The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-09-11

Il 10 probable that every man, woman -
even every child over Eve years old. IN ~
nation, has seen and handled more a. is.s
gold, silver or copper moGey five tell ~.
public that the legal power ot monev Il ~
greatest, the most controlling aud inA.aa
tal OF all earthly powers that il determ;oa.
the rate per cent. that shall be paid fo- ~
use OF all property that il decides ~
shall be born ia the lap Of wealth. and I'M
in luxury, and who shall be born in povs,,e
and want, and be subjected 10 4 LIE of N,
severest toll and serVitude 10 order 10 suh.,.,.
that Il also rules government. and the ds.,
tines OF nations, and that lite present pors.
is directly opposed 60 virtue and il
favor OF vice; il we tell the pe,al,
all this, we shall only tell them the tru,h
But will they believe usg Will thav ~.
say, ave, and our children, aud our father.
before Us, have seen and haudled IN ,rs nr
less money, all QUE lives, and We b,vs
never seen 10 ii anv sucl power" M,
true they have no more see this power tbo0
they have seen the Law Of graviLation NJ
cause It 10 just as invisible; yet thev hsv.
as sensibly felt the effects OF the centra.,,ino
power Of money rs they ever have the efF.cr,
OF the Law OF gravitation. People VOL
hard all their lives, without Considering NJ
what laws the products Of their labor A..
governed, and they are taught 60 believe ~,
at the mining and coming Of the gold ara
silver are the vroduIcs Of labor, that tb;s
labor performed is what constitutes Nv
value Of the money. These coins are onIv
the material OF money. they are not Il,
power. The power Of money is 70 cOllect !
per centage income, and this is legal povar
and not q material thing. This power Ia ~
product Of law, and not the product labor
Yet this invisible, legal power RI money VI
much controls and centralixes the produc-
tions Of labor, 40 the mind directs what H.
physical man shall perform. By ito unjust
power the wealthy few govern The destiHies
OF man. When they lend money liberallv
to the public, at what is called low rate al
interest, ii sets the multitude &C active orc.
ductiOn, so that they are as busy no bees il
q warm summer morning. But when the
few call Ia their loans, aud raise ut the rate
Of interest, the producing classes are par.
alyEed, Ike the bees when the thermomst.r
j. at zero. The hnanCal skill Of a 1eE
Rothschilds, welding toe power OF money,
az much determines where the wealth OF
nation shall be centralized, as the captai
and pilot Of q steamship direct at what point
Or wharf the passengers shall be landed.
Not only the producing public, but tho 20.
vernment itself, 10 about a. much directed
by few money lenders as the crew Of the
ship BY the captain and pilot. If the com
manders Of the ship run her upon the break.
ers, they endanger their own property aad
Ives az well no those Of the passengers; but
the managers Of this financial power, by
calling in their money and reloaning IL al
higher rates Of interest, not only cripple the
government, and compel il to sell cts owa
credit nc usurious rates Of interest, but thew
also paralyize the business OF the producing
classes, deprive them OF the means OF sub.
sIstence, drive multitudes Of them into dis
tressiDg poverty, dependency and suicide,
and BY thus wrecking the public they gather
large gains out Of the spoils. Money, as
now instIt uted, 10 the most deceitful power
that ever has been or can be established.
The groundwork for ito first institution il
false, and subsequent laws for tho regulation
Of such money can no moro remedy It's evil
power, han good house can be built on d
foundation previously laid upon O quict-
sand, where every tide OF the ocean would
cause some part Of the foundation 20 change
its position.