The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-07-26

So FRANCISCO, July 10, 1873.
To Tie Editor u the woRA.,avAN-s ADvocArE
see IN your paper the platform Of the
people and farmers anti monopoly party
81 Livingston Co., Ind. 1t has brevity. be-
sides many other good things to recon-
mend IT,
l. Instead Of controlling by law. the
railroad corporations and compelling them
70 pay larger brides 10 Legislators, ali Of
which comes out q: the producers Of
course. would /. not be- better for the
state to own all the railroad tracks in her
borders, aud let individuals or corpora
uo-s, under necessary regulations. run
trains as coaches. carriages or wagons are
run on the highways Would this not Sc
cure e. a. the required competition
Would not this plan remove al the objec-
ton "a the excessive patronage that would
result from State or National control 81
the railroads
suppose We have a free money system
what necessity Will there be for a prutec-
tive tariff Have We not resources. and
material, and intelligence, and skill. that
Will enable as L. rival all other nations in
manufactures. II We have cheap money and
plenty " II
"fy Il" We eontlnue to grope III the
dark, about this money question. when we
have 50 much light We have been com
PEELED 70 provide currency in some shape
even since this nations existencs. for we
have never had gold OF silver enough for the
pGTFose. but instead Of giving the people
the benefit Who created tins money
through their servants, and whose labor.
far more than the accumulated wealth Of
capitalists, or their silver or gold. is guar
antee for its redemption. We uniustlx
give all the benefits arising from the issue
ut currency 70 capitalists while the excuse
tor the creation of tins currency has con
stantly been the necessity for its use, u
develop Industries Now look at the in
consistency Of developing industry. not
for the benefit 81 the industrious. but for
the gain Of those Who Are ldle.
Do the western farmers not know that
forthc Use Of National Bank currency, they,
the farmers Of Illinois, pay. first. the inter.
est Oh the government bonds deposited. to
secure the National Bank issues. to that
We must add the dividends Of these banks
TO Their stockholders. and w an We must
also add the expenses uf conducting these
institutions, This touts up here in Califor-
ma something over - per cent. ia YOUR
State probably not over II per cent. This
is what i meant by the Necessity Of cur
rency T. deve.op industry
act us see how these capitalists guard
this franchise
Last year, the West demanded An issue
Of greeuhacks, e. enable them t. move
TIL r crops "a market Mr. Boutwell,.
the secretary responded 10 the call. Con
gr,ss n' sooner mer. than he was arralgned
before the Senate, FIR this act the same
body that ruascu.ated the legal tender
bull and thereby cost this nation more
1000 millions NJ dollars. most OF which
goes iuto the pockets ~ foreign bondhold-
ers. Cor amy .un doubt that. that act.
AM Views cypress iu .r. -ecretary's re
nort cas- r.. hs T. n pasiLion To be
sore at asi to l made senator. or the
ueal4e IAi-ht have said why il il
,. Let ls have national currency. and
none other, md let every man and woman
they choose, and they will not require to
give any security. | should ike some one
10 give hls objections to this system in the
ADVOCATE, and will endeavor to refute
them
.. F"r civil service reform, II strikes me
that there 4 a way superior 10 any one
yet taker lnr0 consideration, and that is
simply g. grade all the offices. and let our
fttH maj . h.,. II
ties, and The physical energy required for
the positions.
t. put young men into office is destruc- |
tive OF good morals, ANA fatal to republi- |
can institutions. II degrades labor. and /
provides willing subjects for despots. mo I
nopolists and corruptionist. OF all the causes 1
of Generalization that have existed in our 1
country probably. none other has been so /
fertile, as the custom inaugurated during /
the last half century. md becoming more /
and more customary q putting young
men into official positions. The time was .
"a our country, when district would have /
risen IN arms At the appointment Of a I
young man, able 10 work, as a custom |
house officer.
These mJudicious appointments have /
been the parents of political BURNERS. and \
tricksters, who are made 10 prostitute |
soul and body, rather than work, after hav- |
ing held office
Let every official position Be held by
man. who by years If honorable toll. has |
performed his duty TO society, and the
community, and office holding will then
become respectable; there will be no diff |
Guilty IN finding honest men for response
Die positions
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