The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-29
BLEEDING TO DEATH!
such Il tho Present Condition Of tho American
Rcpublic--Its LILO I, Dsiny Saprol
BY Vampires, BloodsnsA:--s
and Isechss
from The Chicago ssnttnc,1

from the Chicago sentincl.l
Yes; bleeding to death.
Such IN tho condition Of the Amcri-
can Republic to-day.
Tho assertion is not flash Of rhet-
oric; It Il mn abominable fact.
Ono hundred years ngo this vast
country was little else tlan M unset
tied, unappropriatcd territory Of forests
and prairics.
Bankers were few md fur between;
bonlllollrrs were scarce enough to DE
curiositics; mortgage holders and lnnd-
lords were almost entirely unknown;
millionaircs were not to DO found, and
rnilroal kings absolutely unknown.
Equality of estates; equality OF con-
iitions; equality of rights md privi-
lcges was the almost universal rule.
But to day! Behold the change!
To bcgin with, there are horde of
untaNed bondholders. They have nj
ready drawn from the Treasury upward
Of -, ONO. 900, OOn Of blood money. They
still hold III, 100, OOO, 100 of bonds upon
which year after year they arc sucking
the life-bloed Of the nation in tho shape
Of interest money.
They arc helping to bleed the rcpnb-
lie 10 death.
Then behold the Land Grab map
which We publish on another page!
Cast your eye over il an,l observe the
black lines typical Of the official acts
as.js.N eIav. f,e hsa
record AMI seq the vast, almost meal
rnlahle amount of land the peoples
land which has been stolen and trans
fcrrel to capitalists and corporations.
We call il stolen, because IL has been
wrongfully, wickelly, and feloniously
taken from its rightful owners and
given to men who have no just right
10 il.
IL Inns been stolen and the men who
hold il arc thieses-we care not who
they are or where they live!
These lanl grabbcrs arc helping to
bleed the country to death!
And there are 2,5tW national bank
corporations borrowing money from tho
Government at per cent. and rcloan-
ing it to the people Mt rates ranging
from to % per cent. Besides these
2,5DO national banks there are somo
4. coo private banks. Banker" is mere
ly polite name for Insurer" same
class whom Ch,ist drove out Of the
temple in old Jerusalem. They have
drawn from the people during the last
ton years 81, 14O, 900, 900 in the shape of
met earnings"--being over and above
all bad debts, all taxes, all expenses Of
banking, aud even interest on capital
stock.
They are bleeding the republic to
dcath--for every dollar of this interest
money comes ont of the blood. bone,
and sinew of wealth-producers
The tax-gathcrer has taken for State
taxes alone $3.50, 600, 900 in tho last ten
years. He has taken for taxes to the
GENERA, Government some $1,000
ODO, 900 during the same time. A large
proportion of this amount has been
squandcred in the support of super
iiuous. unnecessary, and useless horde
Of pap.sucking barnaclcs who are kept
in Office to help manage and manipulate
political machines.
They are doug their share in the
damnable work of bleeding the republic
to death.
There are lot Of Boards Of Trade
unconscionablc spectators in bread
stutfs. They are taking, according to
tho hest estimates, something like
$40, oun,0 900 per year out OF the bread
material as il passes through their
hands going from the ovcrworkcd
farmer to the half-fcd consumer.
They are bloodsuckcrs and lccches,
Operators on Change rs they are pc
litcly called, helping to bleed the re-
public to death.
Then there is another institution,
known as insurance, which takes from
the people and appropriates to the sup
port of M army Of non-produccrs
500, 900, 900 per year.
This institution, overlooked by most
rcformers, is in highly respectable"
way doing its share of tho work oil
bleeding tho Republic to death.
In tho last ten wears tho railroads
have paid 81. 50i, 900, 900 in the shape
of interest money on bonds and divi-
bends to stockholders. This, bear il
mind, is over and above all Operating
expenses" of the roads.
This il SO much more blood taken
from tho veins Of this bleeding Re
public.
Then there are a thousand and ont
other lesser vampires. blood-suckcrs
and lecchcs, such ms tho Standard Obi
monopoly. tho Western Union Tele
| yraph Company, the Associated Pres,
monopoly. lawyers, brokers, middle
men, etc. etc, etc. Each and ever,
one Of them has death grip upon tn,
body polite, and each and every ono o
them is helping to bleed tho Republi,
to death.
Against the sio,ooO,ooO worth o
property the fund-holdcrs hold an in
tercst-hoaring claim, in tho shape O
notes, bonds, and mortgages, to tn,
extent of so, OO0, O0O, 0OO-cvcry dolla
OF which is drawing interest, and ever.
dollar of interest is SO much OF the life
blood Of the Republic absorbed by Ac
cumulatcd Wealth.
And thus il is that
These untaxcd bondholdcrs;
These gigantic monopolies;
These soullcss corporations;
These foreign and native lanu-grat
bers;
These supcrnuous, office-holding ban
nacles;
These bankers and money mongers
These thousand and one other VAN
pires. blood-suckcrs, and leeches,
Are bleeding the Republic to dcdM
Yes, bleeding to death, as other M
tons, in other times, but from simila
causes, have bled to death, and sunk !
last into poverty. wretchcdness, and oil
livion.
The prophetic words Of woe read b
the terror-stricken jewellers at Belsha;
zar's feast were not palmer than arc til
signs that proclaim the fate whic
awaits the Republic-Bleeding
Deathl
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