The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-21

product Of our labor As tribute to q
small class.
Now, to bring that within your reach,
let us ask how many men creating wealth
will be required to create 100 dollars
above comfortable support Of themselves
and families to pay this single tribute, to
say nothing about taxes-just il mil |
lions. How many men have we got |
creating wealth out OF 30 millions Of
population? Take the children, the old
people, the sick, the lame and the lazy.
Take the money loaning class who simply
drain and do not create-take their sons
and the multitude Of young bipeds aping
them. THERE'S a large class Of young males
at this time who wear kids, smoke cigar
cites and talk soft nonsense to silly girls
who are absolutely good for nothing else.
Laughter. It would take million Of
them to make man Of. You have got
to take these out; you can't count them.
How many have we left? Not IA mil
lions-not 10 millions. Let me ask this
company, and you create more wealth
than the average, yOn are in rich
country OF measureless mineral resources,
You are industrious you average 100
dollars to pay the money loaners? What
do you think about it? know you do
not. SO we are not paying that interest
Not only have we lived economically,
worked hard with all the advantages Of
machinery, with God smiling on us all
the time, perpetual crops, and have but
little added to our capital, but we have
had creeping on MS steadily this aug
mented mortgage on our industries until
to-day we are bound hand and foot.
That debt can compare to nothing 80
well as the devil-fish reaching out its
Shiny, overwhelming arms, wrapping
every industry in death embrace, suck
ing the life out Of them through interest
and taxes.
What has become Of the product Of our
labor? There are Is millionaires in the
Senate Of the United States-that august
body, about equally divided between the
old parties which has been nearly three
months in debate. I was there for six
weeks ever and anon, and heard that de-
bate between the very elite, the dignity,
the ability of the two parties. What was
the matter Of grave interest that they
were debating? Yea, the appointment Of
q Sergeant alarms with a few petty
offices. Now, IN parenthesis, let me say
that is all there is between the two par
ties. That is the only living issue. The
Senate Of the United States would never
have spent three months debating over
that, If they had anything Of higher con-
Germ to debate about. Applause. II is
said there are more than 100 millionaires
in Wall street-how many there are over
the country only God knows. Jay Gould
was q bankrupt in 1873. To-day he il
said to have gathered more than 60 mil.
lions. Vanderbilt has 131 millions at the
lowest estimate-other ten, fifteen and
twenty millions. Now, / want to make
this one impression 50 distinct that none
of you will ever forget it-every single
dollar that these men have got has beer
created by the toll Of the producing
classes. There is no hocus-pocus methot
, Of creating wealth. We read about Thu
gambling with stock IN Wall street, with
out realizing that all the wealth is createt
by toll. The 131 millions that Mr.. Van
derbilt has got has been created by those
! who work. I have asked the question il
, many Southern audiences, "Was ther,
/ ever q Shareholder that became million
aire by slave labor?" and / have yet I,
, hear an affirmative response. How many
i worth 131 millions, Mr.. Gould more thai
60 millions, and the Is men in the Senat
millionaires? Iwant you to consider thes,
facts. have not said anything yet abou
! the cause or the remedy, SO You can't &c
: up your prejudices yet. It is q yer,
pleasant matter to have $1,000 pail
to man every day out Of the toll Of tn
, people as we arc paying TO Mr.. Wander
bilt for interest on his bonds, he having
. no care for the toilers. The slave-holde
had to care for the old people and th
: children, and take care of the sick. MI
Vanderbilt has no trouble with his serf
B at all. How was this done It was don
3 by manipulating our finances, by comb
/ nations in moving and transporting on
( products, by monopolists but first an,
3 permanently by manipulating our cul
. rency. could prove, II had time. ths
y the money power Of Europe rules Europ
3 controls legislation. But let that pass
9 Let rs see how it is with ourselves. Tha
|. power has absolutely ruled our govern
4 ment. The government has been dom
8 the bidding Of the bankers. They hav
5 controlled all financial legislation. E1
Q cept the partial RECOMMENDATION Of silver
!, and stopping the cremation of the green
d backs, every financial measure has bee
r ut their dictation, and not at the dictatio
b Of, or for the interest Of the people
i They have absolute control. Mr.. Gal
!? field has put that matter in the stronges
r light, and my Republican friends will N
9 ceive it from his lips better than frol
i mine.
9 When Mr.. Viewers resolutions wei
4 before the Honse-did yon ever hear (
. them? / wish you could have seen whs
q time he had in getting them before thu
9 body. No other man could have done i
9 AS debater, he is not equalled. tn
!. speaker was determined they should n.
Q come before the House. On certain day
. members are permitted to move . SUI
y pension Of the rules and pass any meal
t ure, Il they can catch the speakers ey
and secure two-thirds vote. KNOWN
) that he would not get his resolution
t from the committee, Mr.. Weaver sougl
n that chance, and every Monday, whe
/ the opportunity was offered, he address,
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