The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
THE lola REGISTER.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER q. 1893.
dwellings Mistakes
ion on the interest question. In his
lois speech he said:
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ion OH the interest question. In MS
lois speech he said:
Interest on money is rObber in dis
puise. 1t is hooking flenu. III
withers the flowers of human prog
ress. i'll had my way l would for
ever and eternally destroy the system
of interest on money.
Consider a moment what that
means. If interest is robbery then
rent is robbery, for that is only one
form of interest; the profit merchant
makes on his goods is robbery, for
that is simply the interest OH his IN
vestment; whatever a farmer gets Tor
his hogs above what it actually cost
him to raise them, is robbery; what
ever a Iaborer gets for his work above
what it costs him to live, is robbery.
What would be the result then If the
Governor could have his way and the
whole interest system be wiped out?
Human progress would cease, because
no man could ever hope to better his
condition. Is not that so clear that
all can see it?
OF course the Governor cannot have
his way, and so chaos will not come
right now. But what endless harm
this sort of talk is doing Kansas!
We who live here know that the peo-
pie do not endorse such wicked and
preposterous doctrines. But those
outside the State are certainly Justl-
fed in believing that the successful
leader of the dominant party would
not dare to make such radical declar-
ations if there were not large public
sentiment behind him. And so they
conclude that we are all repudiatOrs
and socialists. Is it likely then that
they will send money here to invest?
Will those who have already loaned
money here be willing to renew those
loans when the Governor of the State
openly proclaims them robbers for so
doing? But what will happen if the re-
newal of these loans should be refus-
ed? Hundreds if not thousands OF
farmers and others would be made
absolutely bankrupt; and they would
have L. d. Lewelling and the Peoples
party to thank for it.
THE GOVERNOR AS AN ANARCHIST.
Socialism is the denial of individual
property rights. Anarchy is the de-
NAL of the authority of the law. 1t is
an easy and natural step from one to
the other and Gov. Lewelling has
taken it, From the talk that had pre-
ceded, it was not surprising to hear
him declare, Il am an anarchist"
But even his most ardent admirers
were startled and shocked when he
followed that assertion with this in
famous and impious declaration:
Abraham Lincoln was an anarchist;
George Washington was an anarchist;
the Sduior Of the World 'Uas an Andr-
chist!
What man or woman is there who
loves the name and reveres the
memory of the martyred Lincoln, the
noble and patriotic Washington, the
gentle and lowly Redeemer, whose
blood does not rise in indignant pro-
test at having their names coupled
with the names of such outlaws as
Herr Most, August Spies and Lucy
Parsons What is an anarchist?
Webster defines the word TO mean,
zone who excites revolt or promotes
disorder in a State" What infamy
to declare that Lincoln or Washing
ton was one of theseI What BIAS
phemy to declare that Jesus Christ
was one of these! The party is be-
coming brave indeed whose leader
dares use such language.