The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-04-05

we'll knew, that the farmers did not
have the valuables in their houses
that these stuffed and bloated mon
opoly people have in their city
homes.
Too inquisitorial"! And thus
the protected robbers escaped the
assessments for taxations, hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of per-
sonal property, and the farmers
were obliged to continue to carry
an unjust share of the burdens of
taxation, as before.
These are the newspapers that
seek to control, frighten, or cajole
the farmers into any desired meas
ure, required to further the cause of
King gold. The farmers dare not
presume to depend upon the politi-
cal sophistry of city lore, as enunci-
ated by these newspapers for their
guide in Judgment, and direction of
action, i'll matters pertaining to
their interest; no matter whether it
pours from democratic, or republi-
can city sources. For they are de-
ceptive, wilfully aud corruptly de-
ceptive; by premeditation and fore
thought, persistenly deceptive.
The farmers have an industry Of
their own. 1t is carried on inde-
pendently and by individual energy,
and by collective and united action
every individual farmer operating
his own plant, either in person or
by tenant. All the farmers should
organize into great political party
independent of all other political
parties, and establish a bureau of
political literature, adapted to their
needs and circumstances. as their
interests may require. They should
be organized upon the same princi-
pie that the old parties are organ
lied, with national, state and county
committees, and run their own
political newspapers in all Of the
committee departments.
In this manner they would be-
come formidable and potent force
in American politics, whose inhu
ence and power would not only be
felt, but feared by all the other con-
trolling forces in the government.
Thus organized, they could hold
their own national and state con-
ventions, adopt their own party
platforms, nominate their own can
didates for president and governor,
and other national. state and county
officers, and they would have a
plurality over any other faction,
and if not able to elect the heads Of
government, they would have the
controlling power to elect whomso-
ever they chose, in conjunction
with any other faction nearest in
harmony with their own principles.
Thus organized, the farmers
would virtually govern this country.
They would be able to restore our
government to its proper functions
OF primitive purity, and save the
government from anarchy, and
themselves from financial ruin and
slavery.
The corrupt politician, machine
boss, and their henchmen, would
be obliged to ply their vocation
among other classes, as the farmers
would run their own machine, poll
tical, as we'll as industrial.
There is no reason why the farm
ers should not thus organize politi-
cally, for their interests are identi-
cal all over our country, and what
is to the interest of one, is to the
interest OF all. There should be no
difference of opinion among the
farmers as to their best interests so
far as relates to the laws regulating
taxation, and the classes of property
that should bear their just share of
taxation. ].