The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-02-17
THE ALLIANCE.


labor in the mines. Sentiment is ripe
for it and the pressure of the people
upon the state governments being APP
preciably felt. This is as it should
be. Let every man, woman and child
throw all their influence against legal
lied wrong wherever it exists.
The Caucasian: 1t is fact that
reforms never begin in the stratum
Of society known as the ''upper class
es" meaning, of course, by that term
the wealthy and ease-loving caste of
society. The great upheavals and
remodeling of governments, tending
toward the betterment of humanity,
have always emanated from the wage
Garner and bread winner. And through
this class must come the success of
our great movement by thorough ed
ucation and agitation.
Knights of Labor Journal: The
great financial house of the Roths-
childs is to all intents and purposes
the ruling power of Europe. With
out it's leave no European power or
alliance of powers can declare war or
make peace. Hitherto it has been
prudent and has not pressed the peo-
pie beyond endurance, but now the
annual interest burdens of the ma
tional debts are becoming too great
to be borne, the patient, long-suffer-
ing people are becoming FESTIVE, and
the end is drawing near.
Alliance Herald: So long as man
contends for honesty, justice and
what is right, encouragement Or dis
enlargement does not and cannot af-
feet him. It is the man depending
upon and adhering to expedients,
which he doubts in regard to their
influence upon his reputation Or char
acter. who feels the shaft of adversely
and the blow of disappointment
Keep your consciousness of right and
adherence to duty clear and unfair
nished, and your power will come from
above and your powers will be Cod
like.
Journal of the Knights of Labor:
The Erie canal is not an ideal means of
transportation. It's advantages are
confined to cheapness and safety.
But such as it is, it is of great value
to the people of New York and of the
whole West. Like everything else
which has value, the corporations
are after the Erie. They are modest,
however-they will leave the canal,
with ali the trouble and expense OF
maintaining it, to the people, only
asking that they (the corporate grab
hers) be allowed to seize upon the
slips and basins at both ends of it.
For years they have had monopoly
of the slips at the New York end, and
now they are after the Erie basin at
Buffalo.
Joprnal! Of Agriculture: AS a rule
the wealthy do not pay their just pro
portion of taxes. They get the same
personal protection from the govern
ment that the citizen Of small means
does; in addition to this they gel
government protection on several
thousand times as much property as
the citizen of average wealth. Jay
Gould was assessed tonly 100000 O
personal property, and he was worth
$4,000, 900. At that rate he wa:
only assessed LAO of his actua
wealth. One dollar Of his property
was assessed to every 139 that es
capped taxation. This is only one
case Of thousands that exist, showing
that the burden of government fall:
mainly on the classes least able tx
bear it.
Chicago Sentinel: The railroad
debt loaned to them by the govern
ment; i. e.. the Pacific roads, wa
about $64, 623,512 at six per cent in
terest, which was to run thirty year
and upon the consideration of thi
advance the railroads were to pay thu
government certain percentage o
their net earnings. Congress ais,
gave them 26,O00,OOO acres of land
from which they realized $50, 479,
331.71 with $26, 054, 27O worth yet un
sold. A total land grant of $65, 553,
483.71. Say nothing of this vast ter
ritory of land, the principle and in
terest on the loan amounts to abou
$178, 884,75O which is due in 1898
with no percentages paid as tn,
watered stock more than ate that up
and they are going to ask an exten
sion on this Indebtedness for ninety
nine years at l! per cent. Let then
pay their mortgages the same as tn
poor man, Or surrender the road t
the government.
Rev. A. H. Delano: Colossal wealt
in a selfish world is an argument tina
no eloquence, logic, learning, Or jus
tice can match. It does not argue i
legislative halls, it buys the legisls
tor; poor people petition legislatures
millionaires dine them. Wealt
has its policy for congress and back
it by corruption fund. Wealth take
single individual conscience an
says, Hide your soul, swallow you
qualms, subordinate affection, los
identity, and we will make a public
irresponsible thing of you; you sha
become party with a glorious record
or with famous promises; you sha
become board, acting along lines {
public expediency, a newspaper ths
could blast thousand regulations;