The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-04-18
Fss The fsain iNaas
AyArlON.s WEALTH.


NATIONS WEALTH.
A nations wealth consists ~ labor
abrilgr labor IN any way and H. TIN
same extent will the nations wealth.
NC impaired: noihin. II produced *.
ccpt II ~ through labor In som.
form or other. labor produces cari.
tai. capital and labor 70 hand In
hand. capital being .nbrervieni IN
labor. Tor u Ii the offspring Of labor.
therefore labor should control CAPT.
ial by just and wise rules. and no,
capital labor. ~ that would he per.
hitting thu offspring "a rule HI. par.
ont. We $50 TINT labor II necessary
to produce capital, and that capital
ID Il natural concomitant of labor.
whatever dinlinishcs capital (Which
IL wealth In whatever form II may br
found affects TINT which labor has
produced. whatever abridgcs labor
cuts on that much III the source OF
wealth or capital. Hence, In order
that a nation may enjoy the creates;
prosperity. labor must bc cnconr.
aged In all the mnl,ifom industries
co--xtcnsive with that nations re-
sources.
II We 90 back In our nations history
few years and annlyxe the motives
that have prompted certain class
Of greedy individuals, irrespective
ri party, who have controlled our
national affairs from that time until
this, We will ilnd their Incentives con.
stnntly tending In one md the salne
direction. viz In favor " the molity.
al nnbob and sMlAricd officials 10 the
lctrimcnt Of the lnboring com,nuni
~; 10 prove this We need but refer to
the present ,leplorablc condition ol
laborers and the rhrinka.c In value
~ real and personal property. Cine
OF the greatest evils brought abou,
by legislation. was the establishment,
of tho national banks and tho mode
of bonding our national debt; then
follows subsidy upon subsidy, Gre
ating vast monopolics. ut the cx.
pcnsc of the common people, thu,
reach out over the entire land and
like huge d.vil-flshes grasp every.
thing within their reach. These
national banks, foStered hy tho gov.
eminent. have grown 20 such colo.'
sal power TINT they control tho cur.
rcncy Of tho country IN both value
and volume. Next comes the rAil.
road monopollcs, the national banks
twin sister, with their land grant,
which Is taking 80 much from m,
people aud hrstowing II upon snid
corporations. besides giving them
unlimited power to exnei such char.
e. 81 the people ~ they may Scc III
10 make. Then come onr cunl opera
tors who hold their mines under OH
common laws which are the same Il,
the English laws thnt have long since
been declared illegal. tho same ma,
be said OF the great sold.mincs mn.
silver. mines II tho Pacific slope
then the Steam ship lines withal Ions
list ri kindred combinations calcu
lated to ,lciranl the people and ac
plctc the public treasury. Now ~ i
the modns-o pcrandi II these lrRislA
tive manipnlntors to attain th.i
ends; that ofaequtring the wealth o
the nation ut the expense Of tn,
labortng classics by whose grace sni,
wealth exists. thereby creating
Pntrician and Il plcbian class Of III,
people. This operation. when full,
comprchcndcd. Il very simple, II |
about m follows few ~ the prinri
pal leaders II the eontcndinR poliii
cAl parties. fchorcn. of course, by tn
moncyed fraternity meet, and MAX
outlines of the platform which |
about 10 be drawn; in this ,hc RI,
issues are carefully avoided and 9th
crs substituted. which arr immc,li
Mlcly caught up ~ tho public prc>'
nnd Haunted Iii tho face III tho PEI
pie until hey. In the clAndc~,in
political warfare, lose sight " tim
which II for their own interest. q
these periitlious is.ues. W. i!nd H.
pubiicans constantly cn.isasoiinR I,
Great. n sentiment III listrust on tn
part ~ the North towards that ~ tn
South. md the Democrats feeling
~ bitterness towards the North
thereby keeping up q constant sec
tionnl strife. then follows the Negro
question" the Southern policy .lucs
'an." la.l finally, The question q