Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-31
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more equally distributed among the
people of the land.
Government control is offered as the
remedy. We believe the scheme Thor
onghly practical. 1t has been fully
demonstrated In other nations, and we
believe it would be successful here.
Surely nothing could be worse than
the present system, Something most
certainly ought to de done. If the
remedy has not been found, it surely
ought to be. If the pOpuliStic idea is
wrong, why do not one or both of the
old parties suggest one that is right.
Why are both silent upon this ques
ton? When forced to speak of 1t at
all they very glibly tear down what
populists are trying TO do, but offer
nothing in its place POpnlists should
certainly be given the CT dit Ter trying
to solve the problem, at least, q thIng
that is certainly not due parties that
refuse to even recognize the wrong,
much less suggest remedy.
Again, populists believe that tie per !
petuitv of our government rests upon
the individual; that the prosperity of
the nation cannot be the prosperity of
all the people; that anything that
tends to weaken the patriotism Of the
individual will lessen The stability OF
the government. 1t has been
said that men do not fight for the
boarding house. Men will certainly
not fight long for country in which
they feel they have no personal
interest. The amount of land
is limited; the population is increas-
ing. lii the natural course Of events,
a large portion of our population must
become renters, Add TO this the fact
that under our present abominable
financial system, millions who now
own homes will lose them through the
mortgages which said system makes
to be paid, and we find that
we are now speedily drifting, ineYit-
ably drifting, to the precipice where
this land of homes will become % ma
ton of landlords and tenants.
With the homes of the people goes
patriotism. With patriotism gone,
two ways only are open to us, abject
slavery or open rebellion. Do you
want to see it? Why, then, do you
continue to vote with parties whose
eaders either too ignorant to see 1t, or
. cOwardly to open their mouths or
aise their bands against it?
Idle mon and idle lands are iucOm-
'atible with comAqR sense, Starving
antilles aAd uncqltiyated AeIuS is re-
'9lting to every sense Of christianity
r humanity; There ID no limit to the :.
.E~lOunt of land one may own and hold ;
nut of use. And the most ridiculous a
,art of it all Is that the laws fine men a
or industry and put premium on
dleness, by taxing the improvement
he poor man puts on his land, and
aking it off the rich SPECTATORS land z
which is held idle. Such, COnCisely Z
tated, are the principles Of populism.
We ask your consideration Of them.
f they appeal to you as the embodi> !
nent of justice we ask you to come t
yer with us and help us push the fight.
These great questions must be settled;
not now, later on. Things cannot
'Ontinus as they are going. For the ;
axe of your children we insist that
Ou come over and help US.
In conclusion, we appeal to the
armer whose mortgage is likely soon {
q take his home; the business man
who finds his stock Of goods constantly
decreasing by the price of the dollar in