The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-02-01
Among Our Exchanges.

THE church has carried the sealed
message of peace on earth and good
will to men. 1t seems to have over
looked the Importance of delivering it.
Omaha Laborer.
South CAROLINA and brave Ben.
Tilman have solved the liquor traffic
question. Drunkenness has decreased
more than One-half. and the state is
making about $4,000 per month from
its dispensaries. Political Economist.
GRAND MASTER WORKMAN RoTHs-
CHILDs of the Usurers' Union has Or
dered that not one cent of the $780,
600, 900 piled up in New York banks
be put in circulation until the people
agree to their rates of eXtortion.
The Road.
The most cowardly thing we can do
is to buy gold with bonds and entail a
debt on the next generation. The man
who will sell his children into bondage
for money for himself would sell them
into slavery.-Liberator, Norton, Kan.
The unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law as was intended means,
Government must take care of the
rich, the poor can beg" And each
class of persons is working according
ly, that is, the rich are getting richer
and the poor poorer.-Express, Ionis,
Mich.
The bankers want to be let alone to
manage the banks in their own way
unmolested. They know if they can
do this, they can manage at the same
time every farm and factory in the ma
ton. To be let alone in banking
means prosperity or ruin to Industries
just as bankers may choose to dictate
Western Rural.
GOVERNOR PENoYEE, in conversation
with the editor of the Herald few
| days ago, declared he is a straight "in
the middle OF the road Populist, and
would be ut the service of the commit
tee when the campaign opens. Even
the Governors most contemplate
slanderers do not accuse him Of being
wofaced.-Oregon Herald.
\ WELL known but irascible literary
man once sent 4 new servant girl out
| on an errand. Green to city WAYS she
| lost her way and did everything
wrong. you've no sense at ALL" the
master stormed when she returned.
The next time l want an idiot to 90
an errand for me 1'll-lll go myself $
Philadelphia Times.
ACCORDING to the report of 1893
from the General Land Department.
there are now remaining of the public
domain 567 2292. $50 acres. OF this.
571, 161. $50 acres are in the arid and
semi-arid regions, every acre of which
needs irrigation, and large part OF
which is utterly worthless without
| irrigation There is the needed work.
| hundreds of thousands Of men are idle
and ready to DO it. Government is
importuned to issue interest bearing
bond and can as we'll issue little non
interest bearing bonds in payment for
work. Still there can be found feeble
minded slaves who ask How can YOU
get money into circulation Western
Rural.
4 CRISIS has been reached in the
history Of the American people. We
have come to the parting Of the ways.
During many years We have crouched
beneath the lash of party leaders,
stung to obedience of their behests by
partisan prejudice. We have been di
vlded in our counsel and fierce in oul
! hatred of one another because the
scheming Mephistopheles of politics
by his subtle arts and cunning. treach-
erous devices has SO manipulated oul
passions and our ignorance that they
served his private purposes and made
easy the riveting of shackles that little
less than absolute revolution can shake
off.-Cltizea, Oakland, Cal