The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-01
alivelihOod from the sweat of another's

allVellhood from the sweat Of another's
face.
It is absorbing the substance of the
honest, though, perchance, ignorant
workers, their wives and their chill
dren. It is a schemed traffic by
which to build up riches and grow
wealthy, without giving value for value
received. It is legal 60 theft.
L. was for thieving traffic, substan-
TALLY, in the sanctuary (noE les ply
seal substance) by the Jews that they
were driven out with q whip" by the
great Law Oliver from on high.
Statute law has legaliz9d a certain
amount of usury now called interest,
and also limited the mou of money,
thus making it's usury price sure to
the lender and higher to the borrower
or thereby creating a master and ap
pointing the servants.
Was ever the statutes of chatteI
slavery more securely fastened, afro
cIously drawn, or more cunningly de
vlsed &C suOvert the great law Of Kind.
ness and %brotherly loIe9
Brethren of the Alliance, I do not
mean to take the position that you
look upon this evil in our financial
system from the same moral sEaLd
point l view from until you are fully
convinced Of i5 Gas you will be in
time), or that you demand its aboll-
ton as a crime. Only investigate and
think of it without prejudice 80 that
1t be rightly solved in the future; but
l do no ask that at least you view the
system from the humanitarian stand
point of political economy this use of
money, which is in its-lt a functional
evil, small in it's beginning, but grow
ing to gigantic proportions in influence
and power. (See chaps. 6 and ~
1 do ask you to stand openly,
avowedly and firmly to our first agree
ment with other industrial OrganlZA-
lions in demanding the adoption of a
monetary system that will remand the
power of money issued from the bank
ing corporations to which iG has been
found out, back TO the sovereIgns and
even leave it more completely In the
hands of the inusSrial sovereign PEG
pie who produce the wealth tina money
represents.
1t was a good principle set forth at
Omaha, July 4, 1892 which said:
I'VE declare, therefore, 1st, that
the union of the labor forces OF the
United States, this day consummats d,
shall be permanent and perpetual
| May it's spirit enter into all hearts for
the salvation OF the Republic and the
uplifting of mankind"
1 again ask attention to chapter 2 of
this series ('Money, C, f, g., b., which
if adopted IN law gives any citizen
who has indestructlble property the
right TO have a safe per cent of it's
value issued TO him in money, which
all the people shall recognizs as legal
tender for all purposes at the mini
mum of COST" (see Alliance demands),
never to exceed so per cent. of its val
ue and the aggregate amount to any
one never to exceed SIS. 900, all of which
within these limits IS left &C the judi.
cious control of the Congress accord
ing TO the Constitution a b.. C.. d.
and q provids for unlimited coinage of
gold and silver at Is co 1, land that
paper money shall be issued by the
government only, all these being re,
spectively, metallic aud paper Fed
eral Money" thus bearing on it's face
th3 sIgnIication that it is the legal
uuit Of value according to the
standard table, as we'll as the legal
tender taken as record Of measured
Of measured value.
There is a great d if 9rence between
this paper money and what is known
as "Greenback." 1t was simply fiat"
or law money with no basis for its is-
sue but the credit of the government,
as "bottomed on taxes" which is the
last analysis, 1.-The good will" of the
people.
This proposed paper, Federal money,
shall not only have the credit OF
the Government, as the greenback
had but also indestrucEiole properly
10y mortgage OF deed) behind every
dollar of it.
The treasury repositories (see g
are, 1st, to be convenient places at
which the people may transact their
money issue (or borrowing) business
Czee g with the Governm 7nt; and,
2 Id, to aft ord a safe place of deposit
for any persons money; and 3rd, a
clnvenIent and safe channel for com