The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-26
Causes and Their Effects.

Inc natlonal banker exchanges his
promise to pay" for that Of the
farmer. The promise to pay Of the
banker does not draw interest, that
OF tho farmer does. The farmer
gets friend to endorse his note.
The farmer, his endorser and all the
people, through their government,
arc responsible for the promise Of
the bank. That responsibility is In
tie form OF an untaxed interest bear
Ing bond owned by the bank. Who
pays the interest on that bond? II
It IL paid by labor, then does not Ia
Dor pay interest on twice the money
represented In business, or In the ra-
ito Of % In money to $40 In bond?
Now, nearly all the wealth Of the
country 10 the product Of labor
and the reason why it Is not largely
In the possession Of the men who
have produced 1t, is because some
cause has interviewed to prevent 80
natural result. One OF these rea-
sons, and potent one, is this double
interest system, . creature Of legis-
luton exclusively. Yet our hide
bound republican papers tell us" you
can't make mon rich by law" while
this law is accomplishing that very
result by constantly tending to sep
arate production from producer.
One OF the chief objects Of govern
mcnt ought to be to secure protec-
to the rights Of property. This Sc
curlty Is essential to the welfare
OF the people. Its infringement is
the cause Of large portion OF the
litigation Of the courts. Property is
almost exclusively labor or the pro-
duet OF labor. Hence to obtain la
Dor or Its products without render
ing an equivalent Is grievous vio-
lation OF the rights Of property. Ev.
cry improvement that gives the hu-
man family its homes, Its transpor-
tation, Its necessaries OF life, and
even its luxurIcs comes from labor.
The inventive genius Of the world
has failed to devise any other method
Of supply-any substitute for labor.
And yet our laws pave the way for
those "who toll not neither do they
spin" to trample beneath their feet
the rights OF the laborer on whom
they depend tor every morsel Of food
they ent, for the clothing that covers
their nakeduoss, the homes that
shelter them from the inclemencies
of the seasons, and for the comforts
and luxurics that abound In them.
The legal standard Of the distribution
OF the products OF labor Is money,
and the unfair or unjust distribution
Of the products OF labor which are
wealth, is the unjust legal standard
OF distribution. When these laws
are made just and equitable labor
will naturally retain Its just proper.
ton Of what it produces and capital
will have q just reward for its use
Should a parent so adjust his affairs
as to make one OF his offspring able
to spend his days in idleness, In the
full enjoyment Of every comfort and
luxury Of life, while the others with
incessant toll are deprived Of all but
the actual necessities Of existence
every tongue would condemn thu
Injustice. Is government any
more justiflable in legislating t.
produce these results than the paren'
would be? Monopolists condemn
our objects because they would bt
an innovation upon the laws and
customs that have grown musty witt
the antiquity Of years. The evils o.
the past are In the tomb Of time
Let us act for the present with nj
ego to tho future. II laws have beer
made which give one class an I'D
vantage In the battle OF life ovel
others, the amendment Of those law!
il no Infringement upon the rights
OF those who have had the unius
advantages Of the former laws. bu
instead the amendment would rem
ider justice to those who had former
~ been deprived OF 1t because Of thu
existence OF those laws. The wei
fare OF the many demands this limo
walton upon the laws Of the past.