The advocate., 1890-11-05


r0bs the Millions 20 build up milll0nAlres
but four nftha Of lhe people Of tho United 5talel
are slaves tO mOneyed 0hmrchy as well
whoever controls the volume OF our currency
Is absolute master OF the commerce and indus
Try of the country. flames A. 6drleid, $780,
The money power, conscienceleas and
greedy ma the old slave power has been
fostered by the republican party, and
catered to by its every act Of Legislature
ill II imports contract wage slaves, buys
chea? men, having first created free
trade labor market, then II turns about
as seller and confronts the buyer with
pools and trusts denying competition.
The money power, with lts huge fortunes
and corporations, treats life, liberty, vir-
tue and honesty as commodities. II az
serts It's right TO buy cheap and sell dear.
"Enslave but one human being" said
Garrison, "and the liberties Of the world
are put In PERIL They who control the
prices Of q nation will control the llber-
ties Of its markets and will come In time
% control all ts other liberties.
There are twenty American citizens who have
gathered 81 6000O 600 from the toll and tears Of
6O000,OO0 people, and these twenty men have II
I'm their power 10 fX the price OF every bushel Of
wheat, every ton OF coal ana every days LABOR
between the Hudson and the Sacramento, Hon.
Thos. W. Fitoh, er.Rcpubhcdn Representative
Wannamaker's white slaves are left the
choice between suicide Of body, and sui
eide of soul. Overworked, i'll paid
mothers bring children into the world
deformed in body and soul, children die
OF want, strong men tramp and beg, de-
MED the right to work, men and women
toll their lives away for mere plttance,
only to die in the poorhouse and be
buried In the paupers' field.
A country that ought 10 be buoyant and happy
and prosperous lying prOstrate beneath the iron
grasp Of the money kings, who by their rasCally
have forged the chains that enslave the people
to-day. Senator W, ". Stcrdrt, Nerddd.
"Within thirty years" says Thomas G.
Shearman In the Forum, "with the pesent
Industrial conditions unchanged, the
United States will be owned by less than
$4,000 persons" A plutOcraCy holding
the centralized wealth Of the nation will
rule We are to-day free in name, seris
in fact, What does II mean TO the thou
sands Of railroad men TO whom the Santa
Fe pays $t.l0 per day. II means serv-
tude and slavery and wretched life for
their families. Workmen must accept
the wages given or starve, hence they
have fallen into a condition worse In
some respects than that Of the black man
before the war. Another alarming fea-
ture Of our wage slavery system Is the
congested state Of our great cities. The
lands Of the common people are being
stolen from them by class Legislation.
Driven from their lands they seek the
cities for employment. Statistics tell us
that one-fourth Of our people live In the
cities families Of seven live in one room
in New York, and portions Of that city
are more thickly settled than any por-
ton Of the city Of Pekin, More men,
women and children to the square foot
than there are bones in cemetery.
The farmers OF our country are losing their In
dependence. Their mortgages are making them
towards, Nothing makes "A man sayl8h and
cOwardlY 80 quick as 10 have n mortgage on his
farm and have his creditors pressing him. Sen
tor StClcdH
ave deny the right Of the bondholder
and money lender TO enslave the people,
said Congressman Ryan, and the people
aim TO abolish a system Of slavery more
terrible because more prevelant and
destructive than even negro slavery. We
aim TO assist and emancipHte true man