard in the legislative halls of
every trades union and industrial
and labor organization in the land.
1t must be made the final strike of the
present century-the universal strike
of the wealth producers for a share in
the profits of their labor.
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The Alliance Dispatch: All our
lifetime we have been so intimately
connected with the masses of the peo-
pie to know that they are honest and
earnest in what they believe. We
arc only amazed that the weight of
oppression now resting like an incu-
bus on the common people is not
quite sufficient to enable every one of
them to lay aside all party prejudice
and think and act independently, and
in the light of the clearest reason.
Surely the time is not far off when
that will be the case. All we ask is
that with your characteristic honesty
you study this question for your
selves. 'Whatlegislation does either
of the old parties propose that will
benefit you or yours, or in any way
bring relief to the masses of the peo-
pie" Then act according to the an
swer you will find to that question.
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Ventura. Cal. Unit Our mer-
chants solemnly contemplating shelves
loaded with goods and commercial
bills coming DUE while many of our
best farmers are borrowing money to
carry them through the season. The
number of mortgages filed for record
almost equals all other documents.
The unemployed can find nothing to
do and the army of tramps is receiv-
ing large accessiors. On the other
hand. our houses are full, farms are
we'll titled and harvests have been
uniformly good for years. Ventura
county is rich in houses and lands and
has rich goods in store. Why, then,
is there universal complaint of a
money famine? Simply because
transportation of our produce to the
consumer is carried ON at a price that
is ruinous to us and that Yields a
profit of 40 per cent to the railroads
This and the infamous combinations
of spectators who control the chief
markets to suit their caprice is the
cause of the distress that has at last
aroused the people to remonstrance
and perhaps rebellion. If the bust
ness men are shrewd enough to see
where their interest lies they will