Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-08-26
A BIT OFU. s. HISTORY.
ICONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.

lCONCLUDED IRON LAST WEEK.
In the east the loan companies were equally
successful Farming and all kinds of business
became less remunerative. and men were In
duced TO put more capital into 1t TO make up
the deficiency.
Men began to lose their homes; TO fail in
business, and many became anxious, over
worked, exhausted and detected. Congress
meanwhile, promised relief, by either a high
protective tariff. or free trade, whichever we
preferred, and went on taking more stock.
At last our homes were gone; our garments
were thin and worn; our children were crying
for bread. Than we stopped to think. We
thought Of the greenback. We called a halt I'm
our drudgery and stopped few minutes to re-
fleet. We heard rafting of champagne bot
ties, and smelled afar an aristOcratic aroma,
that didn't chord with our children's sobs. that
seemed 1endish in the light of tears and fam
ishing. 1t was mockery to our aching heatrs
and backs.
Investigation followed; the stencil became
worse. The great question was, how do these
great sinking idlers, who toll not, neither do
they spin, make money SO easy and 80 fast,
while we work hard and perish with hunger,
became the great and absorbing question for
solution. They were traced up. and found to
be made up of a set Of men who were doing
little else than legislating money into their own
pocket. They were standing in with the mon
opolistic class in all directions; had interests
in cattle ranches, loan companies, Standard
Oil companies, railroad companies, silver
mines, coal mines boards of trade, iron
works, oil lands, mineral lands. national banks,
insurance companies ana various other enter
prises. These various large capitalistic enter
prises were all found together by one COM
mon tie-money-conseQuent whenever
capital was touched at any point, they were
all touched, and they soon became wsven to-
gether q chain, and worked together to con
troll the capital of the country, and the labor
Of the country in their own interests. This
they did through congress, and through the
personal, individual interests of congressman.
They would make it to the interest Of con-
gresham to work for them, and he would
make 1t to their interests to share their inter
ests with him, either directly or indirectly.
Thus the money power got its hand on the Ia
tional pocket book, and we toiled and they
reaped.
Now. as Ingalls, says, this thing has called
for sweat for good while. it now calls for
brains, and 1t will be wiped out clean. If it
calls for blood. But wiped out 1t will be and
don't you forget 1t.
How?
Just exactly 20 honest old Abe cornered
them before. % they can be cOrnered again.
Issue money direct to the people. Issue e1,-
000. 0O0, 900 or more Of full legal tender green
backs, just like the FIRST issue. Issue enough
70 pay on the government bonds and tender
them in payment. Now establish govern
repositories. one in each county where every
man who can and will give good
|
ct a low rate of interest. Now limit the
amount which every man can borrow to not
exceeding $5.OUO Having done this just let
the sub-treasury plan wiggle, and let the ma
tional banks work their way out. Just see if
every mortgaged farm don't ring as clear a
bell. inside of year, and see il wages don't
improve, and business don't take a new inn
pulse.
But you said Congress was under the con-
troll Of the money power.
So IL is, as you very well know.
How then are we to bring this thing about?
Vote In q new Congress.
Will they not become corrupt?
Perhaps so; If 30. vote in a now one again.
That is just what the elective franchise is for;
to remove corruption in ONCE and guard
against It.
But the first great cause at stake in this re-
form lie to take possession Of the tools of the
| money power.
The money power control us-control the
goyernment-by controlling the money.
Take away from them that control. Let the
government control the money of the govern
ment itself, and a great victory will be gained.
Lincoln showed us the way. He tackled the
| lion and cent him to his den. Would to God he
had torn his jaws apart like David did.
But he gave US a grand lesson, and we have
| had to learn 1t well under sorrow. and IT has
since been pressed home with overwhelming
| power and persistence to a practical demon
| 8tratien.
We are determined to avail ourselves Of the
| practical value OF that lesson. The head and
| front of our line OF effort hereafter shall be
| aquarely directed against the sneaking, hypo-
critical, avaricious, unfeeling monied infiu-
ence Of this nation.
Our eyes are opening, and we are becoming
| enlightened. The direct issue is between
| votes and dollars. A test is to be made, bat
| tie fought; an inn ending crisis is coming that
| is to decide whether majorities OF dollars shall
| be invested with the ruling influence.
1t is a grand contest. All nations arc inter
eeted in it, and rejoice that America is to lead
| on in this noble cause. 1t is the great battle
( prepare DRY to the millennial reign.
Gad, send powef TO our cause! Give wis
| dom to the people, That wisdom that is pure
| and peaceful, and full of mercy and good
| fruits Ina our glorious land. J. L. SwITZER.