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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-11
ANOTHER IND STILL ANOTHER

Tie Waukesha Plaindealer, one OF the
leading and most Influential. journals OF
Wisconsin,. meets the financial issue IN
the following clear and emphatic man
ner.
The Government alone has the right to issue
money and establish the value Of the same. 1t
may be gold money or it NAV De paper mon
ey. L is the Government stamp that gives 1t
value We claim that no private corporation,
no capitalist" SO called, or specializing al
yenturer, has or should have the power to
create ihe currency that goes to pay Tor labor.
Let this principle be once established, and the
question OF resumption IS easy OF solution.
When the greenback dollar becomes as much
the child Of the Government rs the gold dollar,
then the talk Of resumption will cease We are
not preaching imitation, but We protest against
the merciless contraction that is now going on
We are ready to harmonlze with this doctrine
We do not propose to step on Republican
platform 10 conciliate the gentlemen whe own
the National Banks, aud clip their coupons
fer livelihood. This is our line 81 contest
and We propose to igh: it out there, no matter
how long !. may take.
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in the grange that it would disrupt the
order by the contention which would
follow. It appears from the foregoing
IS ifthe grange,-in Iowa at least.-was
likely to perish from too little life in
stead of from too much life that it would
die Of inanition instead of appoplexy.
The quack doctors stand with their fin
gers on the sinking pulse of the patient,
and wave off the crowd with a., Hush
h-h!-Don't excite aim he is peace.
fully passing away
We are sorry to say these words, but
the man who utters unpleasant truths is
often our best friend.
Would it not be better to amend the
constitution of the national grange and
declare that it is the duty Of grangers to
investigate every question which affects
their material welfare and to vote as
they resolve? We would not have them
the slaves OF any party. butte govern the
nation in the interest of the common peo-
pie no matter what party was smashed
thereby.
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WHAT WILL WE GAIN.

Resumption OF specie payment" The very
phrase lsa missioner. How in the name of
heavens, can we "resume" what we never hade
Resumption OF state bank rottenness; Resump-
ton of thousand curbstone brokers in New
York to shave notes, and that thousand multi
piled blythe number of large cities in the Union
Resumption OF periodical bank suspensions
and the total loss to bill holders of all their
money. Resumption of panics and the financial
crashes these are the .hings we can resume
under the name Of "specie payment. - Vim
sted Herald.
Ii we are to have currency what bet
ter do we want than greenbacks9 Ii
they become equal to gold in value who
would prefer to carry any considerable
quantity of gold rather than
greenoacks? The very tact that
they are not likely to be exppr,
ed to foreign countries is an advantage
for it cannot be to the interest of the oeo
pie to see their currency, which is the
very lite-blood of trade and commerce
sucked out OF them for the benefit O
other nations.
National banks are breaking in every
direction. One failed the other day il
La Crosse, Wis. and will pay its deposi
tors ten cents on the dollar; anothe
failed in Chicago few days ago with
debts to tho amount of nearly million
several have gone under in New York
Who is there that would not prefer tn,
faith and credit of the United States t,
the faith and credit OF any association o
bankers. however wealthy and honor
able?
1t specie resumption and free bank
ing mean the renewal OF the old sys-
tenn Of state banks, the people of tin
west want none OF il. They lost million.
by it before the war. And wheneve
the people asked for the specie. the bank
suspended
'Greenbacks." for the west, whethe
they are worth s, cts or 100 cents on tn
| dollar
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TIE GREENBAcKs IN CHICAGO.

The lndepent party il growing rapidly
in the metropolis Of the west
A large meeting Of the Cook Co. In
dependent G.eenback cub was held the
other night. We quote some extracts
from long report in the Inter-Ocean :
Mr. $ g. Gardner, the Chairman, said that
the COMMITTEES ~As appointed TO act in corjuEc.-
ion with the STATE central Cnmmiisse, and that
meeting had bzsn appointed, who had organ.
iz-i clubs in almost haif the wards il the city,
and several others would be Organized this and
next week TIER l2bors were sriuo1s, but
they had. he thought, doEs good work There
arr severAs wards not supplied with sub-com-
mites, bsi. il hey would report the fac. 4.
TIER rooms, 10! Clark street. tier would re-
c@ir- pros.p. attention The rsyor. xas
adopted
Mr.. 6-:ts-sr- Was ca.tei upon 70 report 1ha.
success he had hsd il Organizing Ills ward
In r4ponsa - said hs had dom admirably.
Hc nsi tt-sn -!-ctsoaesrsng in the ward. s-sd g.
his been amply rswsri-d for bis efforts by
rcuzing nse~tsnx, which tbs Tribune had caflei
. SINAI. affair. and thsv would demon strate .ls
fsct :. tie n~x, election. Ee was SIRE ffst his
ward, the Tenth, would give .hsm 1 Large ma
loEitv, and he b-si--.f every ward In tns city
would dofh- ssme thing
AF. EllfnIOpe wxs called fo-. AMI responded
In sham xrpera, He said be nd, - thsv Ill
kew, bsen N OIL Iine DemOcszt He had
nsv<y h1d any ,n,sntin e -Ieaxiug Il hut .
ca1nBs - nscezEy, - H. slgW1 q 1oaDo
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WHOLE NO. 96.

republicans. to make them what he desired
they should be. What was the cause Of what
We are now having-"hard times?', The nro-
oucts OF the soil and labor was as large IS ever
ana ne would admit, as all would have to do
.laas 'ne Product OF both was larger; but times
cause OF this was plain. The war had de.
pleteo the currency and paralyzed the indus
tries Of the country. He had served tI,raa Years
IN the late rebellion, and was paid by the rnv-
eminent in greenbacks, which were good en-
ough TOR MIN, and were as good now as then.
he looked upon the proposed resumption As
farce. People who talked of resumption time
Knew, knew nothing about the production Of precious
metals. mere was not enough gold and sill
yer IN the United States or England to resume
specie payment It was just as sensible to
suppose that baker could make loaf of bread
without having -four as to presume that re-
turn to specie payments could be had in the
time precribsd by these resumptionists. He
thought the thing to do was for them to put
the question before the laboring classes, and
soon the bloated bondholder would be sub
merged by the waves (which he had created.
lake the laboring and agricultural classes and
place the question plainly before them, and
SHOW them that only upon sound currency
can the nation be perpetuated, aud they will
follow you no matter whether they be- Demo-
Gratis or Republicans. He didn't want the
nepuoilcanS 10 aAVOcaIe Republican doctrines
nor democrats to advocate Democracy, but to
come out from them both and advocate green
back currency.
Mr.. Burdick said that the impression had
gone abroad that the club was in favor of in
fiation. This was not correct, and he desired
it understood. They advocated greenbacks
instead of national bank issues, and that they
be received for import duties. They desire no
imitation and no reduction. He was glad to
see that there were men in Congress Who were
just as crazy IS they were said to be, he having
noticed that when the question Of repeating the
resumption act cvme up 100 membeas voted
for and lOa against. He predicted that before
the adjournment Of Congress tho bill would be
repealed.
The Independent revolution Is spread
ing rapidly all over the west aud south,
while even in the east, clubs are oeiug
organized.
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now THE GOLD PREMIUM AZ
FECTS WHEAT RAISING.

]. Sterling Morten writes a. follows to an Ill.
nois Exchange:
The people OF Nebraska, and Of all the meat
and bread producing States, the surplus sup
plies OF which are regulated as to price by gold
IN the markets Of the world, will be the mos,
benefited by honest money They sutf.r mos,
because they have it not All they selI is
measured by gold, All they buy is measured
by rags That which they produce is sold on
a gold basis that which they consume. OF man
utactured articles, is bought on paper basis,
The odds are against them in every exchange
This sounds very specious. and a, one
time deceived even our astute self. But
the exact reverse OF this sta;emen. i,
true.
To illustrate Let us suppose that
gold is wotth 100 per cent. premium.
4. Is. an importer in New York. has TO
pay 100000 in England. He has to paw
il either in gold. bonds or produce which
ne can ship to England and draw against.
Now as wheat Is such an article OF pro-
duee and export, it is as valuable as gold.
and as tie premium of gold rises the
price O. wheat rises. One hundred thou-
sand dollars worth. gold standard. Of,
wheat IN England. is worth one hundred
thousand dollars OF gold in New York.
less cost Of ocean transportation and a.
gold in New York is worth 100 pr. ct.
premium. wheat in New York is worth
l0 pr. CT. premium Hence during
the war when gold was $50 wheat sold
for 2.15 per bushel.
Hence the present premium OF is:pr.
CT. on gold Is q prenai,.n: Of Is pr. Ct. on
uhcas raising. /. Is ot.r bo.as. Without
i. wheat that is now worth 8, 90 wosia
BE- aorth on{r 81 cests. /. we multiply
thirteen millions bushels OF whea, by
thirteen cents on every bushe. We hare .
grand total OF nearly fear m,liio,s dol,ars
a'.assal!y added 10 ths sreaitA or Msnsss-
.ta b3 rsasos OF the premium on coid.
Hence Minnesota has no interest in \
return TO specie payments.
II this IS not 80 will some of our CO.
,emporaties show why it is no: 50.
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THE BOASTED SIL YER RESUNP-
TION.

Thare Is dangerOfs scarcity before long Of
fractional currency, and silver az we'll The
New York Journal of Commerce says: "There
is demand for silver coin for export to the
West Indies. and this will absorb considera-
BILE proportion Of that immediately withdrawn
from the treasury To-day as high as to TX
premium in currency was paid for halves and
quarters for export" As all fractional curren-
cy issued in exchange for silver is destroyed,
It will be seen that boarding or expectations OF
silver will be likely to makes shortness Of
''sfnall change. "-Piorecr- Press.
SO! Indeed!
1t follows inevitably as the night the
day that il there is the slightest pre-
MUM on silver over currency it will be
gobbed up by brokers, boarded as gold
is now, or shipped out of the country as
detailed in the above extract
We give below an interesting quota
ton from the money article OF that hard
money paper, the New York World.
between the Bank of France and the lmperia
Bank OF Germany to sse.which can accumulate
the most con-but especially the most gold
continues, as may be seen BY tho following
amounts Of gold and silver held by each, as
officially reported BY the dates below:
Rank of RarL of
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SEVERE.

Brother Young. Of the Grange Ad-
vance published communication the
other day and said it was written BY ..the
devil whereupon lover of fair play
n lumbrota fired up and denounced
Young in we'll rounded rhyme. saying,
smong other things.
Blu: we 10 object 10 fighting,
Upon the Chinese plan.
Ii yoa want Il throw yoar stark pots
Pick ont another NAN
Il there IS such man among vou,
tist one whose head is Level,
Who won't N ashamed OF what De writes,
And lay il 10 the devil
For w think OF all the mean things.
Which chap was svsr 81
Is - make the devil answer
Pe- such poetry A. taat.
II which latter sentiment we heart.
liz concur with the Lumurota bard. To
maze the devil answer tor any OF II. H.
Youag's productions is the heaviest blow
that Divine Providence ever permitted
T. 5e struck 1T his Satanic Majesty. The
devil will cry out like Cain. '.Lord, Lord,
n.y punishment is greater than can
bear"
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since Jan. l, in New York, are only the ad-
vance guard Of an army already in motion.
The New York Tribune comes to the rescue
with doctrine worse than that Of Nautilus It
says that there is an excess of manufacturers,
and transporters, and dealers, and that large
out -
And in confirmation Of all this the
New York Sun said the other day:
Every man who owns real estate in the city
may as we'll at once make up his mind that for
ten years to come it is {, ing to re worth much
less than it was worth, or appeared to be worth
during the ten years just past
Think of all the human misery which
can be distinctly traced to unwise legis-
lation.
"Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn"
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THE GRANGE INIDWA.

A correspondent of the Patrons Helper
writing from Fredericksburg. Iowa,
talks right out in meeting. He says:
Why arr 50 many Of our oranges languish-
ing Ind diving ont. In nv opinion, it il alls;,n-
pie and plain, We are not at work where work
is most needed. We are saving cents on one
hand while We are losing dollars on the other.
Weare 10; dealing in the graf and vital ques-
tom of the day -the questions in which v.
are Ill interested. | mean the financial oues-
tion-th- grsenback or rag baby question; that
Is the qa-ssian that comes home to all tha. is
the question in which the farmer, the lsborsr.
the merchant, the mechanic, the granger, the
west the south, and the whole country il IN
seresked. Here il the interest Of millions. on
the one hand, piled against the interest Of a
few bon!h oin-rs On the other Here il the
slnew and lsck-hene OF the country on the one
hand, ard t.s- l--chrs and blood suckers on the
other. New II; us - on which side il fus.ice.
If gn~niacks were good enough ID carry on
the var aud par Of the soldiers, who saTed our
country, when gold WAS worth . 40: are they
not good enough ncT when gid i worth i. l3s
Do any D. Us owe debts that we're contracted in
ANYTHING better than yreentacks, |. d man
always g-ts a. good = he contracts for, has be
any rxason 10 find faults Does Anv one think
the emf ,rcsmsn; Of the resumption &C. wonld
revive the business Of the country
Are We gagged on this SUBJECT Are We
bTibei or sid ou.s II not i. is tiYna 10 walk
up to Ibis matter. It has gone far enough. II
the people rule in this country, IL. ~ knox It
Why keep wiaekinz al around, BIZ. rersr
strike one blow .. this monster
Is il any wonder there i 10 life in orr gran
gess WHIST Is to keep lite in thens Men can
10: iu:eres. Themselves il nothing Whr chase
shadows, VIXEN there j. Plenty Of larger CAMEL
Let tie grange 1t least put ole p.alx II, o..-
platform, and pt-. Il IL - suit them. god
greenhack plank. o. let them know th-v can't
have Is vote, ard We have 90. il afl right
The grange has the power, and both parries
know it; b1: neither one rsp-sfi it.
The other parties propose to do all the Ex1s.-
ing il tuanc.a. matters They pr0p1s. to forge
I'll the filters, ard expect ths grange to s.ep N
and pat then OF without resistance, and With
out rurnuring or questioning. They expec.
u to acknowi~ edge that gold Is the power that
rules our country. and shas the people, msjori-
sies, aod justice, ars humbuzs, and zosd Ard
those Who wie.d /. are na.urA ra.sss.
Theee i great deal Of truth II all
this Il uas urged - > reason Why
polisicas issues shcuid not - discussed
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BISHOP IREL4ND'S COLONY

We are glad to chronicle the great
success OF this grand experiment to col
onize our state and improve the condit-
ion OF thousands of human beings.
The Minneapolis Tribune of May 4th,
says
The Swift county colony of some five hun
drsq families from the east are expected to ar
rive on tomorrow, and take their departure
immediately for their new homes on the Min
nesota praifie, with the we'll wishes Of friends
attending them and the smiles of the church
and the cause of temperance promising them
prosperity and happiness.
The last issue of the Benson Times
says:
Bishop Ireland, Father McDermott and 9TH
ers, Were up last Tuesday and "Wednesday
looking over the ground with view to select.
ing places for churches, and also to take the in
ltiatory steps toward starting lumber yards,
here and at DeGraf The yard here, will be Yves
OF thornton elevator, and will he running
before long. A church will be bull, at DeGratf
and we are informed one will be erected heret
also Father McDermott informs us, that very
nearly eight thousand three hundred families
have been located by the parties conducting
this movement. The immigrants who are
coming, especially those of the Irish, are Of the
better Glass; sober and Industrious Father
McDermott says s'all ask the citizens Of Ben
son is, ii one Of my people drinks do not
employ him. intendto have q sober CON-
munity." From our own knowledge of the
temperance work done by him in Kandiyoh
and Meeker COUNT; S, we know that he can.
and means to do exactly what he says This
is the season in which the influx was expected
really to b.gin, but theSknowledge Of it spread
abroad, and the home seekers have been pour
ing in for several months past 1t would be
too lengthy an article to speak of all We know
of who are coming, but we learn that one col
ony OF Sky families from Pennsylvania. and
another OF abou. the same " are now on their
way to this county.
Bishop Ireland is not content with his
great labors in organizing this colony.
He is at the same time defending our
state from the unjust aspersions cast up
on it, lie writes to the New York Tab.
let
From tiers written to M, find that very
exaggerated idea of Minnesota winters prevails
in the east. Our climate is certainly no,
more gorous than that of the New England
States. Our winter atmosphere is very dry,
and, in consequence, the cold weather, endur-
able. One thing certaiu-aud this i the chief
| consideration Tor intending imm grants Mime
| sofa winters d not prevent Minnesota farmer.
from becoming rich and prosperous Il must
too, be added that We have the heathiest stat
III the Union a. statistics clearly show Min
| nesota is entirely free from epidemic diseases
and Middle States physicians prescribe it.
braeing atmosphere q the best cure for inciy.
lent cons III ptlon.
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THE GPEENBA OK CLUB OLA US7IN.
We quote the following from the Nor


AUSTIN, Mimi, April Cd. 1876
Pursuant to a call for Greenback Meeting,
the people Of Dinsmore neighborhood met a,
tleir school house OH the evening q the ga
ulsi,uo to talk over the financial situation OF the
country W. Hall was chosen chairman, ana
after which speeches were made by ). stone
and J. n Patterson, and genera expression
Of the meeting was called out The following
resolutions were unanimously adopted;
l. We regard the Currency question Of the
nation as paramount to any other qitTstloA 70 pe
decided at the coming Election.
:. We regard the Legal Tender, or Green.
back. as the best currency that the government.
has ever furnished 70 tie people OF the I n!ted
States.
To secure (rpen,ack circulation, making It
par with gold and SILVER 49,,
4. That these minutes he published IN The
Mower and Fillmore County Republican.
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The above figures which we compile from the
reports 0. the tanks show that since the end Of
January the Bank Of England has accumulated
tbs enormous sam Of t30, OO0. 900 Of gold and
silver in addition TO the previous hoard. II
the same time the Imperial Bank OF Germany
has increased it, hoard by $4,000, 600. As
10th hanks have been trying TO get rid OF their
silver and TO accumulate gold In its stead Il II
fair 70 presume that At least 135, O00, 900 Of
this ~, so 900 Of coin boarded BY the two
banks in the last two months il gold. The TO-
tal annual production Of gold in the world Il
the present time II not abo-s 600 900. 600. II
appears, therefore. that these two great banks
are boarding gold just about twice a. fast q
i u beiny supplied nom the mines, and this
has besn going on for over twoye4n. Il ID
therefore not To be wondered II that the value
Of gold has advanced incorporation to COM
nodisiss-though the great majority Of
people are still 30 blinded by old pre-
judicss that they insist in saying that tlasrs
has been az over production Of goods, and that
prices have declined II consequence
L Is very evident that If this country
were to attempt to resume specie pay
ments with mixed currency Of gold, sil-
yer and paper. and had TO pay hundreds
of millions annually to European bond
holders in gold and silver. that the gold
would 60 into the capacious maws Of
the Bank Of France and the Imperial
Bank Of Germany. never TO reappear on
this side OF the ocean.
II is evident that currency which can
not leave the country Is better for our
own people than one that takes winxs
and fies awaJ to the West Indies, France
or GERMANY
Mistakes in craftsmanship differ from
mistakes In theology in this respect, they
are soon found out. and even ID this
world detected by their results; while
A erroneous conclusion ~ % . tho01oG-
ical question may Last for centuries ID
this world and y only exploded II -
uext
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CONTINUED HARD TIMES.

Spring has come but the times grow
worse. Shrewd men say: .lS57 Is on
US again In the east it is ten;old worse
than it IS in the west. We quote from a
letter written from New York to the
Chicago Inter Ocean
Fully 100 90 persons, men and women ac.
custorned TO labor for wages in this CITY and
Brooklyn. are wholly unemployed, and for
iO,Uo movs the wages are reduced Is to so
PER cent For many thousands Of small honse-
holders occupying single horrs, and owning
their own furniture, 1t least the long period II
idlenaSs has consumed everything there -
nothing for the constable or tha sheriff To larr
On and saw Yesterday. with raj pl-asur.
grasping landlords agent thrown in the mst
ter OF three months arrears Of ren, du- lsy
clerk three months on. o. 81 ploymen.
The InterOceaa OF I later date SAYS
edi,oriallv:
Nex York has suffered ;-ar.ullv. i; has los.
incredibly sasSe sums OF MONEY Thousands
OF its merchants have been sx-p. ,r.o oran
bankruptcy, and many thousands more hars
gone out of business in poverty, their eanI..I
gone. but their business d-b<s paid. Th, storm
has already sunk Hundred Millions fcr ~.
tank and investment companies: i. has snnE
Five hundred Millions for sh- .narchau,s- xnd
Is has marked Of from the sa.abse vague q: IN
he raj estate on the island fully 6ssy r-r en-.
still less is the proportion .easixahle for --n,s
during the current vea-. Ard Srsa.Ey. /. hss
driven the distributing trade 10 other cs,.a---
|. has put the cities Ut the West in direct err.
necsions with the producers OF the vsrsis ,bs~
sell, ana diverted the course ii un-nnlar.-;
capital frsm its usual concentration, .bs-s :.
ina employment In sh-se s4.pssme,v r;.sg
uatters-v!t.l almost to :as v-rv -xss;srs. -
New York, - we have known It ,o- ,rsn.~
ysarss-is has broken the control OF that civ 8,
ever. -
The dinghs4s thy hare Invited srs e.~-,..
ksEn aN6 H. G4Anr1 NsSflsnrx ~ -
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Tie Cincinnati Enquirer shows The .aaac:sy
- to people OF Ohio % taesr party, by table
u ta= voss n iioxsn counties TOR Jackson
All Clay. in lsS.. and In the SINE counties for
Alien ana HAIRS .&ss tAI. The Jackson ard
Clay vote o. So tor PRESIDENT WAS almost ex-
se.lv similar 10 sha; which MAS est rsarsv hal;
century later ior Allen aud HAYES fos gov
-rnnr Of Ohio, making the allowance fur in
crease of population. The exceptional issues,
such = those arising from the question u slave
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Anti- Mlunopolist.
lcNATlUS pONNELLY. Editor.
AN IMPROVEMENT.

The Minneapolis Evening Tribune is
a handsome looking, ably edited paper,
and decided improvement on both the
old Tribune and the Mail. Long may it
wave!