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8 PEOPLE’S m PAPER. Entered at the Post Office at Atlanta, Ga.,'as Second class matter. Oct. 16 1891. Subscription, One Dollar Per Year, Six Months 50 cts., Three Months 25. In Advance. Advertising Rates made knownon appli cation at the business office. Money may be sent by bank draft, Post Office Money Order, Postal Note or Kt glstered Letter. Orders should be made payable to PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER. PEOPLE’S PARTY TICKET. /- , FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES B. WEAVER, of lowa. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JAMES G. FIELD, of Virginia. For Presidential Electors, At Large—A. L. NANCE, of Hall. W. It. KEMP, of Emanuel. 1. GEORGE 11. MILLER, of Chatham. 2. A. R. JONES, of Thomas. 3. JOSEPH J. STEWART, of Sumter. 4. J. W. F. LITTLE, of Troup. 5. W. O. BUTLER, of Fulton. 6. W. F. SMITH, of Butts. 7. A. F. WOOLEY, of Bartow. 8. GEORGE T, MURRELL, of Clarke. 9. J. N. TWITTY, of Jackson. 10. D. N. SANDERS, of Taliaferro. 11. It. G. HYMAN, of Johnson. For Governor, W. L. PEEK, of Rockdale. For Secretary of State, W. It. GORMAN, of Talbott. For Comptroller General, A. W. IVEY, of Thomas. For Treasurer, J. E. 11. WARE, of Fayette. For Attorney General, J. A. B. MAHAFFEY, of Jackson. For Commissioner of Agriculture, . JAMES BARRETT, of Richmond. PEOPLE’S PARTY CLUB NO. 1. This Club meets every Tuesday evening at 8 p. m., at the hall No 27| East Alabama street. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. W. H. Lowe, Room 8, 17| Peachtree Street, is the advertising agent of this paper. TO ADVERTISERS. The circulation of the People’s Party Paper is now 17,000 copies to actual sub scribers. No better medium could be found for reachihg the farmers of Geor gia and of the South, and advertisers are requested to consider its merits. The following certificate of the postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., the office of publication, needs only the additional remark that the paper used in the publication weighs 44 pounds per ream to fully explain itself : Atlanta, Ga., July 25, 1892. This is to certify that The People’s Party Paper, during the week ending July 23d, 1892, mailed sixteen hundred and sixty-three (1,663) pounds at this office. J. R. Lewis, P. M. The circulation is steadily increasing, and most advantageous arrangements can be made for space. The campaign committee urges that every possible effort be made to get subscribers for the People’s Party Paper. It is the safest, surest and cheapest campaign work that o&n be done. MR. WATSON’S APPOINTMENTS. Augusta, Friday, October 1. LaGrange, October 12. Smarr’s Station, October 14. Macon (at night) October 17. Gordon, October 19. Dublin, October 21. In Atlanta and Macon I desire to speak alone and will not divide time. In LaGrange I will divide time with Mr. Moses; at Smarr’s Station with Mr. Cabaniss; at Dublin with Mr. Turner. No substitutes need apply at any of the appointments The Congressmen of the different districts must dance up and “tote their own skillets.” This especially applies to Mr. Crisp at the Cordele appointment. This challenge carries with it the division of time as already indicated. Southern Alliance Farmer please copy. Tiios. E. Watson. September 12, 1892. Notice to P. P. Men. Cannot the county committeemen and other zealous workers in the re form cause interest themselves in collecting a quarter or a dime from each earnest P. P. man for campaign purposes? The enemy say that we will fail for want of election funds. We neither seek nor desire a corrup tion fund, but we do need a fund to disseminate reform literature and to pay the expenses of the speakers. It is the people’s fight; let the peo ple sustain it. Send contributions to Oscar Parker, Secretary Campaign Committee, 117| Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. _ SAMPLE COPIES. We receive a great many requests for bundles of papers for distribu tion. While we are perfectly willing to send a sample copy to any one desiring it, we are not able to fur nish the paper to subscribers at cost and at the same time send out large numbers of papers free. We will, however, send bundles of papers at actual cost to those who wish to dis tribute them in aid of the campaign. All persons wishing to correspond with the State organizer, Knights of Labor, will communicate with J. F. Foster, State organizer K. of L., Rox ana, Ga. PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1892. Graduated Tax on Incomes. A. C. Houston, Pickaway, W. Va. Proudhon said: “Property is rob bery.” Henry George says: “Taxation is robbery.” There is no doubt that much property is acquired through rob bery, and that many kinds of taxa tion amount to robbery, but the world will not soon adopt either principle in its entirety. However, as long as the right of property in the individual is recognized and en forced by the law, so long will the right of taxation be a part of it and reside in the State. The individual and the social organism we call the State must both live. We thus see after a moment’s consideration that the right of taxa tion in the State is a co-worker with the individual, a partner with him in production—production for the benefit of men—the object and end of all labor. Now if all were work ers each producing according to his capacity, as in a more or less primi tive State of social development, an equitable division of product could be easily reached, the State taking a share necessary for its support and the performance of its functions. This would amount to a tax in kind similar to the Hebrew tithe. But the present advanced state of civilization makes such a course im possible. We now do not find all workers. A large number of indi viduals produce nothing, and yet share in the product of labor. Capi tal has become the most important factor in production. And, worst of all, there is an inequitable division of product brought about by iniqui tous class legislation and many other causes, either accidental or the re sult of unrighteous greed and power. With all these changed condi tions equality of taxation, based upon what Mills calls “equality of sacrifice,” is an object unattained in the history of government. An ad valorem tax upon all prop erty, real and personal, would seem to be just and possible, but experi ence has shown that equality of taxation cannot be thus reached. Under such a system there is no “equality of sacrifice.” If all had a full competence untouched by the tax the case would be different, but the life of more than half of the human race is a ceaseless struggle for existance. The ad valorem tax takes not only from the stored pro duct of the rich, but takes a ’ part of that which is necessary for the life and comfort of the poor. Moreover, no adequate means have ever been found to procure such a valuation, fair and reasonable of all property as would make an ad valorem tax equitable. Real estate is visible, and can be assessed. Personal estate is often invisible, and can not be reached even through inquisitorial powers. In almost every city of this Union there is four times as much person al property as real estate, and yet the former does not pay one-fourth of the municipal or other tax. So it comes that some mode of taxation must be adopted that will reach invisible property and make it bear its just part of the burden; that will make those who receive the largest share of the products of labor contribute the greatest amount to the support of the State, that works for all as a partner in the pro duction. It is the existence of the State that makes labor and pro duction possible, and those receiving the greatest benefits should pay the largest tax. There is no mode of taxation that has accomplished this desired result better than - the progressive or “graduated income tax.” It is in existence in many European coun tries, and grows in favor with those who desire to raise national revenues equitably and with the least hardship to the people. We have reached a point where our government must look for new sources of revenue. The tariff and internal tax will not cover the grow ing annual expenses. The demand for the imposition of a new tax is imperative. What shall it be ? There is but one answer. Let the wealth that labor creates pay it—the wealth that the -government protects—the wealth that is most interested in the support and maintenance of the so cial organism. The Republican and Democratic parties have made no provision in their platforms for this demand of the hour. The People’s party alone meets squarely the issue and boldly outlines its policy. What a hollow mockery to talk about “a tariff for revenue only” when the present tariff, with the addition of the inter nal taxes, does not meet the expense of government! An income tax was imposed during the war—repealed since 1866 at the instance of the money power—which in 1866, according to the report of the Commissioner of Internal Reve nue for 1880, yielded 873,000,000. Let it be reimposed under an en larged and perfected system. There is no inequality of injustice in it. The government can command the body with its life, why not fixed and progressive percentage of incomes? It seems there is no other method of reaching equality of taxation based upon “equality of sacrifice.” Dollars can be as easily paid out of the sur plus of the rich as mills out of the flesh and blood of the poor. The people of the United States have more of the natural elements of absolute independence at their command than any other two nations combined. Why should they be under tribute to other nations or consult them about their internal affairs, especially as to what kind, or amount of money we should issue? The people of this country can feed and clothe themselves and have something to spare to feed and clothe others. They should be the receivers instead of payers of tributes. The people of this country pay annually to Eng land over three hundred million dollars in interest or money invested in this country, yet England can neither feed nor clothe herself. The reason of this is that English men have dictated our financial legislation, and through this means have compelled us to pay interest on our own property and productive efforts. For example, Englishmen have loaned on Texas lands over $60,- 000,000 within the last twenty-five years, yet no one ever saw any Eng lish money in circulatiaia in Texas ! But, says one, they swapped it off for our money in New York, or some other always faraway place. If such was the fact, the money would be in those localities and would have to be recoined or enter our circulation in some shape, yet neither is the case ; on the contrary we see weekly ship ments of the products of our own mines going to Liverpool. The peo ple of this country could not have received money for the mortgages they gave on their homes! If such were the case our circulating medium would to-day be over $4,000,000,000 instead, of $500,000,000. Thus we see only borrowed credit based on our own propetry. The Percentage of Tenant Farmers. Topeka (Kan.) Advocate. By a singular oversight the Capi tal, in its Sunday edition, in sum ming up the evidences of prosperity of Kansas farmers, omits all refer ence to Superintendent Porter’s ex tra census bulletin of April 8, 1892. This bulletin presents the results of a special investigation in ten counties in Kansas and ten counties in Ohio relative to, the percentage of tenant farmers in 1880 and 1890. Con cerning the investigation, Mr. Porter says: In selecting the Kansas counties the effort was made to find a body of neigh boring counties, neither among the newer nor among the older ones, with the hope that their conditions would be a fair average for the whole State. In the selection of the Ohio counties it was desired To find much older condi tions than in Kansas, and especially to discover the degree of home owner ship in a large city ; therefore, Hamil ton county, containing Cincinnati, and nine neighboring counties in the south west corner of the State were selected. The following table exhibits the results of this investigation : Percentage Percentage Counties. of hired farms of hired farms in 1890. in 1880. Kansas (10 counties) 33.26 13 13 Chase, 35 69 19 23 Clay, 30.16 13.67 Dickinson, 33.18 18.08 Geary, 29 66 15 38 McPherson, , 32 73 10 75 Marion, ; 39 73 17 66 Morris. 37.69 10 22 Ottawa, 36.86 9 53 Riley, 28 55 15.83 Saline, 30.65 • 12 44 Ohio (10 counties) 37.10 24.96 Adams, . 37.79 18.40 Brown, ; 32 19 17.50 Butler, 41.33 30 48 Clermont, 36.46 21.80 Clinton, 38.34 23.92 Greene, 39 28 28.27 Hamilton, 39 52 33 51 Highland, 3144 16.85 Preble, 37 68 30 49 Warren. 40.68 29.89 Mr. Porter calls attention to the uniformity of the figures relative to the several counties as fairly indicat ing the average condition of the en tire State. It will be observed that in Kansas the tenant farmers have increased in the past decade 20.12 per cent. At this rate how long ere Kansas will become a tenant State? There is another fact to be observed in this connection. The conditions which have brought about the result indi cated by Mr. Porter’s bulletin, No. 18, are only just beginning to pro duce their effects, and the absorption of Kansas farms will progress much more rapidly in the next than in the past decade. Observe further that the State of Ohio is an old and wealthy State. Under fair conditions its tenant far mers should be diminishing rather than increasing. In fact, this should be true of every State, either old or new. Still in Ohio they have in creased 12.14 per cent. This may be calamity, but if so, Mr. Porter is responsible for it. The important fact for all classes of peo ple to consider is, what is the cause of this increase of tenant farms ? Is it not about time for rational men to cease their party idolatry long enough to investigate this subject ? ANNOUNCEMENT. Kite, Ga., August 19. The many friends of E. S, Fortner announce him as a candidate for Con gress in the Eleventh District, sub ject to nomination bv the People’s party. Mr. Fortner has always stood fair with the people, and is a People’s party man all over. People’s Party Club, Kite, Ga. THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE. The leading Journal of Georgia owned and edited by colore 1 people. It advocates the Reform movement m State politics, and gives its people sound advice. Send 25 cents for three months—during the campaign. Address with money order, Hagler & Ingraham. 204 Wheat street. Atlanta. Ga. SING, BOYS, SING I Order a supply of the “Alliance Songster.” You will be surprised and delighted. Eighty-six thrilling, soul stirring songs! 20 cents per copy. Address Oscar Parker, Sec., 1171 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. Tn" cents ru. IVfo r tIIE CAMPAIGN 1V YOU CAN GET THE KANSAS AGITATOR, A Rattling People’s Party Paper, till after the election for 10 cents. Get up a club of 10 and we will send you a reform book. Address, THE AGITATOR, Garnett, Kansas. ~THE PEOPLE’S Published Weekly at Montezuma, Ga. Devoted exclusively to the cause of the People in their great fight against corrupt parties and wicked legislation. Official Organ of the Third Congress sional District. Price to Jan. 5, 1893, 50 cents. Send us a big club. Address, W. H. KILLEBREW, Montezuma, Ga SHEARER MACHiHE WOM MANUFACTURERS OF Engines, Boilers and Mills. Also repair locomotive engines and all kinds of Machinery, Engines. Boilers, Mills, Gins, Pumps, Presses, Elevators, Etc. Repair machinery at your place and furnish plans for mills. Send in your portable engines for repairs. AU orders filled promptly. FOR SALE. One 5 horse power Woodtaper and Moss en gine on wheels, good as new. One Stationary engine, 12x18, very cheap. SHEARER IS AN ALLIANCEMAN. 435 LUCKLE ST. TELEPHONE 1418. 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Fifteen years residence in this section, five of them spent in locating settlers, has given me a thorough acquaintance with the land in this section. Full information as to the country with prices, terms and description of a large list ol land which can be bought very cheap, will be given by addressing E. S. JOHNSTON, Mitchell. S. D PLANTERS’ HOTEL, —l2 J- W. Mitchell Street,— Atlanta, - - Georgia. Meals, 25 cents; Rooms, 25 to 50 cents. Nice, large rooms, convenient to busi ness. Board per week. $4.00 W. 11. WEBB, (8-12-3 m Proprietor, Hie Mori Mttaaß. A PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER. An Eight-page Four-column Weekly. PUBLISHED AT WASHINGTON, D. C. Under the Direction of the Congressional. Committee of the People’s Party. JST. A.. DUN NTNTG Has been selected as Managing Editor. It will be impersonal, impartial and aggres sive, and at ail times seek to place before its readers carefully prepared matter such as a residence at the seat of government is calcu lated to furnish. The high character of the men interested in the paper, the ability of Mr. Dunning, and tne advantage of being at the Capital are sufficient guarantees for the kind of paper that will be issued. Among the contributors will be— Senators W. A. Peffer and J. H. Kyle; Con gressmen T. E. Watson, John Davis, Jerry- Simpson. W. A. McKeighan, B. F. Clover. J. G. Otis, O. M. Kem. K. Halvorsen, T. E. Winn, W. Baker, Dr. M. G. Elizy, and many other well known writer’s. TERMS, - - - FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR. Twenty-five cents until Nov. 9 ( 1892. Address all communications to THE NATIONAL WATCHMAN CO., . No. 13 C Street N. E. WASHINGTON. D. C. HAVERTYS FURNITURE BARGAINS FOR SEPTEMBER “ BIG SALES AND SMALL PROFITS ” IS HIS MOTTO. PARLOR, BED ROOM, DINING BOOM, KITCHEN AND HALL FURNITURE, AT Lowest - Prices - in - Atlanta. Ladies’ Desks, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Combination Book- Cases, Roll and Flat-Top Desks, and other Furniture AT COST. Rattan and Fancy Chairs, Lounges and Cots, Feather Pil lows, Mattresses, Lawn and Veranda Chairs, AT SUMMER PRICES. Furniture Polish furnished with our Furniture. Don’t forget the place. Place your orders with us, and we will please you with Goods, and save you 25 per cent. jm:. haverty. < 7'7 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. PERKINS MACHINERY COMPANY. THE FAHHEB-S- FAVORITE." ZkjTJk A > mill made. Prices low and terms easy. W® rfT I'm - manufacture the best top-runner corn rniM. on the market, and dealers in engines, boft» era, cotton gins, presses, feed mills, shaft* ing, pulleys, belting, woodworking machine ery; also, second-hand machinery at 10l prices. PERKINS MACHINERY CO M 41 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. NOT A REVOLT; IT IS A REVOLUTION. Tom Watson’s Book Now on hand. For sale at the Office of the Peoples Party Paper. A campaign terror. Everybody needs it. Speakers must have it. Price, One Dollar. Hear from The North.—Down With Sectionalism ! The Progress Farmer, National Organ of the F. M. B. A., the Farm Organiza tion next in strength to the F. A. & I. U., will be sent on trial three months for ten cents. Make up a club of five or ten and send for it it. It is a large 8 page weekly and tells all about the reform movment and Peoples party in the North. Away with party hate, and down with section alism ? THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, Cor. Main and Casey Sts., Mt. Vernon, 11l —OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE People’s Party oi the United States of America. Hotel Richelieu. St. Louis, Mo., August 20, 1892, A New Novel by Hon. Ignatius Don nelly, and a chance to help the People’s Party. Hon. Ignatius Donnelly has justwrit ten a new book, a novel, entitled “The Golden Bottle.” He has prepared this romance with a view to helping the People’s Party movement; not only by making the storv illustrate the great questions of the day—the land-loan, the demoneti zation of silver, government ownership of railroads, and the universal era of reform that will follow in the footsteps of the triumph of the Poople’s Party; but also by arranging with his publish ers and cutting down profits from the price of every book sold by orders sent to the undersigned, so that one-half the purchase price will go to the Campaign Fund of the People’s Party. That is to say, if any person orders the book from our Committee, and sends $1.25 for a bound copy, or 50 cents for a copy in paper covers, one-half of the amount so sent ■will be turned into the cam paign fund of the People’s Party of the United States, to be used in distribut ing documents and paying expenses of speakers, and the other half will be sent to the publishers, who will for ward the book, by mail, to the pur chasers, prepaid. Those who have read the book in manuscript, say that it is a wonderfully interesting story, based on an original conception and putting forth very singular and remarkable ideas. If it has anything like the sale of Mr. Don nelly’s other books, it will yield a large revenue to the People’s Party. We urge every friend of the cause not only to subscribe himself, but to request his friendsand neighbors to do so. They will get a book at the regular price, which they would probably desire to buy anyhow, and besides helping along the campaign of the People’s Party. Let every one help in this good work. Remember that this is not done to se cure a sale for the book, for it will sell anyhow, but to help the cause of Re form, even at the risk of lessening the sale of the book in other quarters. “ The Golden Bottle ” will not be ready for two or three weeks, but send in names and money at once. There is likely to be a great demand for copies of the book, and they will be sent out in the order in which the names are received —first come first served. Be sure to write your name and postoflice plainly. Address J. H. TURNER, Hotel Richelieu, St. Louis, Mo. 11. E. Taubeneck, Chairman. M C. Rankin, Treasurer, J. H Turner, Secretary, Lawrence McFarlin, Sec’y. a ® SMIFft ELECTRO magnetic | O EMENEGOGUE PILLS issO Olan O * or irregularities. Never Jan. Dates! discovery. $2.00 per box. 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Gin and engine repairing done. Old gins made new for one third the cost of new ones. CRAMER & ABBOTT, 555 Marietta St., Atlanta. Ga. P. S. We have several 40 saw Gin outfits, with engine to pull them, and a press for S2OO. 50 saws S3OO. 80 saws S4OO. 80 saws SSOO. We sell swap or trade to suit customers. IT COSTS A DOLLAR TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT THROUGH BREESE & LOWE, Peachtree St., Atlanta. Ga. Election Tickets I Candidates will find that they can save money by sending orders for alection tickets to ELAM CHRISTIAN, Printer and Publisher, 102 1-2 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, Tand want low rates To Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Oregon and Caifor nia, or any point WEST OR NOHTHWE3T— IT WILL PAY YOU To write to me. FRED. D. BUSH, D. F. A , L. & N. B. B. 42;Wa1l St., Atlanta, G? HEW OFFER ’ Mr. Watson’s Book has been received at this office. Any one sending us $1.50 can get a copy of the book and this paper for one year. 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