The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-12
THE ALLIANCE.

or the state of Arkansas for that mat
ter. could be closed out in twenty four,
hours II their creditors so desired, put
they seem content to continue business
on sufferance and bitterly fight a
measure which would place them on
Independent footing. Their opposi-
ton to the sub treasury plan is as
strange as 1t is foolish.
The Advocate: Farmers are always
ready to sell their products at
reasonable price. But as rule
grain goes through the hands of specu-
lators. no matter what the price may
be which the farmer gets. If he
should insist on getting as much as
81. Is per bushel. and would not part
with it for less than that price. the
speculator would take it and after
getting into the hands of the specu-
lator there's no telling where the price
will 90.
The Republic. Republican paper:
The Atlanta Constitution calls Repre-
sentative T. E Watson, OF Georgia, to
account for his allegiance to the farm
eFs' Alliance which led him to refuse
to 60 into the Democratic caucus for
speaker. 1t denounces him as
traitor to Georgia and demands his
resignation. 1t says Watson stood
with the foes of Georgia. meaning the
Alliance congressman from northern
states Watson justifies his course on
the ground that he was elected as an
Alliance man and not as Democratic
partisan. This is sample of South
ern Democratic whipping-in methods.
The Alliance Herald: Why is money
so scarce? Because the policy of the
government is to contract the cur
rency. Why is it tie policy of the
government Does not the govern
ment belong to the people, and is not
the will of the people the sovereign
power of the government? Yes that
is true, but the people have been let
ting the politicians stand for the peo-
pie, and the interests of the politician
be the supreme policy of the govern
mont The politicians are in good
condition. The big office-holder is in
clover. AS long as the people permit
themselves to be bossed by them they
will continue in clover, and the people
will be in distress.
The Weekly Appeal: The Alliance
have placed their demands before the
country, and these demands are right
and just; yet both the Democratic
and Republican parties repudiate
these demands and denounce the AL
lance as third party cranks fat infa-
tionists, centralists and socialists.
Yet what do they demand? Do they
ask for anything more than has al
ready been granted to others? Let
us see. The principal demands can
be stated in few words, viz. Stop
the payment OF interest by placing
the bondholders on the same footing
With others, and pay his demands as
you pay Others Let him receive
what the day laborer receives for his
york. Adopt and act On the motto
that what is money for one is money
for all. Add to the taxable property
of the country by such legislation as
will force idle capital from bank
vaults into actual circulation and con-
vert bonds into currency and protect
laborers more and bankers, bondhold-
ers and corporations less.
The Industrial World: The bust.
ness men. it is quite evident. do not
pay much attention to the real reason
for hard times q They say with one
voice that there is mot enough money
in the country. Business dull. The
people haven't got any money to pay
with" They stop right here. They
don't follow this up and ask why it is
the people have no money, and if there
is any way Of increasing the volume
of money. If it were a question of ex-
perience in running a business they
would give their undivided attention.
In this respect they are like some of
the labor organizations. They spend
all their efforts on trihes and allow
their earnings to exc away in other
directions All this enormous inter-
est tnat tne people are paying Is as
great burden on the business man as
it is on the farmer or laborer. and the
money stringency affects him in pre-
cisely the same manner. The sooner
the merchant realizes that his pros.
perity depends upon the prosperity OF
the masses the better it will be for all.
The man of business has tremendous
influence, and it should be used for
good.
The Ottumwa World: What means
the great choking of the avenues OF
commerce? Why is there more grain
and stock to be carried to market a,
this time than the railroads can carry !
The consumers do not need it at this
season more than another. But the
rush is very great Who will hold i
until needed by the consumers? The
farmers are blamed if they conspire
to hold back the grain from the glut
ted market He is told that it il
wrong to interfere with the regula,
channels of trade. But tits just a.
sure as fate that somebody must holt
the crops until needed to sustain tn,