Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-04

In the Cause of Justice.

In the Cause OF JuStAco'
EDITOR LEADER Prompted by the
spirit again take my pen in hand to
add comfort and encouragement as far
as in me lies. to all friends and CO.
workers in the cause of Justice seekers
after especially to those who are
inclined (as it seems to me) to cling to
semblance, allowing the reality to
escape. Therefore, allow me to call
attention to the words of the Apostle
Paul TO the Corinthians, 1st, Is: 36-7:
'.Thou fool, that which thou sowest
is not quickened, except it die:'' "And
that which thou sowest, thou sowest
not that body that shall be, but bare
grain, it may chance of wheat, or of
some other grain.
You will notice that the lesson which
the Apostle aims to teach, is that the
kernel, "the bare grain" which you
have sown, contains not the "frultlon
of your hopes but is only the selnbl-
ance of the things hoped for. The body
buried ever SO deep in the earth may
decay, but the vital principle (the eter-
nal TRUTH will struggle upward and
bear fruit, many, many fold
Carlyle says: ''The law of fact is that
justice must and will be done Trample
it ever SO deep in tho earth, load it
down with injustices, expressions, with
evil customs. years, yea centuries old,
justice will ever work upward, towards
the sunlight of truth and eventually
triumph over all obstacles all sembl
ances, all phislns, all perversions. OF
truth. Is it so; can you believe? Then
take heart, you weary ones, look not
down at the bare grain which you have
sown; the mere shell, the earthly ex-
crescence, the semblance; but look
upward, watch the young shoot as it
springs upward The cold rains may
chill, the winds buffet it; but with Gods
care it will blossom and bear fruit
twenty, thirty or perchance hundred
fold. But don't get impatient if it
tarry awhile, out of sight, if frosts and
clouds and cold winds prevail, and go
in and dig up the soil and disturb the
grain which You have sown, perhaps
just taking root Be patient, if the
seed was good twas truth) it will surely
come
Now to apply our lesson let us take
up bit of history: In the summer OF
oh .r1 hx,
name, distributed among the bankers
of this country (contidentially) a circu-
lar, part OF which is the following:
The great debt that capitalists will
sec to it is made out Of the war, must
be used as measure to control the
volume of money. To accomplish this
bonds must be used rs a banking basis
1t will not do to allow the greenbacks,
as you call them, to circulate for any
length of time, for we cannot control
them. But we can control the bonds.
and through them the bank issue "
In the previous clause of the same
circular lie had said that the European
plan was the capital control of labor by
controlling wages, and that could be
done by controlling the money.
1t seems unnecessary for me to re-
capitulate (after all that has been pub
lished) to show the reader how nearly
that infamous plan was carried ont in
succeeding legislation; will only note
the principal events
The national bank system declared
by its promoters to be the best the
world ever saw the destruction of the
greenbacks and gu Institution of bonds.
credit strengthening act, '(bonds made
payable in coih) refunding act. and
anti silver act of 1878, with the gold
dollar instead of the silver ole, made
the unit of our money, with the de-
clared policy of our government to
contract the currency I well remem
Der the spirit of disgust, unrest and
dissatisfaction in our (Republican)
ranks when those policies began to
have their very natural effect. We felt,
rather than saw, that something was
wrong, and curses, rot loud but deep,
daily were heard against Old McCul-
loch, the then secretary of the treasury.
But when such voices as those of
Greeley, Peter Cooper, Chase, Thad.
Stevens, Logan and Weaver, ct. al,
showed us the wickedness, folly and
| danger of those pOlicies a rebellion