The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-26

CompIacency Is Tribute to Trusts.
In the tariff debate yesterday Mr.. Lentz
asked very pertinent question. Address
ing the Republican side of the House, he
said: How dare you legislate ON the sub
jects included in this bill without the con-
sent of foreign powers, il you cannot legis-
late on money without their consent?''
Our news columns relate that the ans wer
to this query came in the form of laugh
ter aad applause" We should not have ex
pected one more serious; but there are Re-
publican statesmen who could have ex-
planned the seeming paradox, TO the illu-
mination if not to the satisfaction of Mr.
Lentz and the country.
More tEan year ago a formal alliance
was effected between the syndicated finan-
cial power of London, Paris. Frankfort.
Amsterdam, Berlin and New York, on the
one hand, and the giant American trasts
and monopolies on the other; the object OF
the coalition being TO control the pending
Presidential election in a way that It was
believed would ia stem The single gold stand
ard upon the United States for all time.
In order to effect this combination the
foreign money power. then and now SUI
preme in Great Britain, Europe and Amer
Ica, deliberately undertook 10 sacrifice the
principle of low tariff or free trade, which
was a secondary interest TO it, to the,
greater purpose of establishing the f1nan-
cal slavery of the American people 10
the Rothschild syndicate, for all time.
That party to the alliance was to have
complete control of the currency, and
the other was to enjoy the privilege OF
taxing the life out of the nation for a
term of years. AS choice of evils this
concession 10y the money POWER was
wise business movement. Freeslver in the
legitimate tariff against the outside world.
the effect of which would stimulate Amer
lean prosperity and put money in the
pockets of the people instead OF emptying
them, and at the same time would have
placed this country on a basis for competi-
ton in the worlds markets, that soon
would have dominated them, built up
our mercantile marine, and forced the
center of the worlds exchanges from
London TO our Atlantic coast.
Rather than take such a risk, the great
financial princes and barons of the inter
national syndicate were only too glad TO
permit the commercial interests of the
several empires and states held by them
under mortgage to suffer for the time
being. that a more serious Inconvenience
might be avoided
1t VIII be noticed that British pressure is
not conspicuous in connection with the
English commercial press is bowling hide
ously The money interest ON that side
even is helping things along, through its
banking agencies in the East The Ameri-
can financial end of the conspiracy ex
poets special bonus for itself. after the
tariff question is out of the way, in the |
shape of currency reform which shall
restrict the paper money of the country to |!
national hank notes.
Foreign commercial nations are indig
nant concerning the Dingley bill, AMI will |!
make reprisals, Those are matters with |
which the bankers of Europe will not |
interfere, having secured all they want |
otherwise; and they will carry out their |
trade with the trusts and monopolies. |
That is the reason, and the only one, |
why the party in purchased power dares |
'to legislate on the subjects included in |
this bin without the consent of foreign |
powers"