Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-01-25

StDte TIC Nbiid ttt.f clplbtH human De-
ing, Greed. AyIricc and Ambition
have cOnspired to cnslaye the mass OF
mankind in order to rule and rob them
Of thc fruits and products OF their in
dustIy. The idea has been instilled
into Tie mind of society that whatever
is legal Is right. and that the antiquity
and long establishment Of system Of
robbery and sp1liGtion renders ii too
sacred aEd Involves too many vested
rights - he infringcd upon OF inter
fcred with by the innovations Of
more progressive and humanitarian
civilization. Hence cid outrages sur
yivc.
The spirit which dcified the gods Of
rapine plumber and piracy in the early
centuries bows III the same old shrine
today. The most successful brigand.
the most jarinG and bloodthii sty pirate.
the savage Wh0se belt Is ornamented
with the greatest number Of Scalps.
the ShylocS whose uSury-sEag foots up
the most dollars. AMI the railroad rob
Der whose stock and bonds reap the
biggest harvest. are worshipcd, enyied.
lauded and liani.ed by Tie he damned
pubic.'
The power cf England Is her land me-
nopely. We use England as IN illustr;l
ton. for her history IS familiar TO Amer
leans, and the footsteps Of her history
are being closely followed by our states
men. WHAT In Gland is We are sure TO
be. and what the condition Of the mass
CT 4-er populacc j. our posterity is sure
to realize. unless we arise in Our might
and reyolutionizc the English systems
and economic policies which have be-
come established in this country and
are worl,i1g out the same results here
that followed their adoption in the
mother country.
.'he political power or England is rot
only LODGED in the hands Of her land
monopoly. but the terrible and appail-
ing condition Of the masses OF English
ard Irish subjects is the direct result
OF land famine and money monop-
oily among the pcasantry. Money.
Transportation aad Land are the three
great pillars which support the social
structure Of civilization. They are the
great public necessities which society
cannot dispense with. and their ilnD0r-
tance is such that the monopoly CT any
one of them By individuals or corpora
tons enslaves the masses 10 the extent
Of such monopoly. The landlcSs be-
come dependent upon the landlord fer
food clothing and shelter. as well ~
their very existence.
transportation controls the move,
ments Of the eartls products supplies
the varied wants of cur diversified eli
maze and soil ana dictates TO the distant
consumer whether he shall eat pure
corn fresh from the virgin soil or take
IL. after IL has passed through the hogs
stomach or the worm OF a still, i'll the
form of pork or whisky.
Labor is 4 slave TO the Money Monop-
oily. Labor depends upon It's employ
ment for all it enjoys and its recon-.
rensc is money Wherewith to purchase
the necesSaries and Injuries of It's de- T
sireS and needs. The monopolizers of +
money hold labor in the hollow OF their T
hands. They dispense employment or
idleness. plenty or rauperism. good
wages or poor, or meme 1T al, just as
best serves the interests OF their ava
rici0us greed.
The national banking system created I
monstrouS money monopoly. and IS
soon as it WAS firmly established It's +
advocates and cmiSsaries declared .
through the public press, from the pull
pit. IN the halls of Congress. and +
through tie report; of finance minis
teTS that there WAS too mitch money
Ia the country" Why? Because the
people were too independent of Shy +
lock. They we're too free from the slav-
eFy OF debt. They were too indepen-
dent OF the monopoly which had been
created To absorb their Increase. There
WAS no excess Of money. They lied and
they knew il.
And they made the public believe the
liz fer which the masses have ever since
been danned.
i he census of 1850 shows nine mil
ion mortgages; Il mortgage for two men
out Of three in the whole United States.
Shylock couldn't plant this crop of
mortgages when money was plenty. SO
he cried Imitation" honest money"
and 'hardpan specie basis" until the
people came TO believe Il mortgage on
II farm WAS as necessary as Il poor
mans plaster on Il lame back. The
harpoon Of Shylock is buried deep and
fast in the cultivated soil of the Rcpub-
lie, while its public domain has been
iayisniy given to endow Il monopoly of
transportation.
The scarcity Of money in England.
resulting from contraction and fund
ing OF the Napoleon war money. cover
ed the soil OF the empire with mort
cages, as our own sol! Is covered. and
tie establishment of the gold standard
swept the titles OF 22D,00O farms INTO
the possession of IL monopoly of 10000
land owners.
The banks, monopolizing the money
volume. have so deprecated the value
of land and It's products that our bond
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