The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-02-25

needed to fed, clOtle ana shelter.
And on certain day 1t is found
hat there are dollars" enough to
change the title to products rs fast
Is the demands OF food, clothing,
md shelter, require.
And ON the same day 1t is found
hat there are enough "cars" to move
rom place to place products. rs fast
Is the demands for food, clothing
and shelter require.
Then human interests. material,
are at their best.
The highest mortal state is attain
ed.
The march then is toward intel
lectual, moral and physical perfected
At this point, when. all Of material
happiness seems to blend with an
infinite plan.
Suppose the government, no mat
ter what its form, should reach forth
with sovereign grasp
Ind take hdlf the cars" lock them
up, or destroy them.
Infinite wisdom could alone tell
the horrors that would follow.
Products would gorge in one place,
in another place emptiness.
One place would have surfeit Of
food, in another starvation.
Earth, the day before, fair as Eden
now turned into lazaroni Of death
Gods bounties destroyed and biz
blessings turned to a curse.
And all from the simple fact o.
stopping one-half OF the scars
Commerce would be ruined, ita
necessary elements annihilated.
What would the just man say
what would he think Of govern
ment transformed into an enemy o.
both God and man?
But suppose the 'scars' are all lef
and the government
Takes one half OF the dollars oul
Of circulation, locks them up or de-
strOus them.
And when demonstrated with, In
stead Of changing its course. keep!
on till all OF the dollars" save ONT
quarter or less, Is locked up.
And then boasts that there wa!
just as many dollars as there evel
was.
Such a government would be ty
ranny unequalled in the worlds his
tory.
The men who brought such con
dition should be totally destroyed
and their names head the list Of in
fanny in all after ages.
Mortal man could not tell in oil 1T
fullness the suffering that would fl
the world.
Starvation and death, in march
through the fields OF desolation
would make a picture that woult
cause heaven to be draped.
Business failures would multiply
Penetentiary officers incrsase.
Murder would reign.
Luaacy grow till hope would die.
Suicide would fatten as it roamed
the fields Of despair.
DirOrce, with the vengeance Of {
devil, would theatan with utter ex
tinction the marriage Relationship
hottest relation Of all.
And then the rulers, no matter o.
what name. would be stricken t.
death by the hand Of assassination
These signs Of Q dying civilization
are lighting up the world to-day.
Take warning!
The locking up or destroying the
dollar" would bets infinitely
worse than destroying the "cars."
For the Credits" debts could
never he discharged and the "usance'
(intersst) "a them could never b
paid.
So man, bearing q burded, sc
heavy as to make life y curse-dies
In despair.
The direct effect OF locking up the
dollars" is to drive US down to bar
ter.
The direct effect OF locking up the
dollar is to annihilate Commerce
The direct effect Of locking up the
dollar" is to destroy civilization.
Commerce" destroyed, man re-
duced to noMad.
The exchange OF title Of the Ind
mite variety Of products--stops.
The carrying from place to place
Of this infinite variety-stops.
"Old chaos reigns-"
"The damned, in ceaseless jar
gon :"
"Ring out hell's jubilee"
The world-our Republic
Is struggling in the midst OF thi!
sea OF ruin to-day.
As the dollars" grow less, "Com
merce" becomes curse.
For the other iaatQr, "cars," doub
le up their demands
SO that the carrying OF productl
from one place to another become!
q monopoly
Infinite In grasp, deathless il
purpose"
And as dollars" lessen In number
monopoly grows, until the nation
hangs, In even balance. between Life
and death.
The value of dollars" consists II
putting them away from you, FOL
something that will feed, clothe anc
shelter tie body.
$50 to hoard dollars" Is 9 crime
The "dollar" is the medium" tc
change title.
So to hoard dollars is a crime!
The "car" is the medium" tc
change the place OF products.
So to stop them is q crime.
And to make them a monopoly il
q crime.
1.-THE "dollar" (the medium OF cx.
change.) knows no state, no nation
the lr0r!d is its field.
The "car" (all appliances for car
rying,) knows no state, no nation
the world Is its field!
Capital" inspired by greed has
control of both.
Wherever upon earth God has
spread his bounties and laid up in
store that which will feed, clothe and
shelter. when utilized by labor
there capital" with the "dollar" in
one hand and the .car" In the other,
rears its tabernacle
And begins the robbery Of God
and man.
It does 1t by monopolizinp the