The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25
LIVE ISSUES.
Unmasked IA Bold Attempt of the
USurer Class to Deceive the
People, Exposed.

tlOn OF every reader of the Arena to
the following editorial taken from
recent number of the Farm Record.
1t is difficult to conceive of any
thing more insidious or dangerous
in its character than this systematic
method of the usurer class to de-
ceive the great wealth producing
masses at the most crucial moment
in the history of our nation, at the
moment when the policy of the
Bank of England, which has re
duced our wealth. creators from a
condition of marvellous prosperity
to that of dependence upon capital
ism, is preparing to strike its final
blow. These conspirators against
the wealth makers have entered
into a plan for Systematically pros
tituting the country press of the
South and West. We believe,
however, that the intelligence of
the people of these sections and the
bitterness of their condition are
such, that they will promptly dis
continue all papers which begin to
publish these deceiving communi-
cations which are calculated to
fasten forever the chains of serfdom
upon the wealth creators of the
republic. This is the editorial as
published in the Farm Record
Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. G.
There was mailed to this Office
from the goldbug den at 50 Williams
street, New York City, on July "a,
Il letter containing three sheets.
One is list of books against the
so called "silver craze" at prices
ranging from fifty cents to one cent
each. This is legitimate business
if anyone wants to buy the stuff,
but by reading the other sheets we
find that free editorials are going to
all who will take them. One letter
begins: enclosed herewith is a
sample of our broadsides x = We
offer to deliver them to your Office
free of charges, as often as once in
two weeks, in sufficient quantity to
cover your subscription list. x =
We offer similar matter in plate
form free of all express charges"
The other sheet says: eve have
ordered the American Press Asso-
citation to ship our second page of
Sound Currency stereotype plates
to YOU" x j Signed, "Calvin
Tompkins, Secretary" This Office
never asked for any plates. * x
In still another sheet inclosed is
a report of what has been done by
this den of pirates, saying: "We
are now supplying, every two
weeks, properly dated and printed
with the names of the papers cir
culating them, broadside supple
ments sufficient to accompany the
full editions of two hundred local
papers in every part of the country,
most largely in the South and West
and Southwest. In this way the
sound currency literature is carried
direct into the homes of rural voters
as a part of the only paper they
take, in most eases, and which they
therefore read from beginning to
end, and some four hundred thous
and full page sheets of sound cur
rency literature distributed each
fortnight" Again eve are now
supplying over one hundred papers
(and the number rapidly increas-
ing) with plate matter"
Further on in the report it is
stated that this den has in its en-
ploy over thirty clerks and editors,
and says the expenses will be very
heavy from now until November,
when rest of two months will be
had, after which "eXpenses will
rise again as the time approaches
of first preparations for the national
conventions in June, 1896" Here
is the open avowal that they will
eXpend vast sums during the prep
aratiOn for the national conventions.
What does this mean! 1t means
that no delegate will be chosen to a
national convention next summer
unless he wear gold collar. The
"rifie diet" is just ahead. Get
ready for it. 1t is now "unconsti-
tutional to tax the rich" or to grant
a poor man jury trial. What will
be the next step: The poisoning of
tho fountains of nublic inflammation