Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-09-12
sI.oo PER ANNUM.

III oAAC SOlSl, % o-1O grains J-1O Hne upon
which the unit of the dollar was stamped.
They bought gold and then paid it to
the customs officers, as money at it's face.
Fine scheme, wasn't it? Now, I want
to give the Journal an example which.
will explain why our snobbery can go
over to "hould Hingland', and sleep in
Windsor Castle. During the rebellion
the Confederacy issued bonds, which
were bought by England. Her sympath-
les were with the South. They paid
from 80 down to so cents on the dollar
for six or seven million dol.ors worth Of
bonds- The South was not successful
with all the aid Of financial pirats North,
and old England to help them. The
North or more properly the United States
government issued bonds which were not
sold until the war was over, and Senator
Morton said they never netted the gov
eminent 60 cents on the dollar About
81 800, 900, 900 of these bonds went to
England and Europe. By nefarious
legislation such as the Credit Strengthen
ing act and refunding act of 1878 and
rs they have been at par and redeemed
at, S1.334, so that England has made two
dollars where she lost one on the con-
federacy, and as our country is under the
same law. the lobor of the whole nation
north, south. east and west, is contribut-
ing to the payment of this the blackest
and most Infamous swindle ever perpet-
uated on the human race and not only
this but by contraction of the volume of
money it requires three times the labor
noW to get the dollar as it did twenty
years ago. They are now playing this
gsame anne on the republic of Argentine
in South America and in May last gold
was quoted $2.64.
But why are the confederate bonds now
worth anything on the English market,
they are now quoted at 6 cents or Sd
sterling. There can be but one answer.
Neither the democratic or republican par
ties have said one word about payment Of
the national debt since 1876. They are
unit on this. The wealthy classes of the
|,southern states are as anxious to perpetu-
ate protective tariff (payment Of princi-
pal and interest of the bonds in coin as
the money bargs Of fhe north) as the re-.
publican party IS; they are unit on this
and English capitalists are making SO
much in the game that they can afford to
transfer credit and assume that they arr
WORTH that amount to- please the
Bourbon element Of the United States.
Now, Nj. Journal will yor please tell US
where there is any difference between the
two g. Q. p's. grand old pirates.)
4 1t is not to be wondered at that yots say
we recognize only two parties, as did the
orators aud the press two years ago. OF
course you don't want any other party,
because when you do have your trade
will be gone, and you know it, but it
the people saw you as. you are, they
would see monster, a two headed scuttls
\ with one body four arms and four legs,
one heads, named republican the Other
democrat, they both devour with the
same appitites, one arm faunts prejudice
to the breeze the second lies, the thirc
robs the south OF the profits Of the toi
and the fourth robs the north and west
The four legs, one sets his foot in tn
south, the other north, the third il
! England the fourth in Europe. Who
I ever votes this fall either the democrat o
!! republican ticket votes for this fraud an,
: steal. This is the back bone principle o
protection For myself will vote the in
i dependent ticket though Ivoteit alone.
H. S. KEEPER.
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