The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-04-29
BEWARE OF DEBT.
fhe AnRnee Offers Remedy for Nations
as Well as individuals.

as Well as individuals.
Possibly no command OF God is so
universally disregarded as this iuiuuc-
tion.
IF thou lend money to any of my peo-
pie that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be
to him an usurer, neither shalt thou lay
upon him usury. lex. xxi, IS.
'Take thou no usury Of him or increase
but fear thy God; that thy brother may
live with thee.
"Thou shalt not give him thy money upon
usury nor lend him thy Victuals for in
crease. ~ Lev. XIV, S6 and 81.
Ezekiel xix, Z says: "He that hath not
given forth upon usury neither hath taken
an increase hath withdrawn his hand from
iniquity and hath executed true judgement
between man and man"
What is usuryP 1t is interest. Not
as some would say interest charged
above the legal rate but it is simply
interest This command Of holy writ
is ono of exceeding righteousness Its
disregard has caused the lettering OF
nations and the wreckage of UNI
numbered thousands OF individuals.
In this day debt means interest
says the toiler. II interest had been
prohibited when the Christian relig-
ion first dawned upon an enlightened
world we would never have known
nations to groan under bonded debts
neither would individuals have sacrl-
feed the pleasures of home because of
promissory notes and mortgages The
point is, had interest never been coun.
tenanced by civilization tho infamous
national and individual debt system
would have died without beginning
1t would be a herculean task to now
attempt to legislate against interest
that is 10 attempt to prohibit the prac-
tice between borrower and lender but
all admit that there would be no Dor
rowing or lending was it not for tho
interest or usury.
Interest which is inseparable from
debt both national and Individual is u
burden which cannot be unloaded UNI
less by some method the debtor takes
Unto himself not an additional
amount of wealth, but an additional
amount OF money, If A, borrows
500 for year at 10 per cent he
must have $l10 with which to pay it,
10 bring this point to plain illustra,
ton, suppose four men isolated from
the balance of the commercial world;
A. has $40. B. borrows it for three
months at three per cent interest; A..
has another $40 which he loans to c.
on tho same conditions, and still an.
other to ID. Imagine ono of these
parties with certain necessaries oil
life while another had others They
then begin the interchange of articles
just rs the classes or sections of q
great nation will do. 1t is u scramble
with each one TO beat one of the other
two out of the thirty cents which he
must pay as interest to A, There il
only $50 among them ana there is
$50 80 to DO paid so where is the
ninety cents to come fromp Sup.
pose b. is unusually shrewd in manip.
ulations in trades and comes out
at the end of three months with Sl2
and G. not so successful comes out
with $40 and d. of course has IS.
Each has debt of $lO.30 to pay
Suppose they have mortgaged to A
their supply Of the necessaries OF life
as the farmer does his farm. c. ant
u. would be bound to surrender theil
shares or a part thereof or else prom.
Use a greater interest for more time.
Now suppose these three men haC
agreed upon certain kind OF papel
with a certain mark or design us
measure OF values In necessary ex
change OF articles between them anc
have issued, it to the amount of $50
$40 each, the result would have beer
that ut the end Of three months thei
exchanges would have been perfected
and no debt whatever would have har
assed their dreams
Beware Of debt because with /
comes interest and usury a plague Il
nations and curse to man. There i,
a remedy for nations which is also {
remedy for individuals. Do as The
Alliance proposes give us legal tendcl
greenbacks