ALLIANCE DIRECTORY.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE.
President, .T. Jturrowa, Filley, Neb.
Vice President, H. L.,Loucks, Clear Creek,
Dakota.
Secretary, August Post, Moulton, Iowa.
Treasurer, Hon. J; J. FiiTloner, Austin Minn,
lecturer, A. D. Chase, Watertown, Dak.
NEBRASKA STATE ALLIANCE.
President, John H. Powers, Cornell.
Vice President, James Clark, Wabash.
Bocretary-Treasu rer, J. M. Thompson, Lincol n
Lecturer, M. M. Case, Creighton.
Executive Committee: J. Burrows Filley;
B.F. Allen, Wabash; Allen Boot, Omaha;
L. Henry, Hansen; W. M. Gray, North Loup.
Post Office at Lincolw, Neb., June 18, 1889.
I hereby certify that The Alliance, a week
ly newspaper published at this place, has been
determined by the Third Assistant Post Mas
ter General to be -a publication entitled to
admission in the mails at the pound rate of
postage, and entry of it as such is accordingly
made upon the books' of this office. Valid
while the character of the publication re
mains unchanged. Albert Watkins,
--- Postmaster.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
. This department is conducted by the Secre
tary of the State Alliance to whom all com
munications in relation to Alliance work,
short articles upon various subiects of inter
est to the Alliance etc., should be addressed.
Write plain and only on one side of the paper.
Sign what you choose to your articles but
send us your name always.
Interesting Letter From Organizer liar
r mon.
York, Neb., Oct. 14, 18S9.
Editor Alliance: For the past
three months my time and attention
has been necessarily devoted to other
interests than-those of the Farmers'
Alliance, but ' now that those are off
my hands, I return to the work of the
Alliance with a renewed zeal ana ae
termination to do more along the line
of inducing the, farmers to organize tor
their mutual benefit. To use a com
mon saying, "l am going to work it for
all there is in it." In the first place I
shall endeavor to have a number of
The Alliance taken in every Subor
dinate Alliance in the county. I be
liftvp as von sav. Tiik Alliance will
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become an absolute necessity to every
member of the Alliance. Why not?
Every organization has its official or
gan; they can not live without one.
Neither can the Farmers' Alliauce.
Therefore success; to your paper.
We have not made that advancement
in Alliance work, up to this time, in
this county, that v we ought to have
done, especially in our business work,
partly from want of experience and
partly from an injudicious selection of
our county business agent. But as he ,
has resigned, and as we are learning!
something every day, those two ob
structions are out of the way, and the
outlook for the future is brightening
up, and there is a manifest desire on
the pare or an 10 pusn imngs an aiong
the line.
We have organized, a county busi
ness association and filed the articles
of incorporation with the county clerk,
and as soon as a sufficient amount of
stock is subscribed will commence
business. We expect to work through
and in connection with the State Busi
ness Association. .We have already as
;a County Alliance been buying flour
?ndsaltby the car-load with satisfac
tion and saving to all, and expect to
connect other branches of business
;such as coal, lumber, and perhaps gen
eral merchandise, soon. As to the
question of the union of the Northern
and Southern Alliances, I believe the
sentiment of the members of the Alli
ance in this county is in favor of such
union.
Action on that question will be taken
at our next regular meeting (2nd Sat
urday in Nov.) when you will hear
- from us. Yours fraternally,
J. F. HARRISON.
Eligibility to Membership.
Hastings, Neb. Oct 13, 1889.
Ed. Alliance: "Dear Sir: Will you
be so kind as to inform Blaine Alliance
No. 469, through your paper whether the
Alliances of the southern states are se
cret of open societies. Is their member
ship composed of 'both laborers and
farmers, or only farmers, and farm la
bors! There seems to be a doubt with
( some at to the advisability of consoli
. dating with them at the St. Louis Con
vention. Respectfully yours,
Tracy P. Sykes, Sec.
Answer.
The Southern Alliance is a secret so
ciety. .. '
The provision in the consolidated
constitution as to eligibility to member
ship is as follows:
Article vii. , Section 1. No person
. shall be admitted as a member unless he
, has been a citizen of t he State in which he
resides for six month past, and not then
unless he be a farmer, farm laborer,
country mechanic, country school-teacher,
country physkan, country minister of
the gospel, or editor of a strictly agri
cultural journal.of good moral character;
believe in the existence of a Supreme Be
ing, be of industrious habits, is a white
person, and over the age of sixteen
years.
Cambridge, Neb. Oct. 22, 1889.
Furras County, Alliance will meet in
Ilendley, on the 9tb day of Nov. at 10
o'clock A. M. Delegates will please be
prompt. There will be important bus
iness before the meeting. Take due
notice and govern yourselves according
ly. C. B. Bachelder,Sec'y.
W. J. Hallow ay, Co.Organizer.
Tanner's Place Filled. The presi
dent has appointed Green B.Raum com
missioner of pensions.' Mr. Raum is an
old office holder, and a sharp, unscrupu
lous politician. Ho is also' attorney for
the whiskey association, and probably
has the confidence of the liquor inter
ests more than any other man in the
country. While-it would not be fair to
say this commended him to the presi
dent, it ought to have disqualified him
Mr. Raum can work the office for the
administration for all it is worth; and
he can be relied upon not to work his
mouth too much. He has been a pro
fessional too long for th.at.
MONEY.
Has Money Decreased In the United
. States in Proportion to Production!
J. BUKKOWS IN FARMERS VOICE.
THIRD ARTICLE.
In seeking for a correct answer to the
above question let us glance at some
figures showing progress in production.
In 1870 there were in this country
$140,000,000 invested in cotton manu
facture, with an annual product of $177
000,000. In 1880 the capital invested
was $219,000,000 annual product, $210
000,000. In flouring and grist mill pro
ducts in 1870, capital, $151,000,000 pro
duct $444,000,000. In 1880, capital, $177,
000,000, products $505,000,000.
In manufacture of machinery in 1870,
capital $101,000,000 product, $138,000,
000. In 1880, capital, $154,000,000 pro
duct, 214,000,000. In silk goods in 1870,
capital, $6,000,000 product, $12,000,
000. In 1880, capital, $19,000,000 pro
duct, $41,000,000.
In 1870 our production of cotton was
a little over 3,000,000 bales. In 1880 it
was 6,500,000 bales.
The sugar crop of Louisiana was 144,
000 hogsheads in 1870 and 218,000 in
1880. In 1870 our production of wool
was 162,000,000 pounds. In 1880 it was
320,000.000 pounds.
In 1870 we had 53,000 miles of rail
road in operation; in 1880, 93,000 miles,
and in 1886 136,000 miles.
In 1870 our agricultural exports were
391,000,000. In 1880 they were 686,000,-
000.
In 1870 our production of.com was
761,000,000 bushels. In 1880 it was
1,754,000,000. In 1870 our production
of wheat was 287,000,000. In 1880 it
was 459,000,000 bushels. And so on, ad
infinitum.
In 1870 our population was 38,000,000.
In 1880 it was 50,000,000, and at the
same ratio of increase it is now nearly
or quite 65,000,000.
The above figures show an enormous
and rapid increase of mechanical and
agricultural production and an unpre
cedented increase in population. The
only office of money being to exchange
products, it would seem that there
should be a corresponding increase in
the volume of money, in order to ena
ble it to accomplish the increased work
to be done.
But instead of an increase there has
been since 1865 an absolute decrease of
many millions of dallars and a rela
tive decrease that cannot be measured
by millions.
In I860 the most conservative esti
mates place the volume of currency
available for circulation at about $1,
900,000,000. In 1888 the most liberal es
timates cannot place it over $1,500,000,
000. But of this last sum about six hnn-
dred million dollars is locked up in the
United States treasury.
Deducting from the balance the
amount usually in the banks, say about
six hundred millions, and only three
hundred million dollars would be actu
ally in the hands of the people. This is
a fair showing, and probably as near the
actual facts at the present time as can
be got.
Let us note the contrast between 1865
and 1888.
In 1865 business was being conducted
on a cash basis, labor was all employed,
the people were out of debt, and every
body was happy.
In 1888 labor is only partially em
ployed, many mills are shut down or
running only part of the time, the credit
system is universally used, everybody is
in debt and everybody is miserable.
The universal debt of the country il
lustrates the situation better than any
other thing. Not only the farms of the
country, but the chattels of the farmers
are almost universally mortgaged.
The lands of Kansas and Nebraska
would not to-day sell for enough to lift
the mortgages in those states.
This condition of affairs has been
brought about by contraction of the
currency in proportion to production;
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ami una contraction nas oeen both ab
solute and relative.
If there is any other cause sufficiently
great to produce such an effect, I should
be glad to have it demonstrated.
Suppose a physician or guardian
should have absolute control over the
physical development of a young man,
auu siiuum say 10 mm, "jnow, young
man, you can have only just so many
ounces 01 dioou with which to perfect
your physical manhood." And suppose
thus empiric, not knowing, just what
amount might be required, placed the
number of ounces too low.
r : a 1 -
.imagine uie result, it is not neces
sary to describe it. But money is iust
as essentially the vital elixir and life of
our JSation, as the red blood that flows
in our veins is of our physical bodies,
auu ,uu maimainance 01 an exact pro
portion relative to our national growth
is as important as the preserving and
supplying the vital fluid in the economy
h me young man.
W mi this constantly increasing dis
proportion between the medium of ex
change and the products to be ex
changed, what have we seen?
lhe panic of '73 was unrinuhtprflv
caused by the rapid shrinkage of values
(i. e. prices j produced by a contrac
tion of the volume of nionev.
Since that time, down, down, down,
have gone prices, the number of com
mercial failures continually increasing.
a debt or slavery system established un
der which only money-lenders errow
rich, Avhile the producers of the country
have been growing poorer day by day
ami y ear ny year.
It has not been my purpose in thpse
brief articles to discuss the . different
kinds of money. That is another branch
of the subject. I have considered money
simply as a creation of law. which it is.
The power to create nionev inheres in
the government. No government can
Uivest itself of this power. If the power
is delegated, the government acts through
uie intermediate agent.
Men often speak of cheap money or
dear money without a correct idea of
the meaning oft he terms. The cheap
ness or dearness of money are not meas
ured by the amount of money paid for
its use. What determines its cheapness
or dearness is the amount of labor re
quired to produce the product which is
sold for the money to pay the interest.
For instance, with interest at six per
cent and wheat fifty cents per bushel,
money would be much dearer than with
interest at ten per cent and wheat at $1
per bushel. Hence the cost of money
IS ALWAYS MEASURED BY THE VALUE OF
LABOR. LOW PRICED LABOR MAKES
DEAR MONEY HIGH PRICED LABOR
MAKES CHEAP MONEY.
1 am aware that to the superficial
imnKer there are many apparent incon
sistencies in the theories I have ad
vanced, one beincr the low rate of inter
est on long loans in times of great de
pressionanother the accumulation of
money at commercial centers in such
times. ,
But when properly studied these things
more fully prove the truth of my assertions.,'-'
, . ,
It may also be thought that high prices
for the products of the soil mean harder
times for the labor of our cities and
towns. But this is not true. Examina
tion will show that when farmers' pro
ducts bear high prices, and the farmers
are prosperous, labor is more univer
sally employed at good wages, and is in
every way doing better than in times of
agricultural depression like the present.
There is no subject of such vital im
portance to the people of this country
as this one of money.
I invite my brother farmers to think
about it and discuss it. It is a plain
subject, easily understood; its laws are
simple and invariable. The only mys
tery about it will be found, in the fact
that these dogmas of a false system of
a dark and ignorant age have been
handed down to our own time. I in
vite questions and will reply to candid
ones to the best of my ability.
Cranks and Carpet-Baggers.
From Chauncey M. Depew's Banquet Speech
at Cincinnati.
Now, there are two classes of men in
this world grossly abused and greatly
misapprehended, to whom the world
owes all that it is and all that it will be
and those two classes are its cranks and
its carpet-baggers. These two words
have been misused in the language, and
yet there are no other two words that
mean so much. Mme.Roland, the grand
est figure of the French Revolution,
standing before the guillotine, which
was soon to take her life, said to the
howling mob: "Oh, liberty, liberty, in
thy name how many crimes are com
mitted!" and the casual observer flings
his sneer at the crank, and on it his ob
jection to the carpet-bagger, without
knowing what both have done for the
worid.
The crank is the fool of his time, the
man who is in advance of it, the motive
power which generates the forces that
constitute our civilization and our pro
gress. Crank of the Middle Age was
that grand old Peter the Hermit, who
stirred up the elements of wretch
edness and stagnation and produced the
civilization of to-day. .Crank of a later
period was Luther. . Condemned by all
the universities, by all the brains, by all
the governments, by all the Church au
thorities of his time, and yet he, the
crank of his period, made that most
magnificent of the factors which consti
tute the intellectual progress of to-day
modern Germany. (Applause.)
Cranks of a later period were that lit
tle band of forty pilgrims who, in the
cabin of the Mayflower, formed the
Constitution which wen ow enjoy. (Ap
plause.) You and I can remember
Wendell Phillips and Lloyd Garrison,
denounced by the whole country as its
tools, its agitators, its cranks, recogniz
ed by posterity as the preservers of the
republic, ho with h ulton, so with V att,
so with every man who in his own time
las been in advance of and has lead it
forward to larger and grander places for
the benefit of his kind. (Applause.)
Now, in a similar sense, every man
who comes into a community to be
aughed at at first and become success
ful afterward is the genus crank When
ingalls came here nineteen years ago
this whole town said: "That Yankee
fool going to teach us something!" A
short time afterward a man came along
ana askea, " who is that fellow?"
"That's a chap by the name of Ingalls
from Maine. Yes, he knows something."
(Laughter.) A short time afterward a
man came along and said: "Who is
that man?" "That's Mister Ingalls."
A short time afterward a man came
along with, "Who is that gentleman?"
and the leading citizen of Cincinnati
said: "Where the devil have you been
for the last ten years?" (Laughter and
cheers.)
"THE SECOND DISTRICT."
The following are the comments of the
Bee upon Laws' nomination. We trust
the Bee's predictions that this will be
the "last time" may prove prophetic.
A packed convention, domineered
over by the political henchmen and boss
es of the Burlington railroad, has de
clared Gilbert M. Laws the choice of the
republicans to represent the Second con
gressional district of Nebraska in the
fifty-first congress. And the republi
cans of the Second'district who have for
more than six years been mere political
vassals of the Boston syndicate that
owns the Burlington road, are called
upon to ratify the choice of this foreign
corporation at the impending election.
What a travesty on republicanism and
representative government. Is this a
government by the people and for the
pople?
But Mr. Laws has the indorsement of
a republican convention, and no matter
how unrepublican its makeup and meth
ods have been he will command the sup
port of the rank and file of the party
in his district. We confidently predict
it will be the last time. The republicans
of the Second district have been for
bearing and loyal to their party, and
their loyalty will stand the severest test
when they cast their votes for G. M.
Lays- -
But the' will not remain hewers of
wood and drawers of water for the rail
road bosses much longer. They will as
sert their manhood and raise the stand
ard of revolt against an abject despotism
which has degraded them and reduced
this state to a mere railroad corporation
province, .whose state officers, repre
sentatives and judges must all bow to the
dictates of railroad managers and their
satraps.
Thoroughbred Sale.
Owing to bad health Mr. J. M. Rob
inson of Kenesaw, Nebr.,has conclud
ed to sell all of his 7 surplus stock of
Thoroughbreds, and on Tuesday, Oct.
29, 1889. will "sell at public auction, 75
head Fine Bred Poland China swine of
all ages, including some very valuable
animals
The stock is all for sale,and Mr. Rob
inson announces positively eo by bid
ding. The customary credit given on
secured notes with discount for cash. .
Bro. Robinson has been an extensive
breeder for several years, is an Alliance
man, and is thoroughly reliable.
Stock shipped to Allen Root, care of
Bell Collins & McCoy, Omaha, by
members of the Alliance, will realize
from $4 to $5 more per car for their
stock. Give the agent notice when
shipped. Mr. Root is state agent for
the Alliance. W. R. .Bennett & Co.
will sell groceries, etc., to the Alli
ances at jobber's rates. Send all or
ders to Allen Root. Shipments of
vegetables, fruits or poultry, should be
billed to Mr. Root, care of Bowman,
Williams & Howe's, Omaha.
W. C. T. U. COLUMN.
Edited by Mrs. S. C. O. TJirroir, of Lincoln,
Neb., of the Nebraska Woman 8 : Christian
Temperance Union. - '
The editor of The Alliance places the re
sponsibility of this column In the care of the
above editor.
THE TEMPERANCE BANNER.
T VICTORIA ALEXANDRIA BCCK.
Unfurl the Temperance banner!
With red-emblazoned cross;
The warriors who that flax uprear
Shall never suffer loss.
What matter though the way be dark
And stained with tears and blood?
Press on, and keep thy flag in riew,
The oriflanie of God !
Unfurl, unfurl thy banner!
Behold, the skies are bright,
The hand of God swings with the gate
Where dawns the morning's light ;
The stars grow pale, and the red'nlng sky
Arches the coming day.
The long-roll beats, and the night Is gone
Like a dream that's passed away.
Go up, go up with Jesus!
Our Captain leads the way:
FoLow you Leader, and be led
To certain victory.
Our blood-red flag is brighter now.
Green is the springing sod,
And bright the crowns upon our brow ,
On the upland plains of God.
MOTHER'S BOY.
Two little clinging velvety arms;
Two little hands with rose-leaf palms;
Two bright blue eyes in whose clear deeps
The brook's own sunshine laughs and leaps;
Two little ears like pink-white shells ;
A snowy chin where a dimple dwells;
A red-lipped mouth that soft words speaks ;
A brow reflecting the soul within,
Untouched by sorrow, unmarked by sin;
A crown of curls whose traceries hold
The chestnut's warmth and the sunbeam's
gold;
A rounded body; two rosy limbs;
A voice like netes from cathedral hymns;
Two restless feet and a laugh of joy.
What is the total? Mother's boy.
And the saloon says: "Just let
have a chance at this mother's boy
me
I
will pay you anywhere from $100 to $500
for permission to lay a trap that is pret
ty sure to snare him. I'll change his
'two blue eyes' into two black eves
'put them in mourning, the boys call it;
I'll change his 'chin where a dimple
dwells,' into a red, pimply chin, oozing
with beer; I'll break his 'dainty nose'
and hollow out his 'peach-bloom
cheeks:"mouth that aoft words speaks'
shall utter blasphemous oaths and foul
language; his 'two restless feet' shall
run swiftly in the way of destruction;
and at last his 'laugh of joy' shall be
turned into a cry of despair. In short,
I'll change your 'mother's boy' com
pletely, and give you for a 'total' a
devil's boy." Emma C. Dowd in
Harper's Young People.
HER WORK.
I was much cheered in Birmingham
bv a circumstance I heard of when I
returned after an absence of eight years.
I was told of a lady who had gone to
one of the meetings eight years ago,
and heard the speaker remark that he
"pitied any man or woman who had
themselves been in the kingdom of God
any length of time, and never had the
luxury, of leading a soul to Christ.".
Then she heard Mr. Sankey sing "Noth
ing but Leaves." She knew she never
had the luxury of leading a soul to
Christ; her profession, up to that time,
had borne no fruit. But she had set to
work, and the first thing she did was to
speak to a poor fallen sister in the street.
She got so interested in that one woman
that she gave up all her spare time to
this class; now she has the names of
between 200 and 300 who have been
rescued from a life of shame, and have
been helped back to live pure and use
ful lives. I think she is the happiest
woman I met in Birmingham.
She thought she had no special abil
ity, but she did what she could, and God
has blessed her in the work. It seems
to me as if she were one of the most
useful women there is in that town to
day. Every one speaks in the high
of terms of her and her work. It is a
quiet work, but my experience leads me
to think that the people that make the
most noise accomplish the least after
all. A little brook runs near the house
where I was born. When there comes
a flood of rain you can hear the brook
rushing and roaring if you are nearly a
mile off. But after a few days of sun
shine there is scarcely anything left in
it. There is a great river that flows by,
and I never heard it in my life. Towns
have been built upon its banks, and
everything prospers where it flows. So
this woman has not blown any trumpet,
but she is doing a most blessed work.
D. L. Moody, in the Watchman.
The very kind offer of the editor of
"The Alliance" to grant the state W.
C. T. U. the use of a column in his pa
per was accepted by that society in the
following resolution:
"Resolved, That we heartily com
mend the work of the Farmers'Alliance,
es, and accept with thanks the offer of
the editor of their state organ, of the
use of a column in his paper."
In accepting the duty of editor of the
column I will say that I will endeavor
to make it interesting and useful. The
farmers are a class relied upon to an
tagonize the liquor traffic, eren as the
denizens of the city slums are relied
upon to sustain it.
Workers comiug fresh from the Da
kota campaign for prohibition declare
that the glorious triumph there could
never have been achieved without the
help of the Farmers' Alliances. Hail
then to a society that does a work so
beneficent. That, and the kindred or
ganizations that have redeemed the vast
territory of these two new states from
the dominance of the liquor curse have
doubtless laid the foundations of states
that will in future years be celebrated
for high moral standards, states whose
types of manhood will adorn the pages
of history. Now let Nebraska, with a
laudable rivalry, determine not to be the
depository of the vice and crime that
prohibition will drive from the states
that bound her on three sides, but to
rise to her oppertunity and stand in the
front rank of progress. Our task is
more difficult than that of the Dakotas,
but so much grander will be our victory.
It shall be, the mission of our column
to persuade those whose plows are con
certing the desert places to fruitful
fields, whose hands are planting the
trees and rearing the dwellings that
shall be the inheritance of posterity,
to turn their moral plowshares against
the pestilent weeds engendered by the
liquor traffic, and plant in the hearts
of the people the love of temperance,
and secure them legal protection
against the encroachment of vice.
FALSE DISTRIBUTION.
How the Farmer is Sacrificed.
BY N. A. DUNNING IN NATIONAL ECONO
MIST. :
Farmer A in Kansas has 1,000 bushels
of wheat (this year's crop) in condition
to sell. He goes to his market town to
ascertain the price. It makes no -difference
what his wheat has cost, or w&at
profit he ought to receive for his trouble,
rfaWd labor. These important fea
tures are not taken into consideration,
as further developments will show.
His wheat may have cost in labor value
two dollars or even three dollars per
bushel; no matter if it cost twenty, it
fails as a factor in any argument Where
the money price is to be established, as
commercial value or price considers no
cost in production. The following is
the usual method of obtaining the infor
mation farmer A is seeking:
The New York dealer ascertains the
price of wheat in Liverpool. From this
he dedusts the freight between New
York and that city, together with the
insurance, interest, waste, and his own
profits. The remainder is given as the
New York price.
The Chicago' dealer deducts from this
the freight between Chicago and New
York, also insurance, interest, waste,
and his profits, and the remainder is
quoted as the Chicago price.
The home dealer subtracts from this
the freights to Chicago, insurance, in
terest, waste, and his profits, together
with an extra slice for fear something
has been left out, and the result is given
farmer A as the highest price for his
wheat. If he declares it too low, that it
will not repay him for his labor, he is
informed that such assertions don't
count; that he ought to understand
while he and his farm can produce the
wheat, it requires the consent of the
whole business world to put a price on
it. Farmer A goes home discouraged
and disgusted. He realizes something
is wrong somewhere, but never for
once thinks of the unfair distribution
that lies at the bottom of the whole
difficulty. Naturally he locates the
somewhere; not so much with the idea
of being correct as that of having some
thing to find fault with, and thus give
vent to his indignation. Usually, if a
Republican, he charges it to the agita
tion of free trade; or if a Democrat, to
the doctrine of protection, and In either
case becomes a. stronger partisan than
ever.
At this time we will suppose the New
York market to be ninety cents. The
1,000 bushels under consideration would
bring $900 delivered in that city. The
price paid farmer A is 60 cents, or $600
for his crop. It is not difficult to see
that somewhere between the- home
market and New York $300 has been
distributed to other persons than farmer
A. , The point to consider now is, what
portion of this was distributed for value
received? Of course there are various
opinions upon this subject, but those
who have made a careful examination
contend if the same rigid economy were
practiced in handling of grain after pro
duction, that is enforced during produc
tion, this 1,000 bushels of wheat could
have been marketed at either of the sea
board points, with all charges paid, for
$7o. A little figuring will show an un
just distribution of $225; that is, instead
of paying this amount to farmer A in
addition to what he received, it was
paid to other persons who did not return
an equivalent. If, by certain manipula
tions in buisness, farmer A on: 1,000
bushels of wheat is robbed of $225, who
can estimate the vast amount of money
taken from producers each year through
similar methods?
I have before me a statement of a car
of oats sold in this city (Washington),
from Chicago. The price paid was 24
cents per bushel delivered here. The
car was billed at $410, of which $185
was for freight. A careful estimate
showed that the producer could not
have received over 12 cents per bushel
for the oats. -There are 120,000' miles
of railroad in this country,. capitalized
and bonded for $60,000 per mile on an
average, that CflSt be duplicated for less
than $18,000 per mile. This difference
between real and fictitious value is $5t
040,000,000. The telegraphs- ami tele
phones are capitalized at $120,000,000,.
one half of which, or $60,000,000, is tie
tious. The dividends paid upon these
two items alone, figured at 7 per cent,
amounts to .$357,500,000. Add to. this
the profits of insurance companies and
the vast sum absorbed by the banks,, and
we have a grand total of more- than one
billion of dollars that is taken from the
pockets of just such men as farmer A.
and unjustly distributed to the four
classes of business named above. This
ought to convince any person that
the subject of distribution should be
carefully studied, to to the end that
peremptory demand le made, backed
up by a thorough understanding of the
subject, that the whole system of distri
bution be reorganized upon lines- of jus
tice and equality to all.
To do this, united action is absolutly
nessessary, and united action only comes
through intelligent reesarch and combi
nation. Orders for coal must be sent m dur
ing September to insure the price and
certainty of having orders filled. Tan
Dyke, Wyoming, coal, $1.75 per ton.
Nut or egg coal $1. Freight on any
lines of U. P. in Nebraska $4.25 per
ton; on B. & M. $4.65 per ton. Cham
berlain plows, good as made, shipped
from Omaha, 14 and 16 inch, $14. By
one-half car lots, $12.25. Champion
self -dump steel wheel horse rake $21.00
Centerville, Iowa, coal, at the mine,
$1.25 per ton. Can be shipped direct
to all points on the Rock Island R. R.
at regular tariff rates. Points on U.
P. add $1.60 to Omaha rates; by St.
Joe $1 to regular rate. Tnis is one o
the best Iowa mines.
j. m. "ROBnsrsoisr,
Kenesaw, Adams County, Nebr.
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