Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-10-15

ing more power than its creator, the
United States government. The lssu-
ing of money is sovereign preroga-
tive. Sovereignty here in the United
States is placed by our fundamental
law, the Constitution, in the hands of
the people. Every citizen is sover-
eign. The aggregate of these sover-
eighties is the power of our republic.
Sovereignty is unit and can never
be divided, neither can it be delegat-
ed, The peoples representatives in
congress alone can exercise the sover-
eign power. Hence, | affirm that con,
gress alone an issue money; and fur
thermore, that there can be no such
thing as primary money or money OF
final redemption,
If congress has the power to issue
money. why issue two kinds, primary
and secondary Whoever heard of
primary sovereignty and secondary
sovereignty Honest sovereignty or
hard sovereignty l submit, is it not
unscientific, unphilosophial, illogical
and absurd to claim that sovereignty
can redeem sovereignty This artitic-
ial or law-made government, the
Bankers Association within the Unit
ed States government, is demanding
the right to own and control the vol
ume of money that shall be issued to
the people. Why do they make this
claim2 The answer is plain upon a
moments reflection. They want to
control and maintain the relation be-
tween have and want. That relation
is what we call price. They have the
money and they know that the people
want it, They know and understand
this further fact, viz: that the more in
tense the peoples wants become, the
greater quantity will they give Of
their products and their labor to get
it; that is to say the price of products
and labor will go down and the price
of dollars will go up just in proportion
to the total volume of money as com
pared to the aggregate amount of all
articles on the market for sale. A rail
way company is corporation or law
made creature and when several of
these creatures consolidate we have an
Spwn artificial person. We have
vi these monstrous corporations
republic and they are be-
Eogant and domineering ac.
ing the power that brought
existence, with our two
g utilities and necessities,
and transportation dollars
owned, controlled and OPP
ese artificial persons called
~ ~ which have grown to such
proportions that they art
g by their acts 1.-THE people
Erights which corporations are
- to respect.
y There are seven attributes or ele
ments which enter into the life of ;
corporation viz: selfshness, greed
avarice, deceit, treachery. hypocris!
and tyranny. These seven devils hav,
entered into the swine which we cal
corporations and the result is the PEG
pie are powerless. Why powerles
when the people still have the ballo
in their hands? My reply to this in
J quiry is this: Our democratic repub
lie has become plutocratic autocrac
of corporations. These, bodiless, con
, scienceless and soulless law mad
} creatures have in clandestine deceit
full, treacherous and hypocritical man
, ner, so insinuated their power into tn
/ selfish and greedy instincts of th
} leading and influential place huntin
politicians of both the Republican an
, Democratic parties that both of thes
4 old and established political organizf
] lions are owned, controlled and opera
a ted by these artificial persons. TIL
result is that the representative forl
= of government established by the pi
o triot fathers, has become failure. Il
= stead of its being government 50
t the people, by the people, and for I'll
s people, it has rapidly degenerated il
o to government of the corporation
y by the corporations and for the corpo
9 ations. Corporations feed and fate
, upon the unsIspecting producers al
j consumers. The many are robbed
: enrich the few. Any man or set
) men who think that this condition
e affairs political can be changed
i either of the old party organization
y is simply hoping against hope, for
J. can never be known to cast out Sata
'e The all-impOrtant and predominant
d inquiry is, is there a remedy
: wrong ever existed but what there VI
} way to remedy it. Let the gre
C wealth producing classes of Ameri
IS unite with will to correct exist
Is systems of wrong and injustice and
q will be done. Our representative foi
20 OF government, which has served
i day and has proved a failure, must
r. changed and the power TO initiate /,
lie islation placed back where it prope
he belongs-in the hands Of the peop
es Give the people the initiative, ref
D. endom and imperative mandate, I
y power to propose and to reject all /
1t portant laws, and the remedy "
a. then be in the hands Of the people
er sole sovereign power of a pure den
IL crazy. The system known as the 4"