The Labor enquirer., 1885-03-14

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believe that the editor is sincere IN Whist
he says and thst I have hopes Of his.
giving the subject sufficient attention to
arrive 1t moro intelligent and satisfAc.
tory solution. To know that editors and
readers Of such papers as the Christian
Union and Boston Globe to say nothing
Of the London Times. the Official organ
of the aristocracy Of Great Britain, have
become Sufficiently aroused to give the
subject Of social science their serious at-
tention is very encouraging Scarcely :
day passes that do not witness the spec
tacle of some slueRard opening and rub
bing his eyes q if awakening from z
profound stupor to inquire what all this
fuss and discomfort means anyhow. /
exhibited copy Of The ENoUIRER to 9
merchant to day reading off the startling
headings and commenting upon the
scientific truths embraced in the columns.
He adjusted his spectacles and stared IN
astonishment to learn that The ENQURER
was publishing It's fifth volume and he
had never heard of it before. read to
his wife the address Of the !. W. a. and
was surprised and gratihed to find that
sNe indorsed every word of it. The
Nom Conformist which N. G. w. and the
editor criticises in last issue of Tat En-
ouIRKR is above the average greenback
paper. But the fact is, these mossback
greenbackefs have become 81 welded TO
their greenbaCk idol that they are Mt
terly unable to see an inch beyond this
cure-all Of theirs for all the ills that
aflict humanity. Having discovered
that so-called government Of the people,
for the people, and by the people, has
the constitutional power to coin and
issue money, and that legal tender
paper money would be superior to gold
and silver standard, and that limited
amount of said money placed in circula-
ton would be an improvement on the
present system which cannot be contra
dicted, they imagine that they have
arrived at the climax Of all knowledge
necessary for the emancipation OF suf-
fering humanity. They seem to over
look the fact that with the means Of
production and the lands in the hands OF
a few the volume of the currency would
soon find its way into the Golfers Of
spectators and monopollsts. If the
money of this country to-day could be
drawn out of its hiding places and made
to do duty by employing the idle labor
of the land none need suffer. You
might just as well ask the despoilers OF
labor.to abdicate the land and turn it
over to the people as to ask them to
yield up control of the circulating me-
dunn of the country, besides how much
better off would. we be if we took the
privilege of issuing money out of the
hands of corporations and placed in the
hands of centralized power who have
proved themselves as rapacious and un-
scrupulous as private individuals or cor
porations. 1t seems, however, that men
are still such fools as to think that if
they could only succeed in placing the
greenback party in power that all would
be we'll, and that labor would be en-
nlQyed at biz wages. and that soon the
poor would become wealthy and all
would be happy, forgetful Of the fact
that the larger share of the profits on
the products of labor would find its way
into the pockets Of the biggest thief, as
at present. Greenback thieves would
prove no better than gold or silver in
national bank thieves if placed in power,
and the sooner greenbackers grasp the
fact that it is the system that makes it
possible for the few to rule the many
that must be abolished and join their
efforts to those who propose the only
scientific remedy for the removal of
existing evils the better it will be for all.
Most of the leaders in the social move
ment have trained at the feet of the
greenback Gamaliel long enough to learn
that to place the control of the circulat-
ing medium in the hands of the peoples
could not do more
than give temporary relief. Employers
would continue to pocket the lions share
of the products of labor, and the lobby
would still control legislative action.
What guarantee have the people that a
greenback party would prove less cor
rupt than parties that have preceded it.
Down with the system which breeds
thieves and forces men who are honest
by nature to resort to methods in order
to escape poverty that are revolving to
their better natures. DYNAMITE.
Baltimore. ~ E.. --. r
~[By Associated Labor Press.]
BALTIMORE, March 10.-Oriole Assem-
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