Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-19
.EITERS TO THE EDITOR.
Eradicate the Root.

MT. Editor: Now that the battle of ballots is over. we can now calmly and coolly discuss vital principles of gov ernme1t. There is one of two things sure, when a person is afflicted with a cancer, either the cancer must be Filled or the cancer will kill the per son. The nature and danger of can- cer is the same, whether on a human being or on the body polite, the na- tion, all the people, The nature of a cancer is to eat, absorb and destroy life, whether it be an individual or a nation. The root of a cancer feeds it, until the patient is killed. The only remedy'is to efadicate the root. The cancer of this and all other nations ie the high cost of living. Today, ac- | cording to government statistics three. fifths. of all the wealth produced by labor is absorbed by, this cancer. In other words the producers get only 4] cents of the dollaKthe consumer pays
 sile high cost of living is the vislbl3 1 part Of the cancer that is taking three 1 HIths of the Sustenance. the life of la i Dor. If the root this cancer is not 1 eladicated from the system, it caGrot be long before another fifth will be ab- l soroed. It is inevitable. There is | then remaining only one-fifth more to | be absorbed-and then what? Of l course, the obituary, and the under taker. The end. To prevent this, the | root of the cancer must be taken cut
 clean. It seems to me that no intel ligent, thinking, reasoning person will deny the above statement, I think | that everyone will admit that interest is great absorbent, if not the great est absorbent of wealth. It never ceases to absorb. It works night and day, rain or shine, weekdays and Sum days, and never stops for holidays. This being true, it can be demonstrated that interest is the root of the cancer on the body polite, the high cost of living. In order to make this plain a few plain simple facts must be under stood. It is generally understood that | interest is paid for the use of money First, the people are obliged to have money. It is the foundation, the cor nerstone' of civilization. Second, there can be no money Omitted States) un- less it is created by congress. Con- | gresS has no right to create money to give away. Neither has it any right t. create and loan it. JIa"ing the pow CT to create, it has no right to borrow | and compel the people to pay interest. | Having the power to create money to pay debt. 1t has no right to saddle a l UeEl On the people. NOW, the root or this cancer is the special privilege of private ownership of money after 1t is created by congress, and before it goes into circulation. The private owner ship gives the owners the power of levying interest for it's use, because the people are obliged to have money if for no other purpose than pay taxes which congress compels the people 10 pay, and must be paid with money. As there is no other way for the peo- pie to get money, under the present system, it must be borrowed from the owners. When borrowed it must be returned to the owners. Cut this out and compare it with one that will fol- low, showing how to take one thousand dollars and loan eleven men $100 each, and have $10 left.
 J. c. VALLETTE.
 North Franklin, Conn, Nov. IS, 1912