The Louisiana populist., 1897-05-28
VOLUME OF MONEY.
NOTHING BUT ITS INCREASE
WILL BRING PROSPERITY.
the Peoples Burdens by Increasing
Taxation-Prosperitya as Yet No Nearer
Than 1t Was November 3.

udS required Iuc " Gall you tO5CInoA,
feel that your assembling in extraordi-
nary session is indispensable, because
Of the condition In which we find the |
revenues Of the government. 1t Is con-
ceded that its current expenditures are
greater than its receipts, and that such
a condition has existed for more than
three years. With unlimited means at
our command we are presenting the
remarkable spectacle Of increasing our
public debt by borrowing money to
meet the ordinary outlays incident up
on even an economical and prudent
administration of the government. An
examination Of the subject discloses
this fact In every detail and leads In
evitably to the conclusion that the
condition Of the revenue which allows
1t Is unjustihable and should be cor
rected."
So readeth the first verses of the nrst
chapter of the New Dispensation OF
Messages. Let all Republicans lift up
their hands and eyes and--crow.
Well, 1t is the same old bankruptcy
lingo that we heard In the early part
Of 1893, by McKinley's fat (if not illus
trious) predecessor; with the difference
that in 1893, bankruptcy was upon the
business OF the country while now 1t
has worked its way up to the United
States treasury which has been bank
rupt for more than three years" with
the conspiracy Of the bankers with the
administration in April, 1893, for the
purpose Of contracting the currency, in
order to bring on panic, and make 1t
an excuse to repeal the only remaining
law for the purchase OF silver as money.
and thus create a greater contraction
Of the currency--with all Of this before
McKinley's eyes, is he honest In ignor-
ing all of these things as If they never
had happened? Could a sensible, hon
est and patriotic man close his eyes to
the want, misery and crime, that has
grown out of that conspiracy?
Cleveland's plan was to prevent the
people from having any more money
to get, and 1t is now McKinley's plan
to pick from the pockets Of the wealth
producer. with high tariff, what little
money we have got. Fellow toiler. Is
there any difference in the character Of
the two men, when one prevents you
from getting anything, and the other
robs you Of what you have got? Eel
low-toiler. in either case you are left
bankrupt slave, just as the money
power has planned to make you.
It is we'll remembered that In 1893,
such papers as the New York Tribune
said that the cause Of the $1,000 fall
ures in that year, was because Of fear
OF Cleveland's free trade legislation.
Since the third Of last November there
have been failures at the rate Of over
10000 per y.ar! It Is because Of a
fear OF high tariff legislation? Stand
up, you lying Republican, and explain
this thing.
with unlimited means al our com.
mand." All! There lies thu
whole trouble! The idea has crept init
+ the oppressors' heads that the amoun
that can. be robbed from the wealth
producer Is simply incalculable ant
.'unlimited." Those that have 20 lonl
fattened upon that which they neve
earned will learn ere long that fiesl
ana blood will not submit to every in
justice. Unlimited means!' God Q
the universe, what lie! The Who'll
land is pocked all over with busines
failures, and q large per cent Of tn
wealth-producing masses are idle, an
ali that toll deeply engulfed in squali
poverty, and q bankrupt condition Q
the United States treasury has "existe
for more than three years"
with this universal lack Of none
among the wealth-producing peopl,
who're is the unlimited means'' /
coma from?
The .unlimited means,' will not com
I,rom the Notwithstanding class, fc
stbat xane Of deyilish hogs never di
80 ,srvthine toward supporting n
government, and never will. so Ion
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