The farmers' union., June 14, 1894, Image 1

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THE FARMERS' HON
6
Volume IY.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JUN? 11.
Number
.Humphrey's
Green Front.
10,000
Men,
Boysam Children
to call at my Store and examine my
Mammoth Stock
or1-
Clothing
which I have just received,
and which has been pur
chased under a prospect of
a low tariff and bought the
ootis away i w n, the equal
bus never leen known in
Northeast Missouri. 1 ana
prepared to sell you
GOOD GOODS
Even below your own ex
portation. Those
Caps,
Boots,
Shoes,
Neckwear,
Furnishing Goods.
AS WELL AS MY
Clothing Stock
Are all Fresh, New Goods,
and purchased under the re
cent decline in the eastern
market, and, positively, will
be closed out to make. room
for another stock, which I
expect to buy in the near
future, even lower than ever
if possible. Call early and
see me if you wish to
Save Money !
Remember, Old and Young
Ladies' Shoes and Slipper's
a specialty. 1 am yours as
.ever.
M. Humphry,
Green Front,
Ttorth Side,
IS Mrt
m9 y v
Memph
PUEGENT, POINTED,
o-
DR. KENT TALKS STRAIGHT FROM
THE SHOULDER.
o
Sermon on the Industrial Situation Able
Reply to Senator Hoar's Sophistry
Powers of Government
Analyzed Socialism.
Rev. Alexander Knit preached re
cently on the C'oxey movement at the
People':, Church in Washington. 1).
C. It was one of the most powerful
sermons of modern times, lie began
by reading the first 1! verses of Ex
odus, and then said:
' The lot of the Hebrew in Egypt
has always been thought of as excep
tionally hard and the conduct of the
ruler against whom they rebelled, as
especially tyrannical and oppressive,
but looked at in the lifiht of modern
history and current events, there
seems "ocd reason for revising this
opinion. Millions of workers in
Christendom are in a worse plight
than even these Jews were, and the
powers that hold them in bondage are
immeasurably more unreasonable and
cruel. That which was required of
the Hebrews, however unreasonable
and unjust, was at least possible. Hut
that which is required of the modern
workers is impossible. The Jews
were required to make bricks without
straw, while millions of workmen in
Christendom are required to make
bricks without clay.
In Christendom to-day there are mil
lions of men who have no access cith
er to the materials or the tools in the
use of which necessities are to be sup
plied, ami yet these men are held by
common consent to the duty of self
support and the further duty of con
tributing to the support of others.
"The only pertinent question at
present was,"' he said: "Are there
any people in this country, able and
wdling to work, who cannot get work
to do, and to whom the opportunity
of earning a support for themselves
and those dependent upon them is de
nied? If there were only one such
person the matter would he a deserv
ing of congressional action as would
be the' unjust arrest and imprison
ment by England of a single Ameri
can citizen. What matters it to the
American citizen that his country has
poured out millions of treasure and
shed rivers of blood to rescue him I
from the walls of a dungeon of an
English prison, if Ins country after
ward sutler its landlords, its railroad
lords, its mining lords or its money
lords to take control of all the mate
rials and tools of industry and shut
him out of every means of support
and chance to earn a decent livelihood
for himself? Is the American right
j of freedom only a right to struggle
against the organized forces of greed
I , '111
j utiii u;wice nuii'u iuc average man is
j powerless to resist and which are fore
! ing all hut the winning few into cor.-
j ditions of want and poverty besides
j which even the rudest fare of the
I common prison would be welcome.
Is the right of freedom only the right
t sutler and starve if one is weak and
j honest, ami the right to stuff and grab
1 if one is strong and cunning?
j Senator Hoar admits in his letter to
Mr. Swift that many deserving per
I sons have been unable to find woik
during the last winter without any
! fault of their own." ami he deplores
this especially because he says - this
condition of things has followed a ;
' period when the people of the United
Mates, especially uie working people
nere better ott than thev have been
before and better ott than the people
i of any other country either now or in
: former times."
Upon this statement Jr. Kent com
mented as follows, during the deliv
ery of which the audience could not
restrain their applause:
This is an amazing statement! If
the working people of this
countrv
were no more anxious to get work
than Senator Hoar seems to have tried
to get accurate information, the tramo!
contingent of this countrv would have
lembrs:oea l,rell-v mucb Uu entire
population. Tramps are men who go
about the country professedly in
search f work, but really in search
of something to satisfy their appetite
or please their taste. They don't re-1
ally want work. They won't take it J
if given. There are men in the intel
lectual world a good deal like this,
.'hey are always on the move appar
ently in search of information, but
really they are looking after some
thing to feed the party appetite and
satisfy the party stomach. They arc
blinder in the presence of any real in
formation than a bat in sunshine. The
men who in the presence of such con
ditions as have prevailed in the agri
cultural districts of this country for
several years, can make such state
ment s as this of Senator Hoar evi
dently belong to the class who don't
want information. They won't le
eeive it when given. They are men
tal tramps, and have no business in
places where accurate information is
required. If any further proof is
needed touching the status of the sen
ator from Massachusetts, we have it
in the future statement in the same
letter. to the effect that he attributes
the present industrial conditions
wholly to the fear on the part of the
employers, of the overthrow of the
policy which has prevailed for more
than 30 years.'' Could anything be
more absurd? What, but oppressed
industrial conditions, and the dissat
isfaction consequent thereon, makes
the party agitating for tariff reform to
come into power. I he cause lor this
depression lies far deeper than any
question of tariff. Sir Win. Ilaulds
worth, in a paper read before the In
ternational Bi metal ic Congress last
week, said "this fall in prices was
caused bv a contracted currency, and
must lead to commercial ami indus
trial depression and the consequent
injury of all classes." He contended
that falling prices which are an in
variable accompaniment of currency
contraction discourage capitalistic
enterprises, and the increasing bur
den of obligations deprives them of
the power of extending production,
lie read also from a letter of General
Francis A. Walker, an eminent au-
thoritv on money and political ecouo-
my in our own country, in conforma
tion of his position. Sir David Bar
bour, late finance minister for India,
declared that the attempt to intro
duce the gold standard into India, had
! disturbed trade, increased debt, ex
penditures, taxation, and caused the
almost total abandonment of public
worlvs. ut course the money lemu rs
of the country have been delighted
with these results, for during this pe
riod of decline and depression and
other things, money has been steadily
appreciating in purchasing power.
Senntor Hoar comes from a section
which is the home of this class, ami
, , .. . ...
the good fortune that has come to him
I we may in charity assume he, in
his childlike simplicity and blanduess,
....
ignorantly imagines has come to the J qUestion or opposition. It keeps an protection it alone can give, they
masses. Hut now he has at last aruiy nayy a constant e xistaoce, ma.v shpe the machinery of govern
awakened to the fact that there are j though not in employment, though : aient as they will ami make this
many worthy men in this country who j a professed regard for their common ! country, not what Senator Boar
cannot get employment He is ready Lafety. It dosen't employ these I elaiins it now is, the paradise of the
he assures Mr. Swift, to respectfully people for their own sake, i. e., in j lur, but the home of free men and
hear any petitions for the relief that j or,ter to provide them a living. But ! free women, living in health and corn
he or any others may present. But, I it empj0yes them to perform a sup fort and with leasure enough to g:ve
he hastens to add. with all the assur-1 posed public service. It employs j to lue human element a chance for
auce of a man standing on principles
thoroughly established, "it is utterly
impossible that the government can
provide work for the people. It was
not constituted for any such purpose
It is not clothed with any such ;ui-
ll'iiritv If it nrctrn n flotluirl sin
government which should undertake
that as a poiicy would be brought to
a sure and speedy destruction. " One
would think from the tone of this that
the proposition Senator Hoar was ob
jecting to was so p epostero s and ad
siird as not to deserve a moment's
consideration - as ii' a man should pe
tition to have buildings erected with
their foundations on top. and p ra-
mlda mVd Wltil tueir apexea OSJ tiie
ground and their bases in the air.
is utterlv impossible' be
' clHrc' "lU:U Uu' government can pro
riae worE lor iue people, is it in ,
I deed' wbeu llid U become So
I have an impression that it has been
in the habit of doing tbis thing for a
considerable number of people from
the very beginning, and that the Sen-1
ator from Massachusetts has accepted ;
employment from its hands for a con-
sideraole period of time. Perhaps the J point of view of a safe and speedy
venerable senator has forgotten what ' communication by military and pos
government means in this country, tal roads throughout our own terri
If he has I venture to assert that his i tory between the Atlantic and Pacific
memory will be all right when the j coasts of this union, and that it is i.Ue
season for securing re-election arrives, (duty of the federal government to
He will then remember and humbly j exercise promptly all its constitu
confess that he and all his associates j tional power for the attainment of
in official positions, are nothing more ; that object."
than the servants of the people, elect- The opinion of Senator Hoar that
ed or chosen by them to do in certain j the general government "is not
specified particulars their clearly ex- clothed with any authority" for this
pressed will, and to exercise their best ! work does not seem to have been
judgment 1 11 all matters left t their , shared even by those gentlemen of
discret ion. It was clearly not the in- the conservative school. I do not
tent of the people of this country in think that Senator Hoar himself
ratifying the constitution when sub-j would have given expression to such
tnitted for their approval or rejection
to curtail in any way their sovereign
lower, within the limits of right and
justice. Their one object in estab- j at the bottom of tins opinion, lie
lishing the plant or machinery of gov- reminds me veay much of a large
eminent, was to provide an agency j class of people in the religious world
through which they might act at will, who eniagine that the existance of
promptly and effectively, for the fur-; religion and the morality of the peo
Iherance of justice, the promotion of 1 pie are inseperatcly bound up with
the common welfare, and the securing j the preservatat ion of cartain inherited
of the blessings of liberty to them- beliefs about the Bible and the
selves and their posterity. Whatever ! Church and about dogmas and or
therefore may be needful to these I dmauces. He forgets that whatever
ends is within the scope and purview' is good about our government came
of the constitution. The machinery from the minds and heaats of men in
of the government must not be con- rebellion against the existing order,
founded with the government itself. He appears to think that a full and
Government in this country, is, in I complete revolution in the matter of
theory at least, not only of the peo i social economy was vouchsafed to
pie. It is also by the people and for these men, and that any departure
the people. Presidents, cabinet otii j from methods or institutions adopted
cers, senators and representatives, as by them means death to the Repub
well as their subordinates are all em- j lie and misery to man kind,
ployees of the government, and re- The fact is these men preceive
ceive their salaries for services sup-
posed to be rendered. If they forget
this fact, and fall into the error of t cations of them as existing conditions
supposing that they constitute the seemet to require or permit
government and that the people are j Civilization has made great strides
their subjects; that the office exists in consequence of their action. New
for their benefit, and its honors for conditions have arisen, and new ap
their glory, they are unworthy ser- ; plications of these principles are le
vants, snd fit only for the outer dark- quired.
uess where there is weeping and wail-
ing and gnashing of teeth.
If Senator Hoar means that con -
gress has no right to engage in class
legislation, or to expend public
funds for private benefit, or to turn
itself into an eleemosvnarv institution,
we are heartily with him. but in that
we suouid UUe lo Uave him uh,
in undoing a great deal of legislation
against which I have never heard of
his entering a protest. But if Be
means that tiie government has no i
right to undertake any work which
the people may desire of public ad
vantpge, and which in their judgment ,1
can best be done under its direct j
supervision,. I beg leave to differ
t not ouy has the right. It eon -
tinuallv exercises this riht without
1 J 0
a mm.u larger army for the same
reason in hardling, carrying, and
distribution the correspondence, news-
; papers, periodicals, and to a large
and growing extent the merchandise
or tue country.
Ln regard to Mr. Coxev's move
ment the distinguished preacher said
that the theory of internal improve-
ments was especially recognized in
the constitution of the United State,:
This instrument especially declares
that congress shall have the power to
establish pQstofflces md postroads. j
i The fact that postal business is now
ma. nly done on railways baa not in I
any abriged the power of congress,
'and the necessity of good roads has
not been It
but greater hr the
de-Usances th.lt bave takea lace Ui
civilization.
This fact WaS i by the
I Democratic party, the p'rty especially
hostile to centralization, as late as
1858, as the following plank from
their platform of that year will show:
"Resolved that the Democratic
party 1. 'cognizes the great imooi-
tance in a political and commercial
opinion in any other connection.
His hostility to socialism with which
he declares he has no sympathy is
certain great principles with remark-
able clearness, and made such appli
It is to much to expect that men
! who stopped growing thirty tears ago,
p1"1 "ho are uow Iit,ll! ,nre than
! HilUal anUvuarUtta Uvi8 00 and
amoBS achievemettte of the past.
j should be ready to lead in the ad
I 1 ........ . I.. ........ 1 1 : if
ruw 3 uw u we
: cua msxna& to
j us he tlcukful. Hut if we
eau 1 110 luls u,e w 01 P"" must
move on' desPite their well-meat
"M"1100 and dismal forebodldgs.
Kent closed his able discourse
'lh these words,
If the working people of this conn
u 1-111 stand together as the people
have doue ( duding to the men of
V army) persistently and in-
telligeiitly demanding of government
the service it alone can render, the
i .
developemeut and exercise.
. This is about one-third of this re
markable sermon every word of which
was just as pungent and forceful
. what is here reported
The old party of telegatea the silvei
quesl,QU to TeM UU:1 thu9 prevent
"'- 8 retUru V) a ri-,ltful mmnl
to ,av our boW bts wilu lw" I
km,U uf I"oue' insl0;i,, of omi as vv
win iair signam in tue coming cam-
paign. Thes ilvcrViuestion eoQfttitte
a Banouo's ghoat to the old parties,
that will not dowu at their oowardij
bidding neither will it down until the
people who are vitally interested, set
tie it riut. through the mechanism
of the people's party People's, III .
Advocate.
A regiment of old suMter has been
organized at Denver to join the Coxy
-town Tribune.
Order of Publication.
STATE OK MISSOURI ,
tOCNTV or SfOTI.AMi. f "
In the Circuit Court of Scotland DOUtttr.
August term . Ism.
James s. ashkhv. Plaintiff,
vs.
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s Hffor.u h.iu, s Israel, Henry a. I Wi. n"!
ton . I Im:,, i. Mlee Israel, F. p. isnu i. Rii-
ismri. i;ii IsraeLSftrah A. Isrtt. i i,,hn it
ot Jo m l. deceased, Pc l. M.lants
At tin- 1 w the plaiotUI bereln t.vhls
;.in 1 ' 1 hat ilefendaats, Smucv 1
. 1 :TZVik Wi,,ium 11 ir..r.i;
m 1 Li a. srael. and Uie unknown Utraof
Jhai plainer t,a. 1 , V
them in tl.i,,u.t. wbereln ! a ' v "s V
fa the owner and In possession ot t h,. ..1
lowing dewribed r.al ,'som-. sit Sated . tho
t : I lie northeast fourth r . ) ,.r tbe nortlH
ast quarter I U t Seotkm s. v, n : ,,
t-t lil and the northwest fourth p i of Vi,..
southwest iiuarter Seotio ?i
n township slKty-ave ,651 ,, , -, .t V
line of ttanae twelve m west t amS
nelpal Meridian, and thaThe has In'on i'l
poss ession of the same tor more than twentv-
1 s' rurther ""hinir undeemth
that detendants appear to .
:-ourt!:;;;;:
an., holden at the SMSSS tat&CtoSTt
Memphis, in Bald county, on the slh . L ,,'r
ftdS Tthe1 ?ef
ai!Sen1S nrheln'SSi
?, naIdtorn answer or plead to t !..
ti .... In mid oause.the Mtne' mh r "t k s
An lit is further ordered that ., ,.,.,.
VlU s,: I- O. METT. CtoeuH Clerk.
Order of Publication
STATK OF MISSOURI t
AuKUrS ,rt Wf '
Joski'H H. Tiioxm'.sox. Hai.iinr.
attorney J&n nZ herein by his.
that defendants i, . ,, , ,'h' '" Ihloirs.
nail andT1,om CI,i,; Amos Oar
h. lrs of AiettelMdd I , " '"' 'TJ00"
not resMenrs .r the s : . ,i'U't'' "r''1' m'
Wbereunon ii ?e " Missouri:
Ud defe.alan teS
thai plaintiff has umlt ' I'.H.M.-aiion
them In this court V " 1"" "Mtnltwt
h-is th.-ounrr o.'.i , ' ' "' '"; 'h-.l,j.-s that
lowlnu roal Sunte i. s! SSKS!"" '" tho "'-
leeoi s, , tion jr. to ".si,; V- !'
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thinv years, uu U vu, '.U ,'" '"r
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liar nail afniearot reES h . lebM
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tint rmm sai.l ViV-Im 1.-1 V dwrd t.y -UHl
further al LU i " u t ,,( '
him hy llmltathnTaml, w?inii V''s"',l
rendered In his ravV.V . 7 . " ',,'t'1
be and appear at thu ....... . . 'hntKUnis
iher "to be n , , '', term
House in tbet lty or ,U tH' r,,lir
ty. on the sixth' lai , i1 1 "ls- ,! l WHM
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Memphis, - Mtssouri.
B. o. imtkin, Presddmnt.
A. H. PITKIN, Cmdrter.
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hid up Capital, $25,000,
II. G. Pitkin.
A. Simon.
A. 11. Pitkin,
Unawor.nrw,
I. S. PlTKIV.
Ptreciof,
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Bo tiSS?! husincss.
sV, ii "u'.' "o.ir,!.- paper.
Spe, uu tentkm ,rlcen to eoHeetlotuK
worthemu Corner Publlo Bq ,.cr.
JAMES E PULLIAM
Blacksmith,
SHOEING AND REPAIR SHOP.
Repairing Neatly and fDmptiy Lone.
I mak a specialty of
8liopSoulhe:,.t (V.r. mn., (,,
Perkiu s Stand, Memphis. M.
M. Kloetzer,
MKMPIIIS, MO.t
First Dtair west of the Citizen's Itank
huihlinjr. invites thepuhl cto call
on him when wanting to buy
HARNESS, SADDLES, Halters,
Bridles, Whips, 4c.
The stock is new aad the lrwe
)QSille price asked for gnal oods.
The country trad espeualiv sd cited.
FARMERS' EXCHANGE