The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-18

II am sorry to have to acknowledge
that this condition which both the farmer
and workman complain about is due to
their own fault Why? Because through
jealousy and prejudice they neutralize
partisan politicians to utilize and array
them against each other You per-
nit your interests to be represented in
the legislatures and congress by bankers.
lawyers, merchants and representatives
of corporations while they feed you on
promises that they never intend to keep
This is wrong and is foul blot on the
intelligence Of the American farmer and
workman. Send representatives of your
own calling to represent you in the legis-
1ature and ceng1 ess, then watch the
suit.
''It is one of the most astounding revela-
lions to me to see workInen and farmers
In hostile array against each ether,
clam oring for the success Of their re-
Spective political parties, whose success
means rev and more aggravated condi-
ttons that they must suffer, but which
they are willing and patient to endure If
1t means party success. Gentlemen, the
working class do not disagree with one
another, their interests are mutual and
identical. 1 care not how radically may
Disagree politically with any workman Or
farmer in this great nation. If we sit
down and discuss our interests in a calm,
intelligent manner without the accom-
pauinent of political prejudice. we are Of
one mind.
I fully appreciate the difficulties which
are involved in the surrender of political
ties. 1t Is almost impossible to get or
even expect 1t. Then If we decide to
stick to our political parties let US do the
next best thing, reform these parties and
compel them to take up and advocate the
measures that we stand for and enact
them into laws that will give the greatest
good to the greatest number. With this
condition in force and effect It will make
no difference which political party wins
the measures which you have compelled
all political parties to adopt as planks in
their respective platforms, and with rep
resentativss Of your own calling you are
sure then that the measures that you
are interested in will be successful. 1t
is my intention to call your attention to
q couple of matters that I believe you
will agree that your society can cooper
ate with our association on a matter that
will be of the utmost Importance and
Significance to the American people.
rs PROSPERITY PRESENT.
''I am sure that it will go without say
ing that the wealth and greatness Of our
country rests On the producers. If the
product of labor is we'll paid, prosperity
is in the land. l do not mean prosperity
that you read of in the daily papers, but
the real, genuine thing. L mean a pros
perity that is not reckoned in the in
creased valuation of property that has
been confiscated from the owner a few
years ago when all commodities were re-
duced to the lowest possible valuation,
which meant practical confisca ton, and
now is being doomed and Watered into
valuations that are fictitious and over
capitalized. / do not mean prosperity as
measured by the tremendous growth of
gigantic combines and trusts, who reduce
wages on the one hand and dismiss a
large portion Of their operatives and raise
the price on the manufactured article,
while they combine to reduce the price of
the raw material and the products of
the soil. By the destruction of genuine
competition we remove at once the best
and most natural law of commerce and
trade and place ourselves at the mercy of
, the greed and avarice of those soulless
corporations who build up colossal for
tunes at the expense of the producers.
''One notable illustration Of the neglect
that our lawmakers have shown is in
the niggardly manner that they have en-
acted laws that would favor the workman
and farmer is that no law that advances
the cause of labor or agriculture 10 today