Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-02-12
THE ENGLISH SLAVE SYSTEM
Its Curse Rests Upon the worId-African
Bondage Outdone.

hionleu 0Ollgatl0ns for her usurers, is
cursed with low-waged, low-priced, poy-
erty 'engenderlng, panic-producing and
labor.cnslavlng policy of specie payments
and the gold standard. England has two
classes OF capitalists, both of whom are a
curse to the world The first. and oldest,
consists OF her here litary drones and pen.
Sloners, whom the law, centuries ago, sad.
died upon the laboring and tax. paving
people, and provided for them princely
annual incomes, which are valuable in
proportion as money is dear and the pro.
ducts Of labor are cheap. This class, not only
inherit liked annual incomes, taxed from
the laboring people, but they inherit the
'aw'making power of the kingdom, to en-.
able them and their children after them
20 perpetuate this infamous robbery Of
the masses. The question with them is,
What system Of policy Of finance will
enable us to secure the largest possible
amount of wealth annually produced by
labor, with thousand pounds of our an.
nual lncome?' They at once come to the
sensible conclusion, that the cheaper la
DOR is, the more of its products will a Civ.
en- sum OF money command. .
these annual incones bscorso H.. Ia =,
fixes that at so many nonmds sh;Il;nns
and pence, but they can double the pur-
chasing, power of the pound, shilling and
penny, by reducing the wages Of labor
one-halt, and this they can accomplish by
making money scarce and of the dearest
materials, hence the single gold standard
is established Allied to this class nre
the great manufactur;ng conitaIistO Of
that kingdom. For twn hundraI ,'oor'
this class has aimed to c,riroi tLo -, SU"a'
featuring and rarrv,ng tpndo Of M tSo n,'.IJ noriJ
Their stock in traic is laLor and S"r ro wOrr w
terial, and their interest is IN ohta;r hnth
at the cheanrst ratios nossihio 0TT%'i r. noo "U.n
cheap and abundant labor and ro% 'Ins: ma.
terial, the laborinT elemcnt nF ,l,o Ill "'H
p,ust he kent moor II taLn, n,,,it,I T't ~ ~
nanufacture. Inf i;ttlo or C1 nono '"l,''". y ~
raw material banco tho y, ] ''one 70 ralse
nIe ofthe wo,Ii i' con Iao L t poUte' Inc peo-
they are forced into thc nrodnc,;om of oI w ~, y
material, and ths less GLnlv tbov " ., oro law y"
establish compptition in mo1pfacirr;no I,o W
Here then is tbn sacrct % OF ''IS",tiS Ena,imaj,.
single gold standard. and of H. ill., 'om" ooor' .
cial policy of this country, and to the vast
amount Of money she cxponds to carry
financial measures through congress ord
to prevent the enactment of laws and Tho
establishment of policy that wonld rc.
lievc American industry and mako nnra ~ a
rich and prosperous peonle We bav@ a
proof that Earnest Seyd was furnished
with half million dollars TO visit tbis
country for the purpose of cffpcting the
demonstration of silver in 1S73 Kat
few are ware OF the vast SIMS that orc
expended by British manufacturers to es.
taDlish their financial policy tbrongbont
the world in orIrr TO maintain III al, ,mon' I,on
utacturng supremacy, " nav"
A report to the British parl;owo,t h, .
commission on this subject n few w. rcSra ~ g
since, contains thr f,llnwin,,. Nv" 'e'"'
Authentic instances arc wcII Lrowr
Of manufacturers having carried ON % tb"ir
establishments nj loss omonnt;ro ~ in ' tha
aggregate TO three or lour hnndrc5 tbom.
sand pounds (SI, 500 600 or 80 00O o60S SIIo% IN
the course of three or tonr vcorS 'i,oVW, IN a.
to destroy foreign comnof,tior % u, arJ GI'tD 20
gain and Keep possession OF loreien mar.
kets. e" ''''7 -''''
For fifty years Africa, .lo,or, u.,,, ,.,,.
tainel IN &mcric, ',III sEIai s'Tvrli n,. was M suS
md mGn, nrn nT R,;,,LS S''T'S py tiie money
during the war tbat h;gu, ,"gy.,"''S,s, aHu u
Confederacy's most T v,IrnIIi I"iI"o" I,, was NE ne
Fostered slave labor ,b"t a.a,,,;'I Ky oiic
chean cotton n th"' sIa,.a 80, ".StS oVi"lI
for ro,tv vnars il, 49, s'o "'as' pp"ot' UHeh
mcnt EngIand said %ororo VI .ho oi our kvrrh'
"Yar n,,,st SUI" @ oclI'c ehe .a"' war:
manufactures tproa H. .no in'tcasc Vi
to apricuture nronoio t So' r'us ''e'i i'l'
your unimnroveJ w,.tor,, oIo io oiIl' ,I,t"n VI
visions or, so mmlt;atnj l,cIn I'"us, "ht'i pro,
in nric, that rn,r ,ipneu ana leGueeu
cheaplv os to onSohlo STI, Sioves o, can oe ied 50
ton and sugar at tbroo " * e'Fm s, your ioI :
pound, Then witbomt ,,.ot w. .Sua 'jnt9 t9o d
YOU can rival tbe I woriJ p'o''o'''c "u''cs
Now, that slave Iabo, 20 $40 i,.,.
available, Enolnnd il nttom,1t; % - w ,onsJt
another process to hr;nS, nhar, pUtHG vnfousii
results. Her 6norn;nrss s huouV Int sam.
will accomnIisb Il Tho nnoT "SJ Jus' ~nat t
laborinp moor ~ r,,'ioI ITnHiIion Iu,N o' Vhe
MANY Turi,o,, HnR'"n9, ~ lrelanu' ter,
nations 10 ~ I;tt Htt,o w' oIuer 90iu'cuISeu
that of the Afr&;os" & H. Huy pe''er than
American ,laverv T.. uItsI is1I tne uays 9l
published n hook !, ImonS L. i,a "coiEe Ii ouliSl
tiou of labor, in yh;cL Lo ",iS a. '"e ooiioi'
$50 comnetn w;tb th,o nc % 1"iu'
system, EnoIan1 ar'niora o vie"p p,I.' anu naSty
dren and infants to p,o,a r,al wVnl.h' cnil'
our brick.vords oro G."no I'm hct priehs; IN
thousand ch;lJrsn I'm Cwenly 10 t1irtJ
of toll and bo,ror % oF or;i TiIg a oouaage
carries periI in II y Vi eVh tr"'hihg Inat
Afr1can slovorr ~, ,,o,.o,. ,-..,
ing and demoroli ] ;,,. nevcr was more more Hegrad-
the privatons omd SouPH uPTn laoor Cnan ma are r,
laborers, Wb;Io tbn bi,aiuSnips sIusnp Oh EngIlsin
ly fed, clothed and bomSoJ ,,anp; were Renelal'
ner as IN nrotoot %iI H. ,oIse9 IN suGh man,
strength. The noor III Endi;.I IiSl'h anu pnysiGal
borers ara not rpi roIio Iius'isii ~ ana lrlSh Ia,
their own nrod" yS "o? ~ stVe enough out OF
t;on " O oml productions TO ward off starva-
me In botb %Ie@se condit,o dha death rom expos
classes the raonIta vio'ons ~ ol the laoor'ng
Cbean Iabor AIN esutIS ouI 70 capital are the same
the pb;oCta anu a; o5lcap raw material are
which Iobor r,uae iueo a1, ana 70 produce
law or c;rcun,ata ntus1 pe ehslaVed, either by
The i,,oSanucs. siav. noSa ,1a -
hnd IL iho S,ays coue was no more effective to
thc Rr;t;ob u Gnn y; siaVe mothers than is
nresent and G,t'an ',ioia. coIe 10 Dlnd the
pO Tba contre "rd lutgre generations OF labor.
,ooh "V il Oon.ragti0n a policy OF Hugh McCul-
noo, ,oom, ,ne credit strengthening act, and the
r,ount;"nV Vh 'ct OF J4hn Sherman, the de-
arJ %,t,l roaop,t; Nct Oh Hooper, and the Bay
a,G sa.ono .esolu'ion now before congress for the
- -. VI bhC lCSul lfIuplS, are all oil