The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-01
ADDRESS TO SONS Of TOLL.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign
on the Gold Plot.
IT'S CHIEF AIN TO ENSIAVE LABOR.
why The Working Glasses should Vote
for Bryan and the Free Coinage
OF silver.

Chicago. ILL.,. September 25,--James r..
Sovereign general master workman of the
knlghts OF Labor ami manager of the
Bryan kree Silver Campaign Labor Bu-
reau has issued a secold ad.ress to the
working people. 1t is as follows:
About twenty days ago | gave to the
pdbl!c press an expression of my views
on the relationship of free coinage OF sill
yer TO the interest OF American labor.
| Much 10 my gratlhcation and surprise
| the erucic became National campag n
| Document, ana | nave been earnestly -
| licte3i give TO the pubic a9othrr eom-
| mun!caiion extending the subject along
| the same limos Of thought.
Tire writer hereof ventures the opinion
| that when labor understands tina, this
struggle IS u crucial ties. ietween indus
| trial freedom and the sordii interests of a
| selfish Few the one s-Ge h1ldl-g out the
| liberal hand OF true douocrS.y and the
other The scepter OF plutocratc govern
| mert; " hVn labor undcrsiar0s that in ttts
| struggle IS involved the last great problem
| OF civiliEh ton, human equality, int ii
| single gold standard mean. what II has
always meant, dear none aad cheap
| men, when labor understands that this
clampr for gold undtr the delus.ve plea
| for 'hoDest money" IS . camcr for KIM
Of money that Is insufficient in volume to
fGr H. to nay even , per cent Of their debts ;
, that the National debts oil the ciV..ize i
, world Which labor must pay now aegre-
! gate 2a,W000 m0 or n of National debt
and thar there s not enough gold in the
wceid t3 pay 81 on every sSj OF private ana
| corporate debts now in force. aud that the
| gold IL owned by the parties who h,ld the
| debts against the people; when labor ua-
/ derst1nds that all money is a dead power
| q the hands OF somebody all the time,
! that tree bears rrult because the fruit
grows out of the vitality Of the tree. but
that money has no power to bear other
money berause 1t contains nc power to
reproduce itself, ard, th,Cetore. money
loaned at interest can not revay both urin-
cipal and interest out OF the original sum;
that there must be n sufficient increase
OF money through artificial sources tn
meet me interest charge and employ labor
or productive industry and labor stself
must SURRENDER to the avarice of the few
when labor thoroughly understands ali
these problems it viii Understand that
this struggle with the money power in
wolves our National existence. Industrial
prosperity and Individual SECURITY. Labor
VIII thpn understand why s0mc persons
IN his ana other countries h1ld to tho
doctrine that gold only is suitable metal
Iipt y nrS. aal why they ceverently style
WORLD and labor will then as 1t always
mas rally to the defense of liberty ana
iqseia,s and neither the millions Of Mark
llannn nor the intimidation of the cor
lorh tong will have tho slightest influence
upon the working people
Quoting my own remarks in a recent
puniic speech, the idle holders of idle can
ilaL VINO are now foremost in tho do
mand for Single gold standard. ar th.
same mon who sent Their hired emssary
to congress and secured the demonetizu-
zen ol SILVER and as a mark OF resper, 10
thelr American progeny the London
money power decorated the most consp. ,-
Nous place on the walls of the Bank ~
ng'nhd with Il life-size portrait of : NJ
tpr Sh"fthan OF Chic. The his ary o.