The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

| enemies 10 tne commonwealth.
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.
The industrial masses Of this coun-
try are like man in the Quicksand.
The more they struggle to get out the
farther they get in.-Star and Kan
san.
It is a rare day in American history
when some Republican official is not
arrested.--lndependent Era.
The readjustment of wages which
was promised to follow the election Of
Mckinley, has taken place In many in
dustries, but in not single instance
has the "readjustment" been satisfac-
tory to the wage-earner. The tenden-
cy is ever Stockton Mail.
We hope to live to see an industrial
system under which the destruction of
property won't be godsend to the
workingmen who are employed to re-
place it.-Star and Kansan.
The idea of holding meetings to de-
wise some means to prevent people dy-
ing from hunger in a land fabulously
rich in every resource necessary to the
wants of mankind! Oh, the irony OF
it!-Los Angeles Picayune.
Mckinley and his partners are the
ossif1ed fossil remnants Of once grand
political party, but they have outlived
their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Noncon-
formist.
When will present-day Americans
quit Dragging about the heroism Of
their forefathers and take a good
square look at the ensIaved condition
Of themselves?-Grande Age.
1t Is sincerely to be hoped that the
near approach of the state elections will
stimulate all believers in the rights OF
labor, in the equality of rich and poor
before the law, and in the promotion
of the idea Of universal brotherhood, to
combine, and to incur no more inex-
cusable risks Of being beaten by the
forces of monopoly and tyranny
Commonwealth.
Senator Butler in speech In the
United States senate said Railway mo-
nopolies were the most powerful and
effective allies Of the gold trust in the
last campaign. The transportation
monopoly and the money monopoly arc
the twin parents of all other combines
and trusts" We agree. And the on
ly political party that proposes an ade-
quate remedy is ours.-Nebraska Inde-
pendent.
When safe deposit and savings
bank bursted at Kansas City 1t owed
eighty thousand depositors $4,000. 900.
and had only $1,000 cash on hand. OF
course we need no government savings
banks.-Commonwealth.
Lord Chatham said: "You cannot in.
dtc: whole nation" A very few
moleyed men who believe the world is
theirs because they have the most OF
the money in it, should remember the
people are necessary to keep it running,
and some day they may take notion
10 all violate the law at the same time.
Ottawa Journal.
Government by Injunction means that
, Judge may at will crowd the people
INTO a position where they must all he
either slaves or criminals
Critic.
"All men are equal in the sight OF the
aw," used to be at least an ordinarily
respected maxim. Today 1t is a bare.
aced alsehood-Duluth Labor World.
The Labor Exchange entering our
present dry rot industrial system is like
. fresh stream OF shower entering q
pool, 'et it arouses and
lwakens all the latent energy, genius
md ingenuity in man. The lady with
! natural tact for painting will find a
,lace for her product at the exchange
It all times, the blacksmith or carpen-
er can make something useful all the
,ear round and find a place for his
,roduct. The natural tendency Of our
system built up the La
,or Exchange. The small fry" man
lfacturer who Is driven out can at
rce fall in with the Labor Exchange
md all the syndicates on earth cannot
rive him out, as he and his laborers
,roduce, for what they consume to
i've and use in raw material, being in.
dependent Of the large corporations.
When any article of commodities ac-
at a certain branch, that
ranch will advertise in the monthly,