The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
+ A woRK1NGMAN's APPEAL.

A WORKINGMAN's APPEAL.
STAND BY THE OMAHA PLATFORM
LABOR IS FORCED INTO oRGANIZA-
TIoN.
To the Editor:
There should never have been secret
organization among men. The works of
Christ were all open to the eyes of the
people; and that Christ was the son of
God will remain true though man should
deny it. And it Is just as true that polit-
ical control Of this country should and
might have always been with the agricul-
tural classes if they had been united; but
secret, and political organizations have
kept them apart, while capital has ig-
nored these differences and secretly united
its forces, to secure by it's combined
strength the profits of all labor. Labor
produces all capital, which would remain
with united labor. The agricultural classes
produce four-fifths of all our wealth; and
to secure this, organized capital must have
political and financial CONTROL which they
can only secure by keeping farmers d.
vided on the vital questions. In this they
have succeeded we'll: and the house divided
against itself is falling into the hands of
the capitalists: who. by robbing labor of
its productions, have forced the masses to
the verge of starvation, and financial ruin.
The stock exchanges, boards of trade, and
other private corporations secretly plan
and unitedly rob the farmers, who with
out system on business principles, ep-
pose one another in politics. in religion and
in organization, while they are united in
giving their sweat and blood to enrich the
spectators.
Now as God said to the Israelites, "Arm
yourselves and go up to battle with the
enemy" so l believe He says today to the
farmers: "Organize and go up to battle
on business principles with organized cap
ital"
Look at it's secret planning and treachery
in forcing gold standard for money upon
this nation after demonetizing silver! The
prince of liars was mere babe in COM
parison with these men, and the prince Of
fools but an atom of ignorance compared
with a people that will submit to the forg-
ing Of notes (bonds) upon the national
treasury with which to pay for gold, only
to return it to the holder Of the notes to
pay the interest on these notes, and thus
establish a measure Of values on a gold
basis, with gold only for the gold baron,
and 4 defaced currency and cheap silver
for the people as their only medium of ex-
change among themselves. And this
forced into the hands of bankers, and
money loaners by the cheapening of labor
and farm products on account of the in
creased purchasing power of money by a
gold standard.
Now. to put it plain, how can the fool
people buy lands, houses horses, or any
thing else when the fool people have no
money and everything is mortgaged to a
gold bug plutocracy, secretly planning
through the old parties to continue their
robber system? Never since God Almighty
threw the first streak of sunlight across
this world Of ours was a people SO de-
luded. We see secret societies, deception,
fraud, intimidation, threats and money
used to keep one of the old parties in
power that their leaders may combine
their capital and own the country and the
people.
Blind indeed must that man be that can
not see in the proposed silver party a
devilish design to destroy the last hope OF
a pauperized people who would extricate
themselves from the power of plutocracy
by adhering to the Peoples Party platform
as adopted at Omaha in 1892. These secret
plotters know that to change one plank in
that platform will divide it's supporters
farmers and laborers. If you want to see
equal rights prevail, and the people rule
be united on the Omaha platform. This is
ne time to swap horses.
Organize! Unite! Cooperate. Without
reform in politics you will have no rights
no homes, no money, no hope of life, nc
better times.
Vote the Omaha platform into effect, an6
men into power to enforce it's demands ant
the country is safe until political corrup
ten fools the people again.
S. M. Fairchild.