The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-16
NO TRIMMING
THE PLATFORM
The u-naha Declaration Mus;
Stand q l; Il a Radical
Cours. Is ImperaaYs.
THE ISSUES ARE VITAL.
Land. Transportation .ruG ffamus- "a,
hui'u ~" or Destroy . fsesas Accord
lag TO the WAv Ihsv Are Mn,.r,a
-'Anti- Monopoly and .-arisrst, k,.t..-
Ar. safe Platform.

lag to the Way Ihsy An. Mn,.
-'AntI-Monop"Iy' and ..arjsrst, t...t..-
Ar. safe Platform.
For The Caucasian.
PFArrTowS. y. c., July lO.-Wit
You give an OrigIrAi Al.IaLcema
aad PoPuliSt the use of your columa :
sor the expression Of opinions some
what a. variance with those OF some
of our political leaders who advise
conservative action. and wish To trim
down the omaha platform. IL may
be well for U. 10 20 down once more
TO rock bottom, and in The light ei
the natural nights OF man, and the
Legitimate powers and duties OF gov
ernmcut. reconsider our position.
1t is literally true that God created
man ,the physical mani out Of the
dust OF the earth. IL IS equally true
that this very life depends upon the
susteuarce drawn from the bosom OF
mother earth. Plainly, then, If We
tolerate conditions under which some
men own more land tha1 they need.
or can cultivate, while Others find Il
reduce the landless TO the alterra-
tive of starving or selling themselves
into slavery. And as the land owner
will never pay bis wage slave the
full value Of the product of his toll,
1t follows that the slave must pay
his master for the use of land Of
which he has himself been robbed by
,n,V Il u to-
Gods free gift to all who wish TO
use them, and | would like to see
the photograph of the man who
claims for himself or his government
the right TO stand between any man
and Gods title deed to enough land
to supply his reasonable needs. God
gave the Israelites a law which COM
PEELED them TO give every man a just
share of the land and decreed that
it should never be .aken from him.
He could not even sell 1t except un-
der certain conditions ana for a
short time only Give man land
and ho can secure himself agains.
want. Deny him this and under no
condition is he secure. I.et no trim
mer, therefore, lay unholy hands on
our land plank In Importance it
overshadows all our other demands
and has the approval of common
honesty and the God of all truth and
justice.
Now supposing that We have given
all men free access to land, II Will be
| found that the different sections Of
our vast country can each produce
| some Of the things of common use
| better than any other section. a
division of labor will also he found
convenient and economical. Here,
then, an exchange Of products will
become necessary; and while money
is a great convenience in e1fec,ing
exchanges, yet this could De accom-
plished without II by establishing
common repositories where each
could deposit his products and take
out others Of equal value. It could
not. however, be effected without
transportation Transportation,
then, is second in Importance among
demands. Given free access to the
resources of nature, and Transports
ton at cost, moderate industry, II
protected against robbery, will in
sure prosperity.
Next comes the money question
What is the office of money! 1t is
to keep accounts where the direct
exchange OF commodities IS impos
sible. 1t is g system of portable and
transferable accounts. ! possess a
dollar, either of gold, silver or pa
per. This dollar is my aecoun
against the public. Ii | have OBJ
tanned It honestly it shows that
have given one dollars worth O
labor 20 the public, and may there
fore withdraw that amount from
the exchangeable products of th'
, country. You give me bushel o
wheat for the dollar. | am noy
paid-have had the dollar redeemed
and you hold the account agaius
: the public. No one, cent .inly, vii
deny that paper j. the most coz
venient material with which +
keep these accounts, and
f would be just IS reasonable t
!, require book accounts to be kept o
: silver or gold leaf as it is to requir
a transferable accounts 20 be thu
: kept. But how about a basis fO
paper money? 1t must be based o
:, something possessing Intrinsic value
= Certainly. What is basis! 1t
J. that which causes or makes nece.
e sary the thing resting upon if. Th
: necessity for an exchange Of pre-
S ducts necessitates a medium Of G,
5 change, ard the necessaries OF lii
: are the basis.
{ Are gold and silver Of any use .
: mankind? Hardly. They may pie
: a tooth but amalgam is better. {
v very limited use in the arts, perhap
b but rot indispensable. Among a
d the commodities offered for exchane
2. it would be the last to find one MOI
:, useless. Economy would forbid tt
- waste of time required TO secul
+ them. "Oh, but there is a great d.
v mand for them" True; but /
i whom, and for what purposei
l. cannot be denied that under Il
l. great law of compensation they ha,
served the dude In the external de
: oration of his person, and thus gaiI
!, ed for him the admiration of the va
% gar, ard divided attention from Il
is absence OF intrinsic value in the ws
re of brains, in that animal. But '
ID pay too much for our whistle VIII.
IN we allow the interest of a few wort
D. less dudes to overshadow the va
commercial interests OF the usef
W. citizens Of our country and of Il
:, world.
lie No, silver alone must not be t
by issue in the coming campaign.
en- would, of course, under existing co
nt. ditions, give temporary relief. Ne
bers Of the old parties might ev
ad help US to elect a President and .
ito cure free coinage. Bat they wor
cd go with US no further, and the y;
ng monopolies would soon swallow
~ silver as they have gold The