The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

D1nKarS, they are not the SO-chlled canit1l.
lists. they are the Iaborers. and it Is at the
expense of labor that this change Is made.
The labcrer Is always a creditor for at least
one days work. When any man can show
me a laborer who mas been paid in advance
for n days work ! will show him n laborer
who is a debtor. The laborer. by the very
law of his being. Is a creditor for at least
one days WORK and is generally a creditor
for n weeks work or two weeks work.
Every great Industrial enterprise has for it's
chef creditors its own laborerS. The heav-
lest account in every department OF indus
try, whatever ii may be, Is always the
wages account.
The pretensc that the farmer Of Nebraska
Is suffering under the weight Of a mortgage
contracted under n metal which has stead
lily increased In value Is but a Populistic
metaphor. TWo-thirdS of the farmers have
no mortgage debts whatever. do not be-
Iievc there is = per cent OF them that owe
a mortgage over three years Old. during
which time there has been no change In
the value Of the metal. This proposal Of
the Populists is an intent to enlist the
farmer in IA conspiracy 70 reduce the wages
paid this labor. that he may have n larger
proportion of his own products. and they
are willing To cut down the wages of
every man who works In cities. who tolls
at the bench, who digs in the mines, who
manages the train, in the hope that they
can ride into power on a wave of
Cupidity and Greed
awakened in tho breast Of the voter. Pint.
my friends, 1t Is a triumphant vindication
OF American citizenship that this attempt
to enlist the farming and agricultural men,
bers OF this community into this conspiracy
has failed, miserably, utterly, absolutely.
Every Western state which In 1880 and 1872
fell into the hands of the Populists and
went into the Farmers Alliance. before
their real purposes were executed, were
purified, and the Populistic forces scattered
out Of existence when the farmers Of this
country understood precisely what the Pop
ulists meant, for his welfare was really
for his ruin. The farmer who. when this
country was in danger, shouldered his
musket, to set 1t aside when the last shot
had been fired on the Southern battle field,
whose moderation prevented the political
warriors at Washington from pursuing a
policy OF discrimination and punishment In
the Southern states-that farmer who made
the policy of the North a policy of cOncilia-
ton, of forgiveness. Of reunion, whose hand
1T was that made ruin of her cities and
ashes of her houses, received her once more
and said 'live in peace and sin no more
That farmer to-day is the mainStay or
order and Of property, as he was the main
stay of the Union.
There was Il Populistic delegation from
states that were Democratic, but it is a
significant fact that every Northern state
In which there was a chance Of electing a
Democratic governor or of choosing Dem
ocratic electors, with the exception of Mis-
souri, and Indiana, stood boldly and frrniy
for the gold standard at Chicago and they
were submerged by a wave Of Populism
from the South. My friends, there has
been a great change in the Democratic
rganiZation of the Southern states. The
men who, from n mistaken sense of loyalty,
followed their states out of the Union;
whose gallantry in war, whose fOrtitude in
defeat. won the admiration of the civilized
world: the men whose virtues commanded
the support Of Northern public opinion In
the attempt to overturn carpetbag govern
ments in the Suthern states; the men who
led their people through all the troubled
period of reconstruction back into a full
| union with the sister states. these men,
like Hampton in North Carolina and CAT
frey in Louisiana, have been swept from
| power, n new set has got into the saddle,
a set of leaders of which Tillman Is the
exponent, who boldly unfurled the sec
tional flag at Chicago and declared that this
Populist movement is a direct movement
against the prosperity of the Fast.
Men Of New York, toilers OF America,
guardians Of your homes, Will you allow
your rate of wages to be affected cries OF
Never, never') by any mar who never has
paid wages at all II he could get out or 1t!
VIII you submit TO this conspiracy between
the professional farmers, the farmers who
cultivate the quarrels Of their neighbors,
farmers who labor with their jaws, Populist
agitators of the West and the unreconciied
shareholders of the South? This Is a con
spiracy between professional farmers who
want TO lay low wages and the unreconclled
Shareholder who would like to pay no wages
at all (applause). Here Is the real root OF
this conspiracy. Mr.. Bryan did not create
It. No man can create a movement like this,
The forces that created IL are active and
have been working In a thousand different
L N. D-rn rnnrnGnptvnr this
theory, is but like a drop OF water Oh the
crest of the wave. more conspicuous, bu'
no more important, than the millions OF
drops that form its base. The PopulistiC
movement is the attempt Of these profes'
sional farmers. of these men who are IN
willing to share with the laborer, to appeal
to their greed. He is an enemy of public
order. he IS an obstacle to progress. He Is
a cOnspirator against the peace and prosper
ity of the industrial masses of the country.
l have said that the laborer is
The object of This Conspiracy.
and he is, but let no man imagine that II
they are successful, the injury would be all
borne by the man who works with his
hands. He would be the last to suffer and
the last to reco. er from its effects. but the
shock to civilization which would ensue
from such n breach of public and private
faith would be- irreparable. Its effects no
man could measure from any experience OF
tHe HuulaH race. we Cahhot tei W what
degree 1t would paralyze industry. IL l
were asked to define civilization, l should
say II was industrial cooperation" Every
| thing that q man does for his own benefit
: acts directly upon the interests of his neigh
| bors. No man can stand alone In Il civil
lied community His interests, his pros
poets, his fortunes are to some extent
| shared by his fellows. There Is not an ear
Of corn ripening In the Western field that
does not affect the price Of bread to you
and TO me. Ihe farmer who ~scattcrs seed
upon the ground. by that act starts into
motion the wheels OF the factory: he sharp
ems the tools of the carpenter; he stimulates
the construction of railroads; he causes the