The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-17

| duced ny human trick ana chicahefy.
Is our national prosperity real? No
man can dispute it successfully.
Then the panic was fictitious. 1t
was manufactured to order 1t was
done with malice forethought, and it
has in it all the elements Of the deed
of Cam.
Not only is the panic contridc-
ton Of nature, but the method of its
approach gives inevitable signs Of
its true origin There was con
certed action of a certain coterie of
great money huskers throughout the
world. They begin without cause
save the secret decree Of conspiracy
to call IN their loans, TO refuse ap-
plcation for money from the best
security and in every way contract
business. They issued year ago
certain secret financial bulletins to
the lesser Ii ights, giving them warning
to follow in the foot steps of their
masters.
Through their organs OF news
throughout Europe and America they
exaggerated Systematically every
bank failure that could possibly fur
ther the end of stampede They
began he..hoarding Of money. forced
those dependent upon them to do the
same and frightened those who were
not into doug likewise. Senator
David B. Hill of New York, admit
ted by his bittercst enemies to be one
Of the shrewdest politicians and
closest students of current events in
y, America, most graphically and ac-
curately summed up the action of
the conspiracy in the following para
graph:
with ghoulish glce they vel
y comed every bank failure, especial
ly in the silver states, little dreaming
that such failures would soon occur
= ut their own doors. They encouraged
the boarding of money; they Inaugural
. ted the policy of refusing loans to the
people even upon the bes: security;
they circulated false petitions, passed
c absured and alarming resolutions,
J predicted the direst disaster. attacked
J. the credit of the government, sought
II to exact premium upon currency
and attempted IN every way to spread
J distrust broadcast throughout the
il land. The best financial system in
8 the world could not stand such an
u organized and vicious attack upon it
These disturbeys-these promoters OF
the public peril represent largely the
= creditor class, the men who desire tt
appreciate the gold dollar in order tC
s subserye their own selfish interests
i men who revcl in hard times, mer
4 who driye harsh bargains with thci
' fellow men in periods of financial dis
IL trcss and men wholly unfamiiia
l. with the true principles of monctar,
u science"
Can any sane man believe that thu
- senior senator from New York, con
versant with the daily transactions o
IL our great money center, was just talk
4 iny to hear himself talk when h,
y penned that paragraph? Whatevc
his motive. he certainly did not bi,
: for popularity in that statement. Al
IS astute politician would hardly b.
guilty OF telling an unpopular lie 70
"a the fun Of it.
- THE REIGNING pLUTOcRACY.
The man who for the past yea
y has studied with any degree Of car
the sources Of public opinion, rea
and manufactured, is driven to til
same conclusion.
II The present panic could h::ve bee
70 produced by but one powerful
!, reigning plutocracy Of the world. !
\ was international in its movements
9. 1t amounts TO conspiracy agains
re humanity.
,r 1t is useless for MS to make obse.
is vations from the end Of our nose an
H. ignore this tremendous primal fac
II ignored. our conclusions must b
all in error. Jules Verne tell us i
le one of his stories of party accom-
re panviug q noted astronomer to spo