People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-19
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smelling, doubling and sneakipe
around in foreign lands in search )oi
redemption, so long as its character
and credit are good at home.
The reason for the present finan-
cial revolt is that common sense is
taking the place of sly professional
mystery, circumlocaton and chilean
cry on the money question. People
are learning that whenever certain
form of exchange ceases to accom-.
modate itself gracefully to the end
for which money was created and
ordained, cease to act as the obedl-
ent servant of the people and is
made to serve the interest OF a
small special special class, and be-
comes an instrument of obstruction
and oppression, it must and will be
exchanged for form that responds
to the needs and will Of its creator
the people. All the combined
sophistry Of forty centuries OF shy
locks rule cannot refute or weaken
this proposition upou which hinges
the present conflict between money
leaders and human liberty, between
retreating darkness and increasing
dawn.
The people are in no condition to
be trifed with by men like Messrs.
Sherman, Reed and Horn. The
Peoples party demand that the
backbone Of the single gold stand
ard shall be broken right here IN the
United States. They insist upon a
medium of exchange that will not
be subject to the caprice Of bankers
and gold gamblers who drain the
country Of it's money, who withdraw
it from its lawful channels where it
is most needed and pile it up in city
banks and usury vaults where it is
least needed, where it is held captive
by bonus bandits and financial des-
peradoes in whose hands it becomes
a positive meanace instead of q
blessing to the people. At this very
time, when money is more scarce
and hard to obtain for all ordinary
transactions in the country than al
any other period in the last quarter
of century, or at least since the
demonetization of silver, the east
ern city bankers are openly boasting
ing that they now have more idle
gold heaped up in their faro dens
than ever before in the history Of
the nation.
Mr.. Horn is not ignorant Of this
fact, and he is we'll aware that it is
an outrage and ought to be rene.
] died. And it is this very knowledge
that makes him guilty of treason t.
his trust as an educator.
The trouble is he knows that ht
is not even trying to tell the truth
but rather to avoid telling il. If ht
was q fool, there would, through the
mysterious workings of mental eve
luton, be some hope for him. Blu
like John Sherman and every Other
hired ambassador Of Wall Street, ht
is intelligently, deliberately anC
hopelessly dishonest. overly they
have their reward"
Mr.. Horr's essay is total failurt
and dreary waste of words, unless
we regard it as an effort to concea
meaning, in which case it is shin
ing success. It fails to show on'
CLEAN of light on the main ques
tons.
1t does not explain why 2 coun
try containing unrivaled resources
of all kinds should in population o
sixty five millions have 100000
unemployed men asking for work a
the end Of thirty years of unexam
pied prosperity, during which time
our list OF million&ires has, accord
ing to Mr. Horr's own Tribune fg
ures, increased from four to more
than as many thousands. It fails
utterly to explain why the whole
country is suffering from a lack O
currency, when banks are full. Or
the other hand the reformers have
learned the reason for this state O
things. They know the underlay
ing cause to be a blood poisoned
system, and that It's original source
no matter whether it breaks out il
labor troubles or in a mortgag,
leprosy that is eating up the worlds
producers soul and body, or in lock
outs whose chief end is the humilia
ton and degradation of labor, i
usury, cruel shameless, relentless
ever aggressive and everywhere
damnable usury.
Until Messrs. Horn and Compan,
should at least suggest some practi
cal remedy they must hang aside anC
make room for those who can ant
will, for the people have no use fo
their opinions and utterances.
Let me say to Mr.. Horn and othe
prime ministers of mammon, I'D,
not forget this one point" Money
is of no use whatever except as i
furnishes the breath Of life to TIL