The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-11

prising the Elk. Com. of the State Farmers
Alliance And yet when I reflect that my
Gays OF usefulness are almost ended il has
a depressing effect on my pride. If /
had my wish granted it would be to be
allowed to stay long enough to see our
glorious principles triumphant and be per-
United to help on to its close In my humble
way and not ask for a furlough. But il
John Browns body commenced noulder-
ing in the grave before the freedom of his
beloved race; yet the poet has sung That
ais spirit was marching on leading the
hosts OF freedom on to victory. then he
must have been conscious of the growth OF
the tree of liberty which his unselfish act
was instrumental in planting the seed.
While leaning back in my chair hoping
Tor a moments respite from the throbs OF
lame back, my mind runs back to the
work Of the leaders of the Abolition move
ment, and as l recall their names, their
self-sacriiice. their devotion to justice,
their total absence of selfishness, their
lofty scorn Of the epithets applied to them,
their total disregard of the society leaders.
Even their coming out from their several
churches because their churches Jagged in
zeal or excused the sin in the interest of
Mammon, their quoting Scripture to the
ministers and Pensioners. and when in
retort the ministers said the Bible upheld
slavery, made answer $50 much the worse
for the Bible" When / recall those men
and women. few in number battling with
tongue and pen in an unpopular cause. but
with a zeal that acknowledged no defeat, l
feel shame for the men and women of
our day and ask myself If it is a weak
back that ails them all? Or is there less
need of freeing $4,000, 900 from bondage,
composed of all nationaltieS, while 3,000.-
600 are in want Of food. and live to toll"
while double that number find themselves
on the ragged edge of comfort looking into
the abyss below. What will stop all this
trouble? Answer: More money. If gold
is freely coined at the mint to please the
gold bugs, and silver freely coined at the
ratio of 16 to | to please the silverites,
then the government should issue legal ten
der money and pay all the creditors OF
the government and It's officers and depen-
dents with it; loan it out to business men
and farmers. at the same rate Of interest
for which 1t has been loaning its bank bills
to bankers and bond holders. Provided
ample security is rendered for It's use
with no limit to loans except the exhaustion
of material wealth in the nation Why?
because the natural demand for money
is equal TO the sum of all other demands.
And the demand for money so far exceeds
the supply enables those who possess II
to demand interest for the use of it and
interest for money and rent for land have
become the two mill-stones between which
the producing classes are ground to poWd-
er that will not ignite, let the friction be
ever so great; while the process that
grlndS the face OF the poor ena beS the rich
to live without la Dor, in fact enables them
to keep their cake and eat it too. Rent and
interest are the two pillars that support
the wealthy. while labor eXhausts itself in
supporting the pillars If they would unite
their strength and like Samson, pull down
the pillars over plutocracy's head it would
enable labor 70 receive its due: that is en-
joy themselves. All they create then would
be fulfilling the prophecy, for it is more
adapted to the future golden age than the
present: Those who Will not work Meth
er shall they eat
JONAS H. HOWE.
Parker, Henepin County Mimi.