The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
THE NATIONS REDEMPTION.
The Rev. Gilbert De La
Martyrs Great Speech
at the Michigan
Campaigning.
Why the People Arc P0er and
How They tan BE Rich.
How to Discharge National Debts,
aud Restore National Prosperity.


aud Restore National Prosperity.
Mn. pnEsiDESr AND FELLOW CITIZENS, ]
shall speak to YIN ont Of the deepest con.
vc,uas u my own heart and mind. We are
facing WyulutIon ii NOR. Importance to our.
selves and 10 mankind than any yvt accom-.
Pushed III tlc advance Ut Christian civilization.
4 viii formulate that REVOLUTIONS. We are Al.
r,l,ing, a,d shall maintain, the divine right III
,sch tot'Nr u the legitimate result II HI. III her
toll nba,,st the hlasph.,aon. assumption " the
rigl,, 1t few, hs class legislation, by fran.
ch,s,sr,car,d from tho Government, 10 absorb
the rrsluct IT the toll Of the MASSES. The
present form II tho worlds oppression is the
absorption of its wealth by few, and this or.
preston is ut present more cruel, more degrade
IN, more hopeless than any the world has
kiiuNn.
viii rive YOU the facts on which basc this
Statements The first Tact To which call your
attention Il this, We have augmented our
power to ctswte wealth nj least nifty fold per
catlta Nlthln nifty years, by nncoscfing mcas-
area~s II saarees stored MP by the lhlinte
Father Mhgn he laid the foundations OF the
world. Tor instance, coal and the houndlcsr
agricultural resources unknown hlty years ago.
Win MAS boy. west III the M,sslsslpr WAS
marked OH nur map, 1.-The Great American
ncseit.' Nov II II known that there are !, 900
m,,s square VI tho richest, iailrst, grandcst
portion II tile earth, all u II reared By the In
mute Fathers hand. rcad. Tor the plow. X il
ttuN,rsed hy railroads aud brought WITHIN
srach. w haze Invented md applied 10 every
nlasr III industry machinery within those
wears. W. hay. reached into tho invisible.
W. hass s.,sed the occult forces Of nature the
onnu0t,ne. ot uui. and harnos2ed that
panr ~ cur machinery. When We were
toy, sou. OF us uaped our fields
MAn si,ki,s. cutting our ingef. Now We
reap our large hars.sts with machines that
reap and bid. 4 mau riding behind those
strong horses. IN \ machine, cuts and binds
from nlt.on To twenty aef.s day, ur. with
fourstrong hats,s nropelllllg, cuts th,sty acres
Il y; tls,a w iInstled With the fail nov
the st~aM th.estias r,sehlhe. pushes itself to
tuv harvest. lhea w distributed the products
81 the soil an curtis and WAGONS /, nov railroad
trans ,naudrr ali ever the land bearing the
Produce ~ market by the 1900 tho l0n.uW
tonA
Look III the difference in stock. r,sncn,-
N,rNh,n MAS Il ias my father tired IL i.nc,
IA SOME sNiup. Ill, Mss iii energetic snan. In,
hn talea HIS sNna Msw iang.nos,d. slab
sad,d, ana lad a,.s lae irosuls horses. len
Aasa.ls VI sytn Would handy lml Tess une Isl
u.cso aas> a,.a ttsele isa great difference III
Sat,ia ~ Mush In Improvements III cfca'lag
tuMl.
iii the matter os clothing. there has been
still g.,a,.r mereasG Fifty YEARS ago our
mothers spun the yarn, Mase The cloth. and
st,teh ~ stlteh made M that which clothed
cur households. | shall never forget I'll. tirst
i,,i II ,tctlsens tina, MAS permitted To wear.
Watched my mother ~ she spun thu Yam.
a,.,hhors Molasn aose II, and II Was tlcu
,as.a 10 a little null. romeml~r il was saait.
snlor.d; tut wh.nl got thss suit on. Was
bigger than Grant ever Was. hut the process
MAS slow. have been through the latg.
maha acl0rag establishments II the Eas,.
have ss'ea CHE man Watching two ep,nning als.
Shats that would nsaea ssxo>s the lady ~ tists
aNdl.nea. Walking haeA aai teiih asit l.,
mage, spia,lnls Thousands 1t thresds III each
Sn.as. maas,S tso easglt talce while ny
niusis.r eaata Maks II ataee. ssd slaanlng
tlnad> a.s,at ,wlee a. long, Ilni ma, hn.as.
ssnd,d ~ sinkle maa, sosali sim nor. warm
thaa several thousand could srsn hN hand. ao
1stu the heal room Ml.sre tlers ale hnndsvsis
~ snun,>. AMI watch thu ~anttes. They III,
rsvk,d ~ stsl har.t~ and tIrswn IN sui ii.
An0ks. AID Yea Gu hardly help Ie,l.4g thai
snsfe s,e No a,tle devils throwing ii saci
aatgssNnu csn lnst stlesA hack ard
tNssM TINS kn watching hall a0&,a ~ shr>.
iuas.s M,a M.a.e more cloth than several ssa.
0r.d cvu.d w.a.e by Lsai.
Mvnt tasaa<Aa large rarpvt ma factory Il,
Year Statov-i sues. In. lais,>, il the word.
Hay tsSr the Wei IS ii eossa.s nNa Iii. ii. i,>
hasA asd tut II Tito nse n,..s IL carpet sx.r.
day. cnpsessas saan nsi.is. |, aeal ,aa
.RS's@ = lNt that Mae. Ito sasa ealavs ly
band.
Aau M, / NJ, s1aetfsse further. I.isp,aa
tat u ts asisss' istasg II laseasatrs W Aa,
aasaipnta MI as.ss.is h Ass.a>. waltz ist,s
fSla etteen tts 81. ssss ii a4aa n.a. ale aese
Ncs ASH Aua tits aae, aas, all a.k WI /,
conssi.s u, iese.s e,es va Az Republicans
~ htaauerats Nationals. II saa ,lea>e. al4s
sisapy gens deg nsese facts a. m.n ua.a,
NJ MN, ~ n nsna>ls.i from the cissls.,,.
Muasds oaslss sa1ss. vA.ti b vss Tor wsnt IN,
lssadg oagls eaai - IL t.alt eletA.a.
Ought aa ndvslr,ssS f.r.,.S Ii III Mlitsuaa
h0aS- \ lusa. Will Nvs assls tssea ssss,s,s lat
the es'aatsstse 49, ia t1sNAaas, Il. lfss | I'LL
hsaa sss;. With aat esss.Ns pea,s u ett. /,
Mssah, thyss Il .ea n..a Nhates.r that III, N,
Nlsoaai n aant - se1fsss.S III alissi laN,lty ,
40 a.csl ,h.s my ~ a>aauss fsnaals Should III
dv>ttatr ~ ia. M, ass tos satsans ana refine
hchI aaIstA.ta, AA,Ai III Alastls.set aud Mas.,,
&nios~t ha, tue tpel i, All ssa war sts,s,-
tsS "a that fact, that the producing classcs
ssaksas the civilized world together to-day are
ssoahi into poverty more Mrctched. more
sssladli0, Mcse crushing, more hopeless. than
st saS eth.r time in the worlds dark klaters.
That ia strong s,stemeat hui trae
take, IL Soa pl.ssss = Mameat's view OF the
!Sstue,Mm at the ereiU Sng classes Of British
loisa. R.in>h Writers tell us, aud they arr not
GiesaiSeAsas> Nnssmesr--we have testimony
lsAt ea,res irom taose the very extreme from
us they tell US that tho dram III interest
AasxA that-aad tAxee out II the product Of the
sea ~ these Masses lesses TO them but tho
hNrst, caatssNt suhslsteuocs that for 4 few
wears the drain has gone deeper, farhsddins the
crhfalst.g ~ thu wastes VI the earth, aud
Wsts.sn tossr wears S.nssu Ulu Wen. Women and
Nasiira hsse died VI starvation What il the
ralnlst.aa " Svar sts,es tan any one tel.
Ms vessv-i. sao1aol Two times ~ many
lssslss ~ iaAahit your State have died cf hum
81 sses want in British lndiA, The New York
ssssr.a, aieN DAYS asc, save 4 most do efal
nSrllsinn II the poverty u the masses or
thn Nnss,Sn emlsrc Ak any German what
Tue h,nssIn Of German khoror il Il home,
Am NM. Y VII ten YOU. drnds.ry from the cradle
sie shadow Ut hope ~ ANYTHING better. The
Mass.s Of England arr living ia poorpr huts and
iaose scAntls fed and clothed to-day than fifty
wars ago. made tina, statement ia Missouri
hh iess sinee, aud an English gentleman pres
sns sssted to ne u tho Close Of my speech that
! Rad not made u halt As strong o. might
have done without esaegerating. The condi.
ton 81 Ireland W. all know-kept in such a
s'ate q absolute poverty that. IL the potato
ei"p happens TO 10 roor, then chsidren-now
sssnrk- have YOU got hearts s-childr,n CRY in
VAN for food-gu hungry as well as half
etched. II the potato crop il cut of, then
starvation fellows. or is only prevented Ly
chsnsv, Such IL the condition of the masses OF
Easolv. with the exception of France
..nt that n not the darn field. ask the at
fya'ioa III every nrrSun To a fact that am now
a''oat 70 sts,e, ! AK sou 10 study II. The
iniefs~' ..tcaning dehts III Europe are ang.
ln.isssf at ratio that il absolutely fearful.
isssr national ielis we're reported IN 1865 Ia
u thirteen billions aud some odd hundred
iaiilluas; IN lS>0 twenty-five billions and some
hsndfsi naainns, increasing in fifteen YEAR
frnni thisse.n q ta,n,r-tso billions. In ISIS
NNn Mas ant.ret ground out OF the product vi
The soal of tue masses on thirteen billions: fiji.
tsen YEATS later interest il drawn ON twenty.
tso Iallions. aud this Is steadily increasng
o,ii.r debts. MISUNDERSTANDING obligations. al.
Increasing about rs rapidly. We VIII take Ia.
dcnts Ut England as sample. Her nationa
dea commenced with the infamous national.
D hiking ssssem which we have adopted th,
asst Infamous system that was ever concoc,ot
III the Lostom.ss PIT to Cypress men. drawing
enabe interest Tor issuing the currency HeI
ists..al debt has increased until ii roache.
tsres iAilons. eight hundred aud thlrt,
miillonr. Tie obligations WHICH are Held
Ne.il4Af Ter railroad. Iy her nsau.p saa $40.