The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
ABSCLUTECy PURE
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banks and the nation is in but little
better situation.
u Read over this article on the ssBank-
er's Conspiracy and see if you can per-
sonally call to mind any persons who
have been refused money, not because
they were not honest or worthy, but
because they were opposed to the bank
ers controlling, expanding and contract
ing the currency of this nation at their
will and by SO doing making the price
on all farm commodities, making beast
bearers of burdens out of one class of
men and millionaires of another, max
ing Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and
Goulds out of bankers and "hobos"
out Of the farmers and laborers.
read in Fridays Des Moines Leader
that the board of control had ordered
the poor house in many counties in this
state enlarged to give better accommo-
dations for the poor in these prosperous
Mckinley times. The administration
orders the standing army increased and
more offices for political friends in Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines, more
salaries, more theft, more taxes, less
freedom and equal rights to all, less
democracy and more plutocracy, less
Republic and more Empire, and more
governed without consent than by
consent; less regard for the principles
taught in the Declaration of Independ-
ence and more attention to building up
and advancing the interest of the re-.
publican party and general disregards
for the best interests of the people.
The prime object of the formation of
our government was to "establish JUS
tice, insure dOmes.:o tranoa:.:tv and
promote peace and the general welfare. %
Have our tinanciels done this? Have
we peace and contentment among our
people? or are we daily becoming more
and more the slaves of the money
power? There is not an honest man
who did or believes now that it was
right to re-elect Mckinley and endorse
the administration and Its acts, but
party preference and party obligation
were dearer to them than the people;
and as heard a banker say once when
in trouble, 81 am going.t TO help acertain
|.project if it busts the bank anu lis
the town." He did. So did our repub-
lican friends say the same this fall, and
did, and it will cause the same trouble
for our nation the banker did for the
bank, and men will be just as ready to
repudiate the present administration
and censure it as they were the banker.
Think Of it; every man knows money
is the power behind the throne, and
think Of a party or administration that
is willing to take from the government
the right to make and coin money and
give it to bank, trust or combine!
What has it done for this nation? Let
US see: In 1868 it destroyed $473, ,0O0,-
600 of greenbacks and issued interest
bearing bonds untaxed in their stead.
We had 2,60S failures. In 1885, $500, ,O00,-
900 were destroyed and bonds untaxed
bearing interest issued. We had 2,799
failures. 1870 $67,OOO,OOO. In 1871
i S35, 600, 900, and each year up TO 1875
$4O,Sl7, ,4lS were retired. Results, we
had 7.74O failures in 1876. We retired
$s5, ,OO0,O 900, failures 1902, causing
loss Of $l9l ,OOO, 600 and we haye con.
tinued to increase the failures and viii
as long as We keep the financial man
agement of our nation in the hands o.
the bankers; they are doing business
strictly for the banker and not the peo
ple's interests, and yet we have men whit
pretend to be honest and have sense WHIT
say we have the best financial system
on earth, and the most prosperou
times, and the non-reading, non-think
. ling people believe it's true. Z
Now mark what ! tell you, 'sthat be
; fore four years pass by there will b
thousands ofvoters who will wish the.
had never bcsn born, and the none.
, power will have their hard earned dol
lars and they be their slaves"
CITIZEN.