The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-18
PEOPLE WHO LABOR.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY
SHOULD KNOW.
Treatment Accorded section Men Of Our
Monopoly X ,iIro ,ds-The Peoples Party
Is Essentially u Young Mans Party
CnOryanizrd Farm Labor.


section Wen.
Eishty-onc cents day. What
luxury this affords fer American
"kings" Did you ever think. dear
reader, about the treatment accord
ed the section men on our great mo-
nOpnly railrOads--the arteries that
make miliOnaircS? OF course you
haven't. You have your own troubles
aud worries and have no time to
think about Others. Take FIR in
stance the railroad that runs in front
of my window. 1t is fair sample
OF AL. 1t pays section bosses 80
per month, and they are expected TO
ne at duty's call seven days in the
week and at night Us well. 1t re-
,IuIrcs Il permit to 90 to church, II
an accident ours they must work
at night in curing rain and receive
no extra pay, except it be a matter
of doing out charity. The men III
der them receive 81 cents Il day. If
it rains so they cannot work they get
no pay. On this mlnificent wage
they have to keep" Il family. or
course to exist they have to live
worse than chattel slaves, deny their
children schooling, and raise up Il
family OF servant, for the On-coming
gene alton 0. rich. These poor OPP
pres cd have no sympathy from any
other workers, even on the roads They
are too IOnr and dependent to even
get the small benefit Of trade organ
iZation They work and slave and
suffer in dumb misery that few
grand railroad officials. lawyers and
directors may live in spiendor and
gather i'm the tribute for the foreign
bondholdcrs. They are as much the
chattels Of the bOndhOlderS who own
the roads rs if they were bought and
sold on the auction blOck-mOrc in
fact, FOR no slave owner would ever
cndan.cr the live; Of his slaves by
such labor. White slaves are cheaper
than black ones ever were. And yet
each of these poor devils have Il vote
equal to the president OF the road.
Combined. they could WELD greater
political influence than all the officers
and bondhOlderS if they were not
kept in such dense ignorance. They
could. hy their votes, influence lcgis-
lation that woul give them So Il day
if they were not the mental as we'll
as physical slaves OF those who live
in luxury off their toll They would
bc discharged if they refused to do
the voting or their masters. The
Jews in bondage to the Egyptians
were no worse treated-nO more
save>-than are section men on the
railroads OF America in this year Of
our Lord lS94.--COming Nation.
The Farm labOrer.
There is vast, aforementioned
wing Of the grand army Of lator,
sccmin ,ly forgotten of God and man
toiling in the Egyptian darkness Of
disorganization. 1t numbers mill
ions of souls. 1t works longer hours,
for less wages with less certainty Of
continued cmplo, ment and under Il
kccncr lash of-ill-u>agc than any other
wing Of the army. As yet there has
been no voice OF protest raised. no
effort made to build for them place
of refuge. This is the farm laborer.
No Nose. has appeared TO lead them
into the land Of light via the route
of organization. Indeed. no one has.
as yet. discovered them. They have
been ohscUrei from the light Of the
organizer 10y the tremendous agita-
tion created bv farm owners. The
farm iahOrer was not counted as
such when the organizer came
around to eyict the former class
He was counted much as the
b. affected in Il reflex manner by pat
l., ,sN
sure his continuity us Il holder Of
land. 1t WAS not shown that he had
sense OF Icing a part of mankind.
only sort OF necessary ad junct to
the holder of land. Ii any dim Wis
ion OF him fitted across the mind Of
the organizer it was soon ob>cured by
the farmer telling us that these men
must not be meddled with. My or
sani1atlon is open to him: it does not
mcudic with hours, wages and such
trivial things. Make me free. Build
me Il hulwark from whenc, | may
make aggressive war and Hedge will
be he,tered by grace OF my munit-
cencc" And SC these millions toll
in hopeless. stunning drudgery. The
field is wide and long and fully ripe.
" hO dareS TO put reaper therein
must find reward beyond that re-
turned for all similar effort. Think
Of il. EUGENE HoyGH
How to settle Strikes.
Governor Altgeid of Illinois would
BE- another Horatio Seymour If Cleve
land and his regular army did no,
forbid it.
When Horatio Seymour was Gov
ernor of New York State. u strike
occurred on the New York Central
Railway The road was tied up and
business was suffering. SeyLour was
equal 70 the emergency. He sent fol
the officials Of the road and said tt
. them: Gentlemen, this road was
chartered to do the business Of com
mon carrier for the benefit of the