The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-05-13

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inst under the hesd sThs Collection q
Taxes, |" you publish as follovs:
n "it il not enough that tbe money of the
publia saculd BE- placed where Il cannot
Ne s1nlss q should be 20 managed that
the peqRk. apd TIM psopls only, should de.
five hepedt from its oolleetion and disbusss-
nlent TO take from The people three nil
hcbs' Of dollars, and place il IN bank, 70
ssmsiff Tor months awaiting legitimate dis
Ibarssnest, ID simply 70 fafsisS such an in
stitptiqn wifh asnsy, NJ lAhrse or four per
cent y loan back 70 the people TO when
i belongs AZ ten or twelve per cent, or, as
hequeuty happens IN this city, to % loan
back, 10 December, when TIE greatest &C.
eamaiation takes place, % one end a half
and two per cent . ncnth.rs wv 4 t
Yon dsriye this reasoning from The in-
oPPortune mode Of colleciing taxation in
this city, then apply i 70 the state Al large
and extend II iinaliyto tbe Wsst, thus;
,s"fhe present mode of receiving the bulk
Of rsvsnus In The clceing month or the year
Obtains sthrougbous i the sStste---iu facf
throughout sbe. Mis-issippi vsllsy-aud
the amount thus WithdraWn from Individual
use in the West, at that period, to Be-
lcsned back for three or four mouths by
banks IN which il is placed by collectors, IL
some Instances as individnal and in others
as public deposits, mu4t be computed by
the tens Of millions Of dollars .l wv. 7.
How cousonant this reasoning is to the
doctrine Of the only political organization
Of value to the country, on the subject Of
II your reasoning be salutsry for our
city, State and the West, it Is equally %
for the whole American people, and The
stalworth words that the money usur,ousy v
leaned TO tine ocalities wentioned abelongs
70 the people" cf these localities. have even
greater force when applied 70 the entire na-
ton. whose money issued BY mere agency,
is donated by that agency without charge.
not even che slender one OF three or tour
per cent, 10 few eitisens withOut author.
Ity 70 discount the same at rates Which
overrun the, annual increase Of the national
wealth more than three-fold, and which
swallow up tbe profits Of every merchant
I'm the land. ss the item Of his interest ac-
count when consulted will ,veuch. aa
, In connection herewith. permit me to
add, for the purpose Of puhlie instruction,
and in order TO give courage 10 the difi-
dsuce which the avowaf OF doctrines seen.
iosly novel generates, that the ccruass priu-
ciple as to the disposal Of he public lands
Is, a. well as that Of the currency, iodorsed
BY many Of the most eminent men Of the
nation, independent Of the party as they
now predeuinsts. Let me sxtmpIify: On
the occasion Of q lsts xisit 10 Washington,
| lnterchanged views personally and BY
written communication With men who are
the guides snd srbiters Of national opinion
upon constitutional subjects, touching the
theory Of the soil snd the currency, ss fire..
quently sst forth by me in pubic discourses
and in print. The following extracts from
a communication received from the Hon.
Jeremiah :. Black Of Penpsylvania viii be
instructive to many who entertain respect
for the views OF the eminent iuriss as an
exPounder, especially as the sabject apon
which he writes does not belong to poIiti-
cal party as far as Republicanism and De-
nnoefacy are concerned. 'n HA
.a'q 'oil York, Penn, April 4. 1871. s
HON. JNo. MAewrRn, Washington Citv .
My DEAR SIR. Mr.. Nelson explained
70 me with great Perspicuiiy the plan of the
labor Reform Party" for giving 70 each
individual citizen Q s.tsciency Of tbe public
lend IF be had not conviDced me Of ia
inertia my more recent conversation With
Yen, together with the seadiag gave in
tbe meantime TO some very able papers on
the subject, would have had that effect
What you propose would, it seems to one,
sztirPste pauperisn smong all but those
who prefer bsggsFy TO any esher condition.
Itwould stimulate indnsary, and remove in
a great measure the temptation "a vioe. II
can hardly fail IL established. % have \
most beneficial effect unless tbe organism
uecsssasy to carry Il oat should be disbeu-
estly perverted bus thstG rs a risk which
AL hnman institutions must encouuter.rn I
do Lot doubt the power Of the federsl NV
ernment to do all that you wish done to
prchote your plan, for Il intetferes v;tb II
vested right and comes VI contact w;th NJ
provision Of the fasdsmsnt.lllsw. hag- =
-hAgAln, IN letter Of some leneIb. be
says; Il an one q those Who Wish well 20
your movement because know It has
souched some OF the best hearts IN tbe
eosHssy end snIisssd The sywpatbies cf the
tEaeet PeFiots anoag uss here is my own
State, n y becoming more manifest every
"a gay 'ost scole'y cannot hold sogether much
'oneer unless .ae i'gnts q labor are better
seeered sgssnst tne cvcrgrcwn power u
soncessrsted capital iAf-r '7' 'fa.n
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