The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-07

rite, dem. 1871; Bates, Greenbackel
1912.
New York, 1856 election districts in
the city give Cooper, GreenbacAer
$4,000 for mayor. The total city vote
gives him 1912, majority over
Schell Of 1861.
Vermont-Bralley, Barlow, Green
hacker to congress, 7,l4l; Grant, Rep
3,l6l; Waterman, Dem. SOC. he
Greenback vote gained Since the state
election September 33S votes.
The Iowa "AntionuE" comes from
Newton. Il new Greenback paper. de.
serving and will no doubt achieve
success.
Every greenback issued by the gov
eminent is SO much clear gain to the
government, and saves the people that
much taxation.
In 1886 it took $7.75 of gold to buy a
barrel Of flour; in 1887 it took SLIPS
Of gold to purchase the same. Did
gold depreciate. or flour advance
/ AN1O AlO WV lC0SOHo why SNuC
people don mind their own business.
One is that they havn't any business.
the second, that they have no mind.
| 1t costs one dollar per barrel to
transport -four from Minneapolis to
New York. Yet the same grade of
ilo,.r sells at the same price ut both
places. Tell us why. reader?
Nothing in political history is so
paradoAical rs the devotion of sncie y
To its oldest ami its bitterest enemy
gold; which is ut once the idol and
the curse Of society.-S. u DlLLAYE.
Bank notes benefit no one but the
| banker. while the people are taxed
10000 900 annually to pay interest
on the bonds OH which bank currency
is based.
According 0 Republican philosophy
our gretnback or government curren-
cy is constitutional il it only bears in
terest, but unconstitutional if it does
not. Government may issue bonds
but they must not greenbacks.
The workingwomen of Chicago Lave
an orgalIixed society and hold regular
meetings. They have will of their
own. and meet weekly to discuss the
subject of wages and kindred topics.
Mrs. Stevens is President.
Two hundred and twenty-four tons
of campaign documents are sent
through the mails from Washington
in congressional election year, at an
expense to the public of about $780,
OOU. How very much we need a
change!
We don't exactly understand how
| the Minneapolis nilIers can afford 10
send -four To New York city, and pay
one dollar per barrel for transporta.
ton. and then .ell it. TIE same grade
for the same price that they do in
Minneapolis! Do you!
Terrible a. the yellow fever now is,
it wo,;ld be Infinitely worse, according
to Toussenel. were the seas to be
cleared. of whales and sean. Then
he .cean, infested with pulIs and
mrdusae. would he "a stOrehouse vi
infection.
Under the present laws.th govern
n..a.. .i,cs ~ the National Banking
Association the exclusive right u
Issue all the paper money OF the
country, and also gives them Il bonus
of six per cent in gold s-lni-annnalIy
for accepting the prlvilege.-idco
cate.
The Republicans are bowling for
hard money and they drmonetized
silver which had been hard money
for ~ years. AMI when the people de.
mantIed its restoration, the President
vetoed the bill, and 1t had to be passed
over his head.
/ Initiate, to sa ell; when the volume Of
bank notes is increased it is imitation;
| hut when the volume of gold IS in
| creased it is not imitation and the word
should not he used. When thing is
| a full legal tender it can never be in
tiat-d SO long as it will pay debts, and
debts exist.
1t has been said that a greenback
dollar is u promise TO pay Il coin dolltr
To- the holder. This is IL mistake. No
such premise is either given or i'm
piled On the face we i.ave--''The
United states will pay the bearer
One Dollar" On tie back, This
note is full legal tender 1T its f,ce
value for all debts" excepting dc.
Tie Labor Times i5 a socialistic
paper published at Washington, d. G..
1t SAYS .-i,nnrant ami vicious people
have generally hashed mp together
socialism and communism, and re-
manned in total ignorance OF the pnr-
| ,pses and tendencies of either. The
contrast is very marked and radical.
There are socialists but no commu-
nisrs in this country.
/, The increase of the sentiment in
favor Of . new order of things in this
Republic il in no manner more apDar