The farmers' alliance. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1889-1892, February 18, 1892, Image 2
THE FA KM KKS ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEK., THURSDAY FEB. 18, l!2. THE COAL ROt lfK3. Ijrt them strike a. sua ! as tby like. lu n iia a ps.-fan ib. Ms.ri.y high lh nos fiy la nsouojwiy'i l(g liailooo. Iboaga ibv starr t-y bit la tha Inky pits. Thongfe their children try for bro ad. Tb etui of tos game mmt be the tame Kittg Capital keep ahead. Good pay I Absurd. Cpon my word. What mora can the dip require! Toa speaic ef the xxr wist tiiey endure, IJepriTel of their bit of lire. B xn who awirol to price of ual Reduced at this time of year. Our dividend, my worthy frieud. Woo d rapidly disappear. Tm willing to add that the work I bad And dangerous to, to face; But when one (topi and reela an 1 drops. There a another to take faia place, 'Supply aal demand," through Jut the land. By that will we aUnd or fall We'ie dealing iu coals, but bodies aa l souls Are not in oar Mat at all Old John Mieriuan. onator Sherman baa been io ofllco continuously for thirtr-cight fears, and yet no scan Jul hits ever at tach.! to hU nauift Einporht Ko publican. Oh .shucks! You know bolter than that. When ho was aoo rotary of the treasury you remember thore wan a tog scandal about convening covern mont property,, to hi- own uso and keeping- bis servants on tho govcrn tneot pay roll. Do you forget the chanra that has never boon doniod that tne bank ia which feburmsvn bus an iutcroxt. in Kew York, had deposits from tho gov era mant at one time and for years of over U 000, 000. which tho birak loaned out, and for which the govern ment did not receive ono cent of in terest? l)o you forget that John Shorman, fccaa hit career in con$:rtM a poor aiao. and on a sulury of sj.1,000 a year lias become a tnulti-millionaire? Do you know that be is a worse traitor to-day to Amorican intcreitl tbaa Benedict Arnold, and has been a preator curse to the jieoplo of the Lulled States than any man living or dead? Do you know that thero attt millions of patriots la this country who loathe and dchpiso the mime of John Sher man and who nro teaching thuir children to look iiMn him n one of the most dopiciiMo chiirai'tttr in American LUtory? Do you know that while the iluto. emtio pre of tho country in Us lib. joct sorvllity to the money powon, of which old John Shornmn is the cliiuf tool, will tarn column rule unit In. dulge in mookb-h sympathy whim tho nth old traitor to Ainorlenn tnleie-tl-t is gathered In by tho devil, hundred of reform papers will probably put up Toosters'' uml 2rinr cannon" and rejoloo that his tiny have oadod. if bis seoundrelly deeds may follow hlra. John Sherman is tho porsonillcation of villainy. Ho is to-day tho bent representative of Shylockism in all this land. If tho treason of Honeiliot Arnold and Jell Davis were com pressed in on John fchoimua would till outrank. iNo scandal attached to hVs nauo. did you guy? For twenty years his career has boon a continuous scandal, a reproach and a shame, IIU name has booomo a hiss and a by-word. Ha will go to his grave dtxipisod and dis hoDorod,Allinnoo 'i'ribuna Death and IHvldmls. Iteforotho clods hid sottlod upon the dead boilioi of the e'.ovett victims of the reoent slaughter on tho Central railroad, tho directors of that corpor ation assembled. That daughter was caascd by tho lack of a propor system of aignaklDg, From tho naino cause within tho past four years thirty five persons have been killed and ninety wounded on this road. Surely tha first action of tho direc tors after thin latest c i,u ilty was to order ia at oueo tho safest signal? Incredible ns it nmy seem, not so. lied lanterns or i-ajgod lings in tho hands of incompetent, hoodloss. under paid mou way bo passed by a train thundering toward destruction, but the divideuds of the (Antral railroad cannot bo passed. The "bloc't sys tem" is perfect In tho directors' room! And eo tho figures ran to tho wait ing ears: Net earnings for tho last his isonths $8. 240.81:.': profit above first charge $;8l:!,8ia regular dividon 1 6 per cent; spoc!nl dividend lor' three months, per cent Tho dividonds woro declared. The directors adjourno L And death was left waiting for the next accident" made easy. Are these gontlemen really waiting for public opinion to formula'o ia law the mandate: -'ut in tho block sys tem now?" Xe-w York World. fcVom flie National Secretary. ilea often speak when thorr utter nces are the legitimate, offspring of their wishes. Some any that tho Farmers' Alliance is going to pieces because it is favoring tho People's party; others say that it is going to pieces because some aro tr.ying to hold it in one or the othorof the old parties, but the facts as they aro coming to my oSHco evory day prove that both aro wrong. By observing closely. I Dnd that we have mon in oar order who would tTladly too it, sink into oblivion if thereby their individual political for iunos could bo built up. llewaro of lie me vho aro .howling themselves fcoarso to provo that tho AiHanco should stay in tho DemoJralo or publican parties to accomplish its pur poses, and be equally guarded against a similar class who would have you bellove that the only road to success is for the Alliance to go into the Teo plo's party. Whoa a man talks party, give him a deaf ear. but when he talks reform as laid down in the Ocala doraands. listen to him and all him in "every possible way, for tkis is the duty of vory good Alliance inan. As an or ganisation let us quit talking party, and spend all oar time and enorgiea in educating tho pcoiflo; and when edu cation has done lis perfect work, we ucod have no fears, for the people are determined to take caro of tho party that takes caro of their TuiMiciplos. Ko ports from tho couaty Alliance moot inga all over the , country are rery encouraging. Every mall brings the eheerinsr new thnt. - xim. county is solid for the, Ocala demands. oa wo wm not vote lor any man or party that doe not adopt them." I am alo very much gratified at the way the uh-alliances aro r ponding to the call for a 'propaganda fund." It la coming from every aula In amounts ranging from fifty oats to tea dollars. This fund fill enable us to push the work of education as it has never been before, aai good will Inevitably result Face to the front and pass It down the line that by the help of God we are in tho Alliance to stay till victory pervht upon our banner and the people got roliof. Fratrnal!y, J. 1L TlRSF.R, Sec'y X. F. A. and I. V. Darkest California. Let us look once more at the "bless ingt' of the govurnraont in this state. Listen to ono of tho outrages it is con stantly perpetrating on tho poor and helpless. Thefo is no exaggeration in my statements, as tho records of the polled courts will show. We will suppose your name is John Smith, and you come to California with a few thousand dollar which by had in vestment you speedily loo. Perhaps you have loved ones to care for, und the prospeet looks dark; for work is not ottered you in the city and ilrere are many applicants for every position. But you havn willing hands and you say: "I will go and socle work In the country among tho farmer" So you roll tip your bluoUols arid start out. After a few hourt' walk you roach rural settlement und commonco your applications, but rarely will you meet with suecois tiulcis it is harvest time. Mongolian labor is generally preferred to white labor. At last you sink down to rest a fow minutoa when you are iwcostod by a man ' who roughly asks you what you aro doing, jyook lug for work." is your Innocent reply. 1 thought so; I am looking for fellows just like you. 1 arrest you on a chnrge of vagrancy, t ome with mo." You may plead and prute.-rt in vnln. Yen will be roughly told the law must lm enforoed. You will bo led before tho rural juHtico. from whom there is no appeal; the caso will bo briefly uitcd and a thirty days' .sentence in jU given. Of course tho law w as not In landed for men of your elans, but there are fee for both countable and justice. You will speedily bn uouortod to tho county jail, lodged lit a cell full of vermin, mid if tho county boats of a - chain gang" yon will be placed tho next day In It with n ball und chain on yo.ir ankle to work oa tho roadi. I mu not prepared to eay whether or not tho regulation permit you to ning while a1; your work "Tho Star Span-jlml Manner. " nnd -My Country, 'tis of thw. swuut land of llljcrty." California Kx. Tltey Are Just and llluht. It Is useless for uny man to gay (hat the Alliance demand which nro also embodied In tho People's party piat form, nre not just nnd l ight. These principles must form the basis of legis lative euiilmoiiU to savo the coiuitry from inevitable rulu tufd bankruptcy. It matters not what unscrupulous and avaricious nmn may Miy to tho con. trary, tho principles laid down In the Alliance domands miiHt nnd will bouc ccptod by tho country. Tho pooplo aro grlidually but surely coming to them. Four-llflhs of tho argumotiU olTered against them aro from tho standpoint of pnntlsanlsmnnd more to the purposo of siiHlaitting tho old pnrlios than with the idea of dlsculng tho rjal m nts of tho questions. In other words, the opposition to tho Altianco demands spring from tho tleslro to shield tho old parties from tho condemnation that they know is jtiHtly merited tuid is set forth in tho demands. Jf cither of tho old parties had been truo lotho poople'e interests, there would liavo been no Alliance no People's parly. The AlUanuo and ovorv other Indus trial organization trades unioas and assemblies, hi otigiinizod protests against tho mifrulo of the country. Tho producing classes have been forced to band thomselvcs together In secret conclaves for mutiml protccliuu against tho encroachments upon their rights guaranteed by tho constitution, but subverted by cluss mado laws. Tho principlo Involved In the.-o do. maads aro practlcablo and wholesome just what tho country needs jnst what the people are going to havo. Alliance Tribune. lie' a Ch - in . Who's a chump? The man who works hard to make his farm worth :2,(X0 nnd votes to re duce its value to tjsl, 000. 'l'ho man who works hard to double tho products of his farm, and votes to reduce their price ono-half. Tho man who moves heaven nnd earth to secure an eight hour day nys torn nnd votes to reduce his wages ou-hnlf, Tho mnn who works hard to earn clothes for his own children, and votes them to another man's children. Tho man who works nnd prays 304 days in a year, and oa tha ait 5th day votes awry haif his earnings, and says ho's worsa than an infidel; ho won't provide for his own family. Tho man who prays that this -earth mny boas tho kingdom of heaven." and voles to mako it a political boll. National ilelurmer. Tho IUossburg Advertiser: The year lSlt'i. will bj fraught "with issues of tho highest importance to tho farmers and industrial classes of Pennsylvania, Jt is of more importance to tho people of this stale who shall represent them ill tho state legislature than who shall bo president of tho tmtil Stalev The is;uc of iual a :r.;cn will not down. It must lo u:et U is the p.-iramiait Issue ia Pennsylvania. Thcro 1 no justice or equity in the dollar of the individual paying from 15 to 80 mills taxation and tho dollar of the corpora tion from !l to mills. The pooplo are determined that this unjust dis crimination shall conso, and the cor porations are ateo determined that tho old way, as they term it shall con tinue. This question is over and 'e yond party affliiutions. It is of higher Import, and if the pcoplo would win they must prepare themselvos for the greatest slrugglo ever witnossed iu Penney lvariia. ;, ... The Alliance Horald: The progress made by the Alliance in forcing its de mands upon tho country, has been most gratifying, and tho success so far nohicved is as great as could have been reasonably expected. The work goes bravely on. well systematlzcl :. nb'jr .pros&el with tho oposltloti vrcukonlng l;i every quarter. THE CONTEST. rtaa Imm 11 U-wea the Msa aa4 (be Do ie W th T irl Ixessl Ia IM0 the dominant question waa tho man represented in the negro lave vs. tho dollar represented la the property holder. Said Abraham Lin coln at that tim "lioth the man and the dollar a1 worthy of consideration, but in case of a coatlict then the man first." And the conflict followed re sulting in the freedom of the blaclc slave. What then? asks the Bunker Hill Times. The dollar controlled financial legislation during the war, and devised and enacted schemes whereby It inaugurated a new system of slavery. It obtained control of the volume of money of the country, nnd it still holds this control. It creates credit and loans credit and contracting this money volume at its pleasure .it contracts prices, and theso falling prices bring bankruptcy and failures, low wage, nnd men out of work. To-day 2A.000 people own more than one-half of the woaltb of the L'nited States, while tho remaining 62,000,000 clutch at the throats of each other to get a bounty or a living out of the other half. And oven while they do this thoso sam remorseless law relent lessly direct a stream of wealth from i'no toiicrs to tho pintocracy. Twenty years ago tliis plutocracy owned 37 por cent of tun wealth of tho country; to-day 60 por ciint Twonty years ii go the millionaires were very few in number although the country had ex isted nearly one hundred yoars. Wealth was . equitably distributed among those who created it To-day men struggle for a pittance and women und children are harnesaod to tho treadmill of life to eke out th money necehsury to support tho family; and yi-t oven out of these scanty wages unseen hands fcllcnily demand and lake a tithe every t ine a purchase Is made, of things to cat und things to wear. Politically men divide on the tariff which may ntted them a few cents, while they ignore tho cmise that affects them by many dollars. And the old parlies so Intend it. Votes shift from one party to tho other In a vain attempt to im prove thoir condition; but the Jay (iould class contribute tho campaign funds t Ixith parties for bands, rod lire nod torch lights, and then when the glare nnd noise is over this elais are victors whichever parly wins. Prices continue to fall, lurgu monopolies absorb tho small mor- i chants, tho big blocks of capital wipe out nnd nbsorb the small blocks, tho wngiv worker nod toiler yields a tithe in every article consumed. Nov, if wo havo correctly stated tho con ditions its they exist, is there a need for tho People s party? If the pcoplo of the West nod South associating to gether in thoir org u nidations and ftuilylug there ocouomlo questions have come t Udiovo thut conditions lire as wo Kioto thorn, is it any wtindor 4hut tueso people aro and will continue lo 1o devoted adherents to tho new Pcoplo' party? Tho Issue of tho next pre.-identittl umptiign will bo the moii'-y quesilnu Hint tariff Hcrond. Tho llepublw-nn party will take high tariff protection and tho present gold dollar Mtumlard for their platform, the DemncrntW) rta'ly. divided In its con vention, will take the same money atundard and low tariff or tariff re form. Tho People's jwirty will ad. voeate money ut cost uud that no in dustry snail bo builtup at the expense of another industry. This will array tho Kusturn and luiildhi stutos rcpro. sontcd by tho old parties ngainst tho Soutliern and stlvct status represented by tho People's party. In 1H'.I2 it will itgain be a quo-J on of the man or tho dollar. Andrew Jackson sounded It in 1M1J2 nnd lh pcoplo won; thirtv years later Abraham Lincoln sounded it und tho people won. Another thir ty years havo now gone; tho inaa of tho hour divinely chosen Is again coming to the front lo sound tho same issue, the muu or tho dollar; and the verdict will bo, -Let my people go." Nerret Ik'moprac)', Tho one trroot unmirdonahin in of the Allianeo has. in tho eye or its enemies, been its secrecy -a secret political organization. " Thnv hv. ui'gcd this point with all tho zcnl that a decaying cuuso could command. Secret pi-oecedings have biyen declared to bo "u-ii-d-o-ni-o-c-r-n-t-l-c." W hat will these poor croakers do when they read from tho Americnn tho proceed ings of vivo National Democratic ex ecutive committee at Washington cily, on January ilst. wheiM it states: The comniittoc Uieu went Into secret session bohlud closed divirs. the gen eral public and press being excluded. After remaining in -secret session behiud cloBud doors" until Into in the afternoon, accordinc to iho nmaa ,ii. patchos. Tho committee took a recess uum j iu., wan mo understanding that at that timo the committnn wnniii go Into secret sessioiu Is it not timo for such blatherskites as tho Nashville American to at least pretend consistency and hush its twaddling about antl-Demoeratic so crecy? Draw in vour b American, your toots aro fast bo.-om- lng monotonous. Tho masses will hoed von no lontror. liseRM th principles of tho Alliance, not tho motnods or presentation. If tho prin ciples nre wronjr. then tho whole n- guiibn.iion must go down, secrecy and all. Suppose tha secrecy was dU. pensod with, the great principles of the order would live on. So strike. Mr. American, at tho root of the or fler. Tho Tennoeseo Toilgp, ip:.iC vp l o.. cr. All tbo powors exorcised by corpor ations aro taken from the powors which wcro delegated by tho pcoplo to the government. Theso powers should be ro'urnoJ to the government and exercised for the benotit of tha pcoplo, and not for tho enrichment of a corporate plutocracy. Topeka Ad vocate. Meeting of Harlan Co. Alliance, Atlanta, Nkb , Feb. 6, '82. The next meetimr of Harlan Cetintv Alliance ill meet in Alma, Feb. 20, 'Da, at which time Bro. Jbhn Stevens of Fames Co. will Install the oflictrs olert, and deliver an Alliance speech. The In tention is to have this an open meeting so that all may hear him who proved such a valued friend of the farmers In the last legislature. Yonrs, w. i dale, Sec'y. A. J. Rigby Ai Co., have twenty one one quarter sections in Wheeler and Garlield counties that must be sold. For a cheap homo address them, 1C25 O St. 83-tf "Shall the OSce seek the Kan, or the Man leek the OScc." Ov aha. Nib , Jan. 92. Er noa or Tun Aluakcx: 1 am so plr-ased t note the several letters from lady IndependcuU, which have lately appeared in your columns. They are a most encouraging sign and should be an example f jt dozens of others to follow. These intelligent letters and articles from the pens of conetty ' jikes" (as we are called,) are a delightful contrast to the arrogant, egotistical, and sublimely ignorar t talk ot the average city folk. The prcsp"Cts for an extensive growth of reform pria ipies, here in the den of the wasp (bee) seem very poor indeed from the little 1 have ben able to ob serve. W bile there are many subjpets con nected with our great work that claim our thoughts, there ison demanding the immediate attention of our voters par ticularly, and 1 wish each sub-Alliance might at once discuss it in time to act decisively and with cautious intelligence i his is the momentus question, of ttho shall receive our nomination as successor to Senator Paddock. We are most anxious to obtain laws favorable to the producer, and for the weal of the whole DeoDle: but. the first step to that end must be tho election of men uho have not "been tttighed in the balance and found wanting " We have boasted that the farmers will not longer i . ... . . . r . oo represemea y proiessionai politi cians. Yv ell and good. If we trespass on ims maxim we acknowledge the lack oi aoiiiiv aua cooiiusnce in ourselves, which adds another dread vantage to the cause, which calls for the best efforts of human itT. - Our last Fahmebs' Allianck made a most startling announcement which cer tainly must have been very disagreeable news to our wide awake independents or many of them at least. Can it be possible that so soon after his record of W, with its criminally delayed letter of "declination' and unrefated accusations, Mr. Van Wyck's "shortsighted folly." prompts him to Renin appear on the scene as a candidate for lavorr Brother farmers, will you stand by and see our party, so strong in its infancy, collared by a wily foe in this manner? The as sertions against this man's honorable actions and underhand d plan for de feat of the state ticket, (through jealousy and revenge,) have never to my knowl edge been disproved. Does not the no ble state of Nebraska afford a man with a clean record, and iutellsct equal to any? If not, then good bye to reform. I feci confident that the selection of Van Wyck by the idopendent party will produce the very rupture for which the two old parties have so diligently worked and combined. I am only a woman, but it looks very singular to me that onr State Alliance could bo so manipulated as to heal the imaginary factions, In this indiscreet and hasty manner. It surely does not re flect the-sentiment of the members of out order unless I greatly miscalculate. I know there was strong feeling against this Gen. Van Wyck because of his cowardly retreat at the first lira on the enemy. Voters, it is not a question with us as to whether he is an honest independent ornot. If he is, let him follow in the line of duty, he marked oat for himself, when he, after long delay refused the honor, so unanimously and cheerfully tendered him, and skulked over to the ambushed enemy. Tbo quostion with us is, khall we be "sold out"' by a cow notorious politician? or shall we elect a true blue independent, such as we are assured Hon. Johnll. Powers is and has ever been, sinee the movement began? The vigorous, but gentlemanly, arraign ments of Mr. Van Wyck, in these col umns heretofore, have elicited uo re sponse from Alliance people, from a feeling that it was unnecessary. But it bore abuntlant fruit; and the time arrives when Bro. Burrows' position, from which he has not relreattdt must either ; be sustained, or proven untenable. I have just once seen a plea possibly from a friend of this "declared candi date" a plea to Ut him alone, (no de fense or repudiation.) We have been and are. perfectly willing to do this, protiding.he will keep his chosen place, and le&veoffices to those not too cowardly to bear the Alliance colors in IH9I). We cannot afford to hazard our suc cess in by running him on the inde penden tticket to please a small, insignif icant faction. If he has true sincere friends of reform in his following, let them study the case well, ere they fur ther attempt to foist one, politically dead, upon the people, as a proper rep resentative. Is it wise to trust such faul ty judgment as that which he has shown in seeking heners but lately snubbed, leaving honesty out of the question? I can only think this apparent indiscre tion of electing Mr. Van Wyck as a delo gf.te to the National Allianeo is a Berl ins mistake, accomplished by intrigue of tho the enemv. and without copsid eration on tho part of delegates. This seoaicg admission that there teas di visions in the Alliance, is hailed with de light by old party organs and their be fogged readers, and the only remedy for its evident results is to at nce sit dean most emphatically on the aspirations of this "irould be" senator of Nebraska. Let our fair state copy the manner of Ingnlls' defeat, and redeem herself from imminent disgrace and,betrayal. When we get a fafe major ty in Congress, of the plain industrious clas which harbors no traitors, wemay then expect to do something for tho nation mere worthy than getting up a plutocrat circus, in volving millions of expemes with no corresponding benefit to the toilers. I would dcploro tho rain of our new new party on which so much is staked, an tho inevitable delay of needed re forms, in cor sequence of one man's triumph or downfall. All earnest en deavor on his part, in the same quiet path, which we brothers are content to tread, will bo acceptable; but no'Tepen tant " sinnerf! can in justice expect re- vara. Whilo at present an unwilling resident of our metropolis. I am still with you ai:d desire perfect harmony between the labor organizations nud Alliance; and I hopo soon again to be in the most inde pendent place ler those who have little use for style and display, but a little feeiing for oppressed mankind; that is the country. Yours fraternally, Mrs. E. W. Ixcas. Why Not? Seward, Neb., Feb. 4, '93. All women born in the Uuited States must bo ci'.lzens of the United States, for the constitution di lines, "all persons born, or naturalized in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction" to bo citizens. Women are "persons." and suject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and also to tho stato in which they live; and consequently they areeitizcas. This I believe is a con ceded fact. Now I should like to have Eome real smart man, who believes in "equal rights to all, special privileges to note" rise and explain, WHY the men have tho special privileges of the ballotl In uhat nre tkey more cltizeus of this country than we are? Explain to us, please, why a foreigner who can not read or rite, and who knows no more about legislation, just or unjust, than a bronco, is more of a citizen of this country, than the American bom teaman, educated in all the intricacies of a republican form of government well acquainted with the history, not only of our own nation, but foreign na tions, and nations past and gone, and who teach )our ekUdrtu the forms of civilized government which the foreign tr knows not hi i g b?ut. But he it al lowed the ballot, to perpetuate igoo ranee and vice, while tie Is denied ihe same privileges when everything goes to prove the would use it to perpetuate morality and justice. 1 know all foreigners are pot so igno rant as the one I have taken for a sam ple; nor are all American bora women as competent as my model; but it is an acknowledged fact, that the riff-raff of foreign countries are the ruling power in this, and they are not the patriotic citizens American women aro, even with the concersions .hat are made tbem and denied k-r. Charles Bancroft, in speak ing of the failure of the constitution to define who ta mid be voters, says, "It seems to be a loose point in the regula tions, otherwise so admirable; since it may work considerable inequality under circumstances; and, in some cases might change the policy of the government. It is a question worthy of consideration whether there should not be aa amend ment to the constitution establishii g uniformity of suffrage in all the states " And Bancroft puts it very mildly I think. Did you ever think about it, that the word sex does not occur in the constitution, or the word male until the fourteenth amendment, which went in to force July 1868? I here is no thing certain; if any of the contemplated re formers are ever brought to a success ful issue, it wiil be through the efforts of devoted women. Then why not give her the only weapon she needs to de fend her and hers from barm, namely, the light of suffrage E Bradford. Notice ' I am now able to give price of coal at your depot en all R. R in the State. 25tf J W. Hartlht. Stato Agt The Arena FOR 1802. SIX GOOD REASONS WHY Every momber of, tbf FARXEKS'ALLIAKCX should take THE ARENA FOB 1898. L During 1MB The Arena will contain pa peri on tho Farmers' Alliance and its lead ers, giving- an authoratltlve history of the rist of the movement, and PORTRAITS of the leading spirits In Una great nprlsmg of the people airal-st monopolies, trusts, plutocracy and official oorrupUon. II. It will oonlaln authotatitive papers set ting forth the oentral claims of each ef tht great parties of to-day, and drawing clearly and sharply the lines of demarkatlcn on all great political, economical and social prob lems. III. It will contain papers setting- forth tht cardinal demands of the people In their or ganized movements against old-time wroiirt and injustice, aad the reason lor each d mand. IV. It will be an enoTeionedia of antlHns) and social information, giving its readers a masterly exposition of the true conditions aDd needs of the present, depicting the evllt of the hour, and suggmtiHg remedios calcu lated to secure a wider Reed of Justioe aad liberty for the gTeat tolling millions of our land. From Its lneoDtion. Tho Arana has hens THE HTKADKAST CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE, absolutely fearless in Its denuncia tion of plutocracy, monopoly, and all means and measures that wrong the multitude or infringe upon the liberty of the humblest citizen. n the future The A rena will be oon splouout for its aggressive and bold defense of the rights of the masses against the privi leged olass. V. It will contain rreat nanoni bv the greatest thinkers in the ALLIANCE and aK tne kindred organizations which are working for a radical ref ormatioa of existing abuse and unjust oenditioas. VI. It will oontalo Hamlin Garland's powerful Alliance storj, " A Spoil of Oflleo," which will be the most imiDhla uiature of the modern west and the saoial and political eon- dltloDS which called forth the Alliance ever presented. THE ARENA PORTFOLIO Is a beautiful eollectlon of twentv-atx RTjrri. portraits of distinguished authors and leaders of thought in this okkat unrialnir of tho people. , - The Arena one year, prieo ...J8.(ki The Portfolio, price 4.W The farmers' Alllanoo ono year 1.00 J1O.O0 All for 5.00 Address ALLIANCE PUBLISHING CO. 21tf Llnooln, Nebraska' UOSWSllCiBllSMaHH AND THE Busy WQ.WS 44!l U not only the mj Man's Moorlr,' ont fsporUllj; ftriaptrd to tta 'Bmv W oaten' hut h m mast of art." (J! in.) Mil A. OSKAMI, ftirhiKan Mate Wnial hoot. IT PLEASES EVERYBODY. Miss Frances Wfllnrd " The l.rifM. est ou-.iooic window in Christendom for busy X.lfl Wll. ,vant tO -U Whit, i. mtitur mi lit f 1... MrLI Provf detlep, Tflorrsm.-A prttw. .u uieiaiy ana tne economical." The CongresntioiialiKt.-Thismomhly 11.-.3 no peer in originality of ticsicn, scope anil accuracy of vision, thoroughness in execution! ,ii n.Mti.y to tratwi.Tin 1m rraUrni into dikm ot tlia world. ' lii.-rtio Interior. "The A'reiVtvAV- Tf.vf, of New . ork. hjs romp to th mkk.. ,.i busy people. We know of one Airli railroaiA t'i.iiH who nr a montu nas worked until 1! o clock- at nit;ht, and vet has kept well informed of current world events. He rc-ids this Magazine (t friveshim arunnii'.rr cmrmcntarvonimoonar.: events, besides a digest of the best articles in vou.einjxiniry rcajMnes." Price 25c. $2,60 a Year. AiitTj n.uiM). txi 8 itvrts o.i spmuTiox. s.T,.nCo.i THE REVIEW OP REVIEWS. w Sample fury. g pu sw Vol-1 , Tho most exquisite preparation for the Bkin. Cures Chapuod Hauds, Chafed or ScaitM ikiu. Remotes Tan, Freckles and Sun Burn. Terfectly harmless. Excellent to use after shaving. FENCING -WIRE RuFE SELVAGE. ULiav ItUsl-tlVS. BrXlULl VUltN n 11. 1 t .l t lD..tIllcrjO DseHnCnofta. V a sssF.JCi(! EVERGREENS AND FOREST TREES. r WMtd-bnaUs. Omast n&. HsnliMt tsrlsuss. tumrrj eruoa . i mm it s M ISO. os AawrUn Hiewd IWUbataMlltiM 4. otusr stars sad nrMMs m prs tmfunkm. swi mUiH lot sua. I asS teal mm Waxna. BiU, averaraea Specialist, Baaose, Hilts U. TREES. TREES. L. A BELTZER, Manager OSCEOLA STAR NURSERY, Osceola, Nebraska. A general line of fruit and ornamen tal stock. Send for our contract card Fair prices and honorable dealing. (S2tf PLANTS AND fREES. A full aasortnent of FORSET AND FRUIT TREES, Plants, vines, etc., ef hardiest aorta for Ne braska. Special prices to AlUance societies on fer price list toNoHTH Bend Nursckibs. North Beod. Dodge Co., Nebraska. KBiabliaoes J. W. 8TKVBNSOM. Propr. ALLIANCE THE SEED HOUSE FOR THE PEOPLE. Pkt'g 3 to 4 cents each, other feeds cheap in proportion. Warranted fresh and best quality. Any one sending 2 cents SEED HOUSE. to pay postaj rand sample p club rates to for catalogue. 81 8m re ana packing we will k't of our seeds. Soecial Alliances try ns. Send Alliance Meed Hense. Gove City, Kansas GERMAN NUBSE11IES. I grow and have for sale a large stock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Qrapa Vines, Small Fruits. Flo wring anrtiDs ana forest Tie Seedlings for Timber Claims. I do not belong-tntny syndicate or combi nation, and iny prices are very low Being a member of the tllionoe a' tills place I would n fr anyone to the secretary of our lodge here Price list free. Write me In Bnalish or German at d addreps, 31-3m CAKL bONDBBUGQEH. Jefferson Co. Bower. Nebraska. . You who are ia need of FRUIT TREES, forest Trees lor timber Claims ORNAMENTAL TREES, Shrubs, Grape vines or small fruit will save 60 per cent by buying of the Jan sen nursery. Nursery grown ash, one year old, 50e to 76c per 1000. Everything else as cheap tn proportion. A n4oe book telling how to plant given with every order. Write for price list; satisfaction guaranteed. KEFRENCK. Jansen Bank, Jansen, Neb. ilarbiue Bank, i alrbury, Neb. Aa aress Jansen jNorsery, 80 8m (t. B Gailbraitii. ProD. Mention this paper. Jansen, Neb. 10,000,000 F0RESTTREE SEEDLINGS. Forest Tree Seed'ings, all va rieties; nursery grown. A Full Line of Nursery Stock. No Agents;-1 Deal direct with cus tomers. Mate what you wish and send for prices . 34 2m FOREST PARK PLACE Brawnsville, Nebraska. ROBT. W. FURNAS, Manager 1 1 KANSAS SEED HOUSE. Lawrence, Kan. e Headquarters for Alfaila, Japan and Esiwrsei te Io-m Jt'mil;'n nntl Knflir f. x Ikirn, Mllo Malre, Dourhs Blue Gram Meed, Ksnsan SvmiuiB. BIHKT i nmu Catalogue. Mailed FREE, CLOiEts ar parden Tre, Field end Crass Seeds, gljg i n WbW W sil SEED GRAINS-ONION SETS-PLANET JK. GAKDKN TOOLS lAlLLCT TRUWSULL, 8TREAN & ALLEN SEED CO., TMliTKV r-1426'1428 L'' Aymu KANSAS CITY, M0. HI up 1 ISUU I II I rr"Send for Our IbastBated CataloBiie-FltEE.lgt BLuC GRASS McBETH & KINNESON, Garden City, Kansas. ilSRiu NEBRASKA SEEDS. n, , , ,r . uniiANO oKOS.. Lee Park, Custer Co Neb. OWcsUnd Largest seed Growers in the State. Catalogue free on application, FLAX SEED FOR PLANTING. T- .. 1 i- . . . We are oreoaired to furnish phntn Clr"mlaJt respondenco. WOODMAN LINSEED OIL WORKS, Omaha. Nebraska. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. Bil' "vmfj C1!jJ T:l4 "b.XSf Oalr S--!n; ri. ui',neHsUiM-to my run- in piwiucr. J:iSi.?i?i"nr?..!" America makinir FARM Vdna in,. t".i, -t 1 iiJerv.,, lllat for tn order to rntrodnco my unlemud MlKTTItTls CROITN Ktts evcrj-wlwre, I ottw postpjuii:. I riig. 'lladl.li, Q lspksew-1l,td i T.iH- 'lt"-' l S3 In no al tint la IK- .S'MrLAmertea nadcr 5 PViy. KU-cont ! 50c. FirnCiitnlrcr,rotim;nCilMPIalni.Ss StAmp?. Cat syy OU.1 abuvofl VkffA. IZn. r la-voi- NmL I fc. ? a T; r- :i lii v'i. T "l3 JENNINGS HOTEL, ALLIANCE MEA3Q9ARTERS. BEST Si-se AND Sioe PER DAY HOUSE IN THE CITY. E. JENNINGS, Proprietor. Cor. 9th & Hartley, Omaha, Neb. W.CT.U. DINING HALL, 138 S 12th St, Lincoln. First class table Lunches at all hours, and attendance. 80tf THE BOSS SPRAYER A new and complete sprayiug outfit for orchard and vineyard ne. Also invaluable for gardens and all kinds ef vegetable. Write for information about the destruc tion of i he apple worm. Address BOX 35 CC feriS H C BB KLL. 33 U Ut colon. Neb. EGGS FOR HATCHING mo S. C. White Leghorns and Barred Plym outh Rocks. Took flrst premium at last State Fair on above varieties of fowls. Erira (2.00 per lit from piire winners only. SMITH BKOS.. ait) Llnooln, Neb. EGGS FOR SALE. Orders for eggs now booked for hatobing from the famous Barred Plymouth Roek AND S. C. White Leghorns. 1 SO per 13, S ISO aer 26. Stock for sale after October 1.1MU. Silt E. S. Jennings, Box 1008, Lincoln, Neb. C0BNISH INDIA GAMES UNSURPASSED AS MARKET AND FAEM FOWLS. Eg-p (2. (K) per 13. Bend for circular. 316N.S2d8t L. P. HAKK18. 84 Dm Lincoln, Neb. THE PERKINS WIND MILL. N8 DOUBT A FACT THE PERKINS Is the IJchtest Running Wind Mill now Made. BUY IT! TRY IT I . ui iuuwhb IB llifj IXlHnUTlM;" tare of Wind Mills, we have latejy made a complete change inourmilL, all parte being hilt It mfrTiirM- an I KtA. j j " self lubricant buHhing placed In all boxes to MuitiuivBcr irum uamoing1 Digrn tow ers to ol Jit, The fame principal of self a-ov- y w AHKANTKD, and wiil run without mak- The reputation rained ay the Perkins Mil lit T.nA Tittat has IiiiI.iaaJ .. t rw. iuuvcu Dump uiiBvru puium persens to imitate th mill and even to take tll V1UP nl sals. i. . l M i si . not deoetTed. none prenuine unless stamped ail blnw. Wa mannfoaliiH l.ss. : and reared mills, tanks pumps etc,, and gn- j m ,t . " "uvi""- uwm sgeBU wani-ed.-: Send for cataioame and nrim. Jijim . PEKK1M8, OTKO Alltl. AX CO., .. . Mlsfaawaka, Ind. Mention Farmsrs' Allianob. noraii.R Brmh-lwster ATI Hn&s hctpp thM ehwwtwr. Bt fcra Ton bu. mbJ , ST.99. RIFLES nunp lor Uiiumted Caue onrl MUli-t 8wd; .'obiison, Kpriniwlu,nl Tx. Stoolillelons. Trr-p rk-wls for NurMsrlosaiiU Timber IN IPS SLfcU X JCUtUt Jl CO., Lawrence, Eua. Alfalfa Seed. t,!V"yeaa ,l?ro''th-lncar lot or less an. U.M . , i Black Harley, Spring Wheat. Flax. Millet and Cane Seet. Kaffir, Uioe, Mllo Maize SeCd forBowln' Purposes, and solicit cor- ALL KINDS OF AND Shade Trees, SWs, Tines anil Plants Uomo Grown. For sale at live and let live prices. Special ralos given on large orders. Mention The Farmers' Aluance. 33tf t "riVV li0bu:Corn FOR g CTS. I'll mail 10 rJ l'ana Sccis. l3opmt Cutaloe, Calalcj and 10 SamptCT, ISc, ip. nlirnyuuRn.you niiat to J":" mni lmw B-lorluuslialTosU 12 cts- '-wWssMsMBainiMaUflMsrl