The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-13

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Ssat.s ~ al ~ endless rreoarNa. Iah.
efty hailed AmcricA NJ Ia cho~cn land.
Dmt II was without capital lo Invite labor,
~ u VIVA without labor ~ invite capital,
Railroads ,lid moi EXIST Steamers there
were none. Men had III wnlk through
forcsts ride they could moi, fos there
were no roads, no cAssiA9es, few horses,
ntd cA.ilc wcv hardly ID bc SEEN. In unc
wotsl, tho carly scttlcr~ had not alone III
battle their way by the most primitive
means, hnt b. make their way through
all obstacles. rvcn thu tomalawk III The
savage. This, remember, was only d
ccntnry..hack. All west of ihc lakes was
an nnhrokcn wAste. Fifty years meas.
nrcscivilixation hrtwccn tho Allcghanies
and the lh,cky mountains, between Lake
Eric and The Pacific occan. Ifos ', then.
wcrc The difficulties overcome How
did the poor hccomc ricll7 How did
labor battle its way into production ?
Let IN look hack ~ scc how II was done.
and forward 10 .cc what may hc done,
Money tho pioneers did not have, Land
was everywhere. but for capital, beyond
his hcnd, hiH hands, aud his LOCOMOTIVES
powers In tho midst of houndlcsa lirliH.
hc wAs m dcatitnte OF m tho penny.
less heggar ut tho door of Del.
monico's, who, seeing feast of riches
before him, " yet forced ~ bcg Tor Il
crust Of bread. The pioneer was with.
out money, but he was rich; tho hound.
lcss continent VIM before him; hc was
young, he was strong, hc could work.
II was lahor's bnsincss Ia pr lucc
wealth, alil labor alonc could produces
IT, Lahor then put IN its leatl,urn apron.
callo,ised u. hands. frcshenctl itH lieart
with hnpe, Rnd, with tho lnld rncfRy of
youth, IL struck down thu forest: M went
the cabin. Ia went the plow, scrapc went
The hoe, ssattcr went the sccl. and
fFcsliencd tho soil 10 quicken growth.
bright snnx ripened Tho grain. Swift
followed tho cradle, On went The rake.
mp went the shock. down went The fail.
out came the grain, On flowed the
stream that turned the millXtonc, away
went thr grain 70 the hopper, out came
the flour, soft hands nodded the bread.
The means oi life VI ~ secured. But 10
make tho cabin, construct The plow,
make the hoe, pound ont lhr scythc.
scrapc ont tho fiail. pound out tho wheat,
yoke mp the oxen, drive tn tlic mill, md
grind ont the flour made labor for
farmer, mechanic, and miller, md 10
make thu bread good wife WAX wanted
With the cabin, anl the honr, and the
wife, es.me children. Wheat bought
COWS, and allecp, and lioga, and henr.
and labor. Everything TINT came rrr.
atel new wants. mud labor VIVA the fruit.
fnl mother of every want, aud ever,
want created new demands for labor.
~ that from the telling III tho forest. the
building of the cabin, there came an
endless demand for help, and every de-
mand for help WIN a promise of fool nn.l
home mil comfort Tor labor. Labor
Thus promised grew into communities.
where labor divided itself into MI trades,
into NIL arts, into all orders of pruslnc.
tion. With production came Churches
10 Christinnixe men into duty, and
school. 10 educate them into manhood
and INTO Justice. In early days OF Amer.
lean life churches and schools anil
.preascs came slowly, hut they
came. They TINT were poor, by labor
bccAr,e rich; ani. where iifty ycnrn baek
WINS the untouched forest or Tho wild
prairie, citics, towns, farms, and homes,
opnlent In ail that constitutes comfort
and creates wealth arr now the generous
rewards of TINT early toll. To-day Ave
years. will accomplish what II required
thirty years 10 accomplish a century
back, md what II required Nn years 4,
accomplish hAlf century back. For 10.
.lAy va put ourselves ON railroads 10 rcnch
now linda. aud labor has invented and
crcnsel every appliance 10 achieve
homes. wheat, and production, which III
but another nan,c for riches. To day,
too, homes of land are given 10 whoever
will occupy laud and make II home.
ilnt, with al lho splcu,lid growth u
the productive power, and with oil thc
accumulated convcnicnccs the spirit of
liberty and tho genius of production
have evolved out Il tho resources III this
Ool.blsss4*l land. there has grown np,
silently, quietly, almost unnOeicrd, tho
curse which the Old World has fostcrcd,
aud which all tyrnnnica have conspired
10 increase, and that Ii the power oi
dead capital concentrated into monopo.
liking wealth.
II II this curse. fed On nsusy. nurtnred
by interest, pAmpcrcd BY power, wl,ich
has created the l5Ank Association
2, 2,th)O-hcaslcl devil.iish, whose suckers
Mrc driving tho life. blood of the nation
~ iMttcn OstcntAtion And enslAvu labor.
The corner. st0nc III thu e<lilicc IL mO-
nOpolixcL power. ~ proclaimed prin.
ciplr ID ii cripple labor by starving II
inlO submission. II II 10 liberty what
tho nAatilc WIN W France. 10 (ong ~
u existed slavery existed. poverty wa~
cruahed, tho rich rcigncd, ,lrspots ruled.
When Il fell humanity cried aloud Tor
ioy, the human mtpd wis delivered from
tho chains of tho past. n threatened
labor, hope and life, nnd the people iorc
II down, luvclcsi IL battlrmentx, hurried
,ta keepers into etsrnity, and cmt the
cAblc which for AltD years had anchored
labor 70 ,lesp0tinm, and thu people 10
scrvituslc. The llAi,k Association In tle
Iastile of American tyranny. There..iH
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