. , r . 1 rA . 7f ' ' . \\f: :r.z..: '. : .:: ::- ,:- :r- .'..we.: -rynre"-, -- .! r,'' .- ...".. -. -': . ; :::/: :,:Tire. :Farmers Alliance. :::" - ..: 7:: - ORGAN, OF THE STATE FARMERS ALLIANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION.. i., _ VOL.' V. r, "Agriculture is 'the Basis of Wealth q Np. '2oL\:;\,,' t- . . ' t'OY'SAWYER, -' ,- Buff:Contributor.. were a Czar or grand mogul, or some lucid intervals, and' we love to hear tion. Without the first two'ycju can- . such big potentate, I would have a them talk when they are clothed and not get the last It is for the want of . To County secretaries. "divvy" or an "off'with his head. in their right minds. these,that the Alliance and they Alii,. " , again call. for information-, about' 'Whatever may be other men's viewson A thorough and practical torpedo ance members have "lost their-grip." , places of' meeting of County! ,Alliances. 'this subject I shall adhere to the system will keep all foreign ironclads Our representatives were like ,l loose , Some have,yet failed .to,notify me,andI Alliance opinion that it is an infernal away from our sea coast and supplyour atoms of sand, lacking that concentration ;; , left in I cannot ,outrage:(or one man, without, so''much want of a navy. Only a few days of mind, ,and purpose which leads ,, . am uncertainty. as an ounce of sweat, to make more ago on the South American coast two to concentration of action. :' '. visit' every county on the first .round, than all the farmers in Florida, and powerful ironclads were destroyed by How: is i it in the face of this want ,. r F but hope'to finish the entire work in they sweating enough to float a gun torpedoes, 'and the usefulness of this of an educated public opinion, this ;,. . due ,time.t Our meetings are a,grand boat. TOM SAWYER. instrument of destruction practically acknowledged and lamented want, . success so far'and I find much,enthu .,. 1 demonstrated. that our Florida Alliance organ (if it . Practical Patriotism. There enough of American skill is so,) has not seen fit to give President . siasm. Keep awake, brethren, :and A genuine display of patriotism in and'homespun patriotism to meet any Polk's .,,notice of the plan of a. ,. . let us.push this battle to a successful these sordid days is very refreshing.Talk emergency that may arise, and no lecture bureau a place'in its columns? . issue. The best men outside the is cheap, and it is easy for us to doubt when' the supreme moment arrives All the other Alliance newspapers (as , order are with us heart and soul, and say that. we love our country better ,there will be found plenty of men far as I ,have seen) have given it, : . than self, but it is a patriotic deed like Gushing who will devote them- together with: 'proclamations! on it :.' .. it remains for be only us to true to our that speaks to the multitude and elevates selves to destruction if necessary to from the -several State Presidents. : k ' principles. C: B. COLLINS, our estimate of humanity. destroy the enemy. There is latent And the plan has been actively followed ,1 State ,Lecturer. There is within the gift of a State no heat in ice and there is also latent ,up in! these several States. By ,; f higher nor more honorable 'positionthan patriotism which will only require the the provisions of this scheme the- A Biff Crop. that of United States Senator, friction of a' foreign gunboat to flame sub-lecturers. meet with their county, 'i'. It is'said that Mr. Jay Gould added and usually a man clings to it with a up like the'fires of liberty.N. lecturers, the county lecturer with the : 't ,$2S, Cooo? to,his,wealth during the beautiful devotion ,that warms us in.. B.-The "latent patriotism"above State and, ,congressional district lee , past 'twelve ,months. Now 'that is wardly like a good dinner, on a cold mentioned: is not in the ice, as turers, and. the State lecturers with: ';(u what J calla big crop, and I 'wonder day; but when we see another .man one might possibly imagine from the the National. These being respectively ::1 if he won't :have'to'tear" down his'old calmly and deliberately resign .this construction of the sentence, but it is called National State and county barns'and build'.tarKer ones. 'If wealth office to'accept one not honorable in these cold, sordid, calculating, legislative councils. Do organize so ' 8'' brings happiness Mr. Gould ,ought to nor so easy nor yet so lucrative, all money loving hearts of ours. as to be at once the means of a be a very happy man, and doubtlesshe because his people desired him to o TOM SAWYER. thorough edution'of the,people, and'nit; feels, "pretty comfortable, I thank l make the sacrifice, we are com- i from the peeplea: means of ,carrying: J ''\ you." Sometimes I am compelled( to pelled:to uncover in the presence of a Freo, ,Discussion. their educated'thought and,opinion to I think that'this great man has gatheredtoo patriot. Such a man is Hon. John Editor: of the'Alliance Department: the heads of the Alliance. A lecture ; much crop considering the 'num H. Reagan, of Texas, who left the There is an excellent letter from fund is also set on foot for necessary,.: ber of acres he planted and ,the amountof U. Senate to fight for his countrymen Dudley W. Adams in your issue of expenses. !' v work he'did I worked 'very hard .in a Railroad Commission. The the 23d on Free Discussion, and an Here is a field"provided for 4he free , last; ,year and blistered my' hands;,also man who will give up,an easy, honor- article from Tom Sawyer entitled, discussion which Brother Adams de-, ,; my nose and my left heel, but I never able and lucrative position, againsthis "Lost Their Grip. The'reason why sires., Here is the school he asks for. ..' made $I, ooooo let alone $25,000- own inclination, but through love the Alliance has lost its grip is because Are we to,have it or not? "**' '.. ooo;nor do I think that all' .the farm of his country, and accept a place of there has been no free discussion. I Or is the time, money and energy,,,: ers in ''Florida made as much' as Mr. labor where,a complaining people anda might' say no, discussion at all worth of the Alliance to be wasted in struggles ".", Gould ,gathered ,in. Now, with all bulldozing; corporation will, make mentioning, free or otherwise. ,to get into power, some six-of-cne- , due respect for Mr. Gould, I am life a burden !is indeed. patriot. It,has always been, and is the appeal and-half dozen-of the-other sort, ,of,rep-" ,, afraid he sent his boys over'into otherpeople's Senator Reagan is an old man, and of Brothers Polk and.Macune for resentative. .r senator? ' cotton patches on moonlight\ there can'r be nothing selfish, in this\ ."education, not agitation;" and there E. M. 'KING. " .sights and'gathered:crops that, other move of his, hence we must conclude is,:no State'in the Union that requiresthe Banana, Putnam Co.:>> ,, Fla.. ," men had:tilled., that the brave old 'statesman is, a Alliance' ''education more ,than We did- not publish PresldeDtPolk's ','1 I hear. 'em, say, ,also that Mr. Jay worthy example for younger men. Florida.In plan for a lecture. bureau simply because 1. Gould,isopposed to;the free coinageof Patriotism. ,is not dead in America., ''every sentence in this letter on it did not happen come under ,'It tour : silver, and in'?act, that, he doesn't TOM SAWYER. free discussion I feel 'inclined to, say: observation until i it was sqmewhat! .)-, like silver'money."anyhow. God bless you, Brother Adams, for antiquated. If our correspondent! ,., ,', Well, .I'think?I; ''o know the reason.' The"Torpedo and the Whale. 'though I don't' think these Alliance and others would be pleased to ,see it ;iff Suppose the.twenty- Ye', millions! ',were' Speaking of patriotism reminds me brother of mirte believe in '"women in our columns, and will.send us a :'((1 paid to him in the: big round silver, 'that;there is a chance for,a little chunk mixing 'i in politics," nor'do I thinkhe copy of it, we will cheerfullygive! it a '.t,' " dollars that'we farmers are 'so-rond of: of a;:war with Italy England or some endorses the principle of place.-ED. '* : j f' I'd like to know, what he would, :do other heathen nation,. and 'we had as the 'Sub-Treasury. plan, whileI . E with them To transport them would well be prepared. I feel, ,sometimes believe that nothing will purify It is rumored that the Toiler, of - , require seventy-five ats propelled! by that""we could wallop the stuffing out this mixture of confusion, dishonesty Nashville, Tenn., wHich has been the., . three'powerful engines. No wonderhe of' all creation, then again at times I and immorality called poli- organ of'the Farmers' Alliance' in that, : V is opposed to the. silver :dollar: 'do not, feel so confident ,and, would tics but women's practical and active State, has been sold to Mr. KnoxTay--:''*? , Whenever I make a "cotton crop'that rather see some more big ironclads. co-operation and partnership in lor, of the Fayetteville Sun; who ii 10.1. will bring me in twenty-five, million The nation that. jumps on to us will it, and although endorse the 'principle said to be a "red hot" editor, and who .J dollars I shall proudly refuse to'accept yearn for an opportunity to jump off. of the Sub-Treasury plan with will do justice to the Alliance "cause. silver: in payment therefor... I shallspurn An English paper remarked recently both brain and heart, 'I ask for nothing , the dollar of my forefathers. I that the United States'needed a good .but' the free discussion he advocates Startling Revelation., -; t A will then seek to become a bondholder beating, but that Italy was not the with such a true ring of honestyand ;' . and will have all the people payingme nation to superintend the job, and sincerity. To all oWners of horses. The 'Com- ., tribute. I'll quit raising ,cotton just-here I 'would not mind suggesting There: are only two ways of public plete Horse'Book" tells all you wa&t then. p t that! : England possibly would, repent ; instruction, Le, by reading and hear- to know'about the horse, ,How to cure; $ BUt pshaw I I'll never ;do such a should she conclude! that the thing : ing, the_ press and by lectures;' these I all diseases without a doctor. $-y k> y!. n job as that, and, I don't think it fair 'must be done., Another London paper are the two hands- for the work of I and read itand it will save you'" raaay. a-l'/t for aay other man to rake in such'a expresses a doubt as'tQ.t e' ability! of public 'education, leading,to the formation ':I dollar. Sent for xo cents silver erI < isps. ' pile. : I air opposed to communis-m-I combined Europe: ,to copquer'America.even of public opinion i ,; this again i I I ,Pioneer 4 Buggy COj f :;,ColB' )- 4fd' , , but I weid i1({lke,'**'dry'& some* British newspapers have leading to publfc.spirjt: *ne| qnitepV> c- buf" , ; 4 j., .H4.vW; . ...;.,.,.,-;",'IC' _ ,. ' :f >: .. t' i'J .; 4 .: -