The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
STATE aREENBACK PLATFORM

Once more the National party of Iowa calls
attention o the unjust legislation from which
the people suffer, and demands relief.
false, partial, ard cruel financial system
now forces the millions into usurious debts to
monicd men and banking houlcs, and then al.
lows the lendcrs to contract the currency,
crowd down all property valucr, forcclosc mort
cages, close factories, and drive producers into
the highways. This arbitrary financial despot-
ism has already produced incipicnt revolution,
while strikes and universal organization for the
protection Of labor, indicate great unrest.
The process of initiating the value of the dol
lar q, d all bonds. mortgages and other money
obligations, while crowding down the value OF
farm products, labor and property generally,
has been greatly facilitated by cornering about
one-third OF the money OF the country in the L.
s. Treasury-a policy adopted by the Republi-
can party and continued by the present admins
tration, despite the fact that nearly two hundred
million Of the war bonds are payable and draw
inC interest. Congress- seems Indifferent to the
ruin resulting, and spends much Of its time pats-
ing relief bills for private indviduals, while the
millions suffer.
We call upon the mortsaged farmers, manu-
factarere and business men OF Iowa, and upon
the workingmen to rise up and save their farms,
workshops and business houses from conisca.
tion and the labor market from destruction, by
uniting with us TO change this mad policy and
compel congress to do its duty.
ENGLISH CUNNING EXPOSED.
The English plan for our ruin has been adopt.
ed. 1t was exposed by the ..IIazard's g Circular,
published by Hazard, an English capitalist, and
circulated conhdentially as early as 1862 among
the bankers and capitalists Of this country. l,
was ae follows:
HAZARDS INFAMOUS CIRCULAR.
.sSlayery ie likely to be abolished By the wal
Irhnt nj0lO~ Ien rnd
! and my European friends are in favor Of, FOL
slavery is but the owning Of labor, and carries
with It the care for the laborers; while the Eu.
ropean plan, led In by England, is capital CON
troll Of labor, by controlling wages. This can be
done by controlling the money. The great debt
that capitalists will to 1t 10 made out OF this
war must be nsed as measure to control the
volume Of money. To accomplish this, tthe
bonde) must be used as banking basis. We
are now waiting to get the secretary Of the
treasury to make this recommendation to Con.
gres,. 1t will not do to allow the greenback, as
time, for we can not control them. But We can
control the bonds, and through them the bank
issues
GOVERNMENT LOANS.
We denounce the prescnt money system
which enables few men to borrow the credit Of
the people at one per cent. and reioan the same
back to the people ut enormous rates of interest,
and demand the issuance Of lawful money,
which, instead Of being loaned to banks or
bonded security, shall be loaned to the people
under IN equitable and safe system on ample Sc.
curity, ~ the school fund OF Iowa 10 now loaned
and st rate not to exceed three per cent.
LABOR.
In the language Of Lincoln: Labor being
prior to and independent Of capital, deserves
much the higher consideration" The right oi
the lsborcr to enjoy the fruits Of his toll il nee.
eesary to the maintenance Of that equality III
wealth upon which the permanencc OF our po-
litical fabric depends. This country cannot re-
main free under laws that create colossal for.
tunes for the few and widespread poverty TO,
the many. We call upon all labor organizations
and oil patriots In every station Of life to assist
US to restore labor to that position which Its
importance demands. We realize that labor /.
the motive power, manual labor the engineer t.
to keep the car OF progress moving forward, yei
its claims receive less consideration at the hand.
of sw.makers than do non-producers, specula
tors and bankers. We heartily endorse the dc.
mands made upon congress by the last genera
assembly Of the Knights Of Labor, and pledge
ourselves to aid by voice and vote their adoption
| into law.
We condemn the Republican party of .hs
| State OF Iowa for opposing every measure intro
duccd in the last Legislature, advocated by the la
b0r organizations, in violation af their previou.
| party pledges.
We demand such laws ae viii insure speed,
payment of wages to employees in mines, facto
ries and workshops in the lawfa! money of thu
| country and the complete abolition Of the traci
stcre system.
/ LAND.
A free government ean exist only VITA .res
homes, and VIC condemn that policy that Per
| mlts vast tracks Ct land to he owned by any in
| dividual or corporation. We denonncc the pol
4 Icy Of permitting foreigners Who owe no aliesl
ancc to the flag of our country u acquire title Il
| real estate i'm tais country. aud we deMsrd tha
| all forfeited ~ anearns! and-, granted - rail