Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-11-05

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liberty to ourselves and posterity
I favor no alliance with other ma
tions that would likely entangle us
physically or financially in the
fighting of other nations battles.
On the other hand, I believe in Of
fering a helping hand to the needy,
and not through agreement or COM
pulsion. I would fight for or finan-
cially assist weak nation in the
right, against a stronger nation in
the wrong, but to make an agree
ment with a bunch Of scrappers
that you will come at beck and call
would only lead to complications.
While / have stated that / favor
none Of the Isms, as above mention
ed, 1 may truthfully be called "Rad-
ical" and may God grant that many
Radicals may lead us out of the
wilderness in which we are now
politically and economically sit
uated.
I am preaching the Capitalistic
idea with Limitation" my idea
Of life, is ITO Live and Let Live"
If my neighbor is better farm
er than I; works harder and is a
better manager than I, then I think
he is entitled to a fuller meal bar
rel than l. If my neighbor, a
scholar, student, genius or a
mechanic, discovers a secret, proc
ess, or creates a machine that will
fill his meal barrel quickly, I will
honor him. If Capital takes only a
fair profit as interest on his invest
ments, he can be of great benefit to
| the community, and 1 will welcome
him as a neighbor. If manufac
turer or producer pays his labor a
fair wage and sells his product to
the consumer at only fair and
reasonable profit, he is loved by all,
and / welcome him in my COM
munity.
But I do object: When anyone or
any combination of my neighbors
pool together their resources and
hog all the meal and make it i'm
possible for me to keep meal in my
barrel when their barrels are many
and overflowing.
THIS 1 DO NOT WISH TO SEE
A system of Government con-
trolled by Capital, that allows La
Dor and the resources of a nation to
be robbed and the proceeds to be
pocketed by small percent of the
minority, through Class Legisla-
ton, bribery, buying and selling of
public office and through a system
of selecting our highest public Off
cials other than by an honest public
ballot Are we to be a FREE PEO-
PIE as intended by the trainers Of
our constitution, or will we con
tinue to follow Party Leaders that
we do not choose?
If nation places Billionaires
and Millionaires in the public Of
fees at the head of the nation, wha.
can you expect other than legisla-
tion favoring BIG CAPITAL? Such
legislation has greatly reduced our
National Resources and made paup-
ers of American Labor; (The same
thing has happened in England)
Such legislation has placed the ma.
tons wealth in the hands Of less
than one-fortieth of one percent of
our population.
THE MONEY SITUATION
What Is Money? And The Answer:
Money is any kind of currency
coin, specie, gold, silver Or any 9th
er metal or material stamped by
legal authority and used as cur
rency.
The United States is one of the
Nations having, what is known as
tThe Gold Standard" (The Single
Standard).
We issue money currency to
the extent of gold that we possess
or promise to pay; we, practically
speaking, do not now recognize sill
yer as money, but only as COM
modify.
Through the manipulations of
the worlds money markets, the
Bankers and Financiers of a few
Gold Standard Nations, have sue
ceeded in lowering the buying pow
er of more than half the peoples of
the earth, and thereby increased
the buying power of the gold they
own and hold to the extent of
300@o. Is this justice or is it case
of Might is Right?"
England, like the United States,
has allowed special interest legisla-
tion to feather the nests of the
wealthy at the expense of the ma
ton. England with a public debt
of fabulous proportion, the interest
on her war debt alone took between
thirty and forty percent of her tax
income, such tax on a nations
revenues naturally weakens her
credit, and her Gold Standard
Pound Sterling dropped at one time
to point below $500 and the
Pound at par represents $4.8665.
1t was rumored that there was
an agitation for legislation to i'm
pose special tax on wealth, in fact
the Labor Party did at one time
draft bill, proposing to raise suf
ficient funds to pay off the National
debt and effect saving of 15a,-
100000 Pounds annually in inter
est charges. On the other hand,
the wealthy class desired to in
crease the debt by obtaining huge