Written for Ita rBMcms Aujasc.
ARKMXNSCENCE.
O'Byd n4 th Jw lb
tor slowly oeak up tbe pw.
I down with bribe, boodle u beer.
BMta for tb Bag old aod
VOrtbtt flerioos stars and stripes:
at IMMl of tbent eb bad hoisted aloft
law east of ana of tb Antaeuser Bueeb.
Aa ob wer dock crouched, teutoniceJly boft,
v t ,woif. petro saints of lutb.
Ck was, Bemed-fors blind-tee AUPr
blb ,. VwBrofjaUfdbrbrownryMidttlll,
Owned aodooetrolled by uiurerseoM,
., Ab was Hwril by tb Jew ob tb but
la few hull be bbd score of Bsbesonger bbd
; boon.
, A WWW mm trlmmrd up bad difruuwd,
Wbo. a tool u Ury bod beea dumped oa
our (bom.
Were promptly naturalised.
Oa Wo. Mb tbey wer driven bright aod
and earlr.oomnient to avoid,
To too temple of franchise, Uko flecks of
beep.
And to Ba were voted for Herd.
- Jiow tbe railroad sharks with Impunity
May eootlDue tbelr eoffer to 811.
. Tbroucb "Oovemeur de Bo-us" elected by
fraud,
Witt tbe am of tbe Jew en tbe bill.
Tbe Kurtltbmftn pay tbe tarlgi tbat'i old I
Aa4 Jones be part tbe frelirbt.
Tla ao lotm a mreurr wbo furnlibed tbe
: raid
; With which tbe Jew on tbe bill and de Bona
to balk
"Two a ifcare of tbe lurplui profit
Of raaorMtaat f eetgbt rate and beer,
Tbot brouebt tbo Dewberry Mil to a veto-
tbe Jew'i barp to a dollar a rear.
Tbe eorpse of "Pa Bot us" lie sold and still
la tbe briar depths of tbe soup:
tor tbe suoDort of tbe tittle Jew be was
Stricken
He's dead-he will never recoup. -Bo
tbe Jew hung bis barp oa the willows,
(Instead ofblaeelf, alas!)
He's tailing over tbe billows
Oa a International pass.
I board tb voice of the people proclaim,
"8Ss'flM W 1H bare them deep I
Hot Gabriel's truatpb, aor tbelr contemptible
fame, -bail
ever disturb tbelr sleep.
We've been rasewatered these twenty years,
But aow we're rotten our fill I
Be we'll bury them deep-to Boris
And tbe barp of tbe Jew on the Hill."
Paul Ctirroao,
Tf
TZ PEOPLE S PARTY - UllXIXti
' GSOUJID EVERYWHERE.
Tcx pmictor wool falls, um
PER THE McKIMLEY BILL,
Tbe Democrata on tbe ran In Kentucky,
Middlktowjt, O., July 20, 1891
Editob Farmers' alliance: Your
eorretpondent bad the pleasure of meet
ing eom of tbe most prominent mem'
ben of onr party In western Ohio a few
day since, and would say that tbey all
report great Interest being manifested
all over Ohio in tb new movement
Tbey ar all of the same opinion, that
la, that w will give the old parties the
ekaast race of tbelr lives this (all in Ohio,
la (act the old parties ar disorganized
and do sot know who to trust. Their
sUunchest supporters In time gone by
art leaving them and siding with the
People's party. Last week tbe People's
natty added another prominent demo-
oerat to their ranks in the person of
Judge Yaple, !of Cincinnati, wbo an
Bounced in a card that be could not
stomach the democratic party of Ohio,
after its course at the Cleveland conven
tlon. and that he would support the
, nominee of the People's party this fall,
and advised all other democrats to do
tbe same. HI letter threw the demo
crat Into iits, and they are completely
demoralized. Added to that, while they
place a free silver plauk la their plat
form, their candidate for Governor an
nounces that he is opposed to free silver
rather an irreconcilable difference, so
tbelr free silver plank lose effect.
During the last campaign the wool
growers were promised great things
from the McKinley bill. They were
told that wool would advance to fabu
lous prices. But instead of wool advanc
ing any, it has actually fallen 3 eta. per
lb., quite a difference there again. And
aa wool was the only thing a republican
orator could talk to a farmer audience
about In the tariff line, they are ever
lastingly at sea when they try to preach
tbe beauties of the protective?) system
to tbe farmer; while their record on the
financial issues Is so bad that they do
not dare to discuss them. Very few
will be deluded by their cry of honesty)
money. It Is a frequent thing to hear
okl party politicians say "I would vote
for tbe Devil te beat this People's party,"
aad they are right they would, and
tktf v ill law a thanct this fall. But we
have the Australian ballot system In
Ohio, thanks to the K. ot L. aad Farm
era' Alliance, and they can buy votes
bot tbey can't deliver them; ao the reign
of tb petty factory boss is coming to an
Inglorious end.
Your eotrespondent Is well Informed
bout tbe alave driving factory system
ia Ohio, and about It workings at the
polk. It used to be before we got the
ew ballot law, that Monday night lie
fer aloctloB, In the pay envelop of
rh aenploy was a notice which read
You will plea vote tor so aud so to
Borrow, and oblige," and la c the
sxrUcw was not complied wilb, ott went
lir. employe head,
Senator Palter, aod J. II. lvl of
Texas, are waking things bust ia Ken
larky )ut aow. 'I belr tweeting ar .to
lare, that the; are compelled to speak
la tbe open air, at aw building will bold
ta bait the crowds. 1 tell you we ate
ratal the democrats oaths run la Ka
l sway, aad w etpeei I iie tboea the
l-ast rwa toe weir suoaey taey er psa.
Lsaawr Carlisle I ctuag la tor the
mrrA of tbe eyvloae, m be Is tbe )
tt I ler t et tba aituere' Alliance.
' U tt. at L. h) dulag vaUant rW
T-t m eauee ia Keatutiy aad will al
. b treses. weik ia Ut.l. Tb K. of
; m rrowy MeatUiy lat'bUs aa4tae-
4 el i-te aj-Brs are rr te i
r . Lrutbef btitrbu of Ne
OHIO CORRESPONDENCE
, J ye att'isd tbe wvbitta
, JiMt Twledii, U , y wtU
; t a fjfti w'sWn. ai tb trfrw
1 ia -t-Ubj 'is wil'Ut
1 1 U. t Us bawasWy fcera.
1 ar wi
wi U k. et L t a of
IV '"vT.afu.ly
U CLaetsaavatav
THE PROPOSITION OPTHE MONEY
REFORMERS.
A Challenge to Disctunuoo.
(We hav melted from the author.
Mr. John Jeffcoat, th following state
mnnt of the demand and statement of
principle of the money reformer!. The
propoaiUona are nearly all clear and
logical, and cannot be refuted. In tbe
twelfth proportion, however, Mr. J.
becomes a little obeenre. It la difficult
to tee bow a "necessity" for a protectire
tariff arise oat of any commodity ayt
tem. An adverse balance of trade will
take away coin, whether protection or
free trade prevailed, and whether there
was an International money or not
Tb fact Is, tariff or free trade bav
nothing to do with this mocey problem.
When Mr. Bryan realizes that the tariff
ia only aa artificial issue, local in Its
character, and put forward by the Wall
street interest to divert attention from
tb real issue, the money question, be
will be getting down to business, and
will greatly enlarge hi sphere of use
fulness. Ed. alliaxcb.
As one of the old timers in tho move
ment for money reform, it la with much
interest that I am watching the "tilt
between banker A. P. Hopkins and con
gressman W. J. Bryan In the Sunday
U'orld-Uerald, on the subject of th un
limited coinage of silver.
We of this movement favor tha un
limited coinage of both gold and sliver
as one proposition of the money ques
tion, bdt by no means a a solution of
tbe whole subject. Tbe ultimate solu
tion cf th money problem lie deeper,
and sine Mr. urvan can d no proper
representative of "ours," he still being
in the ranks of tbe "enemy" and having
only partially received th light, will
you permit a few words as "food for
tnougni on ine suuject irom an nuiuuie
repretentative of tbe "people" tbe real
. . i 1 1 i 1 1.
reformers r
We" present th following proposl
tlona as being at the foundation of all
correct financial knowledge. Admit
and understand these principles, and
everything relating to money and poiit
leal economy is plain, ueny tnem. ana
all Investigation leads to confusion
csntradiction:
First That all money, of whatever
composed, is trade and unmade by law.
second mat money, oi wnatever
made, is always national, never cosmo
politan, ana never so much as interna
tional, unless by agreement (a law) be
tween nations.
Third That tbe money of one nation
Is not the money of another nation,
though composed of tbe same material.
Fourth That nations do not pay debts
or balances to each other In money, but
witb commodities, u coin be received
in payment it Is received only as metal,
not by count, and at a value fixed by the
receiver.
Fifth That all money 1 but a form
of "credit," of force and only intended
for use within the Jurisdiction of the
nation authorizing it. And that "fiat
credit," tbe law of an established sove
reign, state or nation, based upon Its
right of eminent domain and taxing
powers, is the highest possible credit.
Sixth That any so-called "gold
sttndard," "silver standard" or ''double
standard" is a delusion and a snare.
And that th only "standard," which
can and does measure "price," is the
number of money and "credit" units in
free circulation as a whole, and that it
will last a certainly change the "stan
dard"of price (commercial value) to
limit or demonetize one as the other.
Seventh I bat tbe sum of all money
on nasi aemana ecnai in sum of an
nrooerty"("property"meanlng all that
form of wealth secured and subject to
seizure by law).
fcigntn mat an oana or commercial
currencies Issued and based upon this
money," though tbey act to inflate
prices" and draw interest tor their is
suers, are only so mucn "water,"
"confidence." to be squeezed out when
the final legal foreclosure cotues, (as
witness the thousand! cf victims to this
"confidence" and squeeze today, and
dry bones left).
Klntb That this general scheme for
demonetizing one of the money metals,
first inaugurated in 1857 by demonetiz
ing gold, and changed to silver in 1871,
is solely for the purpose of limiting
money, ai stated In '67, and to "redress
the situation" prevent a rise In prices,
wholly In the interest of annuitants,
bondholders and money capitalists.
Tenth That however it may be in re
spect to trade with barbarian or non
commercial countries, it has never been
shown that diversities of money, how
ever arising, whether from single stan
dards of a different metal or from sys
tems of irredeemable paper "money,"
are any hindrance to "trade" between
commercial countries. As whatever
the "moneys" ot such countries may be,
they are always Interconvertible at
known and not widely variant rates,
Eleventh That the only use or de
mand for a single universal metallic,
intrinsic standard oi money is in the in
terest of usurers, mainly foreign "1
vestors," wbo, like the Chinese tbat we
have said must go, wish only to carry
away our "money"and not our products,
iu exchange tor the Interest, rent and
dividends of these "investments."
Twelfth That it Is out of this vicious
commodity system of money that we
have all our trouble and necessity for a
protective tariff. Otherwise "free trade"
cause the deportation of our metallic
(commodity) money to settle adverse
balances, produces a contraction oi
niouey and tbe breaking down of all
price, changing th relations between
used Incomes aud production, debtors
and creditor.
Thirteenth That money is not a mea
sure ot value in the same sense that a
yard stick is a measure ot length or dis
tance, a quart a measure ot liquids, or a
pound weight of avordupotsol the force
ot gravity. Hut that It f la the nature
of a denominator, as ia rutbeuuitos.
th valu and power ot each uull being
determined by tb relativ "relation11
lhe money units as a whole bear to all
other thing la exchange, and which re
lation Is espies! by the tertu price.
Fourteenth That the control ot tbe
volume of currency aad rredtl a dele
gated by government to bauks. tinning
an I speculating corporations, and th
gUieg of suiK credit the force ot law,
u the fulcrum tor th lever with whlvk
th boadboidiog via end uicney eapl
ta'iUts throughout tb world ar so ra
pidly concentrating all wealth late few
b4 robbing both prvdaeer and la
btwvrt, under all tVra of get era meat.
?lhenta That Ik Itvoruno el
tbe noney problem al 'be prose at time,
and uaul sulved, eiareba.lnw all other
P JUtU-eJ bUfstioMt 4uuMBtt, Usees
tbe Bow td gull la Lurvpo. Talk alwut
iu return! t pay , r ur wheal, UM.
k, eio. M a as. J.U.W eune.tti
laoertu U bore. A will ) be t
USMOeihreoewlthlbe Boatb Assert
aa slate. 1 h BVMaeal ear '1itga
lateen' rata t rtavt their later
set aevewat. tb teSuMeew "surwlkM"
f . " ... i
front eef arwt wti not pay tltiatatemts
d r B, tl Hf grid few sjotlitti ftu e
w4 u aiittf fwia vi be 4
?r ti4.
THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE,
On the basis cf the above propositions,
witb your permission, Mr. Editor, we,
the "people," are ready to meet all
comers.
Who will take tbe negative? Kespect-
fully and truly. Job JirrcoAT.
The Tim is Short.
The development of Inequality in this
country, as the result of tne concenira
tien of wealth in the band of a smau
class, ha developed two social tenden
cies, which are in diametrical opposi
tion, and must eventually come into col
lision. On tbe one hand, tbe great for
tunes of tb very wealthy class bav
naturally daveloped in their possessors
tbe sentiment of aristocracy, and led to
a movement for establishing a more or
less formal system of social pretension
based upon wealth. Public attention
has been attracted by tbe efforts of tbe
leaders of this movement to transplant
to this country ideas of class distinction
and prejudice already falling into dis
credit in the European countries from
which they ar Imported. Tbe choicest
result thus far, of this movement, is rep
resented by the social structure of glided
sham and insolent pretension, to which
McAllister acts as tbe affable janitor.
The second of the social tendencies
mentioned is entirely popular, and re
ulta from tbe slow awakening of the
masses of the people to an appreciation
of the wrong which has been done them,
nftha f.lr heritage from which tney
have been ousted, of tbe vote that Is
being prepared for their necks. A pro
found sense of indignation at tbe ine
nullities of men's condition, tinged with
a mighty hope of a nobler and a Juste r
order within tbe r power to realize, is
stirring tba masses, and ere long is dee
tnuA m mora them as one man.
Tbe two social tendencies which have
been described must eventually meet,
and when thov do. it will be with a aim
iinr result to that wbleh would follow an
encounter between a peach-blow vase
and an avalanche under full headway.
We counsel tbe small minority of the
American people, which make aa oc
minatlon of insulting honest toil aod
mr.iklna- the miserable millions by prod
Is-al ostentation and luxury, to make tbe
rnmr. nf turn tiiiin tu&t tm lCt it
the filthy be filthy still, for the time is
short." A'ete Xation.
Emerson a Farmers' Allianc Man.
Read what the great essayist say in
on of bis rhymes:
I will never have a noble,
Wo Unease counted great
Flsbers, choppers snd ploughmen
Khali constitute a state.
This ia the wav a phllosoper talks.
Were he living now the farmers and in
dustrialists would rally to his side with
salvos of applause. Tbe "fishers, chop
pers and ploughmen" would come forth
to praise anu nonor iub waa-wuu
the courage to utter such word as
these:
I will never have a noble,
Me Unease counted great,
And what
Bball constitute a sutef
Ab, these are encouraging words.
Not the plutocrats, monopolists and
money grabbers, wbo llv on the pro
ducts of others; but the sun-burnt,
homey-handed sons of toil the wage
earner and hosts of Industrialists,
whose hands produce the weaitn tne
rich enjoy.
These snail constitute a siam, as cm-
erson so tersely neciares. vowawn
the Alliance fully appreciates - tbe
strength and scope of the characteriza
tion involved,
As it goes mariblng on .
National Flew.
Protection and Fr Trad.
Rejoice, men of toll I Tb MeKlnley
tariff ha destroyed tbe steel Industry of
tbe Lower Rhine. "In Westphalia,"
says tho cable, "a great deal of poverty
exists, earnings having been reduced
50 per cent., and there Is no hope that
the country will ever regain its former
prosperity." Logical sequence: The
VVettpballant will emigrate to Ameri
cawhere wages, by tne way, have not
increased and their competition will
force down the earnings of American
Iron workers. In the meantime the
protected manufacturers of this coun
try are piling up the millions.
Again rejoice, men ef toill We have
free trade In sugar, or nearly that.
Prices at first went down; just enough
to show that your wages might be cut
down without affecting your comfort.
Now the trust is raising the price, and
before long sugar will be as dear as
ever. You will be poorer but tbe trust
will be richer.
As producer, then, demand protec
tion; as consumers, demand free trade.
Get both at tbe same time, it you can.
and get poorer the quicker. Tht 2'to
pit. The Standard Oil Trust bat a way of
suppressing international competition
which is calculated to greatly In
crease the universal admiration for
Yankee genius. The Baku fields of pe
troleum In Russia are highly productive
and the oil from that district was largely
exported by sea in tank vessels to Ger
many and other European countries,
where It wa sold at a much lower
price than the American product. So
threatening had tbe competition be
come that Rockefeller, tbe Standard
magnate, contemplated tha purchase ot
those fields; an operation which would
have required tbe Invettment of many
millions ot dollar In a distant country,
whose legislation, moreover, cannot be
controlled by American czare. While
negotiations to that effect were pending
it occurred to Rockefeller tbat. for the
present, at IrasL he could accouiplih
hisol'jet't in a far simpler way, lie
bought all tbe tank v-el,to that Baku
oil cannot now be shipped; and as the
demand for American oil Is correspond
ingly Inr rested, the vessels In mtestiou
are profitably engaged in transporting
it, Sol alone Rumi but America might
tears trout this th necessity of nation
alising th means et transportation.
A Warning Against lb ItockviU 'Sen.
tinel."
Th Mowing resolutions were unaa
lmou)y paed by Mot ht tile Alliaaro,
No. HA at lu regular meeting en July
it. lvi.
WrtkMAI, W hat reus to belle
that th htockvhl .Vif.aW I inditeetly
owao-t aed controlled by a banking cor
imrailca. ami U the u br lent tuvl vt
aa crgaaUed ring. tHeretV t be It
Xtiil. lrl w believe said taper
I be a sank la Ike grate, and that w
but bi (anil whatever la its cibiet to
be aboolutely iaUetadaL',he4 w do
hereby war our Alii brethren t
lbi county gatat piaetsg ay depea
deaeo ia it steteaaeata aad to regrl
it as:s with ttistiuet. aad b It limber
Aew.W. thai thett toeolntton be
on fci la May wood mm'.
Uu A" mW aad Itism Auuava
M B 4Uit atv.
I m n
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l. t Msbfkwv.
LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY. JULY SO, 1891.
Tb Sub-Treasury Plan.
Front the Chicafo Sentinel.
As the original,and foryear the only
advocate and champion of tbe idea of
governmeut loans to tbe people, tbe
Senliml has th right to be beard upon
tbe sub-treasury scheme. And for a
text we will take tbe following:
We have noticed with great pain
tbat tbe discussion of the sub-treasury
bilL now before csngres. Is being made
tb occasion and means of division
among Alliance men. Tbe warmest
friends nf tbe pending bill do not hesi
tate to admit that it i not a perfect bill,
and we know of no one in the Alliance
who will contend for this specinc bill
one moment if a better bill can be
brought forward. Tbe end sought in
the sub-treasury bill is more money.
And to secure tbat ena every Alliance
man is pledged; and for its securement
every Alliance man, no matter uhat
hit opinion of tne present dui may do,
will fight and strive."
Tbe above from tbe Raleigh. N. C.
Progttultt Farmer, (Col. L. L. Polk'
paper) Is worth more than a passing no
tice. If it means what it say and will
stand by lt-there can be no difference
between tb Sentinel and advocate of
tb sub-treasury bill.
If tbc eud sjugbt by the sub-treasury
bill Is simply "mora money," then of
course, if any better method of accom
plishing tb purpose can be shown, the
advocate of tb bill will not persist in
Its support.
Tbat there art better methods it seems
to us there can be no doubt. In fact,
we will go so far as to say there could
scarcely be a worse method though,
undoubtedly, there might be.
We car not bow popular the meas
ure may be just for tbe moment with
Alliance men. That is not tbe question.
National banking has beeu so popular
witb tbe people that it has existed for
mor than a quarter of a century yet
it 1 an odious system. It is not as pop
ular as it wast
In opposing th sub-treasury plan w
are not striking a blow at the Alliance
nor at the people's party. On the con
trary we ar doing It to help the Alli
ance and the people's party. To prevent
a friend from doing a wrong or a foolish
act is to selp tbat irieno. to stand -
lently by and see such mend commit a
folly is to do blm an actual wrong. It
is exactly what bis enemlea want him
to do.
And we say boldly this: Xo part u can
ott iuecmfullu through a tinolt campaign
tlanalng upon tne tut) treasury plan atone
Let us state our reasons for this be
lief.
That tbe government has a right to
loan money on tbe sub-treasury plan
there can be not tne to sngntest doubt,
For twenty eight years it has been loan
ing money to national bank on th sub
treasury plan. It loaned over 100,000,
000 to railroad corporation twenty-five
years ago though unfortunately not
on the sub-treasury plan.
The sub-treasury plan Is objectionable
chiefly for Its impracticability. It is
not sanctioned by one single sound bus
iness principle from the standpoint of
the loaner or from the standpoint of tbe
borrower. Nor is it good, sound, pub
lic policy.
In tbe first place it 1 a makeshift
loan. It is simply a method of "shin
ning" oyer a present pinch. It gives
temporary aid only to leave tbe bor
rower in a much worse condition when
his temporary loan expire
Let us suppose for Instance, that the
farmers of tbe northwest borrow money
on their wheat crop, xney win all bor
row at about the same time and for the
same time. Their temporary indebted
ness to tbe government will fall due at
bbnut tbe same time.
When is this wheat going to be dis
posed of T Most assuredly tbe buyer
for in the end it must be sold, which
means that there must be a buyer is
not going to buy tin ne can nuy cheap
est. When will tbat be? Why, just
about the time that tbe temporary loan
falls due and all fall due at about the
same time. Tbe government can sell
and will sell else must itself become
the purchaser the security (wheat) at
what it win Dring. At wnatever ngure
the buyer will payt The buyer has been
watching bis opportunity, tils opportu
nity is when tbe government must sell.
Tbe government has advanced HO per
cent of tbe value of the wheat. If it
now sells at just enough to "set out
whole" the farmer has Tost for ne has
sold bis wheat at 30 per cent discount.
His temporary loan has cost him 20 per
cent.
The buyer nine times In ten a spec
ula:or is the man who makes the
money, just the same as now.
And the chances are a hundred to one
that either the government or the
farmer loses lu tbe transaction. The
government will either advance too
much and will have to sell at a sacrifice;
or it is too cautious and does not ad
vance enough and the farmer loses.
The delusion of the sub-treasury plan
is this: The farmer when he harvests
his crop of wheat, says: "Oh, if 1 could
just keep this crop for six months I
could get a much better price than
now." The sub-treasury advocate steps
up and says, "If the government would
loan you W) per cent on your crop for
six months, so that you could pay off
your debts and hold your crop you
would be ail right."
Tbat catches Mr. Farmer. He Is a
convert to the sub-treasury plan.
But the short-sighted sub-treasury ad
vocate does not stop to explain to the
equally short-sighted farmer the way
the thing will work a above de
scribed. Another objection Is that It Involves
the employment of a vt army of
agents to atteud to the details; the risk
ol taking care of the property and the
risk is great; the hazard of ihe fluctu
ations oi the market; the risk of losses
through diihoaot and Incompetent offi
cials whose uauie I legion; the per
ishable nature ot all farm product in
spite of Ibe contention of these advo
cates who assert that it Is only up jo
Imperishable" jircducts!
These ar sou ot the objections
farasih transactions ar concerned
between Ihe government and the bor
rower. Another at.4 a still greater objection
Is the sudden and umxutrp!l!! IfiHa
tioa i t the currency w hick would fol
low tbe harvceting el crop. A enor
nioi aruoubt it money would suddenly
be put lute circulation only to be M
lowea by jul sudden a com r actum
when the goveratuent rvalues on its
temporary Uan; I a , when Ihe farmer
pay their debt to the gottramebl,
At'U lewttt piM.l-i fsiiutbl oa
thousand aa-IUca dollar would hat to
be put out by lb gvteretti!. say dur
ing tb nu ata ol Aogutt, He pie, bee
nd tktaber IkltfVbid feiuat out
say fvr t laoatkeat Ik tad tt wbWh
tune it nvil bo returned to IS ru
stbt. It atust be rurneltj du.isg
lb mat et lebtviary. Mnh M
Aptin A.d h lee not sttr whether
l loeruet mitt it. te tb poor I
sell It, h Rtvbey ft! oV Pm !
It her I aot aa tip!" sad rv
tractumiea' will ias Ik Ian rt nay
ti beJd old Urb r siaad
ed, b w tea t Iwsgis wkal
wvttid-
Talk Wvt tl U ue4 by tba
power of the bank to "inflate and
"contract" the currency and then com
pare them with that produced by the
sub-treasury plan! j
Against this sub-treasury plan of get
ting out "more money" and lttvino
out "more money" let us present the
plan of government loans to tbe people,
so persistently nrged by the Sentinel for
nearly ten years.
Government mans direct to the peo
ple, on real estate security, ten yean'
lime, 8 per cent interest, in sum not
exceeding 11,000 to any one bead of a
family witb tb privilege to tb bor
rower ot paying any time within the
ten years.
This 1 not a "make shift" loan. It
enable th borrower not simp!y to
"turn himself;" but it give blm time to
accumulate enough to pay off hit loam
AND GET OCT OF DIBT!
There I no expense of building ware
house for real estate does not require
warehouses In which to keep it. it is
not perishable. Fire can't burn it; wa
ter can't destroy it; weevils and rust
can't hurt it; thieves can't run away
with It; speculator can't "monkey"
with iu price. It is substantial, pro
ductive, permanent and absolutely im
perishable!
Tbe expense of loaning and looking
after one million dollars on real estate
security would not be a great a tbat
of loaning ten thousand dollar on tne
warehouse plan, ibe dinerenca would
be even vastly greater than this, if we
take into consideration the fact tbat tbe
warehouse loan would have to be made
ten time in ten years while the real es
tate loan would have to be made but
once.
Then this money, loaned on real es
tate, a above proposed, would go out
gradually, no sudden inflation, and
would remain out or be paid back so
gradually that It would avoid tbe evils
of contraction.
We bav mad this article too long
already; and yet have only nintea at
th chief objections to the sub-treasury
plan.
What we say against tbe sub-treasury
plan, we say in all kindness to its anvo
cates for we must presume that they
are honest in it advocacy.
We regard a unfortunate to th
third party movement the fact that the
Cincinnati platform endorsed, even in
a iiiuuiued utgrss.ths sub-treasury plan
and even tnougn it was sweetened
with tbe Idea of government loans on
real estate.
While we do not for a moment be
lieve that the sub-treasury plan will
ever be enacted into law, we fear that
It fall may take with it tbe grand and
useful scheme of government loans on
real estate to men who want to procure
for themselves homtt of tlteir oun.
Resolution of Box Uutt County Farm
er' Alliance.
Whekeas, Realizing tbat all hope of
securing justice at tbe bands of the old
parties is lost, and believing that they,
being subjected to th money-power of
Wall street, and of tb railroads; and
for tbe further reason tbat tbe parties
combined to defeat any legislation for
the farmer and laboring class, there
can be but little bope in tho future of
securing legislation that does not dis
Whereas, By the convention assem
bled in Cincinnati tne people nave re
solved to cast off the yoke of oppres
sion, and organize a "people's party,"
therefore
Retohed, Tbat we endorse the same as
Intended to overthrow the money pow
er, ana restore to me tanner anu la
boring man bis inalienable rights as a
citizen and a free man.
lieiohed, Tbat we recommend that
the "people's independent party" of
Box Butte county do not "fuse" witb
tbe democratic or republican parties in
the matter of nominating candidates
for office, but that if the best material
for any special work is not found in
the party no nomination should be
made.
Kesohtd, That we look with disfavor
upon tho action of our coanty commis
sioners in purchasing and improving a
poor farm, believing that expense of
same could have been deferred until a
more prosperous time, when the countv
covld bav. been be iter able to stand
tbe expense.
Rewired, That we will use an influence
with the state legislature to emend the
law so as to either regulate the number
of days when commissioners sLall serve
the county or else pay tnem a nxeu sal
ary. Resolved, Tbat we are opposed to fur
ther favoritism to corporations and cap
italists in respect to taxation.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
taxing ot government lands or the im
provements thereon, before final proof
is made,
Resolred, That we cordially Invite all
persons not members or eligible to be
come members of the Alliance to co
operate with us and assist to elect the
Independent ticket at our next election.
John P. Hazard,
l. A. Pai l.
(i. W. Waisnkr,
Committee on Resolutions,
Resolutions Adopted by Clay County
Alliance. .
Wheucas, The People's Independent
Conference at Cincinnati composed ot
delegates of representative labor organ
izations of th nation embodied In Its
platform such principles as have a tend
ency to reform both the political and
the social condition of this Republic,
making It posslblo for th tailoring man
to enjoy the fruits ot hi toll and to have
a voice la legislating laws w hlcb ho mutt
obey, be It
Retolctd. That this convention heartily
endorse said platform and that we cheer
fully recouuneud that all people inter
ested in social and political reform us
all honorable means to secure Ihe enact
ment ot such laws as ar based on tho
principles.
WtitHkA. All social t.l political cor
ruption results from th lavk of latere!
nd labor oa lb part of each and etry
ctlUea Inereby forming a sultabl r-p-portuatty
for a tew to manipulate the
political machinery As a defeae
agalrut aay such poMitulity, bo It
ArWieJ. I hat w lire every mem
ber la be vigilant ia all Wl, stale and
n4iiiil art air
Wri&btA, W sincerely bell thai
our enemies ar ai present argieg aa
undue number ot men to apro to po
litical honor Ihetsby creeling J.mo
Ua lit our ew tt rank, ia Tie cf this
tact bo It
AWt. Tbat v um due tauiloa to
lhwri th sue- ot aay such tiin.
VV bian.iy rer.iiieie4 lb prlectpl
t allowta lb od'tte I eevk th smb.
aad ai U man las mr
,tv.'W. I hat a copy ot the reolu
tloas be tent i lb ta.riioid Ht':4.
buin AVf.ta. I AbBkas' Altisbia
J.ttJM Jeir'f M puUw alma.
tisu P oVhwab,
b tt f ati.
A li MtHtM4
A ttwwa,
N M UbSltAB.
i tvuiBuMe.
FAEMEES OPINIONS.
TO THE VOTERS OP NEBRASKA.
Tbe Whit House in 'gx ot Serfdom.
The campaign of 1991 has opened.
Let ns select our best and truest men
for all offices, and not the new recruits,
some of whom may perhaps be Alliance
men Just now because they see the Alli
ance plums are ripening. Porter says
there are nine millions of mortgaged
homes in tbe United States. Paddock
says mortgage are an evidence of pros
perity. Give bim your opinion of tbat
when be seek re-election. Read the
Fabmxks' AixiAxcxo! Julyftb, and see
the confidential circular issued by tbe
Bankers' Association at Omaha to tbe
banks of Nebraska. Yon will see bow
it wa there were no law passed last
winter to stop the sbylock and usurers
wbo are eating up tbe people' sub
stance. Will you break your bonds?
If so be up and doing, for your chains
are tightening around you.
Nine millions mortgaged homes!
What are yon going to do about ltf If
you will read Kellogg on Capital and
Labor you can soon figure out who will
soon own your nine million mortgaged
homes, unless tb condition are
changed. And every borne In tbe coun
try too; for you are paying from 10 to
80 ier cent on capital tbat does not net
you 3 percent. Tnink of it bow Epypt,
that once powerful land of tbe Pharaohs,
lost her freedom, power and education,
and went to the level of tbe mule and
tb brut and all because of her mort
gaged homes and her old party trick
sters selling out to the money power.
We are moving on we cannot stool
which side will you take? On one side
is the cloven-footed money power as
represented by the demo-republican oc
topus, and on tba other the -glorious
veople' party born in Cincinnati, where
lis 200 ex-Union soldier delegates fra
ternized witb its forty ex-Confederate
delegates, aud united us all both north
and south in one great brotherhood to
rally round the glorious flag of liberty,
and with one great cheer that shall re
sound from one end of our land to the
other, we will win a great victory.
Jar Gould will soon own all our roadsi
And Wail street sll our homes.
The Armours and Swifts bav captured our
meats,
And we'll have nought but bones.
' Yours for freedom,
C. E. Blllock.
Tbe Millionaire tb True Anarchists,
Editor Alliance: Tbe plan of na
ture shows tbat tbe Creator intended
that the producer should be the posses
sor of wealth. Our system of money
reverses the plan of nature. The fact
tbat tbe class wbo furnish our medium
of exchange now own all the railroads
Instead of the producers proves that it
is a one-sided game. Tbat it will soon
control all the means of producing
wealth cannot be denied. Those who
uphold tbe system claim that it gave all
men the same chance in tbe race for
wealth and power. Rut tbe producers
now see tbat it is a huge confidence
game, and that it is indeed hard to beat
a niaa at his own game, and that our
money system is the father of all confi
dence games. Hut why the people of a
republican form of government have
thus far submitted to a system of
money that bas ground the producers
of countries of tbe old world who have
adopted it into tbe earth, is more than
we can understand. Its defenders
argue tbat superior intelligence and
brain pawer made our millionaire. But
whenever a man from among the peo
ple points out a road whereby tbe pro
ducers can escape from bondage and
remain in the fields of industry marked
out by the Creator, tbey howl anarchy,
socialism, repudiation, etc. But every
such charge is an admission of their
own guilt. The stones tbey are throw
Idg will demolish their own crystal pal
aces. L,ei tne agitation go on.
Yours fraternally, J. B. Osler.
a - I, .i
That Sifting Com mittce.
Editor Farmers' Alliance: The
fees of the clerk of the district court of
Buffalo county are $4,000 per year.
This sum goes into his pocket as salary.
We are Informed by a lawyer that the
same clerk in Douglas county (Omaha)
gets near 130,000, and in Lancaster
county (Lincoln) gets $20,000 per year.
House Roll 025 provided that all the
fees of tbe clerks of tbo district courts
of the state should be entered in a fee
book and accounted for, and tbat the
clerks should receive a salary. This
bill, had It become a law, would have
saved the people of tbe state at least
$100,000 per year In taxation. Thatany
one could be found shameless euough
to opppose in any way tbe passage of
such a just measure was a surprise to
tbe Independents of the House. This
blil found iu way into the hands of the
sifting committee of the House, of which,
on account of the sickness of the chair
man, Johnny Watson and McKesson
became the moving spirits.
I know that the introducer of the
measure (Mr. Sbryock) labored with
this committee to have the bill placed on
tile where It would come before the
House for consideration. When he
found out that the committee would not
report tha bill, he and several ot the In
dependent members made several ef
forts to have the bill taken up out ot the
regular order, that the House might act
on it. These moves were invariably
opposed by some of the committee.
1 he astion ot some ot the committee lo
regard to tbts bill and some other itn
Hrtaut measure ought to forever damn
them In the estimation of their constitu
ents. In the absence of any law cur
tailing the large salaries th clerks of
the district courts receive from fee th
co'-rmou e jui 1 have named.
Ill-other ludepemlent. what ar you
going to do about It" Wall, ink up th
rvturiu measures where the Independent
legislature was obliged to drop them.
Pledge all tb nominee for clerk of
th courts to work fur a salary, and that
they will tura ail fees over lo th gene
ral funds of tb countle. Show lo th
peopl of lh tat that yon propose i
give iheiu an economical administration
vf stat aud county affair,
J. MKSBIIIS
hbettua. Neb,
Ptm Ntbt Nebraska.
IUsuviub, Neb , July 1. lul.
Fi-irvB At tu l Will say that our
order away ttp in aorthweet Nebraska
la la good ahap aad ur gelling do
lthir work la guodhr Th fa rat
er t her bav voarluded Bot I set
(ttietly around y leagtr aad h rob.
b4 by th suoaey powet6tlhiNuairy
Ytf real 10 ert Ileus 45 oa ope
grvoad and Uok'tlkiig either. I be old
Mip sucker up her a la-(Baen!
ea t a ivod bvad tul tM 4 wak
a good grWh lytierk' f-iivght-edaeta,
t It ttv
Vtr aU kind her ar tk Co
w k vr had yi Woa4tM
ke, waatry. UaoitM eeaaity
Y'ttf btutber,
l M BtMc-ua.
Address by the National
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Of the People's Party 1 the Citizens f
. The raited States.
The times that try men's souls are
here once more. Tbe descendants of
the British tories of 1776, and other
European and American capitalists have
bound our country with chains more
galling and more dangerous than the
political bonds that oppressed the colo
nies, because they are more subtle and
more corrupting in their Influences.
Tbe declaration of independence
from the arrogance of British politi
cians, must be supplemented by a decla
ration of Independence from tbe fright
ful power of concentrated wealth.
Tbe political Independence which the
fathers of the country secured through
seven years of bloody war, is but a
shallow sham unless our country can
secure industrial independence.
Tbe subtle power of money to op
press is greater than the ephemeral
power of the wily politician. The ty
rants of modern civilization do not bind
tbelr subjects with bonds of blood and
Iron as did the conquerors of the past
their weapon is corruption, forged by
duplicity and riveted by ignorance.
The warriors of old, wbo sallied forth
to prey upon tbelr fellowmen, to subju
gate and exact tribute from them, did
it like men and heroes, knowing that ia
case of failure their lives would pay the
forelt. To be a robber knight of mod
ern civilization requires neither cour
age or heroism. Under our present
system the most conscienceless schemer,
the most unscrupulous corruptlcnlst
wields the greatest power and levies tbe
most enormous tribute.
Tbe British nobility tyrannized over
tba American colonies, and exacted
taxation without representation, but
tbe American people recognized the
danger, because their dellanco of the
liberties of tbe colonies was so ope) and
undisguised tbat all could see it.
Tbe fact that our country ia today an
abJecbVy tributary province of British
and other foreign oligarchs, is known
and recognized by only a few, because
tbe system that brought it about boa
been covered up py subsidized or igno
rant newspapers ' and politicians, until
but two remedies are left the ballot or
tbe bullet. We consider violence ia
settling disputes as unworthy of a civ
ized nation.and for this reason we have
organized a party of the people to over
throw once more the tyrant who have
and are continuing to rob us of that to
which tbey have no moral right.
Tbe railroads of our country are capi
talized at $9,000,000,000 and it Is a well
known fact that the great majority of
their stock is held by people in England
and other foreign countries, wbo have
no more interest in tbe United States
than tbe vampire bas in its victim. For
eign capitalists own many of our mines,
elevators, irrigation systems, aud other
property.and probably billions of acres
of our lands one foreign combination
alone, tbe Vlllard syndicates, controll
ing a land grant of 74,000 square miles,
two and a third times as much land aa
Is contained in all Ireland. At a rea
sonable estimate foreign capitalists
have invested $10,000,000,000 in our
country. What value have they given
us in return tolhey did not give us gold
or silver because these metals have
been carried abroad by the ship load
and are mined here, not in Europe;
they performed ne labor to earn this
monstrous sum, and we have given
them at least value for value, for every
ouuee of goods we obtained from them.
THE FACT IS TIIEY LOANED TJS THEIR
CREDIT,
In tht form of bank checks, draffs and
notes, and then art paying these promises
to pay, with the interests and dividends
the tribute they draw from our people.
According to the census the wealth of
the United States is about $00,000,000,
000. Money invested at six per cent
compound interest will double In less
than twelve years, so that our foreign,
masters in about thirty years will own
more than the whole wealth of the.
United States to day, allowing them
only 0 per cent on their holding. But
when it is considered that the Western,
Union Telegraph company pays a divi
dend of 0 per cent on about $1(0,000,000)
of capital stock, while its plant can be
duplicated for $15,000,000, making the
interest about 80 per cent ou tbe actual
investment, and tbat this applies to
many corporations, the danger threat
ening tbe liberties of the American peo
ple indicate the early destruction ot
the republic and tbe establishment of a
moneyed oligarchy. It Is a serious
question, whether we have not reached
that point now.
THE CAUSE Or Till fcVIL
is tbe policy pursued by our alleged
statesmen, who have shown themselves
to be the abject and willing tools ot tbe
capitalists who are getting rich on the
Interests of their debts, al tbe expenso
ot the business, industrial and agricul
tural interests of the country. Money
has beeu made artificially scarce by
means so foul that it would do credit to
tbe profeasional gambler and confidence
mau. The peopte are led to believe by
a juggling of facts and figures that very
little tuouey Is available to the govern
ment, while i;50,uu0,uuU ar loaned bo
favored banks or locked up in the .
treasury vaults under all manner of
fraudulent pretense. Let on illustra
tion suffice: Iloo.uo0.0oo in gold ar
held ia "redeem treasury note (green
backs) outstandiag." Phi gold was
borrowed by the government for that
purpose twenty year ago, and But on
dollar ol il, Judging from lh treasury
reports, ha ever been called tor. All
tui giId U hoarded still, though com
parauvely few of th note ar now in
circulation. And during ihl scor of
yoara, wo hat been ud I pay Inter
est oa this nortuou sunt. This appear
alt lh uior ridiculously criminal when
It I considered th tb government it
sued boad iiKtper not bearing lute
re ti Us redeem greeatutcka (paper Bole
boar leg bo latere!) that, aa tportr
ha show. Boiiody wauled redeemed,
i'utici lb Cleveland administration
Ik tdioii policy ol paying high pr.
(uiutus lo redeewt bonds Bit du was in
augurated. In was roatlauoi under
lb ilarrttOB aJiu.niirih. Amut
too, out. wm wa given i u boadVtir
lrvugi this !! uaaoearkly, Hut
a.tw tbat abutii w,uvt, i bond r
du and nilgai b ideoi4 at par, th
eereiery tl Ik treasury, after rtw
eulutig with V aU trt. aad ol eouroa
tb eBi of kurepeaa rpit,ui, leu
' ( tbt,t I hot I road Bwiae r
that Btrv, ikeujh ttery e.
laliti $r.iMi tr, And lk baa are
nu lu like lb burnt al aad
(tea at l per eeal. aid tbo sormary
ft tb treasure iiwtbf tht wnb
ot wsrti of law, lsJ apleite
tCtaBkoed ea rta pgoi
