Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 6, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 November 1894 — Page 3

OUR IiOYAL ROBBERS

.THE USES AND THE ABUSES OF GOVERNMENT. .Oar Government Has Degenerated Into a Monarchy A Despotism of Corporat Usurption Revolution Kitlier Through the ltallot or lj Force is torn Inj. A Republic in Theory. Said the inspired pon of the American revolutiou : Society in every state is a- blessing, but Government, even ia its be it state is a necessary evil. In its worst btate an intolerable one; for when we suiier, or are exi o e.l to tüe same miseries by a Government, which we miut expect m a country without Government, our calamity is heightened by th- reflection tr.at we turnh the means by which we suffer. The Inability of moral vLtue to govern sodlety, and to protect men in the. r natural riuhis, readers oovernment necessary, hence the true design and end or Governments, is the freedom and security of society. Tue true idea of Government is urawn from a principle In nature, viz, the more s rap.e a tam is. the less liable is it to be d.sordered, and the eas.er repaired. wen disordered. All powers exercised by the Government over a people, must have an origin some beginning. It must be either delegated or assumed. There are no other sources. All delegated power ia trusi, and all assumed power is usurpation. Time oes not alter the nature of either. The mouarehial Governments of the old world, established in t!ie dark, or mid. lie ages, were organized by robbery. Tuese powers were usurped, and afterwards sustained by armed force. The royal "houses' of Europe refer to robber castles, aud tho ancestors of royal families were robber chiefs. Tyranny and tho sword suspended the exercise and enjoyment of natural rights and usurd power to enforce ' wrongs. An i ti;at their usurped power might be perpetuated in their prosperity, they provided that the ownership of estates and the sceptor of power should be hereditary. The sole object of this form of Government was to enable the "royal" and "noble" few, And their heirs forever, to live in regal luxury and splendor upon the labor of the toiling many who were forced to submit to the bondage for tho sake of existence. How were the peopla robbed? At that period, the earth, and what it produced was the principal source of wealth. The wealth of the earth consisted of bread, meat, wines, skin and wool or fur for clothing, aud minerals for tools and ornaments. The earth tl-en was the only source of wealth. When a robber chief, with his armed band subdued a country, he divided the soil among his chieftains according to grade, reserving to himself the largest share. With the soil went the toilers, who were obliged to give the fat of the land to tho lord or baron, for the sake of existence and protection against ßmaller robbers. By monopolizing the means of life, the "nobility," as these bos robbers were styled, controlled labor, and by eonrolling and monopolizing nature's resources and the forces of production, the mass of tho people became roducoU to a condition of abject aud absolute slavery. In this condition generation after generation came and went, and for posterity there was no hope, for the powers which bound them were hereditary. In formulating the Government of this Republic, our fathers designed to provide against the perpetuation of vast estates, and the hereditarv suecession of power, by ignoring the law of primogeniture, and the choice of all public servants through universal suffrage. For three quarters of a century this system prevailed wi:h satisfactory results, until a new element came to the front in the form of a corporate nobility, with full Hedged power of primogeniture and the immortality of hereditary succession. This corporate nobility, this royal family of perpetual life, ha3 seized all tho powers and privileges ever usurped by the imperial chiefs and bandits of Europe; and they are now exercising them for the same purposes and with qual impunity. Through their monopoly of vast landed estates, they are driving all small farmers into the ranks of tenancy. Manufacturing, mining, transportation, exchange in fact all the resources of wealth and the means of subsistence are as effectually monopolized by tho corporation kings as the. soil and tho means of life ever were by the feudal lords and barons of tho barbaric ages. Nicholas and Alexander may die or bo assassinated, but a despot always occupies the Itussian throne. George, William or Victoria may die or be beheaded, but a Prince of Wales is an immortal personage. Gould, Huntington and Bockafeller may perish, but the Western Union, the Union Pacific and the Standard Oil Companies will live forever. It is not Gould, Vanderbilt, Huntington, Rothschilds and Drexel, Morgan & Co. who rule the country, but the corporations which they temporarily represent. These constitute a perpetual dynasty and their wealth and their power increase with their age. We Hatter ourselves that we are a nation of freemen, and that our Government is a republic. A republican government is one which is established and conducted for the public interest. Government by a king may be a republic if conducted for the public good, and a representative government may be a despotism if conducted for the benefit of. the hereditary class. Ours is not a republic so loner as it is conducted by and for corporate interests. It is a despotism, as destructive to tho rights and interests of the masses as were those of tho feudal ages. A century Las passed since, in theory, our Government was established as a republic. Its founders provided against feudalism which had enslaved the European masses, but not forseing the possibility of tho revival of (he demon under new forms and in a new guise, made no provision for the dangers which now encompass us. How shall the. nineteenth century meet this old enemy of civilization? How shall the head of the monster be crushed? Or shall we fold our arms and allow it to crush out the present,

as its prototvpe did the past, civilization? The old feudalism was based upon a monopoly of the soil, and the hereditary succession of ruling houses. The present is based upon the monopoly of the natural means of production, transportation, communication and exchange. It is based, not upon natural rig. ds, but upon legalized class privileges. Powers and privileges denied to indivi uals are grauted by law to corporations, to extort from individuals. A thousand toilers produce a million dollars' worth of wealt i, and law compels them to give it to one individual or a corporation. An Astor is assessed $1,000,000 towards defraying the expense of protecting his vast estates, and law compels his poor tenants to pay it. A corporation tesires to creat e $100,000, 0U0 of wealth, an. I the law allows it to water its stock to that jimount, and then tax its value out of the people by increased rates for service. Bobbery, robbery, robbery is diffused through, and permeates every department of our national, state ami municipal a ministration. Robbery begets wealth, wealth begets power, and the two combined have brought society to a condition of exasperation an 1 revolt, and revolution, either through the ballot or by fore1, is pressing to the front. Chicago Sentinel.

Get on the Wugnn. Tiui only thing the robber corporations fear from their men is their votes. Heretofore the men have been giving their manhood suffrage to these monsters, voting their tools into oilice, aud they have been robbing the men and the pnblic. The statutes are bristling with laws in their interests, but not one for the benefit of the toiling slaves. Never can tho men who work rise above the level of menials while the laws are as they are. This year there is a stir among the people. The men are reading. They are organizing into more compact bodies. They are studying tho effect of certain laws and of trusts and monopolies. They are beginning to understand a few things that heretofore wire mysteries. There is going to be a hair-pulling. The plutocrats are alarmed. They are scared. They are em loying money. They are hiring skilled traitors to enter every lodge. They are trying to cause dissention. In many places they will succeed. Rut there is one organization these wretches cannot control. The People's party has men that money will not buy. These men know tho problems to be solved. They left tho tdd parties when the light seemed hopeless. They are lighting for home and liberty. They are in earnest. The organization is too large to be broken. To this haven of safety the men who toil as slaves are invited. Their interests are identical. They both oppose the same enemy. The People's party is the union of all labor organizations. I means victory. It meaus that men shall receive all they make not a small part of it as now. It means big wages for those who work, nothing for those who don t. It means a good home free of debt, good clothing, good eating, and enjoyment for all who labor. If you want these things, get on the wagon. thero is a good seat for all. Coming Nation. Think! If you think, honest Republican or Democratic friend, that your party can be trusted in the struggle of the people against the thraldom of the trusts and combines, just notice how quiet your old party papers are regarding the robberies now being committed by these barons. When you aro injured why do you not sound the danger alarm? They have no word of condemnation. They have been paid tho price of a Judas, and they leave you to the tender mercies of these hyenas. What other evidence do you want? Wfll you continue to vote to have these men reduce vou to still greater depths of dependence? Haven't the old papers been lulling you into submission for years, and have things not been going from bad to worse? Don't vou see that the rich are gathering in all the wealth of the country, through chicanery and fraud, reducing the millions to beggary, and those papers you look to for counc.il have abandoned you to your fate? Is there anything that will make yon break your fealty to tho old parties? Arc you going to vote for them when they are enslaving yourself and neighlmrs? Will you not listen to reason? Think of the condition your children will be in if the present system continues. What chance will they have of Wing anything but slaves? Every article of life is being monop olized. What chance will they have against such competition? Think! Tnink! Think! A IteMSOiable C omp risen. A record of twenty-five years of old par y rufe gives the country a debt of .532,000,000,000, with 7,000,000 mortgaged homes, 4,000,000 men out of employment, with over 1,000.000 tenant farmers and 2,000,000 tramps and a free soup house in every city and public charity strained to its utmost tension.' A result of two years of Populist xule will reduce the debt two-thirds, raise two-thirds of the mortgages off the homes of the people, give every man employment at renumerativo wages, obliterate tho last vestige of trampdom and free soup houses will be unknown. Money will be plenty, every body will receive the full value of his labor, all of our products will have a market and Uncle Sam will manage his own farm without suggestions and dictations from England or any other country on top of tho earth. Atlvaiitao of Government Ownrmlilp. Tho distance between Cincinnati and St. Louis is 310 miles. To pull n mail coach between the two points the Government pays 10.84 cents per mile or $30.86. This is hauled on tho fastest train, and would scat forty to sixty people, which at the lowest figures would cost but 02 cents fare. This is not a theory this is something that is being done every day and the railroads are making money out of it.

It is a less rate than is charged for the lowest grade freight. The roads do not lose money on this aud make r up on 8omet .ing else. It is a profitable contract in fact, Mr. Wannamaker re orted to Congress that it was excessive and recommended a reduc ion of 20 per cent. Cannot the people see what advantages would accrue to them by public operation? Are they ban-: elited by paying 10 fare where they can do it for themselves by paying :1? With public ownership wheat could be shipped to New York for 3 to & cents per bushel, and the farmer here would receive the New York price for, his wheat less that amount. Would that not help the farmer who in turn! would help the merchant because oij his increased power of purchasing? Do farmers and mechanics receive in satisfaction for voting the old tickets controlled by corporations to pay equal to this? If you do, of course you have a right to, but do yon? Ex-; cept that a few of your friends have held offices, more or less fat, for which you have been taxed, directly or indi-s rectly, what benefit have yon had?i And "do you suppose your friendsj would still be holding offices if thi people operated the roads, telegraph aud coal? Do you consider meu who want these chauge3 made your enemies' till death? They are men like you. They are citizens. They have no objection to your friends holding office if they will advocate and work for tho change tiiat will prevent tho corporations from robbing the public to divide the spoils amng corporationists. You can do tnese things and be Democrats and Republicans still if you will, unless you consider that no member of your par ies dare have ideas not first eudorsed by i ar y leaders. Most of you would certainly reject that idea, and pro, erly, but if you believe that public ownership would be of advantage and fail to demand it of your party, are you acting right? Coming Nation.

Don't Show Kusiness Revival. A Washington dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer datod Oct. 1G doe not furnish much evidence of business revival. This dispatch says: "Government receipts from all resources for the first half of the current month aggregated about $10,000,000, and for tho entire month is not likely to exceed 20,000,000. against about $22,000,000 last month. Customs re ceipts so far this mouth amount to only $5,800,000, which would point to about $11,750,000 for the rnont against fully $15,500,000 last month. Internal revenue receipts for th first half of October amounts o 2,0ö0,00i , which is com. nratively a consi denude falling off from last mouth, when tho receipts for tho entire month were rG,250,000, and for the first hall of September more than 3,000,000. "Government expendiiures for first half of October were about $15,000,000, and will run closo to $30,000,000 by the end of the month.' So there is a fair prospect of an excess of expenditures over receipts during the month of .8,000,000 or $10,000,000 deficit in September." No one, without it is a Democratic politician, can see any prosperity in these reports. Only a little deficiency in prospect of say $8,000,000. A little matter of that sort each month does not amount to much. Prosperity goes right along, all the same. Doped by the Dallies. From 1870 to 1893 inclusive there has been appropriated by Congress for the alleged improvement of rivers aud harbors the gross sum of $191,577,917.01, and yet wo hear no cry of paternalism from tho trust combines or their yel ers, the "daily press." Such appropriations were made for alleged publio good in that it facilitated commerco and wero for the common good. Hailroads perform tho same functions, except that they do so much more effectively. Strange, isn't it, that river and harl)or improvement shonld be promt ted by atriotism and a broad public spirit while the proposition for tho Government to build and own railroads is denounced as rank paternalism. Come to think, guess it must be that railroads constructed and owned by-the Government would be a great source of revenue aud of lasting benefit to the public, while tho appropriations to clean out rivers aud harbors furnish fat jobs for partisan favorites and so far as the public is concerned is so much money thrown away. Great heads that manipulate the "daily press!" Voters, confine your ideas and information to tariff schedules a few years longer, and the jobbers will get the little which you have left. AY hoop 'em I'p! London dispatches state that as a result of stopping the coinage of silver Indian government bonds have risen in price, and evidence it as a good omen. Tho people have to pay the bonds. If the bonds double in value it will take twice aa many day's work to pay them. The people then lose one-half of their labor, which the bondholders gain. You bet the ruling classes think it is evidence of prosper, ity which forces tho people to work for, them twice as long for tho same pay. This is the same kind of villainy that was played in this country when bond i payable in the greenbacks with which they wero purchased were made pay. able in coin, and then by demonetizing silver made payable in gold alone. That is just the reason this country is going through the era of prosperity she is. All caused becausa the peopie are ignorant of the laws and th effects of tho laws on their condition. All these things have to run their full course to awaken tho peoplo aud prepare them for the great change that ia coming. Whoop 'em up, traitors ol tho peoplo, you aro doing a work thai will ond in good. These aro prosperous times. Tha trusts are making more money thau ever before. The railroads show in creased net earnings. The banks are busy with money and piling up mort gages on everybody. Yea, these are prosperous times for some people. Are you wise enough to study aud se" what politics have to do with it, and wh y you are not one of the elect ?

KEEP A-VOTIN.

If at first you don't f-ucceed. Keep a-vot'.n'. 'Twill surely down the money greed. Keep a-votln'. No use to grumble and complain if juti'-e don t fall down like rain. To hit the pune take steady aim. Keep a-votm. If by chance you meet defeat. Keep a-votin'. None but cowards cry defeat; Keep a votin . Stand your Ki';uud, cefend the right. Talk reform whh a.l your might, Note until the t.me to tiht. Keep a-votin". Educate, wc can and must. Keep a-votln'. 'TwIU down tne comblue aud the trust. Keep a-votiii'. Be sure you're light, then go ahead. Till the land ana till the hea l. Don't be diiveu and don't be led. Keep a-votin'. Truth is mighty, it will prevail. Keep a-votin". Earnest enorts rarely fall. Keep a-votln'. With trust in God an t powder dry. The ho.-ts ot evil we cn de:y. Aud knock the Demo-ueps scy high. Keep a-votiu'. Art to Strengthen the Public Credit. An act passed in 18G0 under Grant's administraiion, called an act to strengthen the public ere lit, changed bonds and United States notes to the amount of $1,500,000,000 into coin notes that originally had been made by law payable in lawful money of the country. The followiug is the celebrated act to strengthen the public credit, passed by a Republican Congress in 18G9, w hich started the panic that carried the country to a crisis in 1873. "lie it enacted, etc., that in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose of the Government to discharge all its obligations to the public creditors, aud to settle conflicting questions and interpretations of the law, by virtue of which such obligations have been contracted, it is hereby provided aud declared that the faiih of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States not bearing interest, known as United States notes, and all of the interest bearing obligations, except in case where the law authorizing the issue of any such obligations has expressly provided that the same may be paid in lawful money, or in other currency than gold and silver; but none of the said interest-bearing obligations, not already due, shall be redeemed or paid bet'oro maturity, unless at such limes as United States notes shall be convertable into coin at the option of the holder, or unless at such time bonds ot t .e United States, bearing a lower rate of interest than tne bonds tobe redeemed tan be told at par in coin. And the Uni ed States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision for the redemption of tho United States uo.es in coin." The bondholders who wero to bo benefit ed aud cared for so tenderly by this strengthening act had rea- ed a harvest of prolit out of the Government in tho purchase of the bonds. By manipulating the finances they forced a depreciation on paper currency and bought bonds with it, and then" formed the strengthening act in order to get gold on their bonds. Here are a few figures that will show how the bond buyers made millions out of tho Government from 18G2 to 1808: Years. 1 ST' 1 .... JStil.... , JSH JtJjJ ISM. 18rt7..... liOS Honds. Cost ia gold. ..$ tU.USJ.löO 44,UJ,0l'J .. MMH7.5.'iO 101,K.!S5 .. asil,yft.,a 0 ls.6'J7,li;14 . i.?V,0 10,107 .S14.0JÜ .. l'.J4,914,40O 8VA1.773 .. 4.M,4rty,?r.0 .H.'3,-JI;.Ö0J .. 4-.',llV-00 3 1. 8 -. .tf Total f 1.854.736, ILO Jl.'NlWai fiivint; a net profit of WM,W.,Wr To which add interest to 1S3D l,4.'ft,uu.UW Net profit in 20 years 3,l,20J.SAi Certainlv a lot of Government robbers who wero permitted to pocket nearly two and one-half billion dollars of the Government should have been further protected by an act strengthening the public credit. This was the sort of financial policy that brought on the panic of 1873, and tho continuation of such outrageous robbery has finally upset the natural laws and maile it impossible for a man to eat bread by the sweat of his face. Shame! How American patriotism fires up Against English freo trade! Hut how meekly it submits to English ownership of its railroads. And English ownership of its elevators and ships. And English ownership of its breweries and distilleries. And English ownership of its sugar refineries and cotton compresses. And English ownership of iron and si eel industries. And English ownership of its coal supply. And English ownership of all its finest buildings. And English ownership of billions o dollars mortgages on her homes and farms. And English ownership of millions of acres of land. v And English ownership and control of the banking and money instutions of the country. Aud English ownership of nearly all tho insurance business. And English domination in all the manufacturing the country. Gee! Whiz I how we do dispise the English, you know! How our blood boils in national pride against England attempting to mix up in the affairs of this country ! We licked John Bull twice, we did, and clipped the lion's tail, we did! i And the fool Americans don't see that John Hull has done through vicious laws that he has schemed into existence what he could not do with 'red-coats. And he levies his tribute on Americaus for hundreds of millions 'annually and charges us for collecting ;it. What can bo done with a people if you will only keep their attention directed to some other object. Poor, falling, tribute-paying Americans. In the name of our patriot forefathers, shame! Kample of Honest Democracy. Since Democrats evervwhere are boasting of tho honesty and patriotism 'of their leaders, we take pleasure in icalling attention to a few important characters that have figured as leading Democrats during the past decade :

1. What in the record of , Boss Tw;eed, who, with a junta of state officials, robbed the people of New York of more than $10,000,000 ? This combination of statesmen was composed exclusively of Democrats. 2. Tho Credit Mobilier combine, which pocketed millions of the hard earnings of the people, was composed largely of Democrats. 3. The "back-salary grabbers," who filched from our Government more than $1,000,000 for services as Congressmen, comprise many of the leading Democrats of the land. 4. State officials without number" appear on t he criminal list as defaulters and embezzlers, prominent among which are two state treasurers of Georgia, one from Alabama,, two from Louisiana, one from Tennessee, two from Arkansas, one from Mississippi, and one from Kentucky all prominent Democrats. Defaulting city officials are too numerous to mention. We only cite the city treasurer of Cleveland, Ohio, who skipped bv the light of the moon, with $400,000 ot the money belonging to that municipality. Though claiming to be opposol to trusts and combines, we find the Democratic parly ably represented in the coal oil trust, the sugar trust, and other combinations. It is undeniable that boodlers and bribers of to-day fill the most important positions in tho present administration, and furnish the principal amount of campaign fund, which have been used to deceive and debauch the people during the last quarter of a century. Though the silver question was discussed for three years, vigorously and exhaustively by both branches of Congress, it was demonetized finally in 1873 by a strong Democratic vote, yet the records of Congress show that not a Congressmau knew when the unparalleled outrage was committed. Claiming to march under the banner of fr?e trade, Democracy has been guilty of foisting upon the prople the most monstrous monopoly the world has ever known--the sugar trust. They have placed every tiling that the farmer raises on the free list, and imposed a heavy tariff on all the farmer consumes, yet they claim they are the friends to the laboring man. It would require a degree of idiocy greater than prevails in this country to permit such wauton and fallacious claims to be endorsed or believed by the people. Not, a page of the Congressional ltecord but that contains evidences of Democratic duplicity, incompetency and infidelity. Democracy of this day and time is a badge of infamy. Dallas Mercnrv.

Fatso and Ridiculous Iteasoninc:. Democrats refuse to coin silver for fear it will not stay on a parity. This is easily proven most arrant nonsense and huiubuggery. The present silver dollar contains only GO cents of commercial value. It is on a parity. A silver dollar will buy as much in tho market as a gold dollar. A silver dollar will pay as much debt as a gold dollar. If a GO cent dollar remains ou a parity why would uot a -1.29 dollar bo on a parity? The free coinage of silver would immediately ini-rease the price of silver bullion to that figure. Would increasing the price of silver bullion tend to decrease the purchasing power of the silver dollar? Democrats of the Mills-Hoke Smith variety say it would. Such an assertion is directly opposite to reason. Is there any probability that a dollar containing $1.29 worth of metal would not have as great a purchasing power as a dollar containing only GO cents worth of metal? This nonsense about the parity of the silver dollar is too ridiculous for good nonsense. There is not a shadow of probability of a lack of parity in a silver dollar coined under a free coinage law. The idea is not only absurd, but it is contrary to reason to make any such assertions. It is not made in earnest. It is made at the dictation of the money jiower, and the Democratic orators have agreed to attempt to stuff it down the throats of the people. Hard Time. Hard times? What do you mean when you say the times are hard? Did you ever try to form a picture in your mind about what hard times does mean? Tho times arc not hard. This particular portion of the infinity of time is not preceptibly different from any other period. It has brought tho seasons in regular order, its sunshine and showers, its harvests of all that could hapify mankind. Nature has yielded increased return for every hour of toil more of the good things to eat, drink, wear, shelter, amuse and inslruct. Then if this be true times aro not hard. The fault lies in another direction. The fault lies with meu's actions toward each other. A few mn have induced the ignorant many to agree to give these few an ever-increasing amount of what they produce, until the amount has become so great that the producers are not retaining enough to live on, while the few are surfeiting in abundance. They have allowed themselves to be swindled iu the exchange of their handiwork for others they wanted. They have permitted the few whoown tho railroads and commerce to take the greater part of all they create to convey it to another place where wanted and bring back things they desired in exchange. No, times are not hard they are bounteous to the fullest. But when people let others take from them all they create for merely handling it, they will assuredly bo iu want and despair. (ir.Tt rniiieiit Owns It. Did you ever think about the fact that no tax is collected to operate the postal system? The small deficit is caused by too low a rate to newspapers and a shutting out of profitable merchandise packages by a prohibitary rule, but the system pays its own way. Neither tariff, excise or direct tax is necessary to this operation. People get value received for all they pay for stamps. But what benefit does the tax-payers get who pays two prices for articles because of tariff, or who deposits with the county treasurer a part

of his labor I Can he use the receipt of the latter to do him a service ior perhaps a thousandth part of the labor it would require him to do? Not much. What he pays is the tribute the king levies on his subject to pay for the luxury of having great people who can do no useful work. Railroads, telegraph, coal, oil, and all other industries can be operated on tho postal system, and each employe will create the value represented by his salarv. County, state and national officials to-day consume tho salary without rendering an equivalent, because the olfices are useless, as at present organized. "Mrndacioin In livi iualn." Ernst Seyd, son of the London banker of that name, under date of Oct. 5, 1894, writes to Gordon Clark of tho American Bimetallic League concerning the part his fa;her took in demonetizing silver: As this story is confined to a few foolish people in the cnited Stales, and would not le entertained for a moment by any one having the hliKUtest knowledge of the world or of currency mattera. I must asi you to acknowledge you have been uiUle I in this matter Falling this i shall be onllged to add jour name to tue Hat which will shortly l e pubh.hed, of mendacious individuals. lneludinR a LT. S. Senator or two. who have vlllitied the memory of th lirst champion of silver, aud are too cowardly to coirert thfir taiemnls. So the English bankers keep a list of "mendacious" citizens of tho United States who refuse to do their bidding, eh? Is it not about time that Americans cut loose from the London bankers who make our laws? Are our people so bliud they cannot see the dictation of Euglaud in all our laws? Tney own moat of our banks and our railroads and our factories and great industries; thev own or havo a mort

gage on tho very soil wo live on, and we submit to these degradations and imagine we aro a self-governing people. The men we elect get mysteriously rich. Private monopoly is the cause. Public monopoly is the remedy. Our Goveinment would not certainly be as grasping as all these leeces who sap the wealth from the people. DclinUions. Except quotations from Century dictionary : Higway A public road or passage; a way open to all passengers, either by land or water. Highwayman A robber on the highway; one who robs passengers in public roads or places. Bobber One who commits a robbery. Bobbery The act of unjustly and forcibly depriving one of anything. Highwaymen highway robbers; those who unjustly deprive ah! It is not then a question of law, but of moralsof right and wrong. The man who stops tho stage coach and levies tribute at the point of a pistol in his own hand he is a highwayman ; so, too, are all the members of a band who do this same thing, each and all using the same kidd of instrument as a persuader. How about those who do the same acts, but under different methods, though using the Käme instruments as accessories, but held not in their'own hands in tho hands of paid agents w ho' are variously known as police, soldiers, ot marints? But these are creatures of the law, Le us see where their moral position is. Chicago Times. ? Don't Want Ar thing. I The National Bankers Association that met at Baltimoro was a modest set of men. They drew up a bill they want to be added to the banking laws, aud appointed a committee to press its passage before Congress. They want to be allowed to issue bills without any bonds to any amount they see fit, and the Government to guarantee their bills, and the Government is to ilo this for the actual labor cost of engraving and printing. The old wild cat banking swindle is nothing to this scheme. They will put up lots of grease to get it passed. And "hy not? Are not the people so ignorant of the money problem that they will never detect the cheat? Won't they believe the old party speakers and press who will tell the people it is all right? And can't the bankers sweeten their sugar for doing this? What are bankers for if not to skin tho people, and the more effectually they can skin them tho more successful the business. And Americans read these things in their j aiers, see the blighting effects all over their laud, and go out and yell and vote for the men who uphold the system that produces them. Can Vou I'mlorht inl This? If the nation furnished safe despositories for the people to keep their money, it would prevent bankers from drawing but one interest. When a banker loans mouey.Jit conies back into his possession for safe keeping and is loaued again six to ten times. If he loaned his money taking it out of either his bank or the national depository, it would not come back to him and he would have no further benefit from it. Do you understand why the bankers oppose with a big lobby, well armed with boodle, every attempt to establish national depositories or even postal savings banks? It is not the bankers who aro green, dear public, it is you. It is not tho privilege of draw ing interest on bank notes that cost them nothing, but tho drawing of six to leu separate interests on each dollar that i3 in existence. Couldn't I'ndemtand, An exchange Kays a farmer was arrested and fined the othej morning for stdling adulterated milk, adultererated wiih a little harmless water. Ho wore at the time a suit of all wool, (?) clothes, badly adulterated with shoddy, and boots whose soles were adulterated with paper or wood havings. For breakfast he drank adulterated coffee, his meat was spiced with adulterated peprer, Iiis cakes puffed up with adulterated baking powder, his pickles ooured with adulterated vinegar, Iiis pie was seasoned with adulterated spice, his wife was out of sorts because the could not make good bread out of adulterated flour that had been sold to her for tho "best;" in fact, he saw and felt the effect of adulteration whichever way he looked, and he had never heard of any of th adulterators being arrested or fined.