The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-10-29
ONLY THROUGH ELECTION OF
GOVERNOR COX MAY AMERICA
JOIN IN MOVE FOR PEACE.
HARDING FIGHTS LEAGUE AND
SEEKS REJECTION; NATIONS
BARRED FROM NEW LEAGUE

them and Governor Cox has won
dcrful record az law enforcor and
friend az the people.
Tho days are fresh IN tho memory
af local people when our state and 10.
lcal governments ret 40 aud protected
demOtailslns Institutions The oX-
trpmeh Of Aueieiy the multi.million.
aIrc and the tramp. fiud Their source
! Ia government. There are those am
onK us who remember the panie OF
1919 white the panlca Of 1898 and
! 1907 occurred during the life imn of
all middio aged people now living.
Those paHicn we're the result ~ gov.
eminent aud their effect was 10 steal
more from the people nf America than
tho thofis uf ordinary thieves VIII
amount to in n million years.
Wall street Panlc-.
Those panica came when Wall
street controlled the financla lwnrld.
The debtors OF America owed Wall
street money payable IN dollars. and
those debtorh could vet dollars only of
Wall street. la osaetlng It's pound Of
fiesh Wall street stole billions upon
billions OF wealth Through its power
TO expand and contract credit u not 1
only rebped fabulous fortunes from the /
people during panieE. but Il was In n 4
position constantly 10 buy low ana sell .
high, The fear Of It's power served as
a club which II controlled elections
and thus perpetnated its control.
Wall street held sway during the /
civil war when our paper dollar WAS
forced down 10 10 cents In gold.
During that struggle Wall street
secured q sttangic hold upon the eoun-
try that was never broken until 1879
when the progressive republicans d.
vided the republican party. making Il Il
possible for IA party not controlled BY 4,
Wall street 10 eume into power.
The People Onniroi.
This. for the first Time since Jack
son. gave the people control OF the
government through the Wilson Ad'
~ a result Of this pop
ular victory a tremendous body of re-
form legislation was speedily enacted.
Foremost among this wHs the recogni-
lion that labor IN something more than
A commodity To be bought and sold
like Junk. Then comes tho Federal
Iteaerve Act that makes credit an
pFNAu Ah AHH. ptAfst w itNAiNs ~ nAHtRb :
hat makes u possible for every per-
son whose morals and property hold :
ngs entities him TO credit TO obtain n
A syEtem that financed the greatest a
war OF all time with currency that {
never fell below par. Z
Then comes the Farm Loan Act that I
ses The superior credit of the nation
o finance the farming industry FOR \
he nations benefit rather than Tor
hat OF Wall street.
All ~ these benefits are shared by Z
'epuhlican voters.
But the Wall street crowd are not =
content 60 remain out of power, They '
purpose 10 re-capture the government,
To this end they are raising another y
fund like that In the days OF
Mark Hanna But more potent than
money directly raised and directly ex- \
pended In their control of tho CONNER
,iai world. Wall street is the Amert.
AN 90 OF the money interests. and 9
hose interests. indirectly control the
american press. '
II ia tho commercial world that sup.
lilies the advertising for newspapers, y
md Il s out OF pay for advertise
nents that the great daily press coins k
u prosperity. d
Thoughtless people rely upon the {
,ress for their information as We all v
oily upon the sun for light and heat, ,
Therefore those In control OF the presS, .
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