Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-13
ADDRESS or THE g. B.. LABOR
EX.oOM.

We must be q rich an happy people since
the ldes Of January have come, but alas! re-
lentlssa bsnkruptcy, ioss OF trade, delinquent
taxes, ragged b.Geary, low prices Of wages,
Of products, Of Ell Industries, still continues
ss the eontrsctlog screw Of the coin basis
,urns Its deadly nip on the arteries Of trade
end lshoF.
The coin bs,Is syssem has been weighed in
the bsiancs aud found wanting In all good
and iull Of al eyiis. Ills despoiism Of fraud
and villisny. end has captured the civilized
world. I, can only he dethFonsd By sys EN-
of sbsoluts money based on the credit and
sovereignty OF the Republic, like The paper
rnoneg ot the Bank OF Venice.
The war 10 mske al free ofAfssiAyes COM
pelIed the pse Of The greenbscke. The war
70 make asl men OF labor and trade free Of
the SbyIocks or slaves 20 the coin basis Is
now commencing. You must prepare for the
conflict. The success OF our national money
during the war proves that It Wiilterve US In
times of peace, The greenbsck Is money,
having full legal value, can pay coin debts
and coin bonus existing before the war, as
decided by the Supreme Court Of the United
States in the legal tender csses of 1870, re.
ported IN ~ Wallace, Supreme Court of US.
reports. ., $40; Ia Wall. 2as t1s;lE 70 Wall.
604 Qe7lG X. X. Co. Va. johnson: l5 Wall,
1876 (,s72.)
We coin 81 &C out ofs pound of coppsr
brorze worth 20 cen,s:.1oO n,ckels, worth S.,
out Of 60 cents worth OF copper and nickel
alloy, 900 silver dollars out OF $3.50 worth
of silver and alloy. All Of these coins pas
at their face yalue as legsl tenders. No legal
objection can be made to them for their want
OF intrinsic value, for they are legal tenders
OF o certain amount equal 20 gold. Our
greenbscks have certain intrinsic value also;
the paper the cost ofengrsyiDR, etc., and
since the amount of the intrinsic value OF
copper and nickel coins counts for nothing,
beyond the United States stamp, why should
the argument as to intrinsic value Of paper
money and stamps be urged, since the
Supreme Court has declared g,eenbacks TO
possess legal value from the stamp:
We want no infslion. We only Ask for the
issue OF full legal tender greenbScks 70 re-
deem RreenbBck bonds OF the United States
nov due, and to buy eli other bonds ios sale,
81 market rates, 20 rs TO cancel them and
stop over $9OOOooOO. yearly interest, ard
boil sh fhs Internal revenue that cost us
$3.50 COO 900 more annually
The same credit supports cash Of the
IIoited States paper issues; the. bond and the
Ersenbacks. We would limit the issue OF
greenbArks to $50 per capita to prevent any
possibility og inAstIon.
Each hard money man, who says the
greenback is debt or a promise TO psy,
knows thA. the bonds for over $1,000 100000
are also q debt, promise TO pay. bearing
iaterest, while the greenback bears none.
II has already taken from the people over
50 800 600 900 firm 1909 TO 1857, by the in-
EstiUn. bankruptcy and contraction OF State
bank money, seven times In that period A
return to the old coin basis system Is i1evita
bic II we cancel the greenbacks. Who has
eyer heard OF any failure Of the g,eenhscks
during seventeen years paslf Why then do
our Federal rulers desire return TO coin
basisi Il il because the money power de-
mands lt 70 increase the profits oi money
lending through banks OF issue. By destroy
Ing the grcenbAeks they will greatly increase
our Iaxes and tho profits Of banks and bond
holders.
| This has induced the long war Of seven
teen years past by the money power against
the greenbacks, and IN favor Of interest
bearing bonds. Congress has been mere
tool OF the money kings from 1852 up TO the
Last session OF 1878.
Aher the close OF the war, when green
backs had risen 70 rs csnts on the dollar,
Congress, 10 May, 1865, commanded The re-
tiremeut OF sbout 81 ,a3I. 900 900 Of Treasury
notes circulating rs money, and tho issue OF
about 81, 600, 900. coo greenback bonds ihere-
for bearing per cent coin interest. This
enormous contraction Of Treasury notes and
Increase OF greenbAck bonds WAS designed 10
destroy the greenbacks snd restore the coin
bssis aesp otism. ALI the succeeding acts OF
Congreaa are OF the same charA Aetsr, deSi2n-
ed 60 sasas the same object.
When these greenback bonds were Issued
and the treasury notes were destroyed, Com
gtess on the 18th OF March, se9, changed
them and 500 600 900 more gTeenback
bonds into coin b mrs giving the bondholders
profit Of over 5000, 900, 900. and inGictins .
loss on the people Of over 81 500, 100000 In
Interest, trade, agriculture. commerce, wages
aud msnulactnres, the object bong to de-
slroy the National greenbacks and feturh
TO . coin basis At an enormous gsin 20 the
money power and an equally enormous loss