Kansas agitator. [volume], September 29, 1891, Image 8

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Ilcie and There.
My fellow countrymen, what is
the matter with our people ? Every
one of us seems to be stirred from
center to circumference. I again ask,
why all this commotion ? Is there
a cyclone approaching, and are the
people rushing to their cellars and
caves as places of safety, and cow
ering, as it were, before its mighty
terror? No. They are coming out
boldly on the field of battle, and are
making a great preparation to
"beard the lion in his den ; and the
Douglas in his hall." These are
perilous times times that call forth
the energies of every man and wo
man. Are we, the people of this
grand United States of America, to
stand idly by and see it despoiled
by a hoard of party tricksters who
have been deceiving the "honest,
confiding and dutiful people from
time to time with empty promises,
that they knew at the time would
never be made good. No, Ave
will listen to it no more. They
have lied to us on the tariff, until
the masses know that what they
say is only for political effect. They
have misled us on the financial
question ; they misconstrued the
laws of our land legislated solely
in the interest of a few.
Never in the history of a free
people has there been such wicked
and wholesale vicious legislation ;
enough, indeed, to cause the patri
ots of old to rise from their graves
and canfront them in the dark hours
of night, telling, them of their
wickedness and saying, why have
you imposed such burdens on this
people? laid burndens on them
grevious to be borne? 0, ye wick
ed usurpers! Come down from a po
sition that you have polluted and are
in no wise worthy to hold. I ask :
Gentlemen, can these things exist
much longer, and we exit as a free
people? We are now Hearing a
terrible crisis, which now demands
the consideration of every liberty
loving and loyal citizen..
This hoard of petty tyrants and
feudal despots and lying politicians
toll the people that they must not
meddle in politics ; that is our trade
and profession ; we understand how
to do this thing ; you have not the
time to neglect your farms and
workshops and places of business.
They say, lawyers, bankers and
professional gentlemen men of
means, must practice politics, teach
political economy, civil government
and all the organic law of our land
to the young compel its observ
ance in all respects. ut when it
comes to practice a liitle bit of it,
these professional plutocrats tell us
we must not have anything to do
with politics. 0 no! you must nut
participate in such things ; these
arc reserved to us and to ours. Ah!
my fellows, this is too thin. This
is the same old hash that has been
net up to us for the last twenty
years. Let us be deceived no
longer. In the language of Patrick
Henry, "they say we are weak and
unable to copo with so formidable
an adversary, but when shall we be
stronger?" Will it be when every
privilege and right to govern this
land of ours shall be taken from us?
when there will be a money king
at every turn in life, exacting the
last pound of flesh, taking from de
fenseless women and children the
last heritage of life, given to all
men alike? God, in His mercy,
have pity on them, for I know they
need not look for it from any other
source. Let us strike at the root of
this evil at once. Strike for our
homes and their dearest interests.
This is patriotism. Labor makes
the country ; labor makes the cap
ital ; labor has made this one of the
greatest of nations ; labor has made
the millionaire--not his labor, but
the labor of the poor toiling ones of
this country. Pile up all the gold
and silver in the world in one great
pile, and will it produce aught?
Verily no. Labor produces.
Give us the dollars that are un
taxed. Give us free money a
money that is not a commodity one
not to be floated up or down, just
to suit the greed of the grinding
combines. The people have trusted
and confided in the two old parties
Inner rmontrh. Let US come out
o o -
from among the foul and damning
influences, and save this land of
ours ere it is too late. Delay no
longer. Delay is dangerous. Come !
out on the side of the weak and
helpless. Come out on the side of
justice and right. The g. o. p. tells
us times are good and still gctiing
better. That is true ; but for
whom are times getting better ?
for the man of money national
banks (cankers of this nation), com
bines and trust companies. They
are growing richer every day,
wtiile the teeming millions are
growing poorer. Men may cry
"help! help!" aH in vain, from these
men who have gained vast earthly
goods, fitting them to live so far
above the masses that they have
lost all feeling for the needy and
helpless.
The cry is for more money upon j
which to do business. The men I
who make the money are not per
mitted to keep it. One asks:
What do you mean by making
money ? I mean sir, one who pro
duces something the man that
plows, digs, toils, reaps and sowa
not the banker and speculator or
r;al estate dealer and trader.
They produce nothing.. They
; thrive and succeed upon the labors
! of others. The man that labors,
' and by his muscle sows the seed
that makes bread, and he who
delves into the earth for its hidden
wealh, are the producers of capital.
The poor section hand at 00 cents
a day is the man that has helped to
make the Goulds and Vanderbilts
Another asks, what is money?
It is the medium of exchange. Has
it value of itself? No, nothing
farther than this : A dollar in sil
ver or gold has no intrinsic value in
it. I can't eat money, as I do
bread and meat. I can't trade on
dollars until I have converted it
into- something that has intrinsic
worth in it.
Congress has the power to make
and coin money, and stamp it as
such. Can they not stamp a farm as
money, as well as to recognize a
bond as money, writen or printed on
paper, that of itself has no value
whatever, while land and non-pcr
ishable products have real value ?
What the people want is more
issue. Let congress order more
stamping.
And still I hear another one ask,
can you legislate men rich ? I an
swer, Yes. Why ? Because you
have done it, and what lias been
done, can be done again. Whence
all these immensely rich corpora
tions and millionaires ? Have they
not been made so by certain kind of
legislation, made cither directly or
otherwise, in their favor? Now
give us, the people, a chance for a
little law-making that will enable
us to live easier ; not that we may
become rich, but that we may have
a little home, and that a free home.
Is not land good security ? Why
can't the farmer borrow money
from the. government, giving hi?
farm as security ? It can't be
hauled out of the country like gold
could be, in time of trouble. It is
sure and steadfast; for land will
never decrease in value while popu
lation increases, nor will its pro
ducts fluctuate like the supply of
precious metals. What is there to
prevent a domestic insurrection or a
foreign invasion to capture nil the
gold supply ? Nothing whatever.
Is the issue of money, ba.ik notes
and demonetized silver on the basis
of gold, or on the credit of the
country? If on the former, what
was the basis of issue during the
years ol the war when the country
was flooded with money, was it not
on the credit of the country, our
farms, and the values thereof? Let
this subject be studied as never be
fore. Assemble yourselves togeth
er and discuss this much mystified
money question, and see if there is
not a way out of this dilemma.
r Hut I hear another voice out on
the outskirts of despair cry out,
"Will you Alliance ftllows do any
better when you get there ?" I an
swer, most emphatically we will.
We are going to be more watchful
in the future, and give no party or
parties the long haul on us. When
those in whom we have confided
our interests have been unfaithful,
we will say, come down and out,
never more to be trusted, and so
continue until we have completely
purged this political corruption,
! having found men in the end, who
j love principle and true loyalty to
the people, better than party and
this will be approaching the politic
al millennium. D. N. Burton.
Garnett, Kas.
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