The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-09
Plotting TO Perpetuatc the National
Banks.

| There IL strong effort being made Mt
Washington 10 obtain another twenty
years extension to the natit nnl.bnnk
swindle which has already robbed labor
Of millions Of dollars. The danger TINT
threatens the republic every hour that
tho national banks continue to WELD the
tremendous power Of being able Mt any
moment to expand or contract the value
Of the currency ought to make il i'm
possible for the bankers to succeed iii
inducing Congress To become their tool
in carrying out policy which, in the
interest OF few thousand bankers, i'm
poses III enormous tax upon tho people.
1t il well known that Congress, IL il
aims Mt rejecting .public opinion, will
not consent to give the national bnnks
another lease Of life. The opposition
manifested against them IL OF clarac
ter that ought to secure their speedy cx.
tinction. Men Of nil shades Of political
opinion are unanimous III the belief that
it IL unjust as well rs unrcpnblican for a
few thousand bankers to have it in their
power to dictate how much or how little
every workingman iii the country shall
get for his labor, and yet it is this priv
ilcge that Congress IL now asked to cx-
tend 10 tho national bankers for another
twenty years.
Under the national. banking system
~ 1t now exists few nntional-hank
Presidents have in their hands tho con-
troll Of tho whole financial wealth Of the
country. II they 30 pleased they could
create panic tomorrow hy lesscning
the volume Of currency. II was their
consciousness of possessing this power
that made them last year treat tho Gov
crnment rs ii il were their servant.
Their threat to involve the industries Of
the country in ono universal ruin ii Con
grcss insisted upon compelling them to
deposit in the treasury 3pcr cent. bonds
M security for their circulation was no
idle one. They had already begun to
execute that threat. and il their tool in
the White House had not obeyed their
command, and vetoed the bill TINT was
Objectionable tothem, the country would
have experienced all the horrors of an
other panic. And il is this system thu.
Congress is now asked to continue.
As we know that the national banks
are busy ut work trying to corrupt Con-
gress with the money they have stolen
from the people, we think it necessary
to let our readers know tho names Of
congressman who have consented to
aid in the work OF continuing n system
Of public plumber that il every year dc
spelling labor of its just reward. To
begin with the Banking and Currency
Committee, here are the names Of its
members who voted 10 continue the
nationalist swindle twenty ycaes
longer: W. Grape, Massachusetts, u.
9. Smith, Illinois; q. w. Wcbbcr.
Michigan: Nelson Dingley. Jr., Maine /:
w. Il. Moore, Tennessee Thomas Cor
nell, New York ]; u. ?. Flower. New
York ID. Ermentrout. rcnns, !:
A. A. Harienh.rgh, New Jersey. Six
Of these are Republicans and three
Democrats. But in the issue that the
national hanks are forcing upon the
country there can hc hut one dividing
line, namely, the one that shall
separate the enemies Of the republic
from its friends. We, therefore, urge
upon our readers. whatever may be their
political ons-Democmtic. he.
publican or Greenlack--to vote soliilv
against every Congressman who, by
voice or vote. assists in pelpetuatins
the national banks.
We have begun by publishing the
names Of those ON the Banking and
Currency Committee who have obeye,i
the orders Of the national bankers.
When the question comes up before. the
House we will give the names Of the
Congressman who vote for me Of the
most gigantic steals ever lerletrate.l al,
the country. We hope our readers will
do their best to keep Those men from
going back to Congress. -Lish World.