The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08

individual, mercantile matter. II it ,
is against us, let them ship more OF
our goods. We must not sacrifice
IS, OOO, 900 people for few importers,
most Of them foreign rascals whose
chief business is to cheat the custom
houses.
And our friend winds up with the
necessity for an international agree
ment'' as to our money. Indeed!
Would it not be well to have an
international agreement also as to
our form of government; and find
out whether it would not increase
our credit with the Rothschilds if we
changed this republic into a mon
archy? "We must have more mon
ey," says o. M. Hall. ''We must in
crease our credit in London" Then
let us ask John Bull and the Emper-
or Billy, and the rest of the roues
and ruffians to frame constitution
for us. Anything for facility to
borrow! Bonds and wooden Shoes
syndicates, rings, corporations,
thieves, aristocrats, and gold notes.
We have ceased to be Americans, we
are borrowers, INTEREST sERFs
Our Northern Pacific railroad is now
owned by the Rothschilds; our Min
neapolis mills and wheat ring are
now owned by Englishmen; our very
breweries, all over the nation, are
owned by men living in Liverpool
and London; nearly all our leading
newspapers are possessed and con-
trolled by foreign agents of the mon
ey power; and our farmers are large
ly engaged raising crops to sell at
half price to pay interest to foreign
ers. And-most pitiful of all-some
of our religious papers are telling
their followers it is all right. But
there are two great men who speak
out in tones of thunder, that are
heard around the globe.
| Cardinal Gibbons said:
| "The economic conditions in the
United States are fast approaching
those of England. The homes of the
poor are marked by restitution and
squalor. The light of heaven is be-
ing closed from miserable tenement
room and attic. Flesh and blood are
becoming more cheapa and bread more
dear. The well-being of the car
horse is more solicitously watched
than that of the driver. Small won
MI b.
the tears of wife and cries of starv-
ing children, sometimes band them
selves together and resort to deeds of
violence"
This from the great catholic prel-
ate. Listen to an equally great prot
estant divine:
"When speak of this as an era of
plutocrats," says Bishop Potter of
New York, in recent sermon, emo
body can misunderstood me. Every
body has recognized the rise of the
Money Power. Its growth not mere
ly destroys the independence of the
people. but the blind believers in this
OmnipOtent power of money assert
that it's liberal use condones every Of
Tense. The pulpit does not speak
out as it should. These plutocrats
are the enemies of religion as they
are of the state. And, not to mince
matters, I will say that, while 1 had
the politicians in mind prominently,
there ARE Others To tell you have
heard the corrupt use of money in
elections and the sale of the sacred
right of the ballot openly defended
by ministers of the gospel. 1 may
lind it necessary to put such men Of
the sacred office in the public pill
lory."
We call upon the clergy of this
state, in the name of the great foun-
der of their faith, to come to the res
cue of the people. The aristocracy
crucified Him; the poor believed in
Him. ut is harder" said he "for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of hea-
ven than for camel to pass through
the needles eye.'' The Door are
Gods kingdom; the oppressed are
prominently His children. His
heart and soul must be against the
men who are plotting the abasement
and destruction of mankind.
We especially call upon the editor
OF the Chronicle to study this finan-
cial issue-it lies at the base of all
things in civilized life,-and help to
keep the people from falling into old
world wretchedness. ID