The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-18

Creatures Of Class Law The
Bane Of the World.
The Money Power a Con-
spireov Against Civ
ilization.
Speech Delivered NJ the lansing
Camp Meeting BY Jesse
ID. Harper, Of Dan.
Vile, III.

IL uNrpers III lINH.
vile. III.
Troubles are a. widespread a. civilization
The disease which Affects yrur material inter-
csts YOUR political life, your moral ideas, II the
same disease now working liz CERTAIN ruin in Ill
Chr s.cilton.
warning. EVIL ehsl 80 forth from nation 10
nat on fulfilling. In every land unrcst Ia
m nifest. 1hose unclean sprita, like frugs.
have gone forth aud eutcrcd tho Kngs Of the
earth, 10 gather thcm 10 tho battle.
Russia lotters and rests insecure III her leo.
hound nest. death to tyran.s. meta you.
blazing III fury everywhere.
The strongest Government on earth has no
str,ng h against tts mystic toe. The assassin's
knife and bullet arc being dyed in blood. Lib,
erty, long trodden beneath tho iron heel OF
de.,otism, IL rising. and its prnt up FURY de-
velops nto sctncs appalling 70 thosc who love
peace.
Continental Europe sccthes and hoils like 4
cSldron Tho deadly h.mlock ~ dtcasinE ~.
tocracy il witnessing In every house, from
the Hugs down 10 tho purllcus II thu ls2xa-
rSllt.
Aud Western Europe, the hand Of boastctl
constitutional government, reels and staggcrs
like drunken man. Tue old il preparing TO
give place 20 tho new. ahe rcgsnesls y daw..
ing. The blazing edge Of the cunning bAltieM
Of hrc u seen ~ il hashca through tho cerrN,-
tons 0f effete society. From Arhangel 10
Lands End from the leo glaciers Of tue North
10 the Bosphosns and Dardsnel'cs,
Over Europe hAnes
Attila's cur~c again.
Cr - over 10 the empire OF tho setting sun,
the repnhicat the world, anu here. like the
tabled Atlaitas, there Ia, ks song OF death"
have always f0rerun tue dying out aud runewAl
OF civl,xxtlon We have Gully 10 citc siekening
Pages Of detail IL prove.
Contrast two periods or our hsstorv, two
cpoch years, the Ike 81 which has mot hceM In
tho pAst, nor will th.ir equal come to IN IN tho
future The yeArs 1850 aud 1878 will HtxMi in
our records ~ monumental. They were 10 us
s~r boMam, ssx ahor.
The iornaer Iron Int ma 10 thu year Of peace.
after the baptism Of blood. The other CARED
" down to The money system Of barbarian and
death.
Tho year 1866 was the tir.t after tho var for
the rights of men, the rights u labor.
The year LIS landed IN upon tho hArrn
rock, .ssecie payment" A, the end of that
year We reached the nnholy systcan Of fraud
aud ~ bery. The system that failed Ia q the
hoy inning Of the war. Thu systcM that hss
failed us nftesn timcs during the tirss century
Of u0r national life. A system that, in each Of
its failures, had robbed labor Of ~ per cent. of
its earnings and added thia same per cent 10
the cAp,tAi side Of tho ledger of wealth,
The year 1878 turned IA over, hound hand
and foot, into tho hAnds Of the money chang
err into the deadly embrace of The tra l~s.stsi.
The year 1878 turned " over hke shecp 10
thUa
monop aSta. money mono 'o.ists, ra,lroad mo-
nopOlista, : trinity Of cvil. . triad 0f roaher.,
whose generic name 10 the money pow,r Goa.
sWracy agaiuat civilization.
30 Il II fair u contrast "a TO troubles the
years named. And Ne viii make the con,raA,
wh Oh mark the advance Of civilization, Or note
its decline to extinction. Thurc Arc hvs true
indexes Of national hfc and death. They ars>
drae, failures or sncxscssca IN worldly 0uslneas
sccond. the Increase or decrease Of pca,tvn-
tiary otenaas; tblld, the increase or decrease
Of mordcrss fourth. the increase or decrcase Of
lunAcv, Aud NTH. the increase or 0ecreAsG ii
sn.cade. Look nov at the picture. r.isare~M
lS66. Aa6, Fsllnrvs in business IN ls7s, ~ dA
Pcnltcnt,&ry odenscA. 1865 one ayAlnal twSnev,
seven Ia ls7A Murder, In ls6i QUO agaia.,
t~cnty-thgec in 1919 LanAtcs In lNS6 ON
against tw nty-0n. IN ls7a SUICIDES IN lisa
one against txenty-ninc in 1919
These wcte yean Of ruin UNSURPASSED.
No per,oi IN our history did the social evil u
abound. aud no rerosi Ia, our n.s,ory did ths
liquor tr, III ~ mcrcsse No period IN our hls
tory did tue millionaire rise hke hydra aMJ
mo- peTid IN our history did pANrers @prin.
irn,n the sroaad - mushrooms ~ N lhs YEAR,
1866 70 the emf II 1874 There we're No traMN
IN l~66. ~hl'c in la7S the land swAmlel wll
THEM. Es>Ays acre solicited by rh.lantarops, Il,
surgcst ing remedies for the ssourye a trHMns
And law. ~.rc passed during the dark hours u,
the rroatm Of tramps SO outrageous th>t /
they had ten in fone in the DAYS Of Chria
thcy would have su jected Him aud LIS dis
cipses TO imprisonment for carrying Tho word
~ Ate 10 tho pesiahung.
II We cast our eye h Europe We see Aoan. ON
paid troops. costing M pr cent. OF the entsr
cxpetSes. All wi tue word goes out that IL
Government u not 4 0ng enough.
In tree Anne lea, where the cunaent Of III
governed l. tho just source u the power Il III
Government, ne are told also that the 0overn
mcnt Is no. Atroag enou.h,
II these are no indexes IL trouble then tAer
V m sach thug ~ trouble.
Onc other contrast In lS66 there W.T.
fewer crlaes committed. acco. dlng 10 tho rsls
q people. than any year u our Listerv. HI
strange - some, vt true, W. are tuld tAst
glssoots 70 'dleFy would cndarger our hl<rn
That aaOl0O0 VI men tarnsd loos. fred frsM
the reetrainta u military disciphnc. wo,.ll d
the land VII hcriMe.
Not 90 The Loys who faced death on 81
battlc-nelds that heerty aud union shaald b
ONE and .nsepATable forever were not The Me
% swcal the tide VI crime, Men vino hid eas
- blood, icArncd In tAis high devotion 10 conn
ny the wortA u union learned the nicvisa
value OF republican n.tltu,isnA
50 when eAes came h0nac> lowed oace Agai
round Che heAxthstOne aud pOn el forth thei
PRAYER. the hand % crime wAs st.ld. ,he VA
- became an exp.ator, jastice rstsl. N, 10
during this passAee Of business death. from
lS66 70 lars. tho curn ncy was contracted i
volume - never before IN 10 abort time
"A september. l66A ~ sAowa BY the chlcAS,
xNeev OewaM june ~, lS.N the amount q
payer iasusd either BY the banks Or the Gov
eminent, which perforM,d the fanssioas i
money, amounted TO a. s9& S7N7sN
And this = trua Al tais tune there yer
about e0ea 400 Of $40 s.per-xeas. bond
whsA did not ralate ~ money. That ~h Il
uld carculate aud perf,xM tue fancs,ans o
money vAa legAl-leAAcr comlnan i-anter,s
notes. eal7, 0ak,lS,; kgai-t.ndsr o-rr~cens
noses Mana ssl treasury notes pas, dae
esq. 000. Ooa part q which had ten N Il,
clothed With lcgal-tender power. and thu Il b.
pan o. which. not No closhess, vet lellg ~o.t IL,
On thcar face aud back In thu saMc zen, RI
Language OF rromlse were LARGELY used q
money Temporary loan certificates, Il, l. Las,
7lS certificates u Indebtedness, SSa0sa D 10
old StAts-6Ank paper, S,SsG7,t75 nA,lonsl
bank paper, &laA0O.OOa
By The time Jay Cook Co failed. sepscMa, l
l61S tho amount had hecn contracted A, 40,
SsaueA And the work went on TN the e,rcu
lating medium hSd tesn contracted 10 lessths
7uO.0O0. 0O0 Thus monstrous crime produces
rum moro sweepinx aud wider slsvad tina
history rceords IN either ancient u Mosler
u0es The change of property. out ef ID
oAnds OF the many into the po<sess,on of ID
Isw, never had = parallel. More than 4i0, OsO
Oo0.00O worth pSssed into the Aands Of 10 i.
cent. q the people through foscsst~aks. JUDI
mcnt Hens, mortgages without rvtleMptou
trust deeds and ri road c0n6 ,cAtion4 An
these new ownsr did not pay Is pr cent. !
What the property cost the hrst owsMrs.
Hence BANKRUPTCY WAS Ahnaet unlxerssl, On,
q! this AMPLY to satisfy the ,nsat.abls Hrv.d .
few Shyloeks. sho fattene<l on the sons.ca,c
property which class laws authur, sai and en
powered them 70 lay hold on aud tab. po~<es
sion Of.
This great suffering came npon the countr
- the result Of the contraction pulacv, III
shrinking OF the W ame % the money, slervh