South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-09-06

democratic members of congress from
your then district, who, it was said.
made the speech on that side of
the house. That member has neycr
been reproved for such action by his de-
mocratic constituents. On tho con.
trary, 1 am advised he Is using every
effort to have his nephew and vice pres.
idcnt nominated and elected next fall
over Mr. Ly nde. as rebuke to the lat.
ter for voting for and With the people
while in congress.
The money power Is compact, wary and
INSCRIPTIONS. 1t works with an eve
single To its interests. Principle il
throws to the winds. and taken in connec.
ton with the republicans, it furnishes
John Sherman with the hes, drilled
most supple, and mos. heartlcss and
wicked organization that ever existed i'm
this country.
The Hon. Jno. A. Thomson. of Summit
Point, West Virginia, says: 1.-THE an.
nual productions Of tho United States
are ten thousand millions Of dollars i'm
value. The banks now exchange these
productions at the rate of ten per cent.
on the average. Ten per cent. on ten
millions Of dollars for converting your
products into money. This enormous
tax-equal to one half the great war debt
lis paid by the people Of the United
States to monied oligarchy, when by
retaining their own money power in their
own hands and issuing treasury notes.
or greenbacks direct to the people. they
can effect the same exchange OF tho
ton thousand million dollars of products
at one quarter or one.half Of one per
cent. instead of at ten PER cent.
"Only think OF it. people of the Uni.
ted States, that you are now paving
one thousand n,iiions of dollars, year az
ter year-that is annually-to effect the
exchanges on your annual produc-
tions into what you want to enjoy or
use, when yon, yourseices, by issuing
your own money through your constitut.
ed authorities can accomplish the same
exchanges for just what it costs to stamp
and distribute your money"
They do more. The government not
only gives this great advantage to the
money power, but it pays il bonus for
thus SHINING the people OF nearly S26,.
900, 900 year. That is, the citizens OF
your congressional district pay an annu
al tribute to tue national bankers, in in
tcrest on the government bonds ON which
their banking is based, Of about $4,000
besides giving them the privilege OF
fleeing the people, as Mr.. Thomson de-
scribes.
The producing classes OF this country
form about ninety per cent. OF its popu.
lation. Is it not about time that this
great proportion ofour people combined
TO protect themselves from furtherabuses
and aggressions of the ten per cent. OF
parasites who are rolling in wealth they
never earned?
VIM. Leggett in the fight with the
money power about the re-charter OF the
| u. S. bank in 1886, truthfully said
| There is but one bulwark Behind which
the industrious classes may safely rally
to oppose common enemy. who, if they
entered singly into the field against him
would cut them to pieces that bulwark
is the principle Of combination.'
intended when took up my pencil
to give you an account OF how the mon
ey power has operated on both branches
of congress for the past three months
and prevented much relief TO the peo-
pie; but l now have not time besides
l have already written out more matter
than you may care to print or your rea.
ders to peruse. But will say this. that
the people need TO he represented by
more men and fewer pettifogging pre-
tenders. Among the most discouraginq
and disgusting things have witnessed
during the three months I have been
here was TO see lawyer anti-resumptior
friends weaken and run after they had
been manipulated by some Of the Wal
street committees, and leave the people,
great leader, Gen. Ewing. and his fit,
or sixty followers in minority.
Pardon crudities, for write in grca
haste. Wishing you God.sr eed in you
enterprise, believe inc, truly yours.
j. A. NooNAN.