The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
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fell OF the house, ssit was not the fall
that hurt him,--it was stopping SO
quick In the midst of great pros
perlty the imperial government ef-
fectually wiped out the silver money
OF the realm, the money Of the peo-
pie' ana the result was there, as it
mas been here and in England. con-
traction, business paralysis. hank
ruptcy and starvation. France. ON
the contrary, paid out her Thousand
million dollars in gold, and issned
S6UO,OOO,O 1000 in national currency tn
take its place; and the result has been
magnificent career Of prosperity.
Ihe demonetiZed silver of Prussia
England, etc. flowed into France and
the conquered nation now rolls in
wealth, While the conquering nation
gfoans In poverty. Thus the cunning
OF few Shylocks, who sought to in
crease the value of money by declaring
lts quantity, has reversed the splendid
trlumphs of the Teutonic armies. and
restored France in a few wears To =
higher position than that from which
she fell at Sedan.
| Again, the Pioeeer- Press saws.
In referring to this fact, the Proyi-
dence Journal, which has ALWAYS ad-
yocated a protective tariff for this
country, remarks:
while it is not easy to say when.
ana just how far protection is advan-
lageous, lt Is perfectly sure that pro-
hdDltory duties will not, for any length
OF time, overcome the natural and
inevitable laws of trade. Extraya-
gance, unduly high prices for labor
and living. the idea that government
ls TO and will furnish cheap money.
speculation and unthrift, win sooner
OF IaCer Drlng nation, as it will the
individual, to bankruptcy. 1t is not
III a revision OF the tariff, so much an
lt Is IN che renewal ofeconomy in life.
ana caution in trade, land the stopping
OF war expenses, that Germany must
lnd revival OF prosperity
This talk about economy is well
enough, but it must be remembered
that economy is always practiced at
the expense Of somebody else. The
great mass of mankind have little or
nothing>to economise with; their
dsyS work pays for their days life;
IF they cnrtail at all, 1t is at the ex-
pense of health and life.
But suppose A. b. to be wealthy
man. clothed in purple and fine linen
and faflng sumptuously every day.
The times grow hard. A. B. reads
, the 4. r. and concludes that he must
|, 'economise. lie has six servants
he dismisses four of chem. How are
these four to live2 What becomes Of
the trade they furnished to mechan-
les and merchants
And A. b. has been in the habit of
buying six Or eight suits OF clothes in
year lie economises by wearing
his old clothes. What is the result
The tallors, the cloth makers, the
cloth sellers, the halter, the boot
~
her old clothes and her old bonnets !,
and the result is that the half-fed
| sewing womenmust eat and wear less
the half-fed mill hands that work in
.. In silk and cotton and Woolen must
, pinch their poor starved bellies still
, smaller, the merchants can't sell his
Nd a+s4, 4gxt h.
| in turn, dismisses his servants 10
swell the great army Of the unem-
! ployed: the jaiis and poor houses are
crowded the taxpayers are oppressed
! to support them; they economise in
turn, and the result of all is that no
: one thriyes but the money-lenders
: and the Office holders.
: WHEN THE RICH MAN ECONOMISTS,
! THE POOR MAN sTARyEs
: TO be sure, eventually country
; will recover, just as the patient some
times recovers from typhoid fever. a
poor, white, shaking, helpless wretch
Those of the people who conldn't /
stand the starving-out process have
! fed the land, or perished Of the innll.
7 tmerable diseases bred of poverty, or
! they have fallen into the criminal
D class and have disappeared into the
: iaiIs while the cunning few have
J gathered into their hands the wealth
: Of the many and then human indus
4
2 will under the most adverse circum-
stances, and the times are good again.
i But is all this necessary? rs ii
J necessary to 60 through the typhoid
! fever to enjoy good healthl We think
9 not.