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THE ADVOCATE
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
NATIONAL FAUMKK.V ALLIATI CitC AND
INDUNTHIAL UNION.
rreuldmit L I.. Polk, Vah!ri,(t,on, I). C.
Vlco-rrctilclcnt. . . . II. J I. Hover, Cnilrldfl, Km.
Hwrwlary J. II. Turner, WanblriKtoii, I). 0.
Lecturer J. F. WMIti, McLouth, Km.
KANSAS VA KM KUtt' ALLIANCE AND
INDUSTRIAL UNION.
FretiMent Frnrik McOrath. Ilelott.
Vlco-I'renldont Mn. F.lt. Vlekcry, F-mnorta,
Hwrorarv J. H Krviuth. Tooeka.
Treasurer A. (!. F.a.tr, ISurllniiiino
Iuturer Van H. 1 minor. (J'Murnwui,
Aaiiliitant lecturer H. M. .Scott, Mcpherson
CITIZENS' ALLIANCE OUT KANSAS.
Pruildent I), C, Zercher. 0!ath. Kan.
Vie rr'Hili'nt.,Ira 1). KelloKR, Columbus, Kan.
tfwy..V. lr. Klirhunirn, Cottonwood Valln, Man
Treasurer W. JI. Porter, Ohwcko, Kan.
Lecturer ft. II. hnyder. Kliu'miui, Kan,
K remit tve Com milts r,.Ut rtlntrtct, John HUd-
tfrd; VikI dhtrlct, It. It. Foy; Bd district, O.
Mil;4th district, d W. Marsh, Chairman, To
tmkit, KAunas; M.l) district, A. Ilenquonet; Cth
dlHfjlct, W. At. Taylor; 7tn Ulutrlct, Mrs. M. K.
OFFICIAL.
At the late annual meeting of the na
tional convention of the F. A. anil I. U.,
h&ld at Ocala, Florida, a plan of organ
izlng congressional district alliances was
recommended, to act as an adjunct to the
State Alliance. Therefore I recommend
the call for a congressional district alli
ance convention to bo held at the various
places and times of mooting In the sev
eral districts as follows:
Flmt ConRreHHloiial Dlatrtct-Valley Falls, Jan
uary II, 1H1I.
Hocond Congressional District Ottawa, Jan
uary u IHOI.
Third Concessional lintr1ct Chorry Vale,
January 17, lmn.
Fourth Congressional District Emporia, Jan
uary 17, iml.
Fifth Congressional Dlatrtct Clay Center,
January li, I mi l.
Hlxth Congressional Dlstrlct-Htockton, Febru
ary 7, IH'M.
flovtmtn Congressional PlHtrlct-Hutchlnson,
January 31, lmtl,
FltANK McOUATII,
President Htate Alliance. ,
OFFICIAL,
Tbe Mortgage IndebtdneM of Kan.
At the recent meeting of the National
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union
at Ocala, Florida, the following resolu
tion was adopted:
In view of tlio mountain of mortice debt
heaped ujou our people, through tha uujimt tl-
nanelal system enacted during and since our un
fortunate civil ntrtfo. and the notorious unrelia
bility of the. United States census concerning the
amount of that Indebted uesi; bn It
KeHolved, That thin national council of the
Farmers' Alllaneo and IndiiKtrlal Union recom
mend to all county alliances throughout the
union the appointment of a competent commit
tee to examine the. mortgage records of each
county and compile accurate statistics upon this
subject for tho Information of the people.
Appreciating the importance of secur
ing correct information upon this subject
I hereby inost earnestly request all
county alliances In the state of Kanma to
appoint a competent committee to exam
ine the recordis of the soveral counties In
accordance with the above resolution, and
report the result to Tuk Advocate. The
editor of Tuk Advocate haa consented
to compile, tabulate and publish the in
formation bo that It will be available as a
bacia of doraando for legislative relief.
The Investigation should disclose the fol
lowing facts:
First The numbor of farm mortgages
ia the county.
Second The amount of these farm
mortgagee.
Third the number of mortgagee on
town and city property.
Fourth The amount of such mort
gages on town ond city property.
Fifth The assessed valuation of tho
property mortgaged.
Sixth The number of farm mort
gaged foreclosed during each of the paat
five years.
Seventh The number of foreclosures
upon town and city property during each
of th past live years.
Eighth The number of suits now
ponding against farm, town and city
property.
Nlutk The number of mortgages of
farm and city property paid during the
pant five years.
Tenth The number of farm and city
mortgages released because of transfer
of the property to the mortgage com
pany without foreclosure or sheriff's sale,
Eleventh Tho number of sherlfTs
sales of farm, town and city property.
Twelfth The amount of the chattel
mortgage Indebtedness In the county.
I most erneutly request each county
alliance to act promptly In this matter, as
the attainment of this Information is of
groat importance. Fuank McOuath,
President Kansas Htate Alliance
Coitf rnimloiiiil Committee.
The fourth district congressional com
mittee of the people's party Is hereby re
quested to meet In Topeka, January 20,
at 10 o'clock a. in., at 417 Kansas avenue,
second floor, to consider such questions
as may need consideration at that time
Chakmch W. Marsh, !
Chairman.
People's party papers In fourth diutrlct
please publish.
To CM ton' Alliance itnd lteform Org
I r at Ion. 1
After a six months' experience with
our citizens' alliance organization, we
have loarned that' we need a closer bond
of union than .we now poeeeaj in our
present plan of organization.
While it has faithfully performed its
misdlon during the short period of Its
existence, the dangers threatening our
national life are still hovering over It
like an impending fate, and as the great
corporate employers of labor are com
bining and consolidating their strength
to crush out all labor organizations and
to make of our producers and laborers
abject slaves to the greed of monopoly, is
It not time that tho wage laborers of
mining and manufacturing hamlets, and
In the towns and cities of our land should
unite In a close union with their true
friends, the reformers among the busi
ness and professional men of such
cities and towns for the avowed purpose
of studying the questions of political
economy that affect their welfare?
Believing that such an organization can
be now effected and that the present
condition of our Industrial classes de
mand such n union, therefore
"We, the ofllcfrs of the citizens' alliance,
Issue this call for a delegate convention
of citizens' alliances, to bo held In the
Metropolitan hall, In the city of Topeka,
Kansas, on the 13th doyof January, 1801,
at 10 o'clock a. m., to perfect the work of
our organization and to elect delegates
to the national conference of reformers,
not yet called. And we moat cordially
Invite Knights of Labor lodges and all
other kindred organizations to unite
with us in perfecting plans for the com
mon welfare of all, by sending delegates.
Basis of representation to be ono dele
gate from every sub-alliance, lodge or
other organization, and an additional
delegate for every fifty members. And
we would further urgently request that
each sub alliance, lodgo, etc., do make
an appropriation of $1 for the purpose of
aiding ua to defray the necessary ex
penses of the convention, and that it re
mit the eame by postal note, with the
credentials of its delegates to our state
secretary at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas,
on or before January 0, 1891.
D. C. Zkrohkr,
Prest Citizens' Alliance.
Attest: V. F. Rigm-mikr,
Secretary.
Reform papers please copy.
A Free Lecture
Will be delivered by John O. Cougher,
secretary of "The Co-operative National
Association," at the hall, No. 313 Kansas
avenue, Topeka, every Thursday evening
at 7:30 o'clock. Subject: "ilow the ma
terial condition of the people can be vast
ly Improved by a system of scientific co
operation." All are welcome.
ARK WK INDUSTRIAL BEGGARS 7
To tho Editor of Til c Ad vocatr.
In Tiik Advocate of December 17 are
some resolutions paauod by alliance No.
1108, whertiln they resolve, "That 'the al
llanco of Kannas should use its Influence
to induce manufacturers to locate plants
in tho west, and to build such factories
In our state as our facilities would render
practical," and calls upon the alliance
"to give this matter duo consideration
and discussion." When will men learn
to develop on the plan of co-operation
those reoources nature gave them, and
not leave it to Individual effort, through
which they can derive no possible bene
fit, but must pay tr.bute to a non-produo-
lng, Idle class for the uso of that which
their labor haa wrought? Induce all the
manufacturers of the east to come hero,
and labor must develop them and givo
in a few years more In the way of pjrollts
than the cost of construction and equip
meut of any factory that might be In
duced to locate. I uilirm that inasmuch
as labor is the sole foundation of wealth
and the creator of capital, that all who
labor should unite to preHervo their
rights by taking such necessary steps as
may be required to prevont monopolistic
manufacturers from getting possession
of natural resources by which they may
rob earth's children of their heritage and
honest labor of Its just reward; and every
manufacturing corporation Is an ulcer
on this fair globe on which we live that Is
devouring (by the attitude of dependence
In which laborers are placed) virtuo, hon
esty and truth, and thousand! of human
lives are offered up to the Moloch of cor
porate power. It Is In the hands of those
who labor to say whether they will be
slaves to this power or unite In a co-operative
way to establish industries where
all have an equal interest, an equal bene
fit and n lasting heritage to their pos
terity, llow shall "the alllanco use its
influence to Induce manufacturers to lo
cate plantain the weat?" Shall we tax
the overburdened people by voting bonds
that shall become the property of a pri
vate corporation? Remember it muBt be
an inducement of dollars and cents forth
cominga gift dlroct from the people; a
license, as It were, to live off from you; a
declaration on your part to support
them. Remember you Invite a pauper
who will become a tyrant. If you think
individual or corporate manufacturers
have been a blessing to the east go there
and see how very few thrive and how
many starve. Why not vote bonds to
Btart up manufactories on a co-oporatlve
plan? Then the people could have a
chance to control for their own benefit
and by ballot the operations of it Thou
sands of dollars were voted to railroads
In the vicinity In which I live. The peo
ple were promised a reduction of freight
by competition. Did they get It? To
day those roads three of them are in
"pool," all charging the snme old rates.
Feed a hungry dog one day and he'll steal
your dinner the next. A plan la being
talked of In Saline county to starta co-operative
flour and feed mill. Two thou
sund men at $25 each will give a capital
of $50,000. Such as are able may put In
cash; others may put in that amount of
work and become stockholders. This
co-operative mill con afford to put a man
on the road and sell the flour and feed,
and in a short time they will be able to
control the profits that the millers now
pocket They can undersell any other
mill, for It will not be run to make enor
mous profits. Each and every Industry
for which the west Is adapted can be
controlled by the laboring class, until
the surplus of their toll reverts back to
where it should to themselves and fam
ily. An Alliacb Woman,
Lodj;e 1231, New Cambria, Kan.
DI3CU3SION OJT VITAL QUESTIONS IN HAIi-
PKtt COUNTY.
To the Editor of Tiik Aovocatk :
I have closely watched your columns
for a report from this coun'y, but as our
worthy secretary hai been elected as
superintendent of Instruction ho has been
too busy, so I have concluded to give
you a synopsis of tho buslneHS transacted
at a meeting of the county alliance held
at Harper last November. One resolu
tion was that a committee of two bo ap
pointed to attend the election of United
States Senator to be hell January 27, at
Topeka, ond seo that wo got what we
voted for the defeat of John J.
The chair appointed, (and our men
will be on hand) and if every county
would do likowlne, they would be doing
their duty, as I see the subsidized press
of the entire country are determined to
have John. There was also a committee
of three appointed to Investigate the
mortgage Indebtedneas.
That committee Is at work but we aro
confident tho committee will show it up;
alio a committee was appolntod on need
ful legislation. The committee drafted
17 planks which ure being discussed In
our sub alliances, and they areas follows:
1. Vote against John J, lngalls.
2. An extension of the stay law to a
period of two years.
3. a redemption law giving the mort
gagor three years in which to redeem
land, not exoeedlng 320 acres sold under
foreclosure.
4. Revision of chattle mortgage law.
5. A law requiring mortgagee to pay
his proportionate part of taxeH.
C. A reduction of the rate of Interest to
six per cent straight with penalty of for
feiture of principle and Interest for its
violation.
7. A revision of aBseBsment and taxa
tion laws.
8. A reduction of salaries of public
officers.
9. A reduction of state printer's ex
penses. 10. School text books to be published
by the state and furnished to the people
at cost.
11. Revision of court officers' fee bills.
12. Adoption of Australian system of
voting and Crawford county system of
primaries.
13. A law requiring railroad commis
sioners to be elected by the people.
14. A law prohibiting alien ownership
of land.
15. A law roqulring land sold under
foreclosure to bring amount of judgment
and costs.
10. A law suppressing the Pinkerton
detectives or similar organizations In the
state.
17. Such a reduction of railroad taritfs
as will yield an annual incomo not ex
ceeding six per cent on the actual invest
ment Fraternally yours,
Sam P. Jones.
Individual Instruction In bookkeeping
and shorthand, Topeka Bus. Coll.
READ I READ ! READ !
THE-
DM
On Railroad Monopoly, Ilresned Boef,
tialo of Grain on Futures.
Advtat to Organizers !
Parliamentary Rules I
Alliance Songs I
This book should be In tho hands of
er&ry alUaneo man and laborer In the
country. This book will make thou
sands of votes. Bend for one for your
solf and neighbor. History of my first
sixty days' worlc as an orpinlzer.
l'rtce, 80c, by mall. Address,
B. IX 0COTT, HcPhorson, Ec.