The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-31

oS4hANoSs AA0AOSS bn0y hA0 oo0RoA pAlu W
constant and well-psid labor. The above
debt probably came through the mutual
contract Of two parties, and by present
laws it must be paid. It was made
burdensome by the contraction of the
currency, lowering all prices of commodi-
ties and labor, but leaving debts and
fixed incomes the same. Under the pres
ent financial policy the debts can not be
paid, and the people are losing their
homes Reverse the policy and save our
homes, and after that we will discuss
the means Of getting homes for our
children. 1t ls quite probable that il our
farmers can save their present homes,
some of their farms will be found large
enough to divide with their children.
But if we lose our homes, what are the
children to do? Our present supreme
effort should be to hold the homes we
have. And then, in a time of normal
prices and good times, our children can
surely obtain homes as easily as now,
when even those who have homes cannot
hold them.
My critic closes as follows:
at is plain TO him who will look, that
the men who are able TO say, This land is
mine,' are 'the absolute masters Of all in
dustry and commerce. Mr.. Garfield and
Mr.. Davis to the contrary, Notwithstanding.
To claim that increasing the amount Of
money will benefit the landless, homeless
millions of our oountrymen; that it will
tend TO abolish the cause that produces pow
erty; that it will help those who have only
their labor to sell, is absurd. For If you
but acknowledge my ownership to the land
and all it's resources, you may increase the
money volume to $1,000 per capita, by in
vention double the productive power Of Ia
Dor, and I will dictate the part of their
earnings the lRborer shall receive. 1t is
things men work for, not money"
An increase of money and rising prices
will furnish q market for labor with bet
ter prices. And, although the lsborer
must pay higher for the necessaries and
comforts Of life, yet his margin OF sur
plus over his living will be greater. He
will pay all debts and taxes easier. All
fixed charges will be lighter. II he has
q home paid for, or only partly paid for
better prices and better. times will enable
him to hold it; and if he has none, ii
will be no more difficult to get one thar
it is now. These, in my opinion, are the
benefits which will arise from an increas
ing volume Of money and rising prices
| 1t is much, but it is not everything
There are other. things, Of course, to b'
considered.
Il My critic has broached the land ques
tion. We both condemn lsndlordism. i
is the final evil which crushes men snC
nations. All must admit that. But from
whence comes lsndlordismP What il
it's cause? What its origin and means o
increase and perpetuityG 1t come
through the two great war powers o
earth-the sword and the purse. Their
can be no landlordism which is not pre-
ceded by either the sword or the none,
lord. The most complete and tYrsDnlca
system of landlordism, which is fsmilis
to us all, is that in the British islands
How came that systemP Some centurie
ago William of Normandy landed in Eng
land with an army. His conquest OF tn
country by force was the origin of tn
nranant Rritiah avatAm Of lRndlordisn