The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-28

of blood, as you have been taught il
the last twenty years and are being
taught now, you will find that you
dearest constitutional rights will bt
trampled down by the martial tread Of
troops. While confusion and restless
ness prevail with the lack of prosperity
all over the land, causing men to dc
things they would not do If they were
prosperous, causing riots and strikes
You will find that these men who har
Dor wealth and bend their knees in up.
plication to wealth, will not stop to
consider what there is in civilization =
that is wrong, that has brought this on,
but they. will say that property must
be protected" The bullet will be the
whistliDg messenger Of peace, and they
will know no law but power, and then
you will have lost your liberties guar
anteed to you by the constitution.
First will come-the loss of free speech;
next the loss of a free press; and lastly
you will be intimidated until you be.
come virtually slaves, as they have be.
come already in Europe.
We are to-day repeating the history
of the money changers of two thousand
years ago, and the true secret of 1t all
is that you worship money; that you
worship a god here OH earth that to you
Is more sacred than the rights of hui
manity. The mad pursuit for money +!
If you can only say that you are a mil
lionaire, you regard 1t as Of more bene-
fit to you than If you could say that you
had given prosperity TO a thousand men
who are now tramping around cities
without a place to find employment.
And thirty years ago the American la
borer was a prospective lord. lie saw
within his reach a home of plenty for
his family, and an old age of comfort
for himself. The bright picture before
him inspired industry, economy and
sobriety, and the laborer vas a peace
full, sober, respected clifton.
The condition of the American PEG.
pie less than half a century ago is
graphically portrayed by Chas. Dick
ems, who visiting in this country in
1912, wrote from Boston to a friend in
London: "There is not a mar in this
town nor in this State who has not a
blazing fire and meat every day for diu-
ner, nor would a flaming sword in the
air attract more attention than a beg
gar in the streets"
But to .day what is the outlook for
the wage worker of this country ? He
sees before him only toll, unremitting,
half requitted toll; hope dies out in his
BOSOM, dependency takes possession
OF his heart; and unless sustained by a
strong faith and a giant will, he breaks
beneath the weight of oppression. We
are told there is enough money, but
admit that business will not absorb it,
but does not tell us why it does not
absorb it. We thus see that a~plentiful
supply OF money would of itself cause
money to seek investment and flow
readily into circulation. This would
make business,
1t is not life that makes blood; it is
blood that makes life. 1t is money in
circulation that makes business.
JOHN G. REED.
Mr.. Reed is one of our former towns.
men who now lives in Woodstown, and
a Republican. He has studied the fl.
nancial question. One can not but see
that the liberation Of 1900, 600 of black
slaves fades into insignifcance to the
political contest now on for the liberia.
tion of GO, 000, 900 white slaves from the
money power. In fact the American
contest affects the whole human race
and will have more effect than the Rev
dictionary war.