New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-20
SOVEREIGN'S MANIFESTO.
uE ANNOUNCES A BOYCOTT AGAINST
NATIONAL BANK NOTES.
.,rr,rSc-r TO THE ORDER. HE SAYS. IS OBJ
LGAToRY on KNIGHTS OF lABOR-HE
CALLS 1T DAGGER FOR THE
HEARTS OF THE MONEY POWER.

rJoAroRY on KNIGHTS OF IABoR-iE
CALLS 1T DAGGER FOR THE
HEARTS OF THE MONEY POWER.
washington July l9.-General Master Workman
sovereign OF the Knights OF Labor. has issued a
a,,festo TO the members OF that organization and
s,ared organizations throughout the country hav-
,ng IN view the establishment of n boycott upon all
rational bank notes. The manifesto Is In the words
:, General Master Workman Sovereign. addressed
a. "al lovers OF liberty" and reads as follows;
p.hind the proposition to perpetuate monetary
svsem in this country based on single goid sano,
ard proposition TO perpsuate the Nq'ip ndil
yjdua capacity and through the American BANKERS
are the ha Of so s'se alone viii not
be accepted by the American people as inc o oa
;hs monetary prerosaves of the Government be
EARNED to them. making private interests s; ana
Ing a paper circulation to meet requirements OF
Tss National banks are responsible for the de-
s,ructlon of the greenback>. the payment OF the
bonds in coin the funding acts the IN
this country for the last thirty years They have
that fna ef to
prosperity TO the industrial masses: They are boy
S0 Sow we S Propose through the
P sa on a" The rs noies
Of National banks. and that on and after septem-
our people be s m any a of aea
transactions of business.
the banks and the Government but not legal tender
between individuals. They are not legal tender Tor
private debts wages or MERCHANDISE nor any Of the
mu,tifarous transactions that enter into business
agreed that II only person in hundred boyco,ts
these notes it Will make the work effective and
sting defence of their fiat money
boycott of this kind will agitate the doubtful
dagger it has stuck into the hearts of the people.
dagger into the hearts of the money power.
RELY ld-bl believe
meeting the enemy on It's own field It may a be
tuTS business and make money scarcsr it al
ready is and that during these hard times people
gememSered that this boycott is against souless
combine that is responsible for the scarcity OF
This boycott will precipitate the great conflict
with the people on the one side and the banks on
as in the struggle of Andrew Jackson with the
old United States Bank sixty years ago IT VIII
monopoly TO take sides in the contest II VIII force
reveal the ridden hand of American politics, and
establish an impossible barrier between the toing
lords of the world Ana if an attempt is made
10 force National bank notes upon the public
legal tender will establish redemption bureau;
and. through existing laws force the Secretary Of
the Treasury TO unload o The iocked-up sreehDacKs
'C The sas struggle nTia Of 1895 must result victory for
the common people or the hope of American liberty
IS lost and tie recovery impossible through meth
0a s.mpss1 By se wased against the
b,ned foe OF two continents. against the allied
forces OF tn plutocracy and tyranny throughout
the world and in the light of recent events IT
must be In, most aggressive and offensive cam
pagn waged in this country .
We expect permanent relief without a
struggle and therefore let us precipitatc the CON
Aict in time and lines that Will expose the un-
sound money OF the money advocates. This can
be most enectuay done by National boycott on
the unsound un-Amercan unconstitutional notes
OF the National bank
on and after September I. 1895. let every knight
Of Labor and every person whose love OF justice Is
above the sordd interests of tyrants refuse 10 ac
cept National bank notes in payment for wages.
produce or n payment Of any debt or obligation
not made necessary by the limited legal-tender
qualities Of the notes
When asked II 1t obligatory on knights OF
Labor obey the order OF boycott. Mr. Sovereign
said that It was and" said ne. I'VE expect SINH
lar orders to be issued by the heads Of all sympa-
thetic bodies" lie earnest In speaking OF the
proposed redemption bureau 10 be established In
the event that National bank notes are forced upon
the public.
we have organization powerful enough TO
establish IT,. he said, at Is not an Idle threat. II
the National banks show fight we VIII quickly un.
lock the sixty millions reserve The boycott viii
the Injunction on Carlisle disseminated much need
ed information the bond matter.
Mr.. Sovereign left this city last night for Texas