The independent., 1903-07-02

question of money that concerns us
be paid however levied. The people
plust provide themselves with the
means for paying taxes before con-
sidering the question o. taxation hey
must understand that they can pay
taxes more easily with money when
il is plentiful than when 1t is scarce
They must understand that there is
20 way to relieve themselves from the
burden of taxation nor from the grip
ct the monopolist and usurer, except
with money. Money Is the great
panacea for substantially all the po-
litical ills that the people are af-
ficted with. To abandon, therefore,
the fight for a just and proper none
tary system which would give to the
reople ample money with which to do
their business and relieve them from
the necessity of going to the money
sc 6avenger to borrow what they ought
to be able to buy is to basely surren-
der to our implacable enemy AMI
leave hope behind. 1t is absolutely
essential to secure appropriate finan-
cial legislation so as to furnish to the
people not less than one hundred dol
| lars per capita and this can only be
done through the instrumentality OF a
PARTY that is pledged to carry out this
work. | am afraid, however, that the
| rsurer is permanently in the saddle
and that he will dominate and con-
trol public affairs in this country in
| the future. 1t is certain that he will
do so until the people become familiar
with this all important question.
Let us go forward in this work and
| make the fight for new and better
financial system, one that will bring
permanent and lasting relief to the
telling millions. You can count on me
to render all the assistance in my
| power to help this cause along, but |
will not devote my time nor energies
ror money to the exploiting of any
fake question, such as the single tax
| tariff or free trade. like the sub
stance of things and not the shadow.
Any movement, therefore, looking to.
wards the organization OF a party that
stands for the money question will re-
ceive my hearty support.
/ I believe that whole lot Of other
things should be done by the govern
ment, but the money question should
be the first one that should be settled
and I would rather go down thou
sand times in a contest over that
question than to succeed upon any
other.
AS a result of the legislation that
has been secured by the money barons
Is per cent of the people who labor
i'll the shops, mills, factories and
mines in this country are constantly
within sixty days of the poor-house
| + this to be taken as one of the
| strong evidences in support of such
legislation and reason why the gold
standard should be maintained? This
| is the condition that the usurer and
| bis agents and attorneys have fast
| eped upon this people and which they
| insist shall not be interfered with.
The strangest thing about it all is
| that those who stand nearest to the
pcor-house are those who shout the
/ loudest in favor of the usurer and his
| methods.
/ | believe that the democratic party
| at it's next national convention will
adopt the republican party's position
upon the money question and will at
! tempt to create fake issue over
which the campaign of 1904 will be
fought. If it should then 1t is safe to
conclude that there is no hope of re-
lief through the democratic party and
the peoples party must take the init
iative in the great work of reyolu-
tionizing the American government al
the polls. GEO. A. GROOT.
| Cleveland, 0.