Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-23
rirculation was never SO great per capita

hM NICK sent to philadelphia by the
newal OF the piedgs' Is favor ihterna-
onqi sh,mstn. A, H., me dspYslsAn marty
that y hnw deneMnces DIS the bastard
children OF populism. The republican
party gave us the sreenbacks and now II
and il fejested h f 81 feiisr
its adherence 70 bimetallism and now its
term IN order to disguise their desertion
pI the Former tenet Their votes gave us
The Bland-Allison act md they now call
Sherman act. their party in national con-
sass nsIa d. II amd nov S. they
state conventions In the west have stood
n Tor free rec, coinage at sixteen 70 one. and
aoS e eey ra aw na
traira IS lie lie natiena a anks and ee the
gold Trust. They made the civil war 6b-
e Sesse aS S1 the ,hs
trayed their constituents and iiiade these
aen sss I paSab bs IN And now
bonds ,pasabls in Inv gol aH Not tSe content nsat
with this last betrayal of trust, they ar
v ysnEe the schse Of ha,
until the year 1925. In 1872 they boosted
,het 1900 rapid pic, reduction Of the pubIic debt
III 1888 tney passed. Il law that makes that
debt del, perpetual charge upon the people.
They have encouraged every monetary
r reg lttf that they now denounee as
financial heresy and verify. their last
state is worse than theit fret
A startling Proposition.
! And now as a fitting elimination Of a
policy OF alternate promise and betrayal;
+ hfter following every financial ism that
they fond!s imagined would secure public
4 startling proposition. They propose to
! give the national BANKS power to issue
notes not on their ordinary assets. Thinly
me second paragraph of the financial
plant in their national platform pro-
Claims h here, that puts to shame, all
These learned masters of monetary leger-
dernain scott ~ the srhemr of John Law.
they lamen. tho fate of the continental
scheme". nf the farmers alliance; they
naorsnn "a ,bs but hs era s nd them
l'oueEygra Dspnelly. Notes lssne dl 5n Sank
assets as It's My that Is ts theory that gave
g:Ye us a panic in the. days Of our
fathers; that Is the dazzling dream of
every tiatist since the time when Noah
sailed the ark; and now. sprung to life
at the magic touch of Hanna, 1t comes
forth free from Its grave clothes dis
leans win have fallacy,, why. not In
dorse the money of Law LAY. issued on the
credit sah @e y Se s MhH ss {SY Ss
krains NY fTenas Tic fsnu So ln'm psrty
s thi, , my niorey soqnaI that viii serve
national banker. 1t accepts any doubtful tI l1
scheme that will conjure up "conidence''
WI, while the treasury is looted and the peo-
PIE taxed. Ever trcachcrolis to the cause
OF honest money, 1t goes into the market
place, as did the Pharisee of old. clad in
ths mant as of md
are-even its brethren, the democrats and
ponulists
The The salp s9 . sfrts has ATa w. bes
athsrs the ensy s q liz "s saasit ~ one
be Stands w., today Lay, for dollar, honest
as between the bondholder and the bond
payer honest. as between tho owner Of
e aoaHs t "Ga the for owner Of
surb Dur volume 81 credits. It stands and to- to-
aas for q system tina, does not fall when
stands for money issued by the governs
ment and not by the national banks for
a monetary system sound and not faulty.
for system devised. by wisdom for the
| peoples good as against system fash
Toned by folly for the advantage of the
/ few. II stands for an adequate supply OF
( primary. moneN-one that can not be con-
tracted by n few magnates whose love az
country Is The love Of dollars, whose pat
flbfism iB the gathering Of a harvest ar
gold from fields fortified by the bodies t3f
( American sons.
Republicans and TRUSTS.
II the history of the republican party
IS one of utter inconsistency and unrelia-
blity on the question OF. finance, 1t is GER
tainly open to no such charge on the
| question of trusts. II has wandered wide
" IN it's devotion to an honest bond and
an honest dollar, but 1T has never de-
the trusts; Micdwber like, 1t has been
shifty and uncertain on the matter of
money none but 1t turns 10 the trusts with an
affectionate concern to hear. the burden
desert my MisaWbsr s'"f born Y from nsf IKE
S %ss f. pSosso and ne marn q ne
combination claims the republican party
as It's pntative father, And illuminate as
II ,c VIII vii Against the vicious deeds of Its
deeds n pabis i has "S damn neddoa thsiT
erimesi In private 1t has divided the
spoils.
For three and one-halc years the re-
pupIiMie ,;.n, party has held absolute power
] struck against the encroachmcnts of or
/ ganized wealth. Pretending TO the pro-
( lection of American labor that party has
! favored the assumption of unlawful equi-
] while 1t has refused TO enforce unequiyo.
cal statutes hostile to trust extortion the
people people have complained. the press has
! numbered, conventions and synaus have
demanded and threatened. but the replb-
iichn party recreant to its country's well
Iare. has sung the song of protected in
destiny, while the excuses of lawless
trade combinations have gone on UNI
checked. Prosperous we may be- but who
Is gathering the fruits of prosperity? Pro-
obtaining the benefit thereof? S' M &eo Il
may be ac ecu but it is in the
masses The problem, my friends, is not
1 one Of production but of distribution The
question gu. !.sa is not can the people producer
they preduce!' The farmer. sow w and i.rli
reaps. the mechanic tolls and strives,
mighty mig labor with her hundred hands
Of the earth, the tangled tribute of the
soil. into things of use and ornament;
put nm. the he. gain Of all this sowing and toll
into the purses of those who toll not,
neither do they spin
Exemption From Competition.
The term protection" is concise
statement for legal exemption from COM
petition protective tariff is designed
Exempt from foreign competition by a
tariff law, a combination of all competing
aomcstlc concerns In given line of bust
stead of numerous competing concerns in
given industry, there is but one con-
eei n: Numerous sets of officers give way
70 one set. Many statesmen give way to a
few. Instead of a number of houses buy
ing raw material in competition there is
now now put one buyer, and instead of a unm-
Der of houses offering to sell to consum-
efs there is now but one seller Instead
OF number of employers competing for
laboTcrs in certain line there is but a
single demand. do not need to tell YOU
the result. The market of labor is abso-
iuleiy controlled in spite of the laborer;