The independent., 1903-06-25

the few, by the few and for the few,
we must have constantly In circnla-
tioa two or three times per capita
more money than has usually been al
lowed us by the ruling plutocracy.
A competition that il caused by
scrimpy money circulation is com
petition among Wage-earners and pro-
ductive laborers generally that works
their destitution and misery. A pow
erful competition that is caused by
an abundant money circulation Is
competition among capitalists that Is
oily, by which prosperity and happi-
ness is impaired to all productive la
borers.
The increasing Generalization and
corruption that The Independent edi-
torial speaks OF, as also the ruling
monopolies and trusts the labor OPP
preston, the labor strikes, the total
| loss of our merchant marine, the
large ownerships of foreigners in our
railroads and other property, the i'm
mense Indebtedness OF otir people to
foreigners and the yearly tribute paid
by our people to foreigners, all Of
which can prove, are but a contin-
uation and enlargement of that val
ley of the shadow of death into which
Wendell Phillips said we entered in
1865 when Mccullough began con-
traction. And this valley of the sha-
dow of death Is still growing, and will
continue to grow unless done away
by money circulation such as re-
quired by the Omaha platform. This
is the effectua. remedy, and the only
remedy there is for 1t.
What has been heretofore, can be
again and all the time, by the same
means. If populists will only be un-
ted upon the essential parts of their
own Omaha platform, they can safely
promise the people that If elected to
full power in the national government
they will give the &C airy the same
universal prosperity that the English
people had as stated In the foregoing
quotation and as we had on the same
terms before Mccullough began con-
traction in 1865 as stated by Wendell
Phillips, and as | recollect the fact
was.
Being thus united and established
immovable upon the letter and spirit
cf the Omaha platform the party
cannot only promise these grand re-
suits If advanced to the government.
but we can prove by an immense
amount of historic facts other thar
those herein presented. that our faith.
truthfulness and integrity are well
founded. and by that means the par
ty will be promoted to the governing
country
Populists will think we cannot do
this. We are weak as a party, they
say, and have been growing weater
for years. But we can do it sure. We
have truth. justice and grandeur of
purpose on our side as no other party
has Or will have. Let every pannlist
editor and voter henceforth quit TAX
ing side with any other party or fac
tion in it's contention with another
and use all his talent and powers in
putting forth in the utmost possible
prominence our own superior doc
trines Then the party will make
healthy growth with rapidity that
will astonish our adversaries and
charm ourselves
But beware Take notice, ire
deemability of the paper money was
a necessary qualification of it in the
two English and American examples
Of great prosperity aforesaid But for
this non-redeemability of the paper
money in coin, nc half enough of IL
could ever be floated in circulation to
accomplish any great beneficial pur-
rose. But with the two qualifications
Of non-redeemability and sufficient
quantity, paper money is the most
powerful human instrunentality
among men. Gold and silver are Inn