The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-04-08

sequence ~ undercUnsumption, and thOus-
ands Of honest lab1rers are forced into the
great army If traDps that beg from door
to door. until hunger tempts them to be-
come criminals. All this suffering and
crime is the result solely ~ class legisll-
ton. And now when the mischief is done,
and money cannot be loaned in conse-
quence Of the great prostratIon az business,
producers are invited to resume their toll
On borrowed capital, at lower rate Of in
terest. Spring has come again but dead
horse cannot eat grass, be il never 90 plen-
tiful Nearly the entire press Of the
Middle and Eastern States is controlled OF
overawed by the money power Of the coun
try. 1t dares not advocate Just financial
policy, but it panders to the interest Of the
National Banks, and treats rith ridicule
every honest effort made BY the people to
unshackle the golden chain that is dragging
them to destruction.
The bond-hoiders claim that they TOOK
great risks in loaning the government
money during the war, and they claim that
they should be well paid for it. They
want to convert the balance Of the treasury
notice into government bonds, and subject
the country again to the old imitation sys-
tenn OF banking upon juggling gold basis.
We know that some Of the bond holders
took great risks in running the blockade I;
for they were engaged in supplying both
sides with the sinews Of war. for the pur-
pose Of prolonging the contest, and there
BY enrichlng themselves at the expense of
the government.
But the men that did the fighting took
some risks, and thousands Of them are now
laying in unknown graves, while their
wives and children are pleading to the
government to repeal the acts that place
them at the mercy of the bond-holders,
who are steadily forcing them to pauperism
ana crime. LabOring men, instead Of
Joining trade unions and striking for
higher wages, should unite upon a tnan-
cial policy that would secure to than the
profits Of their labor. They should not
J be led away by church and school ques-
/ tions. Religion has been used IN all ages
Of the world, by polItitical demagogues,
to divide and enslave the people. The
only vital question for the people to settle
at the ballot box is, now to exchange the
products Of the country and prevent pub
lie robbers from securing all the profits Of
labor
Organize There is no time to lose
The money Oligarchy is marshaling the
spectators and office seekers for another
four yeare raid upon the industries Of the
country, aud the grangers Of the west and
South are moving in solid phalanxes
against them. The toilers Of the East
ahould break their party shackles and Join
the great army Of producers in their noble
effort to secure a currency that will protect
them against legalized juggling with the
national measure Of values
An honest financial system is the only
foundation that will sustain a lust and
substantial government Liberty, pros
perity and the life Of our nation depends
upon it
We should review the past, that it may
guide US in shaping the future.
We must disabuse our minds of the falls.
idea that there is no solid wealth IN any
thing but gold
We can perpetrate our government a
its highest pinnacle of prosperity, anC
avoid the fate Of Greece and Rome. b,
protecting honest industry from Testified
robbery, and absolving our nation iron
The CURSE OF GOLD!