The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-12-06


gold dollar" meant hat farmers
shall sell two bushels OF wheat tor the
price they were getting for one. 1t
meant that laborer>' wages shall he re-
tiucel prom tly to he present poverty
pay Of concentrated capital. 1t meant
thai everything IN shape OF breadstuH
and provisions produced by the hand
of the toilers OF the farm should be re-
dnceu. 1t meant that the covctous
eye OF the ar1,tocracy 81 England was
then upon our broad prairies. and the
men that were getting along swim
mingly i'll providing homes fer them
selves and families, must lie forced
into NOR; gaging them and with more
purchasing power" they would never
be able 10 redeem them. 1t meant to
pull mechanics and laborers down to
such beggarly prices they would new
or be able 70 save enough 20 purchase
Il home. and after the country was COW
cred with mortgages and labor liked
SO that no more homes could be Sc
cured, then would come the glo. io',s
days so long looked forward to when
the same British system of tenantrv
and aristocracv would he maintained
by those of the Sherman and Nc
Culloch strine. who are aiding in Civ
ing gold a greater purchasing power.
The above is taken from al old copy
of the Springfield, Mass, Monitor. of
1877. 1t would pass Cor current liter
allure without much trouble, and still
Intelligent people think that the "ca-
la,nity how!er' ii Of universal origin.
Natural Watchmau
Cn:lcni, be Facts.
The success of the Peoples party is
assured, because its members realize
that the maintainence of IL Democratic
Government is impossible until the
masses understand the principles that
underlie Democratic Government.
/ The people must adhere to and be
governed by that rugged moral y that
will cause them to untlinchlngly per-
form their public and private duties,
even at the expense OF ease, pleasure,
preferment or profit.
Populists have learned that no re-
forms that benefit the masses. religl-
Ously or politically have ever been Sc
cured except through the instrument
tality of Il new organization: that no
one ever undertook to purify an organ
ization, who was not finally silenced or
| kicked out OF 1t. 1t takes at least two
generations to effect reforms by peace
able methods: one to inaugurate, the
| other to execute. This is the first
time in the history OF the world when
the masses. without leaders. antagoniZ-
ed the united body of aristocracy on
the stump and through the press, i'll
an effort to secure pleblan supremacy
over patrician dictatorship. In short,
this is the first effort the masses ever
have made to establish pure. Demo-
cratic Government.
Every new political party is the re-
suit of dissensions among the ruling
been dominated by them. The Peo-
pies party was organized and was
pushed to the front with unprece-
dcnted rapilitv against the united eff
forts of the ruling aristocracy; there.
fore. is the only genuine Democratic
or poor Peoples party" i'll existence
to-day, because it proposes to place
man next to God. and make the Gov
erment the servant" the "protector
Of man. not Us now, muster. his
"tormenter,' the tool of the rich
through which to fry the fat out of the
DOR. The members OF the Peoples
party recognize no aristocracy excep,
that Of the upright mind. They know
that no intelligent. honest. atrioii.
and educated person will attempt &C
impede its march to power. They
have nothing but pity for all others
| f,,1l
their life work of educating the masses
in ,he science of government, ant
nothing the ignorant. vicious or un
scrupulons may do will stop then
from reaching their goal.