People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-09

months. The result being, there was
hardly any of the tax paid only in work
OF this kind and they had over half the
persons-the natives of the Fiji Islands
in absolute slavery to that British syn
dictate. Finally the people could toler-
ate it no longer and great cry went
up from that oppressed people They
thought of the land that was once their
own when by their work they produced
everything necessary to their comfort
and happiness. They thought of their
once happy homes and the memory was
sweet-that they had once been pros
porous and happy people. So they sent
petition to the great Christian Queen
queen Victoria. They said, Come
down and relieve us; take off these
taxes; bring relief to us and we will
give you, not a hundred thousand acres,
not two hundred thousand acres, no.
we will give you the whole Of the island
if you will just relieve us from this
British syndicate and their system OF
taxation.
The great queen heard the prayer OF
the petition, granted the request and
took charge herself Today if you will
visit that country, you will find that 1t
belongs to the British government and
that it is administered entirely for
those who own the debts owed by these
unfortunate people. They abolished
the poll tax and substituted tax pay
able in products, and the 100000 debt
ran up until they owed 81, 100000, and
these people on their original debt Of
| S45, 900 are compelled TO make an an
nual payment of $35o,c0o in products
| for interest on bonds, taxes and other
fixed charges These people under the
British system, belong to Great Britain
and from the time reveille sounds in the
morning until taps sound at night,
these people hear the clanking of their
chains and will escape from that slavery
no more forever (Applause)
EnGIand's American Slaves.
What do 1 say about our system. l
say you have been mortgaged to the
British bondholder. (Applause) You
have been put in debt and you have
seen your products going down from
time to time until now, under this sys-
tenn, you can never pay off what you
owe your creditors. Whatyou are able
to produce and the increase on your
wealth will not pay the interest on your
debt. (Applause.) You owe $4,000
900, 900, and the interest on that, with
the fixed charges of the government,
amounts to So. 500, 900, 900 annually. The
annual incre ase OF your wealth amounts
to less than that. If that system pre-
walls the people will see no relief in the
future. The Peoples party says that
we DEFY England or any English sys
tenn and stand for American principles
and American rights" applause and
cheering)
The Fifty .Three-Cent Dollar.
But they say that we don't want any
cheap money; we don't want any dis
honest money. They say that we don't
want any fifty three cent dollars. Well
we don't, and there isn't any dangerfd
usgetting any, either. (Applause.) You
| tell me that the amount of silver in a
silver dollar is only worth fifty three
cents, and will tell you that I don't
care whether it is worth that or not. Ii
| rnolxa. NO diffaraDna m mo v,,1a+ 4l,e
silver in it is worth, so the silver dollar
will do for me what any other mans
dollar will do for him. (Applause) II
the silver dollar will buy as much tc
eat, will buy as much to drink, will buy
as much to wear, will pay as much in
taxes and in debts as gold dollar,
would not turn on my heel to have q
gold dollar in preference to a silver
dollar. You say that the silver minel
will make the difference between fifty.
three cents and one dollar. Does il
worry you that the gold miner now
makes the difference between twenty
three cents and dollar? applause.
l don't care what he makes SO that the
people make more than he makes
What he makes is a mere incident Il
the system. l guess you could MOI
make money out of paper without do
ing some good to the people who make
paper. The Bank of England can make
money out of linen, and when they dc
that, they are doing some good to the
people who make linen. You say tina
the gold dollar is good. That the golc
in gold dollar is worth a dollar, while
silver is not Why is 1t that the go
in a gold dollar is worth dollar? Be
cause the law says so. (Applause) You
say that because nation like England
will take the position that the law will
make it worth dollar that the United
States must follow it. With grea
nation behind that law which is re
morseless and powerful, nation upo1
whose dominions the sun never sets
which girdles the world with its bayo
nets, a nation which walks over every
body, let that nation say let gold b.
worth certain price and it will b.
worth it. And let that nation say tina
silver will be worth certain price, i
will bring it.
What Major Mckinley Said.
Major Mckinley says Great cheering
These Republicans want 10 hear wha
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