Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1893 Page: 2 of 3
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rtnozsBKc ax imhw, teras
il. WWU.-tOUt -and ?r4f*.Xn
The World's Fnir'Wppri^jriritlmTblll
:i» haring a hard time at the hand* of
our Texas aolon* Ind it likely to be
defeated “in epite" of the efforts of
•the Treasury looter*.
A few rotten egg* judicially thrown
among the populiat revolutionists In
Kanaaa wonld have a salutary effect.—
• Ulobe Democrat.
Thla la the hired-'galoot of plutocracy.
The man who baa no more principle
than to sell his soul fbr money who
aa the agent of > political hoodlums,
would seek to Incite men, that are natu-
rally M* better*,1 to deed* of ghoulleh
violence.
The bumha family is divided into
four classes. ‘ Flr*t. we ha»* the plu-
tocratic arrtetocracy. These are pam-
pered witfc'htehlth, which 'Undfer the la aV.etRand for it; therefore all corn
Got. Hooo issued a scathing me?
sage last week1 in which he virtually
out-lawed the citizens of Lamar coun
ty aod ail who took part in i he'Paris
lynching. lie reoomenda the pas-
sage of some rigid laws that are not
likely to be sanctioned by a majority
of the legislature. The laws reco-
mended are without the first princi-
ples of equity; even if it applied only
to the baser Mind of mobocric-y, for it
wonld make the innocent responsible
'or the acts of the guilty. But the
affair at Paris cannot he classed ss
mabocricy at, all. Wbtn an act hi
performed by the consent of a major-
ity of the people it la not the act of a
mob, muoh Has when there ia a unan-
imous uprising of the people, as at
Paris.
The routing Storm
It is much more pleasant to tab’., a
hopeful viewof things which pertain
to either the present or the future.
People are'ndt upt to complain of the
ent or take u pessimistic view of
future from choice. Evil ia not so
eairable that one prefers to feed up-
on it, and when we know that it exist
and ia likeiy to sweep down on us
like a delluge we are disposed to put
it off from us end flatter ourselves
that we are secure. If one, takings
philosophical viewof existing circum-
stances and considering cause and cf
feet, sees a dark cloud lowering, which
is aure to bring devastation aod rui n
unless met and counteracted by op-
posing elements, should lift his voice
in a warning cry against the evils
which cause the threatening disaster,
be is at once branded as a pessimist.
A calamity howler, etc.
That our country is passing through
a crisis, which is rapidly approaching
Ha elinnx, is so evident that “the way
faring mm though a fool" might see
and undenlaod it if he would but
open his eye a and consider.
Wc said “oor country." We
might go further and say the politi-
cal and social world; for the same
conditions prevail everywhere—possi-
bly levs in America than in many
other thickly populated countries.
"The same causes leading to tbo same
inevitable effects, which portend an
•upheaval of the very foundations of
human civilization. The whole civi-
lized world is rappidly approaching a
vortex, the depth and extent of which
is incomprehensible, because, aa a
fire ragiogatnong combustible mete-
rial knows no end till all ie consumed.
So humanity, when goaded to mad-
neat, risen against their oppressors,
knows no reason, heeds no law but its
own mad will. Moreover, when the
climax cornea, it will not be like a
spasmodic flame bursting up hither
and yon that might be smothered out
"by the floods of derision and contempt
•or by the angry frowns of plutocratic
bosses, but as a (poutanioon oombus-
•thm, it will sweep all opposition be-
fore ft as a flame In dry stubble.
Tow may call this a calamity howl
-withTaveageMe, Be it so, but ilia
facta decfocatte from the law of cause
sad effect, wml while it ia not una-
-voidable, it h better to try and arouse
’the people to a realization of the dan-
ger, if haply they may apply the reto-
ady before it in too late. Inspiration
present sreteto bf government, gives
them a * •cbattc.lling power in publ.c
affairs, (because the laws of the coun-
try have elevated the dollar above the
man) and they are continually using
this power to gain more power. They
believe they have the right to' file
because of their vast monied: interest,
and believing this they nalutallj con-
clude that one’a rights are Measured
by'one’s possessions' They art faten-
lag aod so they feel that all is well.
•These are they that mock at the
warnings of the humanitarian, call
him a calamity bowler, a disturber of
social relations etc., and they have
thousands of others—Their lickspit-
tles, to catch up the cry and sound it
along the line.
The second or middle class is the
largest. It is among this class that
the plutocrats find their tools, by
which they are enabled to perpetuate
their power. These smile when the
boeaea smile, frown when they frown
and vote as they tell the.n. They do
this because they hope the tables may
turn in their favor and give them a
chance to enter the plutocratic fairies.
From this class also the third Or hu-
manitarian class is recruited, and'it ta
to these recruits that we must look for
the solution of the question of eq'oal
rights. As they are led to think they
will discover the iron hand of op-
pression is upon them and dragging
them down. Self preservation will
forco them into our ranks until our
numbers will enable ua by peaceful
ballot or by a still more potent power,
to hnrl the oppressor from hto seat.
The fourth class are the -scabs ttf so-
ciety. The Buekaneers of civiliza-
tion, who are ready to sell themselves
to whomsoever will buy. They would
murder their mother for pay. He
who sells bis vote will sell himself to
murder bis own flesh aod blood. The
man that buys such tbiugs is nb bet-
ter. Naturally this'fourth class is the
slave of the plutocrat because of bis
gold.
co$n for money, lie inters the market
to sell to some mao » ho is able to hold
iirtlnthl the next summer when "there
He Wants more Lifhf
Editor Standard:
I have read the
extract from the Dallas Kewg on Mr.
Mills speech against the Hatch Anti-
option bill as coppied bv you and
your comments on same, and must ssy
i cauuot see how futtfre dealing in
farm products effect* tbe farmer in
the end, more than I believe that it is
the cause of a fluctuating market,
“first up and then down,’’ I believe
the market would be more uniform
if the future dealers were out of the
wty. But let no see if tbe ppecula-
tors were out of the way, “or future
dealers aa we choose to call them
now,” If we farmers would not be in
as bad or worse fix than now. This
is a question 1 have but little knowl-
edge about aad by seeing it discussed
for and against is the way tor us to
become informed. Now if there is no
speculators would not we farmers
have to sell bur cotton as the factories
needed It and would this not fored
some or Oil of u* to bold a part of ottf
coilou untill July and Aug. after mak-
iag tbe crop? If eo, would it not be
very ruinous to the masses of our far-
mers, being: itr debt as they are? f
look at this business this Way.
If future dealing is done away with
we farmenr wonld be in the tame fix
the silver miners were undeh the bland
silver act, there was but one bonafide
purchaser tn the market, the govern-
ment beiflg that purchaser. This
placed tM Miner where, if he bed to
hare money -for his bullion be would'
have to sell St s reduced price to some
man'who was Sble to bold the bullion'
unt'.Hlie could get a ebanoe to sell to'
tbe government.
This I deem tor be one ot the ctUeetf
of the depreciation in silver.
f will give another illustration that
a ouvee upon the one who j Mines nearer tbe case ss I visw if.
In tbe fall aod winter here iR out
,WWn country if a fw— ' * *o*:t tps
“peace, when thfseisno'
thus sold'brings only »Mut half what
the buyer expect* U. resits* tbe next
summer. Wow sbotxri we inaugerate
a system to make no'demaud for our
cotton dntill needed by the manufac-
turer I1 fee! that 4c will have to take
a much*reduced price tor it Justs* the
silvbf’miner and those who heve to
Sdll their corn before there ia a de-
mand tor it. Yea but, says one, tbe
manufacturers are needing it all the
time.
But does that demand equal the
supply when we farmers are all want-
ing to realize money1 for 6ur cotton in
'about three or four months? I know
the cottoa is finally sold to the manu-
facturers under our present system,
but it remains in tbe ip eculators
hands Until last sold and they are
speoulating off of each other all tbe
while; so I Cannot see how the anti-
option bill will help we poor farmers
unless' tbe Sub-treasury was immedi-
ately inaugurated.
Bo give ds more light on fbe matter,
I for one am blind on this subject.
Respectfully, —J. L. Griffin.
Our esteemed corro*pendent stems
to be laboring first, under a general
misunderstanding of tbe whole history
Cf the cotton trade. Second: He
tain to distinguish between wbat
might be termed a legitimate specula-
tor or cotton buyer and tbet other
class known as dealers in futures.
Let us take a brief review of the
history of the cotton trade.
In the infancy of the industry cot-
ton was shipped direct to tbe fcetory
to find a market. But the manfactur-
ers soon tool, advantage (if tbH, 'toz
after having received the cotton they
could get it almost at their own price,
kuowiug that, rather than ship it off
to another place and run the risk of
getting a better price, ibey would take
wl.at was offered. 'To remedy this,
as tbe industry grew in importance
cotton exchanges were established at
the centers of trade htid the
cotton planters, either by tnemselves
'or through their merchants, shipped
'their cotton to cotton'fact ore (or com-
mission merchants) -vho sold the cot-
ton on commission. (Tbit was tbe
'prevailing system before the war.)
•finally the local merchants got to buy-
ing the cotton in collusion with the
manufacturers, who found they could
save money by Sandi ng tbeir agents,
known as “spinner buyers," to tske
it off the hands of tbe local merobants
at a small advance in price and thaa
get it cheaper than they could Train
the cotton factors. Id k Tittle frhile
these “spinner buyers” began to buy
from tbe wagons oh the streets, thus
saving the Advance given to the mer-
chants. This system left the oo'tton
factors or commisstoh merchants out,
and they began* to scheme with one
anotbbr to overthrow this direct trade
between the produoer and the manu-
facturer.
These commission merchants wer'e
generally men of large money inter-
ests, and they pooled their interest
with tbe batikeirs who had control df
tho money circulation. The result of
tlris Scheme was to establish exchanges
ht the commercial centers of tkb
country for the pilrpoee of controlling
tbe products of the country in thfctt
raw state and furnishing the manufac-
turers at redaoed rates.
In order to accomplish this they
must make arrangements with the
bankers, dtth whom they
had pooled theft interests, to Call
lit their money to the fell of the year
dad concentrate It iu tbe commercial
Canters. In other words, take it out
A? circulation. This they cbuld do
by making all bills payable A certain
periods, and when due call upon their
debtor* to remove (heir Indebtedness.
So thfe money wonld' begin In roll in
and concentrate. The broker and
wholesale merchants who bad borrow.
cept the little oWced by teen who are
out bf debt begins to flow in a steady
stream back to the batiks, leavidg the ing politics around the fireside of the
ore, the retail merchants, to remove
their indebtedness or 'gc to the
“wall."
Tbe retail merchant* in turn would
crowd tbeif customers. By this meads
every dollar that is in circulation (ex-'tic'liBe to relieve tbe monoton v of
Take Ytmr flMictac
Dear Standard:
We justice, up bej^
are moving along Uie same old, well-
beaten track, with little in tbe domes-
every-day life. Fenners seem to have
no heart to take ap farm work.' Toik-
baflf-fo pey As go to protest.
Tbis Traced themHo crowd their dSbv
country with ho money to handle an
incoming erttp. This bt eourse causes
tbe prices to fall.
But their schrine, os yet is only
half completed.
They coll a meeting of the manu-
facturers, tnd say; “Here now:—We
have perfected arrangements by
which we can furnish you with the
raw material at a leas figure than you
can get it through any other channel.
That is we will supply you from year
to year, just ss you need it, at your
own price, theonly competition that
you will have will be the competition
that exists among yourselves ss Man-
ufacturers.’’
“kowwill'jtou acutrtapliib this?’’
They ssk.
They explain to them that they
“bare arranged to control the Money
market and wilt fix tbe price on all
products, so that whoever may buy
from the' producer the 1 price Will be
fixed by us and tbe product will at
last have to pass through our hands —
That is, provided we can get tbe
manufacturers out of the biurket as
buyers and can arrange to furnish
theln at fixed prices."
"tohat is your plan?”
“We propose to sell to you for fu-
ture delivery.
“Instead ofyonr sending agents to
every town iu tbe south to buy cotton,
at a heavy expense, you will only
have to keep an agent at tbe ex-
changes to bid on'cotton as offered for
future delivery. To illustrate, we
will eell to day cotton of a certain
grade, in lots of from one to ten
thousand bales to be delivered next
November. Of course manufactures
will bid on it. The one bidding the
highest will get the cotton to be de-
livered according to contract. No
one will hid more than he is willing to
give and wilt be virtually buying at
his oHn:pride.”
Now we claim that the above is a
statement, of the ease as it exist. If
our esteemed correspondent will ex-
amine 'll he will see that the system
Of dealing in futures so far from crow-
fling the market with competelive
buyers, as he supposscs, there is vir-
tually but one buyer in the United
Stateh all other “so tailed” buyers
are simply agents of this anacon-
dra.
The most of the cotton in this coun-
try is bought by the merchants.
Their only Inducement is to settle ac-
counts and extent their trade, and
when 'they fco over the price fixed by
the head of the beast, (aa they some-
times do) they have to loose It. Tbe
cotton at last goes into the bands of
these thieving speculators at ifieir
own price.
If the** is a man in the country, or
has been for the last six yeats, claim
ing to be a spinner boyar, or a buyer
for the factories, lie is simply a fraud.
They hire all been taken off tbe line;
manufacturers can get their cotton
cheaper from the dealere in futures.
All other independent buyers have
been driven out of the market. Yea
He want the future dealing system
enihilated.
The Hatch bill protects legitimate
buyers and seeks to restore the mark-
et of farm products to normal condi-
tions.
store, is'mucb more interesting, and
pays almost as well. Wish yon could
happen tip some day, and hear the
good, old demorcatic followers discuss
and abuse the jury commissioners.
And why? Just becauss the good,
old partr has turned a new leaf, and,
for tbe first time in ay memory, has
redeemed one of it* promises. I
thought this wss a good omen, and,
probably, was the beginning of a new
era. Now, the question arises,
“where does the 'Abuse come in?"
They all know that the party pledged
tbe ndgro* a seat dt the juiy in ex-
change (or their votes. If we bad
another election to-morrow,' they
would all vole the dame ticket. As a
young democrat said to me “no mat-
ter wkat tbe party does ” And why
all this condemnation of tbe commis-
sioned? They simply obeyed the or-
der of their “bosses.” It seems to
me, that, now they have given the
negro bis pie, all this “big jaw" is to
fool tlie white man. O, theae dem-
ocrats Make me ao tired! 'Jut the
wise solODs of Douglasville say there
is no ‘‘sense in the third party of
beat three.” (This must be the cause
of our nbn-oomprehensiou ot demo-
cratic methbds.) Well, I think that
is as it should be. Suppose our cab-
bage beads were stuffed with intellect,
like those renowned, old Georgia far-
mers of Doiiglasville? That would be
lntlrely too much of the “good thing.”
Why, Mr, Editor, the laws of nature
might be reversed, and these two
beats might be loosened from this
common place globe, and rise up,
seeking a more congeuial, intellectual
atmosphere. Yes, we acknowledge
our weakness. But where is the men-
tal atalua of Ike democrats of beat
three? One of their leadeis, at Cus-
seta, last summer, Denied there bis-
INI) A PENSION PLANK IN THH DEMO-
CRATIC PLATFORM.
Douglasville, let your light shine.
There are several other questions I
wonld like to brihg'np, but will not
further tax your !patienee.
Polly Ilickembottom.
TValling a World Wide Hep
aWIMh.
Council 6lnJI, Iowa, Nonpariel.
Chamberlain Medicine Co., of Dee
Moines, is an Iowa fhanafaotnring in-
stitution' and one in whloh the residents
of the state look upon with pride.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ha* be-
come national In reputation and hi
knbwn In ncafty every household In
the state dad throughout the great
ha troiltthe hanks tA rotf tfifett hnei- elect. Iu afcflW are beooming eetab-
Tho Yawning Gulf
“Luxury is tbe first, second and
third cause of the ruin of republics.
It is the vampire which sooths us into
a fatal slumber while it sucks tbe life
blood froth our viens. It is coming
upon us, already we hear the roaring
of the surge; already do we begin to
circle round the vortex which may
soon engulf us. Yet we see no dan-
ger. In vain does experience offer
us tbe wisdom of the past for our di -
recti on; in vain tbe genius of histo-
ry spread her chart, ami point out tbe
way to which we are advancing; in
vain do the ghoata of departed govern-
ments, lingering round the rocks on
which they perished, warn qs oi our
approaShing fate. In spite of past
experience, we flatter ourselves that
the same causes which have proved
lata! to all other governments will lose
their pernicious tendency when exert,
ed oh our own."
Edward Payson, D. D.
This distinguished author and di-
vine wae born in 1783 and died in
1826. I copy his words to show that
this “calamity howl” is not of as re-
cent birth os some are. wait to con-
clude. And to show how indifferent
the Americans have been and are to-
day to the notes of warning sounded ,
by our beat and most prominent men
and with the hope that some careless,,
happy go-lueky voter may see them
and awake from h|s indifference to s .
realization of the foot that we are
nearing and (hat rapidly "the vortex
that may soon engpii us. ,
Respectfully, ~J. H. Frost.
fished in AU parte of America.
; Ihl* by J. *'-Stovall, Druggist.
Teacher —tohat la a synonym ? ,
, Boy—It's a word you can UseIjp p!ape
Fev ! of another when you' can't ajpelT-SW
i oth er oVe
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Erwin, J. W. Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1893, newspaper, February 15, 1893; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523286/m1/2/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.