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HE FARMERS' ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1891. FAitircmr opinions. From Nemaha County. At a re-ular meeting of Champion Al Z'm No. W3, Nemaha county, the f owmg resolutions were adopted: WrxatAs, We believe the Indepea-t-zt ware justified ia contettiBj tie .r.".'.3, aad were defeated by the cor rect ataaea need by the demo-republi-rj coca bine, barked by the greatest f on earth, the supreme court of tL. radta; therefore . L 5ed. That we denounoe aod re- 'Jt iXa whole triangle of rascality 1 c;tv"-ob. And further i :Jaa That we approve the course rl cirtvpreeentativea who stood so no I y ky tivrir duty, am! a!so to the news f e whe made a (food fight for I J and humanity against injustice wwntr, To them we pledge our Marty support W, G. Ccusoir. Vice Pre . .... Gsc.-E. Drr, Sec. Fat Cat County Members of the Legis lature. . Ceaelutloas passed by Cascade Alii matm, , Apru i-, ioi: tjmlttd. lhat the action of the repre total) vet of Cass county and especially om, 8. L. Tbonias,a senator in said leg irbtuiw. did betray the trust reposed in lii by voticg against both the passage of the Newberry freight rate bill, and bo caia voted against the samo bill to pwe said measure over the veto of txa visa. Governor Dovd. S-mlttd. Further that the said Thomas did wtrSout solicitation in a meeting of t-is Akiaace pieoge nimseir to work aai support a bill for reduction of fiV-it rates in Nebraska. Ltletd. That the Newberry bill Is tie aaly tneiMure ever Introduced Into UM Jeulsture of Nebmka for the ben C.tot the farmers, and that as said Tboauu did vote and work against Its rasaa-v at every opportunity, we mere wiw conaemn tne saia Thomas as a Xr'itx to bis constituency, and to the JLjmem cause especially, KetoJred, Further, . that the said Thomas be branded as traitor to the Alliance an a body, and to the interests of every person in Nebraska, and we fartbar pledge ourselves to withdraw oar eapport from him for any office of f WW M Wl. H. Hl'HBABi), 1. 8. Halvkiutadt, v. k. kveuett, " Committee, Cadorsiag Messrs. Olsen and Osffin. Ithaca, May 1st. 1801. Editor Alliance: At our last meet- tag of the Meets Alliance, No. 3100, the followinf resolution was oast: Xmltttt, That we, at this our regular wwj, 9 cooorte ine actions ana coaiuct of our senator lion. W. M. Ban tr and our representatives Olson and C; la in the manly way they strove to rioid our principles and to bring about aaaded reform; and further AV-W, That a copy of this be sent to Txi r akmeu' Alua nce and to the .Yeit it keiser, 1 W. M.Martin, I Com. T. J. Meese. ) , Branding the Traitors. , i " , EwiNO, Neb., March, 1891. Lotto Aluauce: I have aeen thron-h your column that members of U Alliance from Mr. Collins' neighbor hood aiprati their thoughts at though tie would Ilka to bang him. I believe tat would hurt the Alliance. Why wocii It not Ira better to brand la plain lcara oa l forehead the word -Traitor lais could be dona by a rroatasof tattooing and would punish tir-s peat deal more than hanging twcJ, M In my thinking would do aaowpod. Now I would like to hear your opinion on ths same. M.tieed. That's a good scheme. But first catch yonr bar. Taylor is gone, and will aavw retain. Ai for Collins if he was braadad traitor" on his forehead he could not look any more shame faced than he does now. Trouble in a Subordinate Alliance. . S. W. or Richabd Hoo Pen. 3. BvUQ-wJ)ear Sir and Brother;- I enclose you the last minutes of our Alliance that you may see what a fix we are In, and advise us is to "the way out." Please reply soon, as we are greatly troubled and discouraged, and aaleaa you can help us I fear our Alli ance will go to pieces. Respectfully, Richabd Hoo, Secretary Alliance No. 0,DO. SIXCTES OF PALTER CREEK ALLIANCE. ' Meeting called to order by President Hayseed. Song, "The Runaway Bankers." Initiation of nine new candidates President Hayseed addressed the house, saying that though he had toiled bard and lived harder for nineteen jeara in Richard's Hog Pen, along by Pauper Creelf, he was now poorer than when he came. Ranker Skinflint see. tog that be had him complutly skinned, had notified biro to hunt some other b lace to root hog or die, for he had found a renter from the ewt to come and work the ptace he had improved for him, and who had some teams, etc., i that then was a chance of getting away froaa aim If the senate could be bribed not to pan the tuavitnum rate bill, ron-; aeaaealiy be uul resign hi cOko as ear pmtdent. JUatgnatloa aewptml and a ballot takeaforaoew president, rtmiltlne a Wowar f - f or Pumpkin Hulr, 30. Kor tiwu Uoro. '.'). , Vet fcVsnkvr tikinfliat, Kl. tircat eoafusloa proiailm) and con kTUa laughter as I'mid.at IUy tnleatierly dwfUrwt that although . rii;ly aWlbhtt to him he mut do hit rfity, aad iWUWd linker tiklartitit t olpmUleat. Wsaa the audbuca aw he was lu r4 they eAw.iiBty antfry tta'T aftjf lueatUrs t prraw while w4 -ly to ot h4 ba east, and It aa r'aia turn traitor aiuag hiMl ml erv vole lr luUt hitaaiht, wa ta aadl lu u, a nu) B miu t-i" a or was he ttii.le, prM,, iUNMt ru!4 ikat be must r T t'ia Ue if the rvtura. U ut (r Ml and tht lakr Htaltat ; J .fey wst t ltn !iutt. t ut ' firt "clar Km Uiy oIm-imI, ka4 mix.i It K. I u.7.... , i I 1 1 j t,n'fc u.r ri ), ' ' I I i ttUltd prvktwt ' f r; ta Li (Uakat i if I .Umi la 4tt . . - 3 .y r.. tk ' tl "t t m,i 11 r t tut ' . r t. .i i.ki ..... ... i i u l r.m. At U Wf :g.t4. la fatktr rat a farmer, or at least be always understood that he wis, aod be considered that he was eligible to mem bership in any farmers' organisation. Moved aod carried to adjourn for two weeks, whoa if no way has been found whereby a president of our choice can preside over us, we will disorganize. Bichaku Hoo. Secretary. Bakker Skinflint, Old Hawked, PlUTKIX Ulskek. Presidents. Thanking Mcaara, Taylor and Williams. Teclhseh, Neb., April 80, 1801. Mt. Pleasant Alliance No. 1028. Sesolrfd, That we, the members of laid Alliance, do hereby tender our heartfelt thanks to our senator. C. W Williams, and our representative. F M. Taylor, for their honest endeavors lor the people in striving to bringanout needed reforms in the last session of the legislature. Mattik Canon, W. Morton, W, R. Collins, Committee on Resolutions. The Single Land Tax. The tfftct of tht tingle tax it to male land tptfulators p4y more taxes, while the ovnert ofimprorei land pan leu. Let us suppose a case: Knox county Is about 24x43 miles; It therefore con tains 1,00? square miles. Let us sup pose 009 square miles of this land is worth on an average of $7 per acre; 570,000 acres at I7-$4,M3,000 the actual land value irrespective of Improve ments. Now let us suppose that one half of the land Is owned by resident farmers and Is improved, I think you will acknowledge that the average fai tut are worth as much at the bare land; 180 acres of bare land at 17 per acre would amount to 11,120; ' adding the same for improvements makes the to tal value 12,240 for a 100 acre farm. Hera property is taxed at about two fifths lis value, therefore the taxable value Is about 187 li. provullnar the as. sessor does not omit anything. The rate of taxation here is about 2Joon the dollar, making the aforesaid man's taxes 2010. Now wa bava supposed that one-half tne unable lana in tne county is tilled, therefore out of 000 square milts of land we have 4W square miles of im roved laud, or 1.800 such nuarter- section farms. These at 120.10 each mnke a total of 130,288 psid now ky farmers. Now the speculator pays no .axes on improvements lor ne lias none, therefore on every ouarter section valued at 11,120, taxed at two fifth its value or 1448, at 2o on the dollar he pays Bio.ut). Kigiiteen hundred of these quarters making up the unimproved half of Knox county aggregates 118,144 taxes paid by speculators, or a total taxation, omitlng towns, of 134,482- to be raised in the county. Now if the single tax' were In effect this tax would be levied on toe land values alone, or on 000 square miles, or 570,000 acres at 17 per acre, 14,01)2,000 taxed at two-fifths its value, or II.012.- 800. This gives a tax rate of 8 37-1 00c on the dollar, Let us for convenience call It 31o, and sea what relation the farmers' taxes have to the speculator's. 100 acres at 7. taxed at two-fifths as before, or 1448, at Sic on the dollar.eqiials 115.68 for farm er and speculator alike. Before you will remember the farmer aid 120.14; now he pays 115.88. Ue fore the speculator paid $10.08, and new he pays tl5.68. The Farmer, or he who uses his land and has it improved pays less taxes, while the owner of unused land munt pay more than under the present sys- ' Peoria, Neb. Resolutions of Sherman Co. Alliance, Passed April 21, 1801: Resolved. That we heartllv endorse ' WIW, V. II 11.1.. the honest course pursued by our rep resentative, Albert Dlckerson, in the late session of the legislature. Jtesohed.lbut it Is with mingled feel ing of confidence in independent action that independent members as a body stood firmly upon their plodges to their constituents aud as far as in their power enacted the provisions of the platform into laws. Resolved. That we denounce the d ar tisans and traitors who denied the peo ple a trial of a contested election. Resolved, That we have Just cause for alarm when a subject of Great Britain is perniited to assume the executive de partment of the state and reverse the will of the sovereign people. Resolved, That anarchy, pure and un dented, has characterized the actions of all concerned in defeating tho nooulnr will as expressed in our late election. Resolved, That we will continue this struggle until our state is delivered from corporate power and executive aud judicial corruption. JOHN VAKDKUKIfT, See Resolution of Condolence. April 25th, 1891. Whereas. Our brother Stenhen Ihiitih being weary of life's Journey, lay down oy inn way suit) to rest; and Wiikkkas. Our Alliance ha lost a good aud true member, lib family a kind aud loving father, and the community a geueroits citlisen, Therefore be it Mtsoieed. It? this Alliance. Elk Xo. 2iw, that we extend our deepest sym pathy In their affliction. Ittm'etd, Tliat a copy of tttNa resolu tions lie sent to the family am) to The I'ahmkks' Alliance tor publication. Jazia Rkkson, I., A. Knowlk. Committee. A QuMUonWho WurAnswst It. Kuirlteudiut Porter In hit Ktra Cwrwut Bulletin of April W,lot,mikes this statement; luouUiiit wire made la 10J for ttw purpowi of Warning how inu.-h rvumiiit unpaid upou nr itncaarolWd mortgK rtrUI i far hit a t,m t Mtmia&t if Mf mf Ml if faun J u Will urn .f vur (whI fiiead who have brea tvlling u. aUul tae gri pnMperity tt our couatry la tt Uttr dy, aad lit rapid lama la aaalik. pWa to lull ut a y tkrw as a dU t "an utrnti anumttf !('. ai-'t kt ate the rau tR I tb rHw w( tita (4 at the Hrrai V ' " mu awiT ll llMHrtlue? i uu v fv it tt tiiiUu , aa-l Itw. maitv ie tv ai Lilly iiti44 auk ritnt ta lbs f t t wlut KIU lwv 'utUh.-,4 .tdssmmt ruUta4 s.rtr tius lkt be j k.M a ti U VMvU(i,.ii .h,i,u :l ,iMi, e i.f si:.tv Ut u ! 1 1 tun t(f i.st Hi. M.uL.r......... t m . ... . i. i. . ... ... . . , , "I " tf4' j ,!. ''!.' kitr ' Talks on Nationalism. Edwtrd Brllatar. tk Kew Ktloa. Mr Smith, who has recently joined the nationalists, meets a woman s rights ad vocate. W. R. A. Can you stop a moment, Mr Smith? I want your name on our woman suffrage petition. Smith. All right. W. R. A. Here is another petition for putting women on the boards of factoiy inspectors, n ill you sign that? Smith. Of courne. W. R. A. I have still something elite for you to sign, seeing you are so good natured. it is a call for a meeting to protest against paying women less than men for the same work. Will you put your name down? Smith. Certainly. Have you any thing more in the same line? W. R. A Not this morning. Smith. Well, then, here's something I want you to liza. Put your name downln that corner. W. R. A. Why, this U an application for membership in the Nationalist club. I can't sign that. Why do you expect me to sign that? bmitn. Aiy general reason tsinatyou are a woman. Aiy particular reason, that you are a woman's rights advocate. A woman who is not in j mpathy with nationallHm either does not knew wnat her rights are or does not care for them. Unfortunately, one or the other is truo of most women a yet. Hut a woman who advocateatho rights of her sex and is not a nationalist is, pardon me, a very inconsistent and slishlly absurd person We are the only real woman's rights party In the world. We alone demand the real equality of women with men? w. K. A. How do you make that ap pear? ? Smith. Simply because the equality of women with men can never be any thing but a farce so long as the mass of the feminine sex remains dependent up on the personal favor of men for the means oi support. W. R. A. Surely, the suffrage could do something for tiiein. Smith. J have just signed your peti tion for that, but not because 1 regard It as of much importance as an end in it self. I am interested In It merely as aa entering wedge for obtaining the eco nomical equality oi women with men which nationalism propones. I tell you frankly that 1 should be opposed to woman suffrage if 1 did not look for ward ta nationalism, because to give the Suffrage to a cIuhs likely to remain per petually dependent upon the favor of another class would be to make a mock of it. You might as well give it to a race in a state of partial or complete slavery. Jt is only when considered as step towsrus woman s economical In dependence that woman suffrage can be intelligently advocated. Until 1 became a nationality I confess I saw no sense in It. Why don't you woman suffragists broaden your cause, and make it worth woman's while by going In for economi cal independence? You will never arouse any enthusiasm among the mass of women till vou do. W. R. A. We would. If we saw the way to. It Is not necessary to say that we should like it very well if we could be pecuniarily independent of our bus bauds. Much as we tnav love them, it is not pleasant to go to them for every thing. Of course we feel we have a right, but still it comes rather hard. Sra,:h. Yes, the married woman's feeling (hat the has a right no doubt helps her dignity a little, though 1 fancv it must be hard to tease with dignity, however strong one's tense of right. Really, however, I think the unmarried. f rown up daughter's dependence on her ather is far more pal nf ul than the wife's upon ner nusDana. ma wile leels she bat a right, but the daughter Is sen sible, perhaps, that she is a burden. To have to beg or wheedle from her father all she needs for herself must be hard for a spirited girl, especially, perhaps, when she sees a younger brother, just out of school, whose cradle possibly she has rocked, with an Independent income to spend as he will. . W. R. A. I know all about that. I have sometimes thought that the train ing in mendicancy which the unmarried daughter goes through, was providen tially Intended to prepare her for the experiences of a wife. Oh, no, Mr. Smith, you can't tell us women anything we do not already realize as to the hu mllatlon'of reounlary dependence, either as daughters or wives. It is something no amount of love can make tolerable; but Is there any way out of it? 1 con fess I see none but to throw open the working-world more and more fully to women, so that they may be self sup porters. Smith. That Is all very well, but It does not seem to be a remedy for the trouble. In the first place, the wives of course could not generally pursue in dustry, aud even as to the case of the unmarried women, it is no solution. The trouble Is, that women are not so strong as men, nor can thev, except in a few Hpecial lines, do so 'much work. The average wages of a woman are a mere pittance compared with men's, and even with all unfair discrimination removed they could never equat men's, I Clause thev are not nearlv so stromr. There is the rub. That is the natural. insuperable difficulty In the way of any plan which Proposes that women Mm 11 depend upon earning their way to equal ity with men by the market value of their labor, lu consenting to make her money-earning power, that is toeay her Industrial product ivena, the measure of her economical claims, woman makes a fatal umtake. W. K. A. But what measure hali she act up for her rights. If not that? Smith ller claim upon the race as burden bearer for It. Why is she weak er than man, and less capable as a work er? It It nut because she bxart a cross for humanity, while he walks fiely? llor weak. unit is a title, mora sacred than hit strength, to all the fruit of the human heritir. I W.H. H.-iVt. 1 know It. We all! know thati but the ar only fins wunlt. It tt of no lue to talk about a rlalm thai i a more rone rat out oa sociwty at Urg. We cautioi sue society fur our r'gUls, mtwottrr plain they am, Smith It It prwlWy to rviordy this dutifully thai eaUoaali.iu hat com, W. H A How da ju propiM to mmdy tt Smith - By an orgaaUatloa of weWty wku-h (halt enable it to diwharna lit Mliectia delttt aud ut rs.HtH-t- It right. 1 h human luhrriUatw ci'iitM tUi ta ut at the rutt of Inait rM , of tabor, tiruttg'.a, a hit nitut and iMwrtvrdout oa lt irt of a rittKu aa4 tl(M aattry. It it atwiutiy aw ut la rvmawja lt.tfc rtu MiUvUi i.i m,i km bna wtU'flj dit rrd.t, 1 tvr m U ai atutuH at ta wjtaiMUia ta adiutatMtr in . Ul l tin itttuMM Utvrvat, bul Itta .Utn Uirt k m ti bay ha rowM k im?, to l urn Wtt. fwWWu 'lkl titrlt.kl tuiu,.u, 'L'- . iMintt ..pM i ., by Mlk4 ta a vi )a .itw ltutrtiip vl ta tMttHH4it M rtuittKi u.) t a Uhtst nf ii kir. wiuihur iumi ur uiia, rvf f 4 itibt.l ke Uariiird am. " a ik tr iiiH pa lllllt If lb.. .i.t.J ..k wmr virm i ta aviate If iKnr U tkg u auaad, it tt vrt i.uu W. R. A. The nation is going to be very good to u. Smuh. Oood to you? No; only at la&tjust. The denial to women of an equal and independent share in the world baa been, up to this time, the greatest crime of humanity. But no body was to blame for it, ia particular, and it could never be remedied to all eternity so long as particular women could, only appeal for their rights to particular'men, however generous the latter might be. Their claim, like that of ail the weaker heirs, was upon th es tate and against society collectively, and could never be met until society should be collectively organized. And that leads me back to the point I started from, which was, I believe, that woman's rights advocates who are not national ists do not know what they are talking about. W. R. A I don't know but I shall end by agreeing with you. Tell me more about the details of woman's position under vour olan. Smith. Like every other citizea. after attaining trie years or ciuzensnip, sne will be required, if physically or men tally able, to do such sort of work, phys ical and intellectual, as she shall (sub ject to proof of fitness) elect to do. This requirement will, of course, not be al lowed to interfere with marriage and Its consequences. Her means of tup port will be aa Income equal to that of an citizens, ana whether sue De married or unmarried, will be her personal right, and received through no other person She will, that is to say, through life, be not only economically equal with every man, but absolutely independent of any man. tier account for duty ana main' tenance will be with the nation. W. R. A. After all, that would be only fair and just, though it seems so much. Mr. Smith, Ithiuk you are right All the women are bound to lie nation alists when they find out what you mean Smith, I am perfectly sure of that Ours is the cause of the oppressed and ofthose who have no helper, everywhere, whether men or women, but it is par ticularly and emphatically the cause of women, ine program f nationalism is woman's Declaration of Independence An Open Letter . To Hon, Justin S. Morrill, chairman of the Committee on Flnanee of the United States Senate: Honorable Sir: Your report on Sen ate bill 4528, a bill to provide the gov ernmeut with means sufllcient to sup ply the national want of a sound cir culating medium and to loan the same on land at 2 per cent per annum, hav ing been sent me la quite a number of copies by the favor of Senator Mander Hon from Nebraska, "for distribution," I suppose, is intended no doubt for general information, and to dispel the notion of money founded on other than specie basis I therefore feel It my duty to point to some glaring conclusions and inaccura cies contained in the same, not that feel myself capable of coping with the learned gentleman, but at 'facts are stubborn things," and as the gentleman In question quoted some things as facts which are not facts, X deem that even a commoner is equal to point out the in accuracies. r '""'" In the first Instance, the report speaks of this bill, and several others, for sup plying the circulating medium on other than coin basis. This only seems to me to prove the admission that our clrcu latlng medium Is not sufficient to do the exchanges of the country, and as the comptroller of tho currency in his re port stated that about 94 per cent of the exchanges were made by checks and bank drafts, and only about 6 per cent in money, it seems to me to be well founded. Your fear that farmers would speculate if they could get cheap money breathes too much of the blue blood clans. Why not treat all the others alike and not give them cheap money so they can speculate? The farmers would speculate bv getting money at 2 ner cent, io tne national Danxers not specu late by getting it at 1 per cent? You wish to keep the farmers pure by keeping them poor, x our iear oi their homesteads being mortgaged comes late, for the ma jority of them were forced by our sys tem 10 mortgage tnem, ana tne Dill l deem to be intended rather to ease them In raising their mortgages. You claim the bill to be founded on tho principle put tortn Dy tne notorious Jonni.aw, more tnan a century ago ana give an account of the Mississippi scheme started by him in Paris in 1717, and as cribe its failure to the founding of the currency on land, but you state that Liaw promised 120 per cent annual re turn. Was not such a promise enough to sink it? Why did the scheme of Grant At Ward fail? That certainly had no lana currency to siuk it. t on fur ther cite the t rench finances of 1 780 as a proof, when the expenditures were yearly higher than the income from taxes, ana tne nobles ana clergy refused to be taxed, and when Talleyrand brought the scheme of ecclesiastical confiscation and Issuing money on same in tne meantime to euro tne evil, but not being a cure It failed. In my esti mation, the higher expense is reason enough, without looking for more, aod w now sutler irem the same cause. Farmers complain that interest, taxes, and wear aud tear take it all, and don t leave anything to get out of debt with. You further cite the Argentine Re public as an example. Now, honored tr, la my estimation, that only shows lhat making 8 per cent mortgages and 3 per cent siuklag fund., aud telling them at a thave, It a poor poller, and no more, and how efe could 'it be, when the 1'nitml State at a whole. In crvaMft only a little oer 4 per cent per auaum 'lha Argentine republic cer tainly did not Kmi money bannl on land f You cite alto the roatieental vurrvn ry at aa tiample, Imu4 by a congrvt without poatr toitx. Thatccrtaiulywat not currency batrd on laud' ttutwht do you not rvter to lha lVnnvlaU tin ii.ial timet papor vurriii r. not re drmh!e t coin, UwmhI ta Uii-l at i't pot4 by iWnUtnltt Iraukita. ami to akwtt nte bmurtnit -it the ai'nitaiii r Aimrn ta .lmiviwn dt' Mr aha fl ant silver Hed trow ttta rountry at thy da la war tuna, rvattiH'BUt rurraucy failed, coa gmt bating ao powr t t, ta j'vna tytata papr auiaiy remained, aita out In ma 0 Muat.oa. to dt th v t antf ut tk oi U aad lh alu uHt J law matiitittiua alt mt.la aa a4 of it by irtrf rieg tHt power ta imm imi to ovngr aU mt prMfti iat tne taivitlatitf vM el air vattvm r ra naly ta Hiuliat by U' taiit(SnJi lutu t' at (M a Hi 1. laa bwldt r Vm liul(tua, at the aaiioaal Uak aulva iHfa, f Stu'j r4 (a jta- t kt M.I niw m t frtMtbtr .'atttiKta ibat t ha I ttt ataut i.lt tuiwf, Ma4 .a lii. oatw t.ll Uuw iNtr a4 mi tn,4 Ut tliiht Um ll ka It rt-tuirtrsl l .) in jmrt'fca vt (tl4. tt. ibit ! ib er example is a gross misstatement from first to last, for we only had sixty mil lions of treasury notes, issued at the first part of the war, which were a full legal tender, and they never went be low gold one single cent!!! I know whereof I speak, having received some of them as nrst payment for carrying a musket, and having received the gold premium on same. I further refer you to McCulloch's report as comptroller of the currency, and to all the histories of the time, but especially to Bole's Finan cial History of the United States, Vol. 3. If yon call the so-called greenbacks legal-tender money, you mistake,- for the exceptions on the back says the United States won't take them) and the bondholder need not. This exception fraud! perpetrated by thejsenate, and to which McCulloch as cribed the premium on gold in his re port to congress, showing that when the geeen backs were made so as to be unacceptable In the payment of duties on imparts, gold became merchandise for speculation, and McCulfocb, whom Holes quotes, showed by table the cue tuation of gold without cause except cornering. How the greenbacks were a legal ten der, I would refer you to the speech of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens of the house be fore the conference committee. (Thud deus Stevens, the father of the green back.) "Gentlemen, yea have mutilated tne cnua, nntu the lather thereof can not recognize it! We are1 making two kinds of currency, one for the rich and the other for the poor, and I am afraid it will do us barm." And bis predic tions came true too true, alas! Your objection that a large land own er may get a large amount of the cur rency and reloan it at a greater rate of interest, holds good with national DBUKS aiso. I do not wish to put mv&elf down at friendly to the sebeme of loaning money on land at 2 per cent per annum; I am not; my objection to it is that it would be class legislation, of which we have had quite enough and to spare within the last quarter of a century, but I deem it necessary to increase the circulating medium, as me contraction or tho cur rency in my opinion has brought about in a quicKeneu pace the centralization oi property into a few bauds, more than anything else. I believe there are better means of aettlaa money Into cir dilation thau loaning it on farms, but i irankiy admit that there would be ten times more justice in loaning It on land than on bonds: but I would want it amended to 1 per cent instead of 2 at any rate, for why should the farmer pay i per cent ana tne banker only l? I op pone maxing classes. Your objection as to Its constitution allty has been settled by the last dec! sion of the supreme court of the United states in the case of Knox versus Lee. wherein said court decided almost unanimously that congress has the right in time of war or peace to issue legal tender paper money in quantities which tbey deem necessary for the transaction of the business of the coun try. i apologize for the length of my letter. and as a reason state that I have not the time to rewrite and condense, but I hope you will give the matter spoken of careiui attention, ana when ready make another report, more replete with facts and lens assumption than the present one. i remain yours truly, L. J. Hebmax. Western Union Despotism, How little do our people know about their relation to the Western Union Telegraph company. We absolutely read at our breakfast table in the daily press just about what that company chooses to have us know. It is repub lican, capitalistic, monopolistic. Labor reform, temperance reform, the woman movement, can by no means get a hear ing along its wires. It is loath to send out the date and place of meeting of national association of any one of these workers. I am told that Alonzo B. Cornell, republican ex-governor and politician of New York state, is the business manager. There can be no question but that the Western Union has its black list of persons and associates. It will on ne account report the vote of tho prohibi tion party. It likewise withholds the news of the Knights of Labor and other industrial organizations. There is some thing bewildering about this domina tion oi a monopoly over the very sources oi miormation oi a great peo pie. but it is oerhaDS most of all astounding that the people will put up witn it irom year to year, in uermany the telegraphs and telephones belong to the government, mere would ne civil war if the attempt were made to put them Into the hands of private indi viduals, ine plan works admirably, ana wouia in any ana every country itappuy nearly an the latter political movements piace pianxs in their p at forms to Jhe effect that all means of general public locomotion and commu ntcation shall be operated by the gov ernment. Let the prohibition party give no uncertain sound on this great reform, free speech Is imtossible in a country where Jay bnuld and his tuin ions uecitie wnat shall go to the press ana wnat snail not. i.veu the news they do send they can "water" as they do their stock. But every evil tends to its own cure. The fact that Jay Could now controls all the trans continental railroads it the most hopeful fact in con neclion with the ownership of these roadt by the government, and the more he tupprewet the newt along the tele graph wires of the Western Union, the mora la be preparing to have those wires turned into the thunderbolt of the modern Jove, whone name U Pub lic opinion. May they soon, metaphori cally speaking, roncrntrate oa hit own ureatt. trances A. MttiarJ tn In I met Why the Mortgagta. Onmit t'omtuittlom-r Porter rvuily eut a circular to a IKiuglat county farmer atklng the cue of hit having to mortgage bit farm. The farmer iil him the following reply, which we art perntlttud to pubiith. The miu rvatoat will ammut for Biotl of lha KtBMt farm nwrtfag l.AR t. Kant . Awil IV n. AVff r btttr, Hzpt llVJtt 1'aaa sta My mortgag, coiM-vraing ahk-h o laiiuira, m iavumrd b oi a wltked ci'iitrt.iloa of ta cutrtavy. watiy lha tui kM ahi of ttttvia pcviwrij worth a-Vouu. uiva whkb lha mn aaw at-v tr tait was bMl. t rtd-H-ad t bliu, I mtktr, tit eotttrat tki rvdu.ivl mti.in of pat )! cwaiHiiweit tab aa y)ig ion tukwrt, IHimi dvlrot'f lha attJVvt (Mf lMlxiriiU pt4Htt A.lll tK4 ta ItUituHrtUt iUn Ira- UbMlva. whUb amni!iiy dwiMvt tfca v u t war, .vt it4 Ua rah ftoia Utatiwa aa d.uUvd It ! taw yvi, tit i tatpttat t Uttd U tvi)i liutt )rwtit; wliky and et4 tt puf laUt tht oi, tlitt rowiUMvd and aMirUbl Uia ita U ittaibia wia Mm aad Itutt, lm lll.iuHt a-t with 4klt t tlkt kiuil (vit(auM ia al rawi Im tfet e xuua-a vl l wri,, Bro. Loncks of Dakota. The following will explain itself fully. Bro. Loucks, in addition to the misfor tune of his long illness, has lost one of his legs, which pf itself is. a terrible ca lamity. We see no reason why contri butions should Jje confined to Dakota. TESTIMONIAL. Brethren of the Alliance, and friends of the independent party of South Da kota: Bro. Loucks has sacrificed his health, nearly his life, in our cause. It is customary to rear a monument to our illustrious dead. How would it look to recognize our illustrious living? We need Mr. Loucks, bis brave words and wise counsel. He is embarrassed finan cially. A man cannot recover health rapidly or do efficient mental work while worried over money matters If once put upon his feet I think he could retrieve his fortunes. He has worked for us six years, and all he has received, from nothing up to 11,200 per year, aud that paid irregularly, is gone. His sick ness alone will cost him $ 1,000, and I propose that we raise him a testimonial fund of $2,.')00, and do it at once so that he will be ready to take the field in our cause as soon as his leg will permit. There are twenty-five counties in the state that carried the election in whole, or in part, for the independent candi dates, to all of which Mr. Loucks large ly contributed. Let the County Alli ance officers, independent county com mittee and county officers meet and raise $100 at least per county, and for ward either directly to Mr. 11. L. Loucks, Clear Lake, S. D., or to the Ruralist, where it will be accounted for and money promptly forwarded to Mr. Loucks. Let each Alliance raise one or more dollars and forward in same manner. Let each successful can didate for office contributetjne per cent of his salary for 1801 to the good cause and it will be easily raised, i will set the example and enclose check for f13 to start with. The legislators at Pierre generously contributed some $230 about March 1, which came very opportunely and was greatly appreciated. If others do as well it will be ample. Friends of reform! An overruling Providence has spared the life of one of our great champions. Let us be thank ful aud by our liberality make it ponsi- Dieiornim to continue in the great work he is so peculiarly qualified for. A. Wakdall, The letter of Bro, Wardall is appro-! prlate and timely. From an affliction of Providence our beloved chieftain is grievously disabled. In the contest of life be will henceforward be physically at a disadvantage. The members of the Alliance and of the independent party are now called upon to show their alle giance to duty. We second the propo rtion to raise this testimonial for our leader. Let us do this casily.promptlv. cneeriuiiy. uive all you can, Jl you can't give all you want to at once, give two or inree times. L-et every one give something, we reel like making th is a tnanxsgiving onering. i,et every secre ini ieu iui uiaiier 10 ine Alliance, -1 . 1- ' . . . x i.i. , it ana secure an average or 23 cents per mem oer. w men one win oe nrst? E. B. C'CM MINGS. AN OPEN LETTER. Wherein O. C. Beecher of New York Asks T. E, Hill of Illinois Some Ques tions Thot. E. Hill, Chicago, III. Dear Sir: For the public good, please answer the following questions about your "banking system," published in The.Yaiional View of April 18, 1891 : Does your new national banking sys tern provide for the issue of full legal tender paper money, or do you propose to issue a paper currency redeemable at homers option in metallic money? If your system provides for the coin redemption of paper currency, how is the government to get possession of $3, 000,000,000 in coin for loaning to the people at 4 per cent, and for the re aempiton, ou demand, of said paper currency? Will you have the money ($2,000,000, 000) raised by taxation, or by the issue of interest-bearing government bonds It bonds are issued, what would be the rate of interest thereon? Would not the reserve! to meet drafts on deposits, have to. amount to one fourth of said deposits? If so, how cap the government realize any profit on deposits drawing 3 per cent by loaning three-fourths thereof at 4 per cent? Could the government borrow $2,000, 000,000 at lower rates of interest than it asked on its loans to the people? If not, how do you propose to have the government raise the '-$00,000,000 to defray the expense of conducting said depositories?" Do you consider the issuing under a limitation of $50 per capita by the gov- trnment, for value received, of full legal tender'psper money, unfettered by any exttption to its legal tender powers, a vUioaary, wild money scheme, calcu lated to unsettle values" to the detri ment of the welfare of the debt and tax paying Industrial n i ai.se t? Is your new (?) national bankhg svs- tern, thai rwogttle gold aud silver as representatives of wealth, and at a basis of exchange throughout the world, more or lest than the usurious, currency-con tracting, debtor-enslaving monetary yttem that hatcurtid. fur cent arte, the wealth producers, making the rlvb rich er, and the poor poorer? wXL 'l5bS Mjf HI . I -"!k RAILROAD NATIONALIZATION. By Casaius M. Clay. The Railroad Robbers Must Co. Let all the farmers, the Alliance, Grangers, Wheels, etc:, unite in a na tional effort simply to create an anti robber committee in each county in the union. Let these committees ask each candidate for congress, "will you vote in good fai;h that the government ihall own the interstate railroads?" and vote according to the answer. Thus, in the next election, even, we may carry our cause. When neither of the leading parties consent.then only run a people' candidate, and only in such districts. It is a mistake to suppose lhat the lata extraordinary congressional elections had much to do with either republican ism or democracy. It was but an up rising of the people against our op pressors ot both parties. The "hayseeds" of England (the greatest power among the nations) and the workers rule. Here, also, will the same classes rule, as tbey are the most just and a majority. RAILROADS OWNED BV THE NATION The right of eminent domain over the lands and highways is an Inalienable right of sovereignty hero the people being sovereign. As the railroad rob bers had the lands condemned and alienated for their use, under pretense ot the public good, so the people, through congress can coudemn ami pay for the interstate railways, or so many of them as they deem necessary, and run them as the postofilce is run, for the people. When the interstate railways belong to the government thev can regulate and reduce to justice all the state railways by refusing to carry for the robbers any freight or passen gers, and thus have control of the whole railroad system.. 1 he right of the nation to run road through states is given by the United States constitution, aud was settled by precedent when Henry Clay ran the National Highway from the Atlantic to the Mississippi river, when it was su perceded by the railroad. Thus the secretary of the new depart ment of commerce can kill all the trusts, combines and other robberies, by refus ing to transport any product belonging to those banditti. EXPENSE OF I'UHCHASE. When the robbers are driven from all defense tbey cry out, "The people can not pay for our $10,000,000 of capital." After throwing out watered stock and unproductive roads the government could make more out of the roads than the robbers, because justice could revive trade aud production. I say without hesitation that the best Investment ever made by a government -would be the ownership of the railroads. Issue bonds for fifty years, aod tbey would sell at par, no doubt bearing 2 or 8 per cent interest. But the nation could make 10 per cent or 20 per cent at will, and the principal and interest could be paid off without the expendi ture of a dollar, and enough could be., made perhaps to pay the normal, ex penses of the national government. The employes of the railroads would continue their work under just manage ment and strikes would cease forever; and the interruption of trade and the suff ering from the want of coal, etc., would cease. Without this ownership the people will be reduced to poverty and slavery or, there will be one of the bloodiest revolutions the world ever saw. The robbers must go! Whitehall, Kentucky. THAT 1MES ARE I You will think so if you come in and GFFOUR PRICES ON CLOTHING II goods; Our stock is the largest and most varied m the city. 25 3m PRICES THE LOWEST. Special Price! to Alliance Member. NEW. Uftti'VEII tMUfHI WtCNEtl DoLAVEL "If Cra Spate Attua tlvtmt l rvli!..l SM"o tt UMHin .l r.)i.li.iM' hi iltff fiMr tMui " U tfe iha M.t Ik wi. ! ti.H fea Mt wt It t. ll UIH ! I UM, 111 hi4ll IM pU.a ! ik ttf ii4 Klf Iww tt. t nr irl tm, a4 i' lu avow tl tk vl HIM, I tait, it 4 ts- (elf watp.. t It mu, (.. 4 twtf mm lfcr ikxttf , a. uttMitt Mil tit i0. Ila ka t iii lo tea ktll tiKIHlH l, 4-MM . k4 tot t4 t m4 t4 r . PEOPLE SAY tla Maul tafurtur C, 44 at Tl CaHtM lb Rett tfb. i