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

Egypt owes. Working for those who
hold the bonds issued by a corrupt
ruler the Khedive. Working for those
who hold their bonds, the English
Rothschilds, the Paris bankers and the
great European money holders, and
the army of Great Britain stands guard
to compel them to do it. They stand
and see that the Egyptians 20 to their
daily work and see that he produces
enough to pay the interest due TO Roths-
childs on this unlawful debt. These
people have no hope, no prospect, no
chance to pay their debts And they
may work until the most distant day
and they can never escape this bondage
held over them by the European. They
work in order that the English capital
list may rob them of the harvest for the
interest upon their bonds. And If you
people will continue in the same policy
with Grover Cleveland, and allow them
to issue bonds, how long will it be until
we have the same things here? Great
applause and cheerlng.) eA.-.
England's Fijian Slaves.
Let me give you another illustration.
('How about McKinley?'D 1 won't for
get the major; promise you that. But
let me give you another illustration.
And it is not taken from dime novel
and tits not taken from my imagination
but it is taken from the pages of history
Down in the seas close to Australia
there is a group of fertile islands called
the FIJI islands, inhabited by simple,
harmless race, and SO they lived until
the year 1855 They had no money;
they wanted none. What commodities
they had they snapped with one an
other. Barter was their rule of trade.
They had a king and he was easily
satisfied. He wanted enough to eat
and enough to wear and he wanted a
house to live in and he wanted some
body to hold an umbrella over him
when he walked out and he wanted
someone else to do his work and someone
to fan the flies off of him when he slept
Those people were glad to give it to
him. That is all the taxes they paid.
Then came upon the scene q certain
amount of Christian missionaries who
had great anxiety for the souls OF
these heather. That was very worthy
object But in the wake of the Chris
tian miss onaries always comes the
Christian traders. And after the Chris
tian missionaries came to bhe island
there also came the Christian traders,
and they bought up certain lands in the
Fiji islands and not wanting to work
them themselves, they got the Fiji is
landers to work them for them. The
Fijlans didn't like the way they were
beng paid and thought they were un-
justly treated and broke into riot an
did some damage. The traders saw
their opportunity and complained to
the United States government and said
they had been damaged to the extent
of $45, 900. The American government
at once ordered the war vessels down
to the Fiji islands and said to the FIJI
islanders that they must pop up this
$40 010. They had never seen a cent OF
money in their lives and they did not
know what it was. They knew othing
about money and nothing about the
mystery of European finances. The
A e-I I'D L.
and took possession of the best lands of
these islanders and insisted upon the
payment of the demand. On account
of the delay in payment they raised
the sum demanded to 100000.
The king was more helpless and hope
less than ever. He did not know what
to do and so he made an appeal to the
the British merchants at Melbourne. 1t
was an unluclly appeal. For if there is
any one set of people more able to
rob a heather than an American,
it is an Englishman. This unluckv
king jumped from the frying pan
into the fire. The English mer-
chants came and they agreed to take up
and pay off the American debt aud
they did pay it. They said to the king:
Give us 100,o acres of your best and
choicest land for the debt" The king
agreed. He could not do anything else.
The English merchant seeing how easy
it was to get 100000 acres they asked
for 200, 900. They asked for it and they
got it, making 200, 600 acres of the best
land in the Fiji islands.
This is not all this syndicate did.
After they got possession of the 100000
acres of land they said to the king.
"You must exempt our property from
taxation. You must exempt our land
the property that you have given us
from taxation forever" They further
said to the king, You must not allow
the people to pay you in commodities
you must require your taxes to be paid
in money. Your people will need
money. You must let us have the sole
privilege of establishing bank and
supplying your people with money and
you must not tax our banl. nor you
must not tax our money"
And the king agreed to it.
They said to the king that he mus
not be satisfied with the taxes Fijians
paid him in food and clothing; that he
ought to have them paid in money. Sc
they imposed tax "A poll tax in it,