The Louisiana populist., 1895-09-20
THE SCHEME EXPOSED
"SOUND" MONEY DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS.
They Want Financial System Identical
With That of Great Britain, q Single
Gold Standard and Bank Notes With
Silver For Change.

The following timely article is from
Texas Farmer:
The position OF the Republicans and
sound money men. so called-rotten-
ties In facts for a money syste m
identical with that which Great Bri-
tain has followed for centuries: a gold
standard basis for measurement of all
values, and an unlimited credit sys-
TEN. Superadded as applied to
America, is the retirement OF all
government paper money, to be sub
stituted by bank issues over which
the government is to have virtually
no control, but which, on the con-
trary, is virtually to have control of
the government. The system advo-
Gated, minus the bank system, has
prevailed In Great Britain for centu-
ries. As consequence. it is the
most thoroughly debt-cursed govern
ment OF the world. Its governmental
affairs are, Id fact, administered by
an aristocracy whose main business it
has been to invent q governmental sys-
tenn under which a monied aristocracy
may rob the people OF all they pro-
duce except barely enough to sustain
them as over-taxed slaves to the
power that robs them. Under this
system the national debt of Great
Britain and Ireland is now over $SC
per capita, as against $l4 per capita
In the United States. But this is by
no means the most violent feature OF
the robbing system to sustain titled
aristocracy. Great Britain has been of
all nations most industrious in estab-
fishing rule over other countries. Her
colonies and dependencies are scat
tered not only over the islands of the
sea, but almost over the lands and
waters Of the world. The public
financial system which the cunning
and trickery of her rulers have de-
vised to rob the people in the interest
OF their private gains. has carried
with IL a nightmare of ruin and debt
wherever her rule has been estab-
iished, until now the public |
debts of her colonies range from e48 |
per capita in Canada to 1888 |
in Queensland. A more horrible
picture OF financial idiocy cannot be
II government finances are
to be administered for the public and
not for titled aud bloated aristoc-
racy. Think of it; The public debt
oil Great Britain and her depen dencies
excepted-runs to the enor-
nous figure Of over $3.50 for every
man, woman and child under this
rule. India is bonded by the
syndicates which rule great Britain
TO the last cent her resources will re-
turn interest upon; but her popula-
tion OF nearly three hundred millions
makes the per capita appear small.
The gold standard people advocate
this system for America, with the ad-
iitional infirmity OF issue aud control
d paper money by national banks.
ihus strengthening the facilities for a
money aristocracy to rob the people.
Allied with this crowd arc subsidized
newspapers. subsidized lawyers
for rich clients, the vast
ignorance of fundamental principles
,f government existent among that
class OF our people called business
men. and hoodlum vote which these
Influences will buy In word: This
orce is aided only by the cupidity or
ignorance OF its allies.
The above is all right 1t is true.
But Brother Shaw's intolerance will
lot allow him to give partisans their
m ho |
nen" alluded to are the National or
,levelaud Democracy, most OF whom
would, in our opinion, vote the Re-
publican ticket before they would vote
'ither the Populist or Free Silver
Democratic ticket.