Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01

works, They were told they would
be government slaves. They are 50
free now. Boys, vote for no man who
does not preach public ownership
Exchange
Think Over This.
Suppose we abandon the single
money standard. and it would be true
rs predicted that gold would cost Il
premium. which means that gold would
become an article Of trade and cor,-
mcrcc only: well. what then? The inn
porter who wanted To pay Il bill in Eu-
rope would have to buy gold to do that.
Instead of paving directly with money.
lie would have to purchase IL certain
article of merchandise. namely, gold,
and give this in exchange for the mer-
chandise he bought. That this should
be of any serious injury to the people.
we really cannot see. We were in this
condition before. During the war and
IL long time after gold did not circu-
late much as money. but had to he
bought with the money circulating and
our republic did not go to pieces and
we had no such fearful and long last
ing panic as the present The truth
is that the period when gold was at Il
premium in this country was the pc
Rod of its greatest business prosperity.
Notes.
Silence is golden. but money talks new
erthcleSS long as there is plenty of
silver
DcbS was sent to Jail for six months
for the part he took in the railroad
strike. The general managers, how
ever. still bask in the sunshine of plu-
tocratic protection.
Government loans at per cent.
means emancipation from debt slav-
cry. Turning the finances of the Gov
eminent over to the bankers means
England sends us $1,000, 900 of gold
We shall soon be looking to her to
provide us with beef and mutton. And
this was Il few short months ago the
richest country under heaven.
Neither telescope nor microscope re-
vealS the fact that after the treasury
has once more its 800. GOO, 900 reserve.
the Wall street suction pump Will not
be applied To pull all this gold out
again.
Grover Cleveland's gold cure may
not drive the rest of his party to drink,
for its fondness for Bourbon is pro-
,s.n1 l,rlt cont of sol
financial Keeleyite. his EXccllency is.
nevertheless. making valuable lepu
tation.
\ great deal is being said about the
way Cleveland has again met the
money crisis. More will be said anon
about how the Gold-shippers have met
Cleveland. And this will not be the
collision of an irresistible force with
an immOyable object, either. Mr..
Clcycland's Obstinacy is below par in
this particular.
Say, my G.. A. II. brother, you fought
to free the colored man, to tighten his
burden of toll and misery, didn't YOU?
Well. is he, as Il rule. as well fed and
clothed as before? | am sure he is
not. And. more, | see white men. eX-
soldiers, working side by side with him
to-day. Both producing wealth that
makes master richer than ever did
chattel slavery. White men are beg
ging FOR work to keep from starving
cX-soldiers ut that. Did you ever hear
of a slave begging for work to keep
from starving? Arc not more white
people in worse want and dependence
to-day than ever were black people in
tn 5 country? Surely. Ex-soldiers.
get your thinking caps Oh and learn
how this new form of slavery has such
hold on the working people. The
war has lost the fruits of its victory.
Slavery has increased and involved
both white and black men. Think,
soldiers, think.
DOn'tfret bout the currency schemes.
The bankers will get just such laws
as they can agree on. You are not in
il, my mortgaged brother. l am glad
of 1t. l like to see you squeezed. |
want the bankers tokeep right on. they
are uOlIlS YOU lily Olu party lTlcIlu, IL
good service. When they squeeze you
hard enough, you'll holler. Maybe,
then, some one can induce you to read
and learn something about the finance
problem yourself. If the money con
spiratOrs didn't squeeze nard, you'd
never discover they were robbing you
at all. 1t is essential to the life of this
nation that you do learn these things
Yourself so you will no longer be the
dupe of the political pirates whom. i'm
your Ignorance. YOU vote for. The
bankers can't make any sound money
too sound to suit me, nor wildcat
bank notes too wild to suit me- They
are just where your votes have put
them. and the rest of us will have to
suffer with you until you get your eyes
open, and the harder the squeeze the
sooner will you be willing to see 1t