The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-08-31
WHv WE ARE IOOIl.
IN Ahl~ NefmtAttaa NJ the eSnlttsmtsts' = THE
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l m N0t@ WesWeAa0M ~ tHe tSuvIeNWteeA TIVE
"sy ~ to the Cause ~ HArd Times.
tMo-es ". rrid. IN Wayne c.,,,n., Mil, Courier.
"What has prnlue.L thcrr hnrl
times 7" The people should know how
10 get ont II NIL tlicae difficulties. Surc.
~ this condition ~ affairs wns not
brought about by the Mt of url W.
have not lren afflicted hy wnr. lestilence
or famine, nor have earthquakes swal.
lowed up my of the States. The Crca-
tor Inns done everything Tor onr country.
Here VIZ have mil,eH producing all tlr
minerals \ great variety In climate and
ssil. po~srasing all these natural ~.
sources, calculated to make I'm tln frecnt,
the most independent and the wcMlthicst
people on the planet earth, and yct, not.
witi,.tanding III these favorable col,Ii.
ti0nH, our industries to-day hayc .lle
lockjaw nnd the people have tlc cramps.
Now, there mnst be sniiic gr,ni and net
ive cause ~ produce such widespread
Mslversity. What explanation Inns the
prr.s ~ Offer, and whnt have tl,c bullion
isls 10 nay2 Why, they nay TINT all uur
troubles have been brought about from
three causes: First, the extravaganza
~ tho people second, oycr.prolmction
and tho lise u machinery aiil, third.
grccnl,ack money for Il circulating me.
,lium. And they sngRe~t tho following
remedies First, great frHgality In liv.
ing, which means sour milk nnd .abl,ngc
diet for the masses HccOiiI. tho stop.
page of production, which means
Nh increase u poverty anil crime I:
third. thu contraction and utter
destruction ~ the grcenbak money
and the substitution of national.
hank bills mot legal trrdcrl, which
means universal bankruptcy aud ruin 10
The industrial class. Now propose 10
examine briefly their views. II appears
to me plain that, II people cnn ahorl 10
bc rich, tho more expenditures they In.
dmlge In the lHttcr II IL for the lal,orcrs
u tie county. They will then employ
thc people, consume the productions III
their labor. and In this way scatter n liz.
Tie II their accumulation aud shed blcs.
sings anil prosperity On MI around them.
There may bc 4 few extsavngant people
in the country, Int ninety nine men 0l,
~ every hundred arr tDo pO0r ~ indulge
In cxtrMvagant living. About half thr
population u tlir country IL composed u
lillers II the soil, anil any onr raised up.
on farm knows thal farmers ~ class
are the most frugal and industrious i,es,-
pie In thu country. Why, Just look al
the habits NJ farmers rising ri 3 o'clOck
In the morning. doing their chores H..
forr breakfast, working hard MI day,
milking the cOws after dark, saying tl.eii
prayers. and then 10 bed, aiid, after 4
whole year III thc hardest toll, f.rme.
counts W barely sufficient. after paying
Ing his taxes anil debts, u DO little 10.
ward the education VI his children. The
farmer works hard for Ill hr posseM1es,
aud when he part. with hin money IL ID
expended with great care. Now, tho
lat,0sing Glasses coinpOse ninrten.twrn.
tictl,s d the population. Are they q.
travsgantt Take y workingmnn who
earns u \ da,, for instance. or snplDNe
he il obliged u work Tor his board, how
extTavsgant can man le who w0yks Tor
biz hoard, o. u, Or oven u. adAy? Bc.
sides, these latoriDg men raise oil the
children: iel men rarely have any chill