ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
./. / '. .\/s/!/:/ /Wtor.
"Ih*? tanners ar? rejoieiii?i this
inoriiiiiy, over the l>i*<iulHul re
In-hin^ rains that It'll yesterday
ami last iii^hl. hul we cannot estimate
it- value In the p'owinj:
crops. AH slituii'l lie vt rv thankful:
lull more especially should
the Tanner he thankful. Tor his a 1
depends on I lie proper season.and
the proper cultivation ot the
crops, and it is well that it is not
loll to us to say when we shall
have I he fruitful shoAers to come.
We are creatures of cirruiu
stances, so it is best for us to he
contented with what we receive
unless we could do as Napoleon
said when he was attempting t<
crosst he All >s. I le asked some "IK
if he could cross, they told him
it was owing to < ireutnstances lit
said "oh ! I make circumstances.''
Let us he up and doing. Only
about sixty davs more and the
crops will he worked. And \vi
hope all will he successful, and
make abundant crops. I want t<
say that we are more iudepen
dent and have more of the nee
essaries of life which wo make al
homo, hut there is room lor im
provomont yet. Now we al
know that the improvement ii
our condition as ('armors, is large
ly due to the Farmers Alliance
and lot ns keep up our organi/.a
tions hy having regular moot
nigs and hy attending those moot
in&ts regularly. Wo ,wouid he gl ?<
y for the reporters *1(1 exchange.
ideas through our columns am
discuss the different methods o
('arming, and the money <(ii< -lion
and toll us what you are doing ii
t yoyr Alliance.
Is I'll is I'ntcrnaii-m?
No mat.' r w hat !. i nd e ' do n
is SliL'Zl - ted I < I t i I ?M,I lit ! ,
j) >or tan m, wit.-:, i? - i ?
discu.--uig an v pi. n : ! ;i- !i::
cia 1 roll d t(.< t;; . . \ ! ulr;
\v 11 v s i: i . . ' i ; !
f. 1 i i?s . if . it!' 1 n.' t ' ; .
ii
iiiiy - .i hi \ . iim !ir l
cm' i -ii I i 11 y \
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pr11 iim"11 1 : i v ?' i
t c i > i \ i i l l -i" i i i ;
in fii'- '.in i 'i '>n i :. i- . r
not ti;?f tcr i iV. I lici
l> . i... f t If i i. . i ! f if
unit-- tii- mom1 v I< ii. i ii< f
flivt n if.t> [hi'i ' a tin* govern nifi
aii.l iihuWfi! 'n i nji y tli.it '[.,itfr
n:i 1 i*-iii" u liii Ii ! 11- > i nsist is i, i
constitution '1 whimi <ip1111 i! t.
n^rif ii It ill a I ilia I?i t ii- fini
1 firtii im lia- in.-ii r. 111 rm i....i > -
"I - .F I 1 '
the State oi Ni'w ork t<> maw
guralo i -riii riif 1. til v\ > as ('reili
Fonder - v - * m. A i t he nch i.cv,
to t i11-> count ry. the s \ tem is well
known in France, where it waestablished
in Wj. and although
the interest eharg< > tin re are far
lower than our tinaneial philanthropists
propose to exact in this
country, alter Iyears' tiial the
French farmer is woise oil than
he was in the beginning, lake
every other question, this one
depends upon the point of view
from which'you regard it. If as
a farmer, it is had ; but, if as an
investor, it is good. liocause the
propertyJ*of | the (Jfoimer must
SUl
evetually fall into the hands of
the latter. Outside of the reform
press the advocates <>' government
loan at a Ion inter<st
h i i little or no hacking. Not so
tin* Credit Fancier scheme ?\ith
its, perh . p-, o per cent inter t.
Almost all the great dailies la\or
it, and, still more, on \\ 1
Street triends are mnkiut. :i gnat
ellort to have it made a federal,
instead ol a State meaurr. exempting
ho shareholder- tr in
taxation, as m the ease 0}
government bonds. What h
I legacy this would in for the,
pair farmer to leave to lns;
I (dnldren 1 After slaving all his
life himself, his death would
simply transfer the harden to his
, children and they to their chil
di . n, so t hat, outside of vi n:o t.
J gng( d inheritance, there s?? 1. - j
I iH'tltiDtr tor the farmer mi tins!
side of the crave, should lite
'it'redit F< nrier System V?" estnb
' 11> he<1 amongst us. There is a
i wide difference between governm
*'if |<>aniuc at a lo \ rate and a !
1 corn pan v of capitalist* Inaninc at
a high rate ofinterest. The one;
mav h? nefit the farmer, the other
wi'l purely benefit the investor!
only.
Ki'vIhIiik the Sujfiir Srlieililln.
Vis
Jl mi li-^ft+L
' This rurtoon is from the New York
I Pits*, oikCTTV i ho most partisan of lto- \
publican in \ spapct . v. Iiioli always ail- 1
verities protocMon <?> any and every in1
dtistrv. Like hundreds ?.f otla r K< pi.I
! lie.in pniter-', :i> il> ..'t-,-? at tin- act inn i i
j Al'h ieli in v rit .lie the sugar seln iiul>
.11 I If ( KM " ! 11 ' . 1 ,:k .it
11?:i f it i-- * I. ly ilinouniiiiK i i?* 8 near
lie -ivrli' :n t!n' : nuuiuiUcu'ii
tlH tIt. 11 i'J i ii;.-iijc -s.
Sn;;j?r * i I'i ills 1
The trusts linv i ??n J):tifflov
I il i n < i i . v ill
tn JV ' :i < 11 i i lii i'Oi 'i
.
I t t S.ey ; m m 'ly 1 'i ill tnkili;pi'i
t i t I heir
it nr has i it itlerahly niuitii
j Hi i f < ii i."
ar . int-ri Ittu : ') i < r th" i y lira
i ii i -i i tli r
t . ' . i " ' i tj:il>
1,1,.. , l< 1 I I . . rt II
t\ | lit -f . tie-}- ; nut i v pound
.
j , 11 t. * * ill smrdy i .
iiii n pi In* nt i : .y - !1 i-s
j. It ! ill I!:' V fl.1 . .itru < I -n't
:i n
and I i- i- ii i n )r * .".ii < ; : u;iu
t y 111 i .; i I .i
\\li> Iliri^-liM lllltt > i'l? -.? Ill ;h.
A . 1 i I t<? < ji ii ;. " tinMe
Is , - I. i t . t t i, liav
i i sm vim ai i in ii ^ I ii n. I,
nil- .\ ' . ' in;; M is i! s t ii:
(h iin ii win! |nriiMn ! ili- 11k>in \ to
r.u s til'- i i-i i'ii ai i in Ii la-',
in i i rial - i'ii- for i mini.
Ii'ii. TIm v I' - -Ii I iVi iiiuis appr
t III - I I.nf yell ! I I Ii i i ilip li< d In
ina'a tin rat s in ;li' i tlinii in tlx- Mr
Kink villi la t tin- i;ot l,n tVrynttcii,
iiis?-ii! i? it tin tin- i.ililcfs- i.f \ ii in'indry.
li it known that tliravi- :u- tarilT
tax iiinlcr tin- M r l\ i a Ii y hill \ I- 4ii />h
jmt rent nil valiin-ui; mult r tlr Wilw n
imilnali Mil, iH i 1? r < lit. lint llllill'T
tin* l?iiu'l<y t ill, .ri7.un |i< r < < nt Ileum
tin- iivrrtw mtn < f taxation ?<n koiiu*tiling
lik** 4,(Kid iirtirli s *<f every <1 ?v
r(iiixiini]itioii ih n jut < < nt hiK'lifr miller
tin- Iiiiijiliy lull than iiinli r Mi'Kinliy'?
law, mid 17 i?< r nt liifc'hiT than under
the Wilson (inriiiuii hill.?Hon. ('Iianipj
(Jlaik in CniitrroKH.
I" lti<:ifp \our ht?\Vi'I'4 \\ 19 ti ( itrnrrlfl,
tndy (!(ith irtlr. < ro cooMdpai f wr.
H'1 .' *?< If ' (' f:i i, ilr ?k't:isis r fund inom v.
PPLEME
lllllt 'I'll Nil lit Mil.
W1IVT ITS N ATI'UK !S AX II
WHAT ITS Kl NA TIONS.
.Indue I'..I. Ililiycr Sums up (lie
.Mailer and Siilislanliaily ( overs
1 lie W hole Oround in Ten
riindaiiieiKal Propositions There
In Nolhinir Mysterious
About Tlieni?Only Ordinary
liilelliuenee In i{ei|iiired to
Comprehend Tein.
My J. llilly.r. of Wustniiv'tMi, l? ('
I. (iet a di-linet idea of what
money it* and what it doe*. Learn
that it is always and every win-to
an arbitrary creation of la w : that
it has two functions, one to facilitate
exchange and t he other to
measure value; that the lir-t, its
office as a in dium of exchange,
is a mere matter of convenience,
of relatively trifling importance,
while the second, its absolute
authority i 11 determine values,
concerns equities and is of momentous
consequence.
J. Settle in your own mind to
the point of absolute correctness
of what is termed the quanlita
live theory of money; that is
that the quantity of money in
circulation and available for
makeinu purchases and payments
is tiie prime factor in determin
i ng the prices of all things which
are bought and sold.
3. Satisfy yourself that the
only money which iinally determines
prices is standard money,
is money which is not redeetna
hie in any other kind of money
and which is therefore at all times
and everywhere within.>+)s jurisdiction
Venal tender for till demands,
public and private.
4. Hear constantly in inind
that as the quantities of ^old and
silver filled or available for
com,ue are at tiic rtio of Id to
1 su list a ii t lal i \ equal, both as reuards
.'lie world's ft.ick and the
annual production, the quantitN
! le'.l moiii-y ?i?r i? I :t dol|hl>
- tl ll'M I'M *?| I, I) lit. ,H.. Win lit
( u*? .lie a luoulit w.kii r u sltigK
i: i;< ?*? i ' _*.?! t ail' til. t !i. 11 *
I III , >i CfS All. . ti.'i. . tin' ^illpU'
^ . in.! i iii* a ppri'Mrn ?t* 1 \
iiv.. i t- ii .'.tit (li t ti i.ml a
't tiM . > ti.iJ.irii,
.1. I' I.x : a V It' tin 111 1 I III.II .it.
iii . t .till I _ I Ii ''t p a V V , 11.
, .
m i :...i i it l*- I<> . I s i- ti (ii'btur .ii
i : aii ii.i'l s wi 11| \V :.|( i t ! i
? ..i i. 111 i >i?! i r 11 hi, ami i s tin
11 * | .| i iii t (.a , It ii it
?>. 1 >i v r \ uraelf of < vt r\
hailow t?l hoiiet im th (' t vo
most con - j... i u ni,>i in. i
iciou ? _ oi;I ! Ijk ii*s : , 1
that pant > ' the inetnI vali - ii
ssi'h t n I t > the * ilio i n , m i
11II11 tl 11 i? Opt"I .< i 11 ii ( ! i 11 . l.'ii
s iiiia <1 ; an 1 i. lii.it tin*
o.i trin*II la t ion of I In . 11.I hot ii
metals 1- necrs r\ t.. t lie -lie
? t ul working of a to lotallir
s\stein. I ntil tin- absolute falsity
of hot Ii those interdependent jam
po-itions is elt illy perceived
there can l>e no sati-latoi v mill
rational progress.
7. I ndcrstand that tin siihsti
lotion of a single no Id stamlaro
for the pre-existing iloiihle -tand
Hitl is solidv for the cenelit of the
owners of money obligations ;
that primarily and directly the
an lie re rs are debtors, including
the tax payers by whom national
and mum ipal obligations mu?t
lie paid, but also that the fall in
prices which cripples or bm?k
rups debtors, paralyzes industrial
enterprises and necessarily results
in general business stagnation.
NT.
Tim definitive characteristic of
| hard times is tlu* inahilitY of
debtors to meet their obligations.
S. Investigate until it homines
; clear that so far as right, ? qui'y.
or any principle of morality is
| concerned in thi i?storatmn ? !
- i S v? r. the only question
whether a do 11 u t containing .'!T1
grains el pure silver is an honest
coin vviih which to discharge obligations.
1.1" tiiat he so, it is <>t"
no importance how mm h gold ,
coins do or do not circulate with
ii 111 uipimrr'S i iiii n u*M>% IMM
whether one or more Kuropean J
nations recognize or refuse to
i i N
fertilize it in the money systems (,
which they choose to adopt. :
!>. Ivellect that as to morality ;i
there can he no reconciliation or "
j cotnpsomise between the claims
of a doiihle and single standard.
If justice requires that every dol- t
lar of indebtedness should he
paid in twenty four grains of
gold, or its market equivalent,
tli en the advocates of silver
restoration deserve to tie char- acferized
as dsshnnest, and if on
the other hand a silver dollar of
.'571 grains is an honest, eqmta
hie dollar for discharging obliga- {'
tions, then those who understand- '
ingly are trying to make these
debts payable in gold alone are '
nothing else than a band of extor- "
tionate swindlers, no more de
serving the respect or esteem of
their fellows than those who
more courageously rob upon the
highway.
1'. Distinguish in respect to a ,
money standard between what is
theoretically de cnsible and what
j is practically obtainable and jusi
under present conditions. Con|
cede to historical facts their 111
Iluence in shaping in?t only the
present situation, but existing
opinions and prejudices even,
which must be taken into account
in any hopeful eibrf for reformation.
It may be true in theory
that paper mom y with a eovern
in i. I jjiini r' o t ee < ml jmhcio1: -! \
!i mi <! is i u no \ l nferioi t >
in o! - >1(1 an i m'i\ er a^ r
ai l ir*. ?ie, 1 oi i 11 1 ?.i ?<- - -11
1
I n t u i ait i pi i - n i ill?;,,
paper-tain! ml . .. 1?I t ?<)uita
hie or honest, I'M. I) b- than it l*
prr.cti- lily \r ; i* ?r rt i.
, hi i, ?nhi \ r r t in
1
.jouoit 'ii
detiioa tfan -. t i> ret'oia iI
Intel igtmce and coiecii nee u\ the
Vi> v In I
b n i si u pen f i> - re i t? re er
a t nui. It tiiis is-oie is di placed
>r - til ordinal ul >r enihnlie ircu
with otht rs nut trifti co^iiHtt', 1
a [.r< ' ibiiity ol moil taiy n
i id w . i 11 i. del n 11 1 \ pi t |:kt
'1. ll Wo ;u t(i stand fin !: '
I 11<111 i\ I'd lii- tiic-rio and
i 11 -1 - II: "ll 11 i > i iih all >ir !i die ol
ii' no ul 'what v\c think i- right,
we iiiii>t Iimi'ii Iii ronton our
s i I v. > with ooii t i n na 11 \ sowing '
sct'tl wiiilo novor leaping a harvost.
I here aro other incidental '
ijin??. ions which will ari-o in di- |
ens-ion, lull tlieso aro the l'unda
iiiont.il propositions in which all '
otlu in are im hided. and by which !
all subsidiary problems can bo
resolved. | tu-rc I- nothing re* *><
1 11*? or y sferiou? about any
ot thorn, ami tor their comprehension
there is rt quired only
ordinary intelligence and a mod rate
amount of investigating in- (
'dustry. No one who timlerstands
t lie in thorough ly and whose ronviution
of their truth is clear :
need fear an argumentative eon ;
test with the most redoubtable i
advocate retained for the defense ,
of the gold standard.
WE SEW&
IT FRF'i
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lie piiw erl it 1
OR. HOFFMAN'S VITAL
SESTORATiVE i FTS,
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urt' l .? >s I M A N HO? >1 \ I Its'
K>S, \' ,\ J{ 11 i M '. I i 11 r? \ cr
ill unnatural drains. ii|> rei|nrt'>
hoalth anil ?. ? ! in innoml.
We ha v?' faith in uur troatineni anil
f we could not rum \mi wi* would not
end our iiiim! ii-i in' I'If I'.la' ' y, nut
a v wlicii >at i-lii-iI.
\vi;sTi;it\ miiium; co.
?hie ?ri crat'Mi?.
KALAMAZOO. MICH.
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PHILOTOK ilX.
Is Woman Sal.: aa<i l!> 1.;i 1 : ! 'r 1{<>
Icvrs monthly pulno-., cuni i.orv .- .ml
lyHtrrlu ami rcstorns !< in rnrl ] . .kitI' '-olil
>y drtipplsts anil dealers lor ?I a 1>tie. I'aminlei
mailed on application if yoi can't pet
l Iron yoiir dru. risl. -. ml *1 to tin propi . 'or
ml In1 will solid vim pr. i i. I I?y oxpri"-s i I.as.
Ctsley. \Vliol"?ad Inn . ! '?'. ' oil at St.
i^cw VorU
Mn lo llif hililir.
I" N i l I. I I K i ll KIf \ > i ' |i | i, oiv.
nil my ollh'i' \v i 11 In'open on SafurIny
of each week, ami on tIn- til--! Mottla
\ i n I'.ai'lt inoiit h.
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iwiiv lor litem. > c n :e| 111 c> 111
i|? a- nicely a- anybody, and
lu?a per than \ mi w ill not them
i a ay I'roin here.