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About The Alliance-independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1892)
THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. An American Lord A significant item is going the rounds of the press. "Little William Vincent Aslor. who was born the 15th day of last November, is the richest baby in the world, as he is the heir to $150. 000, 000." And this is recorded of a cht'd born in that country of which Thomas Jefferson said less than three quarters of a century ago: Wo have no very rich among us." What vast progress must have been made to produce such results. What wonderful increase In man's power over the forces of nature must have been caused by -the inventive genius of the age to make it possible for one fathor to 60 enrich his offspring. What a glorious thing it is to be born in this age when fortunes have been bo pilod that babes may rest under silken canopies and laugh at the old terror that man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward, and sneer at the idea that man shall earn his bread in the sweat of his brow. But there is an unfortunate reverse to this picture. 'I hero' were other babes born in the month of November last year. There are other mothers who thanked Cod for their great joy, and other fathers who loarnod some thing more of life and its responsi bilities when they felt the first touch of that bark that had been launched on the other side, and slipped from heaven on an ebbing tide." But these others did not enter a world for a life of leisure and criminal idleness. It was not for them to break the laws of nature and receive their daily bread in hands unstained by toll. No greater natural gifts were given to the descendant of the pelt peddler than to the little one who brought happintss to the day laborer's tene ment Both shall hear the same promise of reward for filial obedience and love. If their lives show honor to father and mother they shall be long in the land the Lord their God hatn given them. But one will roll in luxury while the other slips from his mother's lap to enter a protected workshop when he should be playing in the fields. There is too wide a chasm between the babes born on that November morning. It is too wide for the well fare of either. Too wide for the safety of institutions under which such differences can exist Too wide for the honor of that faith which rests upon promises made impossible of realization by the very ex istence of babes inheriting so many millions standing as a perpetual ; barrier between chil dren of nature and nature's gifts. While such conditions exist there can be no rest for the reformer, no sur render of his demand that laws tend ing to increase the power of monopoly shall be repealed in the interest of nature's safety and honor. Chicago Times. Light Ahead. The American farmer has been seed ing his mortgaged ground, for many years and giving up the price of his products to usurious money sharks that is to say. what the railroads have not taken for ' transportation to market He has grown ' poorer each year, while the non-producing vultures have been accumulating billions. Now, when he finds himself at the absoluto mercy of a heartless, grind ing plutocracy, and stops to look about him and see the causes which have led to his condition, the corpora tion" hireling screams in his ear, keep your hands on the plow; you don't know anything about politics and have no right to inquire into such matters. We'll attend to the ship of state, as we have nothing else to do, while you have your debts to pay and your families to feed. Toil on and keep silent for you have no time to spare in acquiring political knowledge. We'll tell you how to vote when elec tion i1 nmt " Mnt h a producer win piea&e cupj. finds it necessary to do a little think ing and acting for himself. The two old political machines have outlived themselves and their operators will be compelled to hunt a new job. The eople have rebelled against the oppressive money power and refuse to submit longer to extortion and robbery. This is an excuse for the existence of a great reform party and the assurance it has of sweeping the country. The people realize their power and feel that the time has ar rived for them to exerciso it The farmer will leave his plow and the laborer will pause in his toll long enough this year to destroy the leaches which are sapping their very life blood. Prosperity, happiness and relief from a galling slavery to Eng lish gold-grabbers will follow the victory of the party of the people. Southern Alliance Former. . Government Can Make Money. If government can make money why should it tax the people for mean 3 to pay its expenses? Why shouldn't it start its money printing machine to work and turn out money enough to pay all bills as they as crue?" These are some of the ques tions which People's party advocates will have to answer. They are usu ally propounded by men who have given the subject of money no thought and who do not realize that money is not wealth, but only its representa tlva The financial student will read ily understand that the Omaha plat form, of all the platforms this year, is the only one whose financial plank is strictly consistent with good sense and a true conception of what money really is. It will bo noticed that af ter demanding money of the people at a tax not exceeding 2 per cent by the subtreasury or a better system, it con cludes as follows: "Also by payments in discharge of its obligations for pub lie improvements." Why does it qualify this demand by inserting the words "for public improvement?" Why not include all other expenses? The answer is plain enough. When the government engages in public im provement it is engaged in adding to the wealth of the country, and since the only legitimate function of money is to stand as a representative of wealth, it is perfectly consistent with reason and good sense tfiat it should strike the money necessary to defray the cost of such improvements. If the government builds a $20,000 postof tico anywhere in the country, what it does is to apply labor to material in bringing the $20,000 property into existence whero nothing existed be fore, and it is not only right to strike the money to represent thb amount of wealth but it is wrong to use any other money for such purpose. On the other hand the expenses of gov ernment incurred for other things than public improvement are in curred, not in the production, but in the consumption of wealth; thus, presidents, congressmen, governors, legislators, foreign ministers and the whole host of government employes, are not wealth-producers, the duties they perform do not and cannot add one cent to the material wealth of the country. On; the contrary all government officials are, and of ne cessity must be, consumers of wealth created by others and for which they can give no adequate return of intrin sic value. Hence it follows that con sistency demands that the govern ment should collect from the people money sufficient to represent the amount of wealth which the officers and employes of the government con sume. This is the penalty which la bor must pay for having to be go? irned. National Economist Still They Come. St Peter Who are you? - Shade Hamlet the Dane. . . St Peter You come up pretty often. -Z- Shade Well, I can'.l help it Actors I npMCTiTqWvFit Nn Field WING SIIOTJ. BY J. B. ROMINE. . If increasing the tariff on any article reduces the price, according to Mc iCinley, how much will it hi necessary to increase the tariff in order to get the goods for nothing? Some republican please answer The republican papers have claimed from the first that that the alliance men in the south would vote the demo cratic ticket, but since the recent elec tion in Alabama, and the politic 1 up heaval all over the south, t!iey now ac knowledge that the democratic party is badly split, and claim that the result will be to strengthen the republican party in the south. They are as much mistaken in this last proposition as they were in the. first. The result of breaking the solid soutl will be the almost total annihilation of both the old parties, and a reorganization of the cotton, corn and tobacco raisers, cf all color j and creeds, into one great peo ple's party which will sweep the south like a political cyclone. Yes. at last the "solid south" is broken. The people's party is displaying some political s'rategy in the fight now on hand. It uses the republican party in the south to help down their old enemy the democrats and it uses the demo crats in the west to down their old enemy the republicans. It is a little like the negro's trap, open at, both ends and "catch the coon agoin' and a comin." When the republicans and democrats unite, the people discover a good sized African in the wood pile. Independents, stand by your colors. The: light of reason and education is breaking through the dark clouds of predjudide and ignorance. The great political deep is breaking up and the sunlight of hope brightens the pathway that leads to a better state of things in this country. The solid south is broken up and the toilers of all colors are rally ing under the banner of home protec tion and fireside defense. On with the battle. Victory is ours. If the principle of protection is wrong, as the democrats claim, how do they justify a tariff for revenue? How would it do to abolish all tariff tax and sup port the general government as we do our county and state, by direct taxa tion? The Rules. At each session of congress the house spends more or less valuable time in perfecting a set of rules by which it is governed. Sometimes weeks and months are consumed in this task. To the general public it appears that these rules are made to facilitate business, but that is not the case; they are made for the sole and only purpose of obstructing the trans action of business. To such an extent has this been carried, that under the rules nothing could be done if a few members saw fit to stand in the way. In fact when congress wants to transact any business, the rules usually are suspended in order that business may be transacted. Just think of the absurdity of spending the hard-earned money of the people in building up a code of rules that are so burdensome and imperfect ttat when it is desirable to transact any legisla tion it must be thrown aside to permit its being done. National Watchmaa Suffering Children. "No laughter pormitted in this milt Children who sing will be discharged." Such are the rules of the mills where children spend seventy hours a week. Think of it mothers! Philadelphia Labor World. We wonder what Jesus Christ would say if he should happen to visit the mills whe.e the above rules are posted. Would he repeat what he said two thousand years ago in old Jerusalem: Suffer little children to COD1A lintrt aTe"l pr " . vrdflh- is the kingdom 61 heaven;" or would he tear down the rule scourge the taskmasters with a rawhide, and get himself locked up in the Bridewell two months for disorderly conduct? Ex. . Z Chicago Express: The Jew Ickel heimer. who is helping to gather in the $100,000,000 in gold here for Austria's honest money basis, says the schome might hurt s lver. but that don't matter. "The averager' man. for example, a professional man; does not worry if he gets a few cents less of metal in the coins of currency. It is onlv the business man or: poll- tician who takes notice of these things, and then thev aro only . used for politics." Holy Moses, what a BEAD THIS. rob n iitt. lUMVVlUUlUllU Awarded First Premium and Cold Medal at the World's Industrial Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans, La., In 1884-5 after a trial Lasting Four Months. Tup E?l I r E" Vf Jt Wat Pronounced Ir,t CUnCM the BEST INTHE WORLD and to-day stands at the head and fron of the whole wind mill family. It Is the cheap est and best as O t a n n m.m r are also the O R U 11 P S We Have Them Also. Screen Wire, Fibre Ware, Screen Doors, Ladders, Farm Dinner Bells, Western Washers Plain Wiro, Barrel Churns, Poultry Netting, Refrigerators, New Idea Gasoline Lawn Mowera, Stoves, Pumps and Pump All Kinds of Pipe, Repairs, Tin Roofing and anything in the Hard ware Line. Especial attention paid to Harness Re pairs and Tin Job Work. G. M. LOOMIS 905 O St., Lincoln, Neb. KKLID DOUGUS MANUFACTURING CO., St. Louis, Mo. Shuck Shelter; Only one made that suodessfiil shells corn with the shuck on as well as off j Send for illustrated circular. Mention this paper. fho LAIDLA17 DALE-TIE CO. MANUFACTURERS OF : ADJUSTABLE WIRE BALE-TIE8 Headquarters for this Class of Goods WRITE FOR PRICES. Station A, Kansas City, Uo. DOUBLE Brtectv Loader S7.50. AIFIFS 12.00 VATCHES mm BICYCLES 15 A 11 kinds ch-aicr lhaul- where, llrfora tou Dtr, m i end "lamp tor etU(ue X The Powell a Clement uo, 166 St., ilaeiuatl,W. CHEW and CHOKE untaxed NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO
