Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-01-23
THE RorHscHrrD FAMILY.

The salem Bimetallic Union has
decided 20 spend the coming week 10
the study OF the famous family Of
european capitalists. IL has'been the
custom of mOuarcbs and other heads
OF governments when IN need OF
money 10 carry on war or replenlsli
their treasury reserves TO make a
loan Of the RothschIlds. As this 10
never done until the head Of the
government is In 40 extreme Of emer-
gency. the relation OF governments To
tbls banking house have become
very Important. The law-msking
bodies aud all other departments OF
government have had 10 conform to
the exigeDcIes OF financial necessity,
and 10 10 has come that the will 81
the great International banking cor
poration has beeOme more potent
than even that Of the people them
selves. The weak nations have made
IL their monarch, the strong have re
garded 10 their Indispensable ally.
The Salem Bimetallic Union 90
well TO study the Rothschllds. Oar
own immortal Jefferson got the ma
tlon which the Federalists hnd
plunged in debt uut OF that dilemma
as the first step toward real independ-
ence. His maxim WAS that a free
people should be out OF debt and then
they were always prepared for war.
II they had no debt the people would
endure additional taxes TO secure the
means OF self-defense. III they bad
no debt they were IN position 10 bor-
row on favorable terms OF other inde-
pendent countries as an ultimate nee
esslty. But we are wiser than Jeher
son, and we are tending mote 10 the
form OF strong government and COM
merclal monarchy that even the Fed
erallsts OF his day.
In this connection II Is worth notic-
ing that the newest history entitled
''The Decay OF Civilizations" Is an
able volume written to prove that the
two classes produced by the present
type OF civilized life are The usurer
and the tenant class. The writer
goes on TO prove, by the progress and
development OF all the countries that
have maintained government for hye
hundred years, that the inevitable
product is the money lender aud the
serf chained TO the soil He also con-
cludes that our country In spite or
boasted freedom and equality Is
travelling over the same road.
The Bimetallic Union does well to
go 90 che bottom OF these matters and
10 study into the very foundation OF
these systems that seem Unborn ten
denotes OF humanity. They may not
be able TO eliminate the selfish pro-
pensities OF human nature, but they
will certainly learn enough TO avoid
In their political action such course
as Will hasten the decay or our own
beloYed country. We may not stop
the boat we are riding upon down the
steam OF time, but we can occasion
ally cast anchor or get a snuhhing
rope 10 the bank somewhere 10 arrest
the descent OF the vessel over the
rapids OF revolution aud the cataract
Of destruction.
The conditions we are suffering un-
der Ia our country are not alone TO be
found here, and that this article may
have no political bias, let us turn TO
the new country north OF us. The
Victoria "Colonist," OF January 10,
has three facts Of interest bearing on
the Rothschlld problem. The first Is
statement Of the total debt OF the city
at the head OF the Western coast, and
on the very verge OF Western ciyiliza-
tion. The debt Is about 81, ,sis,a57 In
terest charge last year was sla5, ,43S.
The debt Is about 500 per capita for
each resident other than Chinamen.
Consider the Interest charge aud this
debt, and then reflect on the fact that
all this debt aud Interest are for the
public service OF 'the people OF that
city, and consider 10 these public ser
vices could not have been carried on
without enrlchlng the usury class.
Must the masses always pay tribute TO
accumulated capital OF the world and
the larger the accumulation che bigger
the burden the coming generation
must bear :
The next fact Il "A call fora meet
ing az all the citizens at Westminster,
January ~, 10 dlscnss Cheap Money
for FARMERS TGe "Colonistn depre-
clates such 4 ma. .ement and says it Is
not the duty OF the government to cor
rect the misCalcnlallons which men
make Ia their private Affairs. We do
not comment on this any farther than
10 call attention 90 the third item Ia
tue ''COl0nlst,n - which shows that the
city of "Vicloria" spent sa,697.s6 for
advertising and printing" during the
year lSo5 probably most Of il with
the "ColOnlst." We do not mention
these threo facts NC have referred 20
for the purpose oI drawing invldious
a ,nclnslons, but 10 bring together pos