The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-11-12

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ever, this revolt did not come until TIT
political prostitutes had gotten in theil
deadly work, and divided the produc
ers at the ballot box. But the educa
ton Of the masses carried on SO sue
cessfully by the Alliance had it's effect
and the result is, millions of reformerf
of the nation banded together as broth
ers to better the condition of the wealth
producers and laborers. No order
since that established by the lowly
Nazerene has produced such a pro
found sens alton the world over as Gne
Alliance of the producers. 1t a not
only awakened the wealth produceIs
to contend for their just rights OuV II
has stirred up ~plutocracy and orougn'
face to face the contendlng IOrces'
By our campaigns of education we
have driven the money power from It's
hiding place beneath the shields OF OLD
party prejudice and forced it into the
open field of battle. Under the search
light of truth thrown upon the sIGua-
ton bv the Alliance crusade, we are
now able to know the true tr1ends OF
the producers and the knaves who have
been able to deceive the people under
party cover are exposed to public con
and their hypocrisy laid bare to
the world. The battle lines are clearly
defined now. The fight is between the
who produce nothing and the
masses who produce all wealth. 1t is
a battle between the people and pluto
cracy-the people against the money
power.
1t is only necessary that the forces
who have a common interest, who labor
and produce all wealth, consolidate
and they will win the victory The
forces on the other side are already
organized. The enemies of the
producers are united. Those who seek
to make slaves of you and your chill
dren to a relentless money obligarcy
are shoulder to shoulder, marching
under the same banner with its false
inscription, ''sound money" They
are in possession Of the temple of lib,
erty, they own and control your
national legislative bodies. They con
troll the money of the nation and
through it the political knaves who
dictate party platforms and politics.
Not only this, but eve the judicial
ermine is stained by the touch of this
monster enemy of human liberty. The
church, founded in the interest of hu-
manity and truth, has, in a large meas
ure, been captured by plutocracy, and
instead of being a held as a shield to
the poor, has become a tool of the
money power to destroy the great les
son taught by the Master, the brother
hood of man and the fatherhood of
God"
With the forces who produce the
wealth it is consolidate or perish
Unite, or be the voluntary serfs of the
money devil forever, is present
condition.
From the earth intelligently titled
springs all wealth. 1t is the great
creative fountain from which emanates
the streams which supply and build
every class in the nation. Upon
the producer rests every burden Of tax
alton, national, State and local. Tho
banker, the manufacturer, the mer-
chant and the professional man alike
must receive their profits and reap
their fees from the products of the
earth. All of the intrinsic and expen-
sive machinery of government rests
it's burden upon the producers. The
magnificent fortunes of the specula-
tors and money lords represent the
sweat and toll of the producer, extorted
under pretense of law, which licenses,
trusts and monopolies to prey upon
the man who stands between the ma
ton and want.
Still the producer receives nothing
more than a passing mention by our
legislative bodies. Our departments
or agriculture, Doth SG9fe n national,
are farces and of no benefit to those
who are struggling to feed and clothe
the world. Those positions are used
only to pay political debts and
strengthen the party that is in. Usu,
ally they are filled by men who have
practical experience in farming,
and know nothing of the condition and
needs of the producers. A set of poll
ticians who theorize on the profits in
''three-cent cotton" and the beauties
of the gold standard" The places
were created for the purposes of quiet
ing the farmers by a pretended recog-
milton of agriculture in the govern
ment. Our State agricultural depart