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.ALLIANCE TALKS.
OF THE ORDER FROM
ALL SECTIONS.
Items of Interest to Alliance
men Everywhere.
THEN AND NOW.
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex,,)
■ays: “As long as the members of the
alliance stayed in the back yards of the
political bosses, obeying submissively
their commands without question, it was
the grandest organization on earth. Its
membership, the most exemplary citizens
upon whose virtue these bosses loved to
dwell for hours and hours in the calm
cool of the evening. But just as soon
as they essayed to eat at the first table,
sit in the parlor, or on the
front gallery and assist in
entertaining company, they were de¬
nounced as a most desperately wicked
• crew of renegades, and their officers as
political blatherskites, upon whose heads
the vitriolic wruth of the pent-up hate of
these bosses poured without stint. Why
all this adulation first, and this torrent of
wrath afterwards? There can be but one
answer. For more than three thousand
years aristocrais have recognized those
“who eat their bread by the sweat of
their face” as but one degree above a
brute; a kind of a connecting link as it
were, between the brute and the man, hut
without the attribute of immortality. Iu
recent years these aristocrats have patron¬
izingly admitted that, peradventure, a
laboring man might provided have a soul, and that
he might voJ,e, he remained in
all other matters in his proper sphere—a
hewer of wood and a drawer of water—
provided also that he vote strictly accord¬
ing to the orders of said bosses. There¬
fore, the assumption discharge upon the part of a
Laboring according man to the dictates the duties of his a
■ citizen to of
own conscience, is considered rebellion,
and in their high opinion, the “menial”
who nttempts to vote as he pleases
should be politely damned and forced to
■wear a ball and chain and split wood in
the back yard of his boss during his nat¬
ural life. It would be well for laboring
men to remember that they now enjoy
none of the rights of a man that they or
their fathers have not wrung from aris¬
tocrats, and that if they desire to regain
and retain the rights of a citizen they
must first will it, then combine with
their fellows and force plu¬
tocracy to grant it. The submission
of the many to the dictates of the few is
slavery.
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BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION.
We Econonmht: take the following from the opposed Na
tjoral The papers
to the Alliance sometimes exercise con¬
siderable ingenuity in misrepresenting
the demands of the Order. A complete
miscoption of the object of the sub-treas
ry. for instance, causes the general publi¬
cation of the following: -
“It looks a 9 if it had been devised by
a regular syndicate of speculators. It
gives to-the wealthy, the capitalist, op¬
portunities for crushing the poor before pro¬
ducer that no rings have ever
dared to ask for. The sub-treasury will
put cotton, wheat, corn and tobacco in
the hands of speculators. The mechanic,
the laborer, the farmer who do not pro¬
duce these articles would be compelled to
pay such prices as the syndicate chose.”
Then the talker took a piece of paper and
a pencil and proceeded to demon¬ show¬
strate a curious problem,
ing “the power of money to op¬
press” under the sub-treasury idea.
He supposed one John Smith to have
$ 100,000 in cash and to go in for a spec¬
ulation under the operation of the sub¬
treasury. Smith buys $100,000 worth of
cotton," puts in the sub-treasury, gets
$80,000 on it from the government, in¬
vests again, and so on, until Mr. Smith’s
last deposit of cotton will not realize
enough at 80 per cent, to buy another
bale. It appears from the figuring that
John Smiih, with $100,000 capital to
start with, could, under the sub-treisury
scheme, buy and bold $500,000 worth of
cotton for speculative purposes. He
would hold absolutely as long as he paid and
the trifling percentage of interest
warehouse^dues. If the entire product of
cotton in the United States is worth
$300,000,000, it would take only $60,
000,000 capital to buy and hold every
bale.”
The Economist continues: The more
John Smiths the better, unfler the sub¬
treasury plan. Whereas, there was only
$100,000 in Mr. Smith’s hands when he
devised his scheme, there would be when
it was worked to its ultimate $500,000
among the people and Mr. Smith’s hoard
would be dissipated, as such hoards
should be. As Mr. Smith can, without
the sub-treasury, carry cotton by putting
up a small margin of perhaps a dollar a
bale, he is able with the same money to
lock up a far greater part of the cotton
crop, and in doing so lock up the
urmrcp of money supnlv "s well. The
mam purpose ot' the sun-treasury being
to get money in circulation, the illustra¬
tion above is a nexcellent one to show how
effective it would be. Mr. Smith would
have to sell his cotton in the long run to
the spinners, and the spinners being will¬
ing to buy from anybody having cotton
in warehouse. Mr. Smith could get no more
for his stored cotton than could any ordi¬
nary farmer. He would therefore pay for
what he bought in competition with the
spinners’ prices from the farmeis or he
could not buy. Did be wish, the plain
farmer could warehouse and draw 80 per
cent., i n 1 thereby put into circulation
the much-needed money to do the busi¬
ness of the country.
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8TARTLING FIGURES.
Twenty years ago it was estimated that
the producing classes owned three-
fourths of the wealth of the nation; to¬
day only about one-fourth of the nation’s
wealth is in the hands of the producing
classes, yet the wealth of the nation has
been doubled in the same period. They
have lo«t, in comparison to the incretise
of wealth, two-thirds of their wealth in
the last twenty years. The cause for this
can best be found in a study of a few
figures. The wealth of the nation
in this period, according to cen
sus reports, has increased at
the rate of about 4 per cent per annum,
which lias been added to the wealth by
the labor of tne producing classes. The
average dividends on capital for the
same period lias been 7 per cent, per
year. Under our present conditions of
iu society, capital and labor are combined
almost every branch of human indus¬
try. Now, it will be seen by a compar¬
ison of the productive power of the la¬
bor and the dividends paid to capital,
that capital has been receiving as wages
the full production of wealth and ab¬
sorbing the former possessions of . tho
wealth producer, the latter class losing
sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of their
wealth in twenty years, and the
capitalists gaining sixty-six and two
thirds per cent. The estimated
wealth of the nation to day is $60,009,
said 000,000, of which 30,000 capitalists are
to own $36,250,000,009 63,000,000
people owning $29,750,000,000; 250,000
capitalists are said to owu three-fourths
of the nation’s wealth. If there was an
even 63,000,000 inhabitants in the nation,
the wealth would be distributed as fol¬
lows: Two hundred and fifty thousand
people represent $49,500,000,000; 62,-
750,000 people repesent $10,500,000,000
of wealth.—Atlanta Constitution.
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THE ALI.IANCE NOT “IN IT.”
In these columns last week appeared
what was supposed to be an anthentic ac¬
count of the promulgation, by the Re
form Press Bureau at Washington, of
wheat trust circulars. It seems that this
was a mistake in so far as the authority
of the alliance is concerned. The Na¬
tional Economist prints the same . tide,
and appends thereto the following com¬
ment:
“The above is going the rounds of the
press and places the Alliance and some
of its members in a false position. There
has not been a single wheat circular sent
out from Washington by authority of the
Alliance. There is no Alliance authority
under which such a circular could be sent
out save ihe executive committee, • of
which but one member is in this city. The
Alliance as an organization has nothing
to do with the matter. It is purely a
local affair in which interested members
act independently of the national officers
and have so far been able to take care of
themselves, and will no doubt do in this
case. Mr. Ayer is a clerk in the office of
President Polk. The constitution re¬
cognizes no such office as private secreta¬
ry. What he may say or do so is no more
binding on the policy Order, and has Alliance, no more
bearing on the of the
than that of the humblest member. His
expressions are simply the the opinion and of an
earnest member of Alliance noth¬
ing more; neither does Mr. Ayer pre¬
sume to any thing more, as he is too
much of a gentleman and too good an
Allianceman to desire to be placed in a
false position. This is written in justice
both to the Order and Mr. Ayer, with
the hope that such explanation will be
accepted in given.” the spirit and intent in
which it is
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TAKE HERD.
Under the above caption, The Progres¬
sive Farmer. (Raleigh, N, C.,) Eays:
“The third party seems to be on a boom
among the ‘straightouts’ of Mississippi.
According to the Clarion Ledger, the
‘straightouts’ in three counties bolted the
conventions because they were outvoted
by the Alliance people, and set up shop
for themselves. Again The Progressive
Farmer warns the ‘straightout’ leaders
and press that they had better watch
these Third party fellows in their own
ranks. The only men in the South thus
far who have attempted to form a third
party, belong to the “Simon-pure
straightouts.” And in every case they
have violated their solemn convention. pledge to
stand by the action of the
We call on the champions of democratic
usage and principle, to kick these trai¬
torous fellows out of the party. First
thiny you know some of these ‘cranky’
Alliance Democrats will attempt to fol¬
low this example. Kick the tra'tors out!
You let them off too liuhtly last year in
South Caroliua, North Carolina and
Georgia and now you see it is spreading
in Mississippi. The Democratic papers
should look after these fellow's.”
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FROM KANSAS.
A dispatch from Topeka, Kansas, says
that the Shawnee county democratic con¬
vention, the first meeting of the k nd
since the democratic' editors of Platte
decided that the party should not fuse
with the Fanners’ Alliance, was held a
few days ago and bolted the editors’ de¬
cision. C. K. Halliday, editor of The
Topelca Democrat, who led the anti-fu¬
sion faction was defeated for the chair¬
manship by a fusion man . Judge John
Martin, the most influental democrat in
the state, made a loi g democratic speech in favor princi¬ of
fusion. He said no
ples were particularly involved in county
politics. His counsel prevailed, made. The and
only two nominations were
convention then adjourned for a week.
In the meantime a conference will be
held with the Farmers’ Alliance people,
and the latter will be given the remain¬
ing parts of the ticket.
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The Alliance Farmer (Los Angeles, Cal.)
says: The excessive rates for transporta¬
tion are crushing producers nd imposing They,
grievous burdens upon consumers.
are serious restraints upon enterprise, and
unless some relief is afforded production
will not only be greatly reduced but the
surplus wealth of the country will con¬
tinue to pass into a few hands. The for¬
tunes which have. . been uocuinulatcdju
railroad building and operating' are be
ydnd u-iVthing known t<> history;.and sic
cumulations will-i 51 creuse continue and uiiless oppression
of the people will some
decisive and effective steps are taken.
Kates are high n or ier to secure income
on excessive operating capitalization and to The pay un¬
necessary expenses. ex¬
penses which nro unnecessary are the im¬
mense salaries paid the remedies? high railroad offi¬
cials. What are the The an
swer is, ownership of the roads or control
of rates by J the government.
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The Alliance (Tallahassee, that the Fla.,) sub-treasury savs:
“They say to us this plan
plnn has is impracticable abundant , yet same in
been tried with success
this country J before these youug Solomons
had existence. Turn back - a few pages
of your country’s history and read about
the land loan scheme of the Pennsylvania
colony, aDd the tobacco warehouse system
of Virginia, which at the time saved the
colonists from utter ruin; then read a lit¬
tle French history and see how this same
warehouse plan in 1848 brought France
out of an extremity of dire necessity and
mad ,her people prosperous and happy.
Not practical! and here we have the
“proof of the puddin’.” We admit that
it don’t suit the ragtag and bobtail poli¬
ticians, but it does suit the great mass of
producers iu this country, and they are
going to have it.”
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Pointers (Greenfield, Mo.) says: “The
merchants should certainly be on the
side of their customers, the farmers, in
this movement for a better state. Any
measure that will help the laborer will
directly benefit the merchant as well.
Business drags because the people are so
oppressed that they cannot afford to buy;
and are obliged to ask for credit for even
the few necessities which they are com¬
pelled this to purchase. fact, and The they merchants know,
know to be a
too, that their business can never flour¬
ish while this condition side prevails. Why
not come out on the of the people
and aid in the work of removing the dif¬
ficulties under which every honorable oc¬
cupation languishes.”
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Rusk county alliance, Texas, has un¬
animously adopted the following indorse resolu¬
tion: “Resolved, That we the
sub-treasury as the only measure yet pro¬
posed by any organization, by which le¬
gal tender treasury notes can reach tho
channels of trade; and that each member
of this county Alliance pledge his pro¬
perty, liberty and life to stand by and
advocate said measure until some orga¬
nized body proposes and adopts in their
platform of principles something bet’er
calculated to remedy the wrongs com¬
plained of. •k *
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Industrial Educator (Fort Worth, Tex.)
says:- “Thegrandest victory for Alli¬
ance principles, including ‘he sub-trea¬
sury plan, was won at the Fort Worth
meeting. After weeks of advertising in
the leading papers, only a handful were
present, and the thing still boru. Noth¬
ing will be left of it at the next state
meeting.” *
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The Alliance Sentinel, State organ of
Michigan Alliance, has consolidated with
the Industrial News of J ckson, Mich.
The two will make a strong combination.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
Coffee—-Roasted—Arbtickle s 25c 100 !i>
oases; Levering’s 2414c. Green—Extra choice
choice 23c; good 21 ; fair 20c; common
18@19c. (Sugar—Grunin a^pil 5c; off granu
luted —c; powdered 5%c; cut loaf 5)4c; ivliite
extra G 4)^c; yellow extra O 85@40c; 4e. Syrup—New
Orleans choice 48(350; prime common
Sfi* ^STtfS imported 5 S**^!rSSS Japan 6@7c.
Salt—Hawley’s 6 ) 4 c; common5%@t>c : $1 50; Virginia 75c.
dairy Cheddars
Cheese—Full cream, 12c; flats
12)4 c i skim —----White fish, half bbls
$4 00; pails 60c. Soaps—Tallow, bars, 100 bars, lbs,
75 lbs $3 00a3 75; turpentiue, bars, 60 60 lbs $2 25a2 60
$2 00a2 25; tallow, 60 50.
Candles—Paraiino n|- a 'c; star 10c. Matches—
400s $4 00; 300s $3 00»3 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s,
5 gross $3 75. Soda—Kegs, bulk 5c; do 1 lb pkg s
514c; cases, 1 lb 5%c, dol anil %lb g 0e, do%lb
c. Crackers—XXX soda 0>le; XXX butter
61aC; XXX pearl oysters 6c; shell and excelsior
7c. lemon cream 9c; XXX ginger snaps 9c; corn
hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 6%c; French
mixed 12%o. Canned goods—Condensed milk
$6 00a8 00; imitation mackerel $3 95a4 00; sal¬
mon $6 00a7 50; F. W. oysters $2 20a2 50; L.W.
$160: corn $2 00a2 75; tomatoe.i $1 75a2 50.
Ball potash $3 20. Starch—Pean 4%C; lump
Pickles, 5%c;~ nickel plain packages mixed, pints $3 50; $1 celluloid 00a! 40; quarts $5 00.
or
$1 50al 80. Powder—It ifle, kegs $5 50; J4 kegs
$3 00; % kegs $1 65. Shot $ I 70 per sack.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour—First patent $6 00; second patent
$5.50 ; extra fancy $5 25 ; fancy $5 00 ; family
$4 25. Com—No. 2 white b7c ; mixed 8Se.
Oats—No. 2 mixed 48c ; white —c ; Kansas rust
proof —c. Hay—Choice timothy, large bales,
$1.‘10; No. 1 timothy, large bales, $1-00; choice
timothy, small bales, $1.10; No. 1 timothy,small
bales. $1.00; No. 2 timothy, small Wheat bales, 05c,
Meal—Plain 87o; bolted 83c. bran—
Large sacks 90c ; small sacks 90<\ Cotton
seed meal—$1 30 per cwt. Steam feed—$1.35
per ewt. Grits—Pearl $4 25.
Provisions.
Clear rib sides, boxed 7>£c; ice-cured bellies
9c. Sugar-cured hams Ilal3c, 7)^c; according
to brand andaverage;Oaliforuia Lard—Pure leaf 8%c;leaf breakfast 8;
bacon 9%al0J4c.
refined 6c.
Country Produce.
Eggs 18al4c, Butter-Western „ creamery 25a
30c ; choice Tennessee 10a20c ; other grades
10al2V£c. Live poultry—Hens 28s30c : Dressed yotmg
chickens, large 18a20o ; small 12al4e.
poultry—Turkeys 17a 18c; ducks 14c ;chickens
15c. Irish potatoes, new, $2 75 a $8 00 f«r bbl,
Sweet potatoes-per bushel. Honey-Strain¬
ed 8al0c ; in the comb 10al2c. Onions $6 00 per
bbl. Cabbage 3 l / t c per lb. Grapes, 4a6c per
lb.
Cotton.
Market dull.—Middling 7%c.
Money in Circulation.
A statement has been prepared at the
trean iffy ffEpiTt'tfneti t at Washington in
, 1 U>-the , - of . . .
jjfjjw amount money memm-
1860, .1865',' 1685, 1889 aud 1891, from
which it appears that the assertion that
there has been since the war a great re¬
duction of the amount of money in cir¬
culation is without foundation. The
amount of money in circulation iu 1860
was about $435,000,000, and tho amount
per capita was $13.85. In 1805 there
^ ere $723,000,000 in circulation, and
P er “P 1 *? amount was $20.82.
1 wenty years later the circulation was
° v e v $1,292,000,000, and the per capita
over $23.02, while on the 1st of January
^heamount was neatly $l,.i -,.,0 ,
® l P e * ca P lta a ®w
fl^ highest in the history of le
United States. Nickels and pennies arc
left out of the report because of the
diversity in estimating the amount of
them in use. Owing t« the shipment of
gold to foreign countries there has been
a decline since Jamtary 1, 1891, uot only
in the per capita amount, but the total,
also, but the total circulation on the 1 st
instant, notwithstanding the outflow of
gold, was about $1,500,000,000, and the
amount per capita was $23.37.
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so wet?”
Little Dick—“That’s perspiration run
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