The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-10-31
THE SAME INTERESTS.
The Hope of Good Government Rests
Largely with the Independent
and Patriotic Farmer.
The Interests Of All Producers Wrapped
Up in the Election of Bryan and the
Success of Free Silver-PrOtec
ton Against Coercion and
Intimidation.

The following stirring and patriotic
appeal has been addressed to the pro-
ducers of the Mississippi valley by the
organized workmen Of Chicago:
CHICAGO, Oct. "a, 1895.
To THE FARMERS N AGRICULTURAL La
OF H STATE OF ILLINOIS AND OF
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-GREETING:
AS representing the interests apd
having at heart the welfare Of the
~wage-earning classes of our cities and
great centers of industy, we address
you, as we APPROACH the close of this
momentous campaign, upon. a question
that we believe to be of vital interest
to all those who are engaged in the
productive industries of the country.
1t Is a fact conceded by all intelligent
persons, that the wealth of the coun-
try Is the result of its productive en-
ergy; tina the toiiing masses, those
who work with their hands in the in
dustries of life. in fact produce all Of
the material wealth Of the world. We
do not p to underestimate the
value of intelligence In the directing OF
industry; nor do We ignore the impor-
lance of intellectual labor; but we re-
peat, that the material wealth of the
world Is the result of it's manual toll.
applied to natural In view
Of this truism we insist that the condi-
ton of any country Is utterly deplor-
able when. as in our land. more than
IS per cent. Of the wealth of the nation
is in the hands of less than 10 per cent.
of its population, as shown by the sta
tistics Of the last census report; this 10
per cent. embracing not a single pro-
Queer, but only the men who grow rich
and powerful by the manipulation Of
money and of property. When, as in
this country, W. find that the toiling
Masses, as representing more than So
per cent. of the > population. pos
sess, as shown by the same statis-
tics, less than Is per cent. of the wealth
Of the country, we submit that these
facts indicate a d~eplorable state of So
ciety, particularly when 1t will be ad-
mitted that the great majority Of our
~wage-earning poulaton are men and
women who are at once industrious and
honest, capable and the most intelli-
gent w~age-earners in the world.
1t is q truism in finance that they
who control the money Of a nation
control it's life. The more yuu reduce
the volume of money by so much you
increase it's purchasing power, and
give to those who hold 1t an advantage
which IL the mere result Of legislation
favorable to their interests! and not
the result Of any honest endeavor OF
genuine merit upon their part.
1t Is also true beyond question-as II
has always been in the history Of the
world SO is 1t now-that the Interest OF
the w~age-earning and wea th-produc.
ing classes are identical Whatever
financial policy will result in raising
the price of the products of labor. will
in like result inevitably in ad.
vancing the wages of labor!
In the present campaign q studied
effort has been made. and la now be.
ing pushed, to bring about dissensior
between the great bodies of the labor
ing people Of the United States. tn,
agricultural laborers as q class, ant
the industrial wage-earners. Now. q
always, the privileged classes act u n
the motto. Divide and conquer" The,
know that in any form Of representa-
tive government labor united q con
troll the administration and direct II
legislation. except 30 far as those VIII
are elected may prove recreant to tn
trust imposed upon them, n vulner
able to the approach of the profession
al lobbyist.
Every effort has been made in the pres
ent campaign to array the wage-earner
of the cities, and of tie great manu-
featuring industries of, the countr,
against the agricultural producers an
laborers. upon the theory d~iliigenti
pressed everywhere th4t the Increase
prices Of agricultural products. whic