The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-05-23

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The republican prcsa II uaing Ito
utmost cnsleAvor 10 turn the Attcn.
tion of the people from their own
wrongs and sulJtrings to another
crusade In the lat4rest Or the "deAr.
down. troddsn niggrE" Il woat work.
gentlemen. The attempt In congress
has proved ahortivr, though u seem.
I'd to enlist the efforts OF vast ma.
jority u both democrats and r~pub.
licans In that body. And % II has
resulted. and will result among the
people. though every republican ed
itor In the country who staid out Of
the war when h wAs In progress, h
anxious tor tho fray to-day. Those
who were engaged actively In sup
pressing the rebellion are cognisAnt
81 the tact that their services have
been recognised by what the repub.
liean press sneeringly term the ICON.
fcdcrate brigadiers," In . substantial
way; nrsl IN voting their disabled
comrades. their widows or orphans.
ei6O,00O, 900 In pensions. tho past
winter; and Just the other day In
voting that the money. John 6hcr-
man has been boarding IN the treas
ury, to make times hard and the poor
mans home IN easy prey 70 the greed
OF capital, shall be taken out and up.
piled to the payment Of these very
pensions.
Among those who seem TO mani.
fest the most concern Tor tho south,
and the least for the people right
about him, ID tho editor OF tho Post.
Willie Rerier, who Just now Ii solicit
Gus that the people Of Howard coun-
y ignore thsir own interests In the
supposed interest Of "Cnncy.- That
paper, N we'll ~ most IT the stall.
warts. seems to DO suprcmcly happy
over the results Of resumption, aud
the ease with which II MAS brought
about.
From 1879 to 1879 resumption and
it, concomitant, contraction OF tho
currency, produced among business
mon In tho United States, over 56,-
90 failures, and the loss OF 1 sum
nearly - large, IN the aggregate. -
the public debt Of the country. II
Also turned 2.00o. 900 laborers. me-
chanics and occupants Of small farms
into tramps. II ID now transferring
the farms Of the country over to tho
greed Of capital 1t the rate Of 10000
> month.
Indeed, there b but ono single In.
tersst that resumption has benefited
and that 10 the interest Of tho money
lender.
Has resumption benefited the 5000
90 farmers whose crop last year did
not pay the cost OF productioni
Has resumption benefited the thou
sAads Of coal miners whose pay will
not permit their wives and children
tho luxury Of shossi
Under resumption have prices Of
farm products advanccdi
Have tho wages Of labor inorsasedi
Have taxes diminishedi
Has the interest burden been mads
lightsri
Has not John Sherman. to main.
tain Il. increased the interest. bearing
bonded debt of the country over
e3O0, O0O, 900 during the past year,
Tho prosperity this class Of journ-
ais. see. 10 not enjoyed by the tax :
payers or producers.
Il b not enjoyed BY the mechanic
or the artisan. 4 has not reached
tho lab0rer Or thc miner.
Il haa not, and viii not reach thc
larmsr Or producer. because thu Ii.
crcaaed iutrrest burdens resumption
produces arc Tor the producing
CLASSES 70 pay.
Secretary Sherman reports total
cash In the treasury u el90. 7s7 40.
and the average transactions Ut the
government q t60O.O 00, 40.
II e0tN. 00O, 40 annual business r.
quircs reserve fund ~ AN. TIT 400,
how much should tho industries u
the country rcqmiTr. Whose trAnsac-
lions arr over u on. ON, tAD0. Or more
than clrven tinsss - much. with less
than half its capacity cinploysdi
Controller Knox reports Tint the
national banks ARE doing business ON
ol70. 81 30. TO assure their succssa
the government has loaned Thorn -
per cent. OF their capital on twenty
years tiusc It one per cent. Interest.