The advocate., 1890-07-16
THE ADDRESS

dence Of i776-An Address tO the People.
We, the members OF the Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union, the knights Oi labor, the
Trades Unions, the Farmers Mutual Beneht As
sOCiailOn, Patrons OF HiSbandry Single Tax
League and Kindred organizations Of the state or
Kansas assembled by delegate In the CITY NJ To-
peka this 18th day Of June, 1890, ~ deliberate
upon the afAlrs VI Ow country ANA advise proper
action, declare as follows
That crisis Is approaching In the affairs Oi
our government thal calls Tor prompt anu ulilteu
action ON the part Of her Intelligent and patriotic
citizens II We are 20 maintain our independence
AS people, and our liberties ana equality as
citizens Oi great republic
The use OF steam and electricity as applied 20
navigation and the means OF communication,
have brought All the nations Of the earth 20
gether I'm trade and commerce, Space In great
measure has been annlhllnted by tho Inventive
genius Oi man, and the market reports from Lon
don, Liverpool and In fact All the great trade
Cenlers Of the old world, are received In New
York and inland cities 0f the United States every
hour In the day. The great republic OF America
N thus In constant contact with the mOnhrChes
Of Europe, and II N needless 10 say that this con,
tact must result In a homogeneous government
for an the nations of the earth. The govern
mentg Of the world must be-, In the near future,
ali republics or all mOnarChles, as the two forms
VI government are incompatible and cannot
long exist when brought In contact AS the past
experience with France flly demonstrates.
menace 10 all mOnarchles, the world over, and
must be DESTROYED, or the mOnATChlal form OF
government viii perish from the earth.
Monarchy has watched with Jealous eye the
strides Ot the young republic as 70 developed In
10 mighty nation, ever seeking 10 plant In her
free institutions the seed Of destruction and
DEATH The opportunity was no last presented,
when our country was In the thrOes OF great
civil war; and monarchy planted In this repub.
llC the fntal seed, rs set forth In the Hazard
ntWaNnH vtNinh Ia piUnuIuU iutu nMpVuqf uf
despair 10 our people and death 10 the republic.
Monarchy Is thus accomplishing through a
money system what she failed ~ accomplish by
force OF arms, the sublugaton OF American ctl-
zenship
Our country is rich In resource, almost without
limit. God Almighty has done his whole duty 10
make this the greatest people upon earth, Pro-
duCtive machinery has also been Invented To rs
slst labor, and the annual accumulation OF wealth
In America Is 10 great II COnfuses the under
standing and greatly exceeds that OF any other
nation In the world yet the producers Of thls
vast wealth do not possess II, but IL has found itS
way Into the hands OF u few persons, through
corporate franchises, which have allowed the
few 10 amass the wealth OF the country and
build up fortunes such as the world never before
knew, while the great mass OF the people live In
poverty and are hOpelessyi In debt, beyond their
ability 10 ever pay, without change IN the fln-
damental laws OF our country
10 was stated on the floor Ot the present United
States Senate, that the aggregate Indebtedness
Of the people OF the United States s not less than
800 100000. The statement was not challenged
by any member present, but was aCqulesCed In,
as a fact, and was considered a low estimate Oi
the public, corporate, municipal and individual
Indebtedness OF the people OF The United States
This sum In 80 vast that the human mind can
not comprehend II, and at an annual interest OF
per cent IL would amount tO nm annual drain
upon the productive energies Of this country OF
S3,GO0O0OO00, % sum so great that the under
standing Is again confused and falls tO COmpre
hend II. This vast SUN has 10 be paid annually
out Of the profits OF labor, and II the profits OF
labor are not sufficient to discharge thls vast In
terest obligation, recourse iS had upOn aCCumu-
lated labor (Or property as we term ltl and mort.
cages are fOreelOsed and property taken until
the debt IL discharged,
Il is evident thaEa large amount OF property
must be yearly sacrificed IN the creditor class In
dsCharglng this interest obligation, When we
take into consideration that we have rs a Circu-
latlng medium for the entire country as given by
the United States treaSurer'S report, Of about
IA ,0O0,0 100000 and nearly Onethird Of this amount
is locked up In the United States treasury, lCay-
Ing but little over 9i,9O,00OOOO available for
the payment OF debt; II this sum was entirely In
the hands OF the people, (Which II Is n0t)-But
suppose 10 Is; how will we meet an annual drain,
for interest alone, upon productive energy OF
$4,000 100000 with u circulating medium one.
third az great? In other words, we have money
tO pay but One-third OF our annual interest, and
the balance (92,4O0,0C0,0O0) must be paid by alb
sOrbng 30 much OF the country or the money
must be borrowed back from the creditor class
nc least twice, and mortgages executed upon the
property OF the country 10 secure the payment OF
the same, In order 10 enable the people to dis
charge their interest obligation for one year
This last means has been TesOTted To until the
mortgage blight OveTspreads our country, and
mortgages are being iOreClOsed NJ an alarming
rate and the homes Of our people are passing
into the hands or the insurers, giving rise 10 "a
system Of absentee landlOrdlsm I'm what our
fathers designed tO be free America, which paes
Ireland into insigninCance. To further Oppress
and destroy American citizenship and hample
under foot the rights Of the citizen 10 He liberty
and pursuit OF happiness, rights which our
fathers declared were the natural, inallenabe
rights OF all men, tho mOnarehles Of the old
world, I'm league with the money interests OF
this country, are forming our industries into
trusts crushing ont all legitimate individual en-
teTDrise and making the small operators In husl
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