The Progress., 1894-01-20

sOlUtely failed TO give relief.
The country is in need Of help
The people want help, The partisan,
have failed to supply it.
Now it rests with the non-partisar
element to step to the front: TAX,
hold of the reius OF government, anC
restore the country to its former pres
tige, by return to Jeffersonian prin
ciples, advocating Democracy in it,
purity.
If the United States were invaded
by foreign enemy, the President
would Immediately i-7up his proclpm-
, alton calling for volunteers. He does
not designate in his message where
they are to come from or what political
party should furnish them, but he
makes a sweeping call that reaches
to the remote corners Of the nation.
and the patriots of al the political
parties and religious creeds rally to
the call and form a grand army, thus
exDellinS the enemy from our shores
at once, and peace again reigns su-
preme.
Just so is the case IN question. For
the past thirty years millionaile5
have sprung into existence. like the
growth of the mushroom. in one night.
Capital IS being concentrated in the
hands of few, until $1,000 men now
own one half the wealth Of the coun
try. The political parties sre greatly
Influenced by these monied kings. and
a majority in Congress absolutely
controlled by them. Legislation is
enacted favoring this money power.
which is in direct opposition to the
wealth producers, who are the labor
ing classes. Even the President is
known as child of Wall street"
Ali of this class legislation and the
power OF money IN the hands of the
pIutocrats, corrupting the members
Of Congress and the heads of the ma
ton debating the policy of the gov
ernment. are at ennity with the in
terests of the common people, and
therefore are enemies of the masses
financially, socially and politically
What's the remedy?
The people, irrespective of party
affiliations, should rise in their msies-
ty, and at the ballot-box lop off the
head of this monster. Let them
come forth as non-partisan volunteers
IN the same manner that they would
rally to the front on hearing the war
whoop of a foreign enemy. Your
enemies tell you not to dabble in pol
itics, bat to push the plow and pull
the hoe, economist, and be satisfied.
L plead with you, brothers of the
Farmers Alliance, to study politics
as will combine the two together:
make politics practical solution of
successful farming, and see to it that
your political ideas are not dwarfed
by the weeds and thisties that grow
in your brain by the binding infu-
ence practiced by the plutocrats
agents, whose names are Bosses"
Study politics, study alliance doc
tri9e, read for yourselves, then draw
your own conclusions, you can no
more run successfully the Farmers
Alliance without its literature. than
you can conduct the church without
the Bible.
In the days when the principles of
the old Jeffersonian party was we'll
defined and their platforms were
strictly adhered to, and the leading
politicians honest, (pardon me for
using the expression today, you
could trust item with your political
convictions and vote the ticket. But
times have changed, men have
changed, politicians have grown cor
rupt, and political parties have be-
come the mouth-piece and machines
of the plutocrats of the world to op-
press the producer. Then my
brothers, your only hope to sustain
your manhood as free born American
citizens, is to educate, organize, get
into line on a non-partisan platform,
and be ready to obey the command to
advance
Educate upon Alliance principles
first.
Educate upon the science of agri-
culture.
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