The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-01-15
PolNTs FoR TtiE PEoPLE

protection to men, it allowed the few
to grab the wealth; and now it turns
and demands that the dollar must be
protected regardless Of human rights.
This is the story in a nut she'll
Andrew Carnegie has saved" his
labor to the extent of $4,000, 0OG;
George Pallman, $50, O05, 900; Russell
Sage, $4,000. GOO; John Rockefeller.
800, 10000 What industrious work
men they have been, to be suTei
The interstate commerce com.
mission is utterly pswerless to
6ght railroad monopoly. In the
annual report of that body, just
made public, it is stated that the com
mission is now conducting % suits to
enforce its regulating orders and Ga
mandamus proceedings to compel
carriers to file annual reports with it.
An industrial system. the masters
Of which seem to hold the opinion
that squalor and misery are permanent
conditions for multitudes of human be-
iDgs, is certain togo. The indifference
of the masters" TO the question
whether the people who have builded
nation shall have a home in it, is a
guarantee of its going.
TO make the banks give security
for deposits wouldn't settle the money
question, but agitating the measure
viii educate the people on bank infamy
and finally lead to a settlement on
basic principles. It's not solution
OF a problem, but an eye opener which
is so just that it cannot be denied
Chicago Express.
In New York city 177.OOO men are
out of work, and what provision is to
be made for them? is the question that
is uppermost in the thoughts Of the
philanthropists, says a dispatch from
that city. They ought to live comfort
ably until spring upon the thought
that when they do get employment
they will be paid in "honest" dollars.
Clay Center Dispatch.
When has a panic caused banks to
fail faster than they are now failingf
When have the losses been greateri
We have constantly insisted and the
records bear us out, that the panic is
chronic with frequent periods of con
valesceuce and as frequent relapses,
The financial Uncle Sam is a very sick
man, and he seems to make a misera Die
choice of physicians. -Sledgehammer.
The savage" Peruvians had great
national storehouses, the contents OF
which were held sacred to the whole
people for use only when necessity
arose. Christian Americans have great
churches, with grand organs and grand
preachers, and upholstered pews held
sacred to those able to pay the highest
price, and hungry men and women
walking the pavement outside. Com
ing Nation.
If you get a bank draft it stands
you in hand to cash it as soon as posi-
bic in the ordinary course of business
otherwise any loss would fall upon the
ne ligent holder. On the other hanC
if you hold a United States money or
der or postal note, you need have M
anxiety about its payment. All tht
people are stronger than part of the
people. Letu have government banks
-Winterset (Ia.) Review
Let me say to some senators whC
are so frightened when you talk abou
fat money and about making money by
law, and who seem to think it indi
Gates a low intelligence and lack of in
formation upon these subjects that the
period at which Greece had iron money
is the most glorious of all its history
For $50 years they made iron money
by the will of the government-Sena
tor Teller September IL, 1898,
The continued crash of breaking
banks and business failures hai
alarmed the republican leaders ant
they show signs of unrest and alarm
They freely admit that existing condi
tons must be changed. The restora
ton of confidence has not helped the
condition of the country, but has made
it worse. More money is the only
remedy and it must come before time;
will be better -Tarkio (Mo) hide
pendent
If the post offices were under cor
porate control, as the railroads are
and Disseminated against certain
places or interests in favor of others a
the railroads do, many enterprise
which now flourish would be crushed
If the railroads were owned by tn
government, as the postal service is
and run in the interest of all the pee
pie without discrimination, many en-
terprises which now cannot exist
would spring up and flourish. See?
Suicides, defaIcations, bank rob
berries, train robberies, highway rot
berries, bank failures, commercial faiI
ures, misery, want and starvation mar
the outlines of the return of prosperit
following the recent election, and We
Marcus Aurelius Hanna, the kin
maker, is making ready to have tn
coming inauguration ball dazzle an
bewilder the people to beat Belshal
zar's feast "On with the dance, II
sleep till morn, let joy be unconfned.
Two million dollars left over in tn
campaign fund -Winterset la Re
view.
The new alignment Of forces az
pears to be permanent The silver re
publican congressman refuse to go il
to the republican caucus and the gol
democrats refuse to go into eaucu
with the silver democrats Those VIII
believe in d government of, for and b
the people will naturally flock tC
gether from now on while those VIII
believe in plutocrscy will eonsolidat
on the other side. Party ties are a
broken, the people are aroused. oil an
water won't mix and better govern
ment is an assured thing for the nea
future.-Iowa Farmers Tribune.
1t Grows Apace.
Socialism grows apaee. A year ag