The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20

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A mans muscle aul bis tools are capital
aud when one says "i man with no capi,aln
/ be- means one without money ar tbo means.
+ @ nisa money, or what represents, when
+ ae -e1uires e. If.he man who labor. vbh
bis band. is not renumsrstiys has not the
f right TO complaln, then Ire whole scheme Of
I iifs Is a 'green-goods" game, and Christian.
I TVS q failure.-Iabor Tribune.
The Missouri bankers want law passed
making bank robbery a capital crime, pun
isbable by hanging. That would be good
t law. The 6suk official have robbed more
I banks than ANYBODY else. Their robberies
amount TO about s25 .oO0. 600 year on an
average. Tie law should also apply 20
banker. robbing the people. 81 an means
we favor .uch a law. LIT IL be- passed
The Current Voice.
A general conference Of the Populis.. Of
+ The state vill De called in few days for the
purpose Of putting on foot an organization
+ 60 Kentucky that win strike terror TO The
I hearts Of the enemy. The Peoples party Of
Kentucky means business, and we propose
20 win this tight agains, organized greed e
superi,r organization the true principles,
honestly and integrity can DO it.-Paducah
Ken Popuhst.
The British government, in taking pos
session of the telegraph system, paid S58
$4,000. The Western Union is capital
lied at about $3.50. 900, 900, yet the United
States government could build its own lines
! for much les. than $4,000 600, and then
. the Western Union wouldn't be worth much
more than the water now used b initiate It's
capitsl-Typographical journal.
The antitrust law is beneficial and pro-
tective only to wealthy corporations which
can ante up handsomely hired attorneys and
corrupt courts. It extends no help where
help is most needed, ana helps only those
who can help themselves. It tnmples under
foot the rights Of organized labor, but lifts
ia hat 10 organized capital in expression Of
its most distinguished consideration.-Typo-
GRAPHICAL Journal.
Il costs the United States more every year
to pay the railroads for the rent Of postal
cars than it would to build and own them.
Away back when Senator Villas was post
mastergeneral he advised that the govern
ment TO build its own cars and save the enor-
nous expense OF rental. Why wasn't it
} donei Because the people elect too many
railroad attorneys TO congress and the intor-
ests Of the road are considered before the 10.
terests Of the patrons Of the postofioe. Gov
eminent will be robbed in just this way until
It takes charge Of the railroads and telegraph
systems and runs them in the interest Of ell
the people, just as ii does the postal SYSTEM
Independence (Khn.) Star and Kansan.
. While the farmer can BY any possibilit,
} live, the mass Of the people are oontsntsd
. perfectly willing to exist, and refuse TO do
9 thing towards changing systems that Vouch
safe 10 our fundamental industry no mon
than the poor privilege Of existence. Sup
pose, oh ys patient, oh We patient, apatheti
massl that the farmer could more than mere
+, " exist, that be could make money, jus
! imagine how business would snap and crae
with activity, szergy and expansion! Hov
factories would start, how labor would b
employed and paid, how the wheels Of com
! merce would hum, how the whole Ian
would wrinkle with the joyous laughter O
prosperity and happiness! To be conten
TO simply exist in q country like this Is tn
best possible proof that Almighty mad
a great mistake when be peopled it.-Farm
, stock and Home.
e There isno purpose TO belittle the magni
: tuds and importance Of the transportation
problem. But it must be accepted a. settle
that neither this year nor next, nor in fou
, years, viii the people Of the United State
vote for the government ownership Of rail
roads. They viii ultimately do 50. All tina
can be hoped for now il a more rigid an,
comprehensive interstate commerce law. I'D
. ministered, not BY broken down politicians
but by those who are selected BY the peopl
themselves and representing probably ever,
state in the Union, and in addition 10 thi
the foreclosure Of the mortgage Of the gov
eminent upon the Union Pacific and th
management Of that great thoroughiare 70
the people upon both oceans and between
Gradually and surely the necessity will ap
pear for the absolute ownership Of all sucl
highways by the government, but the uowtl
Of such sentiment viii necessarily be slow
Let the Peoples party foster It, but il il IA
tai now to make il test Of party member
sbin. Denver News.