People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-01
would be driven out of the temple of

our llDSfty.
History repeated itself These leeches
upon the wealth producers of the nation
accepted as it were, our principles and,
upon faithful promises to enact them,
retained the control of our legislatures
and congress. They all jumped aboard
| the Alliance band wagon for the sake
| of holding the offices, and the promised
reforms never materialized. Men cleo
ted upon certain pledges, t. ought moth
| ing of violating them until the people
became Disguised with the foul me thods
and corruption of our political leaders,
| and general revolt was the result
However, this.revolt did not come until
the political prostitutes had gotten in
| their deadly work, and divided the pre-
ducers at the ballot box, But the edu-
| cation of the masses carried on so sue
cessfully by the Alliance had its effect,
| and the result is, millions of reformers
| 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 iowly Nazerene
| has pl odueed such a profound sensation
| the world over as the Alliance of the
| producers. 1t has not only awakened
| the wealth producers to contend for
their just rights, but it has stirred mp
| plutocracy and brought face to face the
contending forces. 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 situation by the Alliance cru
SADIE, we are now able TO know the
| true friends of the producers and the
knaves who have been able to deceive
| the people under party cover are ex-
posed to public contempt and their
| hypocrisy laid bare to the world. The
| battle lines are clearly defined now.
/ The fight is between the classes who
produce nothing and the masses who
produce all wealth. 1t is q battle be-
tween the people and plutocracy-the
people against the money power.
1t is only necessary that the forces
who have a common interest; who la
Dor and produce all wealth, consoli-
date and they will win the victory.
The forces on the other side are al
ready closely organized. The enemies
! Of the producers are united. Those
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your children to relentless money
oligarchy are shoulder to shoulder,
marching under the same banner with
its false inscription, sound money!
They are in possession of the temple
of liberty, they own and control your
national legislative bodies. They con-
troll the money of the nation and
through it the political lznaves who
dictate party platforms and policies,
Not only this, but even the judicial
ermina is stained by the tourha of this
/ monster enemy of human liberty. The
| church, founded in the interest Of hui
| mainly and truth, has in large meas
IRE been captured by plutocracy, and
instead of being help and shield to
the poor, has become tool of the
money power to destroy the great les
son taught by the Master, the broth
| erhood 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 cur present
condition.
From the earth intelligently titled
springs all wealth, It is the great
creative fountain from which emanates
the streams which supI ly and build
up every class ia the nation. Upon
the producer rests every burden OF
taxation, national, state and local.
The banker, the Manufacturer the
merchant and the professional man
alike must receive their profits and
reap their fees from the products of
the earth. All Of the intricate and
expensive machinery of government
rests its burden upon the producers.
| The magnificent fortunes of the spec
ulators and money lords represent the
sweat and toll OF the producer, extort-
ed III der pretense of law, which
licenses trusts and monopolies to prey
upon the man who stands between the
nation and want.
Still the producer receives nothing
more than passing menti N by our
| legislative bodies. Our departments
OF agriculture, both state and national,
are farces and OF no benefit to those
who are struggling to feed and clofhe
the world. Those positions are used
only to pay political debts and
strengthen the party that is in. Usu-
ally they are filed by men who have
no practical experience in farming,
and know nothing of the condition and
needs of the producers. A set of pol
iticians who theorize on the profits in
| ''three-cent cotton" and the beauties
of the gold standard" The places were
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