The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-04-22
THE ovERPRoDUcTIoN FRAUD.

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Our readers will remember we have fire.
quently denounced the silly cutlery of
" overproduction which the bulhonists
put forward. as a excuse for the ruin
which they have brought upon this coun-
try by their villianous policy, as All unmlt-
Igsted iraud, and We meant just ~hat We
sand. So long as people have wants to be
supplied, overproduction j. absolutely i'm
possible. 1t Is notorious that while the
bullion robbers are raising this cry Of
overproductIon, not one person In ten Is
fully supplied with necessary clothing.
Never were So many people with urgent
wants unsupplivd. Certainly, then, 1t Is
not overproductIon, but under-consump-
ton, of which We have reason to complain.
To the unthinkiug reader these may APP
pear synonymous terms, but there is really
AS much difference between them as there
Is bet~een light aud darkness
OverproductI"n Is impossible Wh'le
wants exist, under consumption exists
when wants exist. and the means to sup
ply them are Lacking So long as We have
wants, bat cannot purchase, there is an
under-cOnsumPtion. In meeting the point
Prof. Bonany Price % Oxford University,
says Why don't you buy money T.
Simply because We cannot sell our labor.
We are, then, led to this conclusion that,
according to Prof. Prices political economy,
there has been an overyroduction of labor,
and our only hope Of solving the problem
is to kill off the surplus laborers. There
Is no other conclusion from the free trade
and hard money standpoint; but there is
not an apologist among the hard money
robbers that dare advocate this wholes sale
Strengthening policy. True, Jay Gould $
New York Tribune once published an arti-
Gle n which it stated that workingmen
must be put down by " shot and slaugh-
ter, unless they submitted to be plundered
peaceably, but it las failed to follow ~
the example.
In Europe, when such oppressive times
were forced upon the people by heartless
rulers and more heartless money lenders,
a market was made for labor by forcing d
war, and i must be admitted that war has
less horror to the hapless workman with
out employment, than actual starvation
The heartless scoundrels III Congress
headed by Blaine, would cOnslgn thousands
IF soldiers and others to endure the hor
rors of starvation. III order that the Ma
tional Bank plunderers may thrive. Tn
paid attorneys Of these banks are even
now before Congress asking for new con
cessions, and begging for more and ex
tended powers, that they may the NOR
etfectually control the currency Of tn
country, and force labor to submit to thei
demands. These men are represented o.
the floors of both houses Of Congress b,
bank officials, and their demands are likely
to be honored on presentation. But tn,
new grant will be made under protest, be
cause Messrs Campbell and Kelley vii
speak IN the interests Of labor, even
though their warnings will pass unheeded
BY the corrupt mInions of the banking
power. The privilege of being heard
however, is a great point gained, fol
reached; and if the industrial classes re
main true to themselves and the best in
terests Of the country, and act as A uni
IN the coming election, their voices will b,
heard and their demands complied with il
the next Congress which assemblies LIE
them vote for no man, then, whose inter
ests are identified with the national bank
| ing system. Let them vote for no mar
who will not pledge himself to destroy root
and branch the present iniquitous financial
system, and all Will be we'll. Any man,
although he be as pure and spOtless as the
Savior Of Mankind, is dangerous man if
| identified with this system when the test OF
thepeople's rule or the bank rule comes Ia
uhdl uedth StIuSSie. IntTc are now slAIS
bank officers " no art members of Congress
Let us see that not one of this gang is re-
elected The indus rial classes should
control a two-thirds vote III the next
House of Representatives. This is where
they should make their best efforts felt.
No cheap labor, hard money advocate
should be allowed to win a seat at the
coming election.