The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-12-26
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IN the flfserhlh rsalha, fiilh vefse "lIe
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noF takrlh reward agwihss thr ihnaernt
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stance, he shall gather II fos him that
will piiy The poor Coming dawn to
~ II. Ii. when Nehemiah was governor
III Judah, after tho restoration III The
Jews hy Cyrus, III Nehemiah \. s-il. We
have ii, account u his compelling that
people 10 restore thu .unc.hnndfcslth
part oi thu money, The corn, thc wine
and tho oil that - exact of them !" also,
their lands, their vino cyNt.ls, their olive.
yards and their houses Where Ia Tho
modern lawmakcr VI Judge who would
not take ore per cent. increase? Eek.
iel Sxii. l. chargcs tho Hcbrcwr, 100
years before Nehcmiah's time, with
taking nsury and increase. mud thon
hat grcedily gained of thy neighbor by
cxtortion. and hast forgotten Me, smith
tho Lord 0od." fs not this Just what
Americans practice aud have done for
Tho last generation especially
Tho ancient scriptures are full oi
condcmnaiions oi this villa practice.
Tho New Testament law on tins sub.
jcct IL found III Matthew Y. ~: give
10 him that AAkesl, of thee. and from
him that would borrow of thee turn
thon not away" and Vi. II: Forgive
us our debts IN W. forgive our debtors" !"
In Luke Vi. I'D, 3l, w have similar pre-.
cept~: As w would that men should
20 10 you. do ~ also To them likewise" /"
The Roman republic existed about
s0O years, Or nearly ~ tho beginning
0f the Christian era, and during that
period nsed leather and brass money,
while tho ancient Greeks used iron; Ii
wss not until tho r0bbcricM of conancwts
brought silver and gold 10 those nations
In such quantities that these metals
were used for money ~ coins, aud In
tcrcss was charged for its nse. History
says Seneca wrote \ treatise about pow
crly upon table of solid gold. having
IU.UOt.DOG vi money out on interest
and Bmtns and other leading Romans
of Ills time lent money Tor from ~
10 ~ per cont. mary. After tho dis.
portion Of tho Jews by Titus. A, u. 10,
mud their scattering through all tho NJ.
tions VI enrili, tliey become traders and
money lenders almost exclusively, an.l
have 10 remained unto thia day. II was
The c6rripti0ns of conquest and the *.
actions u uslry that w demorAlize.l
both thc Western aud Eastern Roman
empires In The tir.t few centuries after
Christ as to mako them become an easy
prey 10 tho lluns and yisigoths, and
In later centnric. 10 tho Harncens and
Tartafs. During tho middle ecntnriea
oi our cra, down 10 Tho present, the
Jews have heun prosecuted and slnin BY
thu thousands for thetr practices ol
luxurious money.lending. III Hungary,
Austria, Venice, Spain and France their
effects were plnndcrcd annually from
10000 to 10000 NJ 4 time were banisi,e.l
Or pnt 10 death: and even In London
alont o0O year. ago. Thousands wcrs
similarly treated because of thaiI
money making pnd money loving pro.
clivitics, chiefly by meats ~ nlnry =
illegal nsury. Finally tho Jews have
forced nHitrU upon thr civilized world
and only by watling through seas 81
blouh and carnage will tho republican
people, not parties, 0f modern times be
able 10 set aside, or even throw Til,
greatest of seourgos from tho rsuk and
fls oi the bodies poltttc.
At tho beginning of tho reformation
u tho fifteenth century, John Calvin
claimed that "money ~ss commodity
mud THAT \ man who liAd II could 10
with Il aHio him seemed good Dur
Ing tlic reign Of Louis XIV, In France
tllu Jews aud CMlyinisls went 10 parii
and vt up thc iirst iiflccn banks In that
city. Tho 1lank of Venice. however
waA organized before lhat time, and
lasted until ovcrthrown ~ the elder
Napoleon.
IN tho reign oi Henry VIII. tho Jew
went 10 London. leaned Tho kine
money 10 carry on his wars, and ths
King secured law allowing them cor
tain rates oi interest. In England. bc.
iOrc tho middle of tho fifteenth cent
nry, extreme poverty WAS unknown
hut after that Government established
the Jewish monetary aystem tho maAssa
"werc forced ~ cat sos weed and rOl
hog tronghs," sAys ono writer of thal
period.
For sbout half century America hal
hed Ill tho evils O( Il credit system
based npon IN insufficient amount O
precious metals. while her cosnnrsct
and trade has grown i.pOO.iolA. and n
this timo her people have paid usnriou'
tribute 10 State hanks, 10 private bank
ASs, 10 . United States hank for fort,
years, and finally In now paying L, pcI
cont. per month aud every month 4
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