Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

big indemnity paid her by China, but
the goldbugs are keeping very quiet
about it. The Eropean millionaires
will no doubt loan her more gold, pro-
viding she will mortgage the labor of
four generations of people to pay the
interest. This system Of slavery now
in vogue here and in Europe, is the
height of goldbug civilization and
Christianity independent American.
What is the use of kicking about gov
eminent by injunction? Isn't that
what the people voted for last fall?-
Duluth Labor World.
The flag is an emblem of liberty, but
should we go to sleep and let designing
men steal our liberties, what is the
flag to us?-Record, Salida, Colo.
After the discovery of gold in Cali
fornia and Australia, Germany and
Australia demonetized gold; in 1871
Germany demonetized silver and re-
monetized gold. To a man up a tree
1t would appear as If gold and silver
were not money, without fiat behind
them to make them such.-Farmers'
Sentinel.
l do not believe that a government
founded upon justice and equity needs
a standing army, repeating rifles and
Calling guns in order to dispense JUS
tice. A government that must resort
to arms to maintain peace among its
citizens is not a fit government for a
free people.-Rights of Man.
writer in the North American Re-
view, with the statistics of twenty-four
states before him, Says the United
States is the largest tenant farmer ma
ton in the world. OF the 100000
adults engaged in agriculture about
one-third are so heavily mortgaged
that the interest they must pay to
avoid foreclosure is about equal to
farmers than England, Ireland, Scot
land and Wales combined. Illinois
stands first, with S0,245. Texas comes
next, with 66,566. Old settlers will re-
member that previous to 1873 farmers,
as well as others were nearly free from
debt Mortgages and tenants were al
most unknown. Then laws contracting
the currency and demonetizing silver
began to be felt, and debt was made
necessary. AS result, unless class
legislation is repealed, and we have
more money in circulation, we are
doomed, like Ireland, to be a nation of
landlords and tenants, masters and
Representative. Boulder, Col.
The masses of the people produce all
there is of wealth by their labor applied
to natural resources. The masses of
the people also create the demand for
this wealth as they are also the prin-
cipal consumers. Man is both a pro-
Queer and a consumer. AS consumer
he provides employment for himself as
producer. With an equitable, COM
mon sense adjustment of his business
relations, he would never fail to find
employment, and always be able to re-
tain the wealth that he creates This
is business question and it must be
understood and acted upon before there
can be any permanent improvement in
our material onditions.-Topeka New
Woman.
Many people imagine that gold is the
best of standards because the labor
cost of getting it is practically uni
FORM 1t has been estimated that gold
in some of the larger Colorado mines
costs but cents worth Of labor and
expense to the 81, and the cost varies
from that all along up to 81, or even
more. ]. B. and R. B. Graves recently
in four days took out $4,000 Of mug
gets in Trinity county. Estimating
their labor at So per day, the labor in
that gold would be s12, which is less
than cents for $1O0. And yet people
are fooled into believing that such a
material is a "standard"!-SanF Fran
cisco Star.
P. d. Armour says five years of
sunshine have begun" Perhaps they
kave-for him and men such as he who
live off the labor of other men.-To-
naka Advocate