Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-09-19
THE MONEY QUESTION

This question is one of the most impor-
tant with which we have 10 do. 1t is agi
tating the whole country and will continue
to do so until solution Of the difficulty il
arrived ut. High tariff and low tariff are
talked OF, protection and no protection, to
home industry, is put forward as the thing
that will solve the whole matter.
We are badly in debt, the burdens upon
the people are heavy how shall they be
| lightencd? The support of the govern
ment now mainly comes from the indusry
Of the people. Much of the real wealth OF
the country Is exempt from taxation, thi:
many think grievous wrong.
Some say the debt can never he paid 9TH
erS say 1t can. Others again are for repu-
distion. Now for all this jar of public SEN
! timent there is cause. One word ex-
presses the reason for all this, and that
word is money. We mean by that our fl
| nancial matters as a people. No question
is fraught with so many difficulties, moi
excepting the Re construction, as the one
| which relates 10 our money affairs.
III thelc can be no way devised whereby
the burdens of supporting and maintaining
the government can be more equally divi-
ded among the people, then We fear for the
consequences. Taxation is unequal. griev.
ously so. Money is plenty yet exceedingly
high. Every thing that man lives on l.
| high, relatively bread and work are not on
scale that is of advantage to the POOR
man. A large national debt tends To
monopoly, and to the creating of an arts
tocratic clsss-the monied class who arc
much inclined to Gown labor" and If they
cannot do that. why then hedge the labor
| about with such class legislation, as 10
make him the surf of the money lender, the
money owner. We have come TO the pass.
that our legislation is almost entirely con-
troled by ''lobby men," who distribute NOR
ely to the 'purchasable members" in such
quantities as TO claim nearly every law
! passed. Laws are passed TO take effect in
the future. on articles or commodities moi
then in existence. This has the effect "a
raise the price OF all such articles up to the
price that the new article will have ia
bring. This margin of profit is divided
among the lobby and that class of leg;sla-
tors who work such a bill through. This
| Kind Of speculative law-making has the di-
rect tendency to inhance the Importance of
money, make men more and more corrupt
and in the same ratio rob the laborcr of his
| just wages. Monopolies always degrade Ia
Dor and maheit cheap. Corrupt legislation
bought legislation is always in favor q
monopolies.
As people. we are in the hands of SCI
of sharpers, not all Of them are so, but
many, very NAM OF the men who find their
way to Congress and the State Legisla-
lures, are selfish men, men who use the Of
flee Of the people 10 feather their own
nest" Legislators now make themselves
rich By ,egislating. This is never the case
when il can be said of the lawmaker The
is honest he is capable"
Our legislation on the financial quest ion
must be different, or VIC shall ruin our
selves. Cypress The people with heavy
burdens and they will ;urn from that policy
and ;rample it under their feet. Let tax
alton be equal. Send honest men to our
Legislative Halls. Curtail our expenses,
rebukc the dem1gogue, stand for the right
Let taxation and representation he equal,
then we Will do well enough I'dI. Re
publican.