Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-03-22
Why NOR GOVERNMENT soUf
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That is . most remarkable financial
scheme proposed by Senator Stanford Of
California. The farmers are in deep dis
tress all over the land. Their farms in
all parts Of the country are ~mortgagsd
for all they will bear at usurious rates oil
interest. The tariff and the demonetIza'
zion of silver are the causes which have
produced this state of Affairs. Every
schooIboy knows this to be the true
state of the ease. Scarcely an attempt
/. being made by Congress TO remove the
real cause Of the depression and dis
treas. Oh the contrary, Senator Stan
ford suggests the further dosing Of the
patient with qusek nostrums. He wants
the Government 10 take up these mort
cages and issue interest. bearing notes
thereon which shall enter into the cur
rency Of the country as 50 much money.
One or two per cent is the interest rate
he talks about. In the name OF the
everything God are we not already Drift
ing fast enough in the direction OF the
p~aternal idea Of government Is 1t not
enough for the Government to go into
c~opartnership with every manufacturer
10 the land without embracing also the
agriculturists who constitute . still
larger class. And what is to become OF
the merchants and professional men and
laborers who belong to neither class
Are they TO remain hewers Of wood and
drawers Of water ltaxpsyersl for all tie
restf II we are to have 3 p~aternsl gov
eminent let rs have il in the highest and
most perfect sense. Why not go the
full length and provide Government
soup houses for the maintenance OF all
who are not cared for and supported by
the laws Of the land Who is this Gov
eminent, and what is il anyhow We
have always had an o~ld-fsshioned notion
that it was Of and belonged to
the people. If 50, why not give
the people . chance! Why pass
laws to benefit special classes
at the expense Of the masses! Any law
that takes from the humblsst citizen in
the land q single ten cent piece that it
does not equally take from every other
citizen. high or low, is robbery pure and
simple. Any law that has for its object
the extending of benefits TO . class OF
citizens, that does not include all classes,
is an outrage upon our system Of Gov
ment, pure and simple. This is what
Stanford's wonderful scheme would do.
The farmer is to receive the fostering
care Of the government and to be pro-
vided with cheap money. Why not the
miner also! But who aver heard Of such
nonsense as all this. The issuance OF
notes on lands was tried in Pennsylvania
in Colonial times. IL was a disastrous
failure. II Senator Stanford had read
the history Of his country he might have
saved himself the modification Of launch.
ing this ridiculous monetary scheme.
How many Senators are there anyhow
who are absolutely ignorant Of the mis-
tory Of their country, and Of the forma'
tioD Of this government in particular
We should say at least one.hslf of them,
at IN off hand guess. We know = good
many of them personally and we have
met but few who knew anything sbou,
it. Brass and Doodle are the sole quail.
6cations Of men for high places in these
latter days.
The toiling millions. including the
farmer, in this country can be helped by
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
They can also be helped by cutting down
the tariff and allowing . portion of the
money which they pay to protect the
manufacturer to remain in their own
pockets. These are the sensible things
for Congress to do to relieve the distress
in this country. and there is no other
way to do it. Finally the less the
Government Intermediates with private
business affairs. the better for the people.
In a Republic every man should be left
as free as possible to skin his own eel and
work out his own destiny. Any other
course will destroy the manhood and in
dependence of the man and ultimately
work the destruction Of the government
itself.