The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-04

1.-THE merchant BUYS the goods OF tho
manufacturer and sells them to those
who consume them. thus saving much
time which would be wasted If each in
dividual was forced to 60 to the manu-
facturer for every article purchased.
The merchant is therefore valuable
member Of society he helps the pro-
ducers to make an exchange Of wealth,
and is fairly entitled to receive pay for
what he does. But there are the ma
tional banks, don't see how they help
any; and every particle they consume
or hoard up is SO much taken from the
wealth which belongs to those who pro-
duce it. 1t seems to me that those who
produce wealth ought TO have wit
enough TO devise some means of cx-
changing it among themsclyc. without
paying bank for the privilege. And
every once in awhile there comes 4
panic. and thousands of business men
are ruined, and thousands Of laboring
men thrown out of employment. and
then they get desperate and try all
kinds of sharp tricks to catch up again.
Now if nobody is benefited BY those
panics. some way ought to be devised
to prevent them. and if anybody is ben
Gifted by them they are the fellows that
ought to be watched and not allowed
to have any hand in the making OF the
laws. for IT is natural to suppose that
they would leg slate in their own inter-
est and not in that of the laboring and
business portion of the community.
'Thcn there are the railroads; they
get their charters from the people on
the plea of being public highways. The
people build the roads and then the
companies charge iast what they choose
for transporting the people and their
goods from one part of the country 10
another, and if it is goods that they
transport, they usually take great
deal more of them than they leave the
producers, and then bride Congress and
courts and State Legislatures not to in
terfcre with them.
And SO it goes. and l don't know
how to 60 to work to stop it. F"
.Wall.' replied Mr.. Parsons. ..you'r re
on the right track anyway. an you jest
want to keep agon' TILL yon think it al
out What you say about the exchang-
in of wealth is sensible. II holds 10
reason that there oughtn' t to be nothin'
thrown in the way OF folks cxchangin'
wealth. Them that works creates all
the wealth there is. and If they had all
the land to begin OH. and weren't beat
no way in the eNchangin' of what they
produced, it's mighty clear that ef \
fellow didn't produce nothin or help
some way in tue cxchangin' Of what
Others produced, he wouldn't have any
thing to eat very long. There ought
to be some way discovered SO that them
that produce the wealth could trade
among themselves without supportin' \
lot OF icl!crs that don't do nothin' but
stan around an look on.
"Ef you an Rastus, now, could be
together you'd Tiger it out between
you in short meter. I'll wager. | tell
yon Rastus is smart, and he's got the
sand to back it., an eff anybody ever
goes to disturbin' him on his claim,
there'll be trouble in camp dead
sartin.'
At last the day came when Jennie
and her husband were TO take their de-
parturc.
The family arose early and prepared
breakfast as usual, but it was with
heavy hearts and eyes wet with tears.
And when it was eaten. Mr.. Parsons
| went out aud hitcacd the horses TO the
spring wagon and drove around to the
door Of the shant;. and helped Ensign
to lift in Jcnnie's trunk. the smaller
travelling bags followed. Then came
the last kiss and clasping in arms and
| pledges of remembrance and love. over
| which we willingly draw veil
Who is there that has not witnessed
similar partings: partings Of those
| whose Happiness, depended so much Oh
each Others presence, vt who We're
forced by the cruel necessity of hunting
for dollars. to tear themselves apart and
each go separate ways with half Of the
sunshine gone out of their livcss
viii the time never come when men
will understand what the Teacher OF
men meant when He said: Take no
| thought for tie morrow? And is it
not possible, by being Just to each
other, to remove that constant. cru. he
ing weight of care which comes from
| the eve.-present necessity OF tax nc
what we shall drink. and wherenithai
we shall be clothed?
believe it will come: know it is
entirely possible.
When good-byes had been said. John
Parsons drove the young couple to the
landing. where. with tears coursine
down his checks. he, too. babe them
goodbye and God speed, and then. hav.
ing fed his horses, again hitchcd up and
started sadly homeward.