Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-06
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The most disreputable, scoundrelly
occupation that man can be engaged In,
is that of pulling strings to place him
self in office. TO wish party to sue
coed because it represents certain ideas
is right, but to scheme to put himself
forward is the action of just what L
have called him.
The common people get punished for
doing the very things in small way
that the office-holders and monopolists
do daily on gigantic scale. Just as
kings and mobiles could kill, rob and
outrage womanhood by wholesale, but
for doing which the common people
were executed. The present state of
affairs in the United States is just the
old state of oppression in another form.
Newspaper postage is to be increased
to cents a pound instead of one, II
congressman dare do it. Like the tax
on whisky, it will aid the big dailies
that are almost wholly carried by ex-
press companies, and the county pa
pcrs are free inside the county. This
s cent rate is the English standard.
Anything to ape England and prevent
the people from getting any benefit out
OF the government. Millions for whole
sale murder, but not a dollar for the
intelligence or benefit of the people.
The poor farmers feed the world,
yet go ragged, live in poor houses and
are in want.
The fabric workers clothe the world,
yet are ragged hungry and houseless.
The builders shelter the world, yet
are houseless, ragged and hungry.
The people who furnish none OF these
have abundance of them and the many
vote for the system that produces these
effects and are too silly to see the cheat.
We are solemnly informed by the
bankers that the withdrawal of $780,,
600, 900 in gold and locking it up for the
bonds will cause stringency And we
are solemnly told the government must
get that gold and lock it up or the ma
ton will go to the demnition bowwows.
A case of heads the country loses and
tails the bankers win. And men who
dress well, eat three times day, who
can read and write, gulp both these
statements down without salt! We are
surely the greatest, wisest people on
earth!
Why do you hug poverty so? Are
poverty and want and anxiety so sweet
you will not give up your silly notions
about private property to rid yourself
of them? You see if all the property
were public no one could draw an in
come from it unless they worked. 1t
would have no rent roll, deeds of trust.
interest, ETC., to get hold of
and live in luxury on. Not bit more
than the postoffice or the public streets
Under such a system work would be
provided for all and if they would not
work they could starve. Houses better
than SO men out of 100 now live in
could be had for 500 year if the
wages were $1,000 If you don't like
poverty why the deuce do you vote
for it?
Secretary of Agriculture Morton is
not distributing any seeds this year,
and the assets of some of our congress
men who have been selling their por-
tior to seed vendors will be cut down by
that much, while the constituents of
other congressman who have been re-
ceiving them will also be losers. Things
have come to a pretty pass when moth
ing can be put in sight of our congress-
men. or in their care, that they won't
steal.
OF course the Populist platform of
the coming campaign will be called the
st Louis" platform-but it will en-
brace the true and eternally right prins
ciples of the old Omaha platform