Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 48, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 April 1896 — Page 8

THE QUESTION" OF TODAY, tt has been said Dial every man, woman juhI child in Indiana is a politician, possessing ideas upon the questions that are tght before the people for their acceptance or rejection. However, this maybe, 1 shall accomplish my fall purpose in presenting this paper, if by aiiytliiug I may say any otic may feel constrained to investigate the tilings whereof I shall "write—if they have not already done so. Extending from the Atlantic to the Pa«fle, from Mexico to Canada, and occupying the position that it docs upon the earth, with its millions of acres, the soil of which is the richest in the world, the United States should be a country self-sustaining | and self-supporting. We have a right to ® fc«l proud of our country. It is broad enough and in dimensions ami variations vast and mgny enough to give encouragement and support to the highest and most varied occupation? of mankind. The North and the Sotfth, so admirably adapted „ £y nature for the support of each other, the one to etc ha age its grains and similar rpn^moditicit for the fibres, sugars and vegetable productions of the qther—the East to supply the manufacturers ami receive from the West the precious metals and live stock—the whole country should move harmoniously, sileutly and prosperously through the progress of time. Notwithstanding the bright appearance ahiph looms before us, I remark that there is a force at work which will trample down our establishments ami bring ruin and destruction u(Mj>n the inhabitants of our supposed land of prosperity and freedom. Though sectional questions may now and theu arise and present themselves? for our consideration, causing turmoil and disscu•ssion in our assembly halls ami within our country, there is a question that strikes not at a section or sections, but whose blow is aimed at the whole country. It is true tliat such questions as the tariff, public lands, international revenue, the problem of the races, arise within our borders and must lie settled by conciliations and cotupromi!«es. But tile question which assails us as a |*ople. a nation, comes from without. 1 shall say that I am referring simply to a question of finance. Though jh>s.s«ssing a broader title, that is its meaning to us. However, by giving it this title I mean not to attempt a discussion of the financial question now Ixdng paraded l**f >re the mimls of the people; 1 mean further that 1 shall not attempt a discussion of the principles of finance. <>r of the estaMi-hinent pr usage of money. That 1 leave for the Students of political economy to scan h out. I repeat, that there is a force at work that if unchecked, will bring ruin, and destruction u|k>ii this country, and; for that reason »t demands tic • areful attention of every person. In hold words, I refer to the Lqndon Money Power, w hich is seizing in its grasp the financial w rkmil's of the

wror'd. Tins j*ower has only l**cu discovcrwl within tin? la-t few year~, <*> silently and secretly has it beyn at w* rk. To bring to view room clearly the working of this power, that wo may see whereof we may rightly las alarm's!,'it is necesvyry to dwell for a moment u|*on its beginnings and pro-gn-s But it i'not within the dim its of this pap r to give a graphic account of its working#, so that I shall content myself With only a brief statement. An im;«erialism of capital has grown up within the last two centuries from small beginnings until it is now the mightiest power that has ever existed upon the earth. It is an imperialism mightier than the Empire of the Caesars, and grander than that of Napoleon .in his palmiest days. This “ imperialism is formed by a knot of-capital-i'ts. with headquarters in Thrcadneedte street Lombard, and others in the city of London. They have centralized the industry and commerce of the earth. They own „the debts*of nations, states, counties, municipalities, corporations, and of individuals. Monarchs may rujy their dominions severally. but this imperialism of capital sways them all. The existence of this money power was discovered by a circular having fallen into the hands of Kev. L. B. Woolfolk. of Cinc innati, and it is to his pains I am indebted for my knowledge of this organization, while observations are plentiful to show that such an organization exists. The origin of the money power may be trad'd bac k to the time when the exchange of goods between the Temp-rate and Tropical tones was at it* height.* This trade was first in the han<b of the Pha-mcians. who kept it for two thousand years, becoming thereby the greatest merchants of the earth. The Jews were enriched by it in the time of Solomon; thence it passed to the Assyrian Empire. Nebuchadnezzar afterwards held the Eastern and the Greeks the Western end'of this trade. It wa* the fight for the possession of this trade that caused the burning of Sardis, and the !*htunician» again acquired control of the - — World’s Fair. •DKL* tWBr w CREAM BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. tpure Grape Cream of Tartar Poyrdr »®«« VnmonU, Atom or amy ataer mha YEARS THE STANDARD

traffic. After die Christian Era it passed j to the Venetian merchants and later to the East India Company. This company prospered, becoming the richest corporation in the world; it made its operations through small corporations and was organised w^h the solidity of an army. They engaged in every sort of enterprise that offered itself, they entered all avenues of trade; they devoured everything tirnt capital could devour. For greater convenience in their machinations of capital these money kings? established the house of Rothschilds. It is a well-known fact that the nse of this house has been shrouded in mystery, none knowing Aoin where the money came. It is to lie supposed that they were chosen as the head of a syndicate, to concentrate the Jew cartel. There were three brothers and branch houses were established in Paris mid Vienna.1 When nations were fighting these broths ers through their different houses made investments aud loaned m^ney on both sides. Thus they were always safe aud always gaining. The railroad era begpn in 1880 and the investments of the money kings took a new line. The companies favored by the East India Company prospered so much that they w^re able to act independently of tlie parent organization. This becoming ti burden it was absorb*!, when through;the influence of these money kings, Great Britain assumed control of India; soon after the East India Company passed away, leaving an empire of capital centered in London. Their wealth, already great,4 was put out into all countries and enterprises. They so manipulated the industries of countries as to lie able to control prices and determine rents. They o$>ened plantations id India and are today producing opium, rice, indigo, cotton, India rubber, quinine, spices, tea and wheat. The produce is raised by the cheap j labor of the peasants, and thus they are able to compete with the markets of the world ami even crush opposing markets. Some half dozen years ago they boasted that they could raise wheat so cheaply that in the future the people i»f the United States could only be allowed) fifty cents per= bushel4'for their wheat. Whether the present prices are a justification of this prophecy » for a later determination. They produce cheaply and sell at the highest market prices. They have taken complete possession of India, and enveloped it in their coils. They are everywhere taking possession of husipess and projierty. They are monopolizing the industry, trade, and wealth of Eurtipe, Asia, North and South America, and the Islands of the Sea.

Having gained complete control in India they have yow turned their attention to the jl'nited States. England is enabled to hold he^ own against the money jtower, partly by her law which enables the arisbo racy to maintain possession of their'estates; and partly by marriage relatipns with these same money kings. During almost our entire existence a nation, the scarcity of money which the money kings have caused,, has euabled them, to keep down prices low as possible. They have effected all the crisis which this country htfsiihown. Holding the balance af trade against us. they inaugurated the t«*nip of 1H37 by making a heavy draft op New York for specie. A depression continued until the discovery of gold in California, when money became more plentiful and prices rose. Fair prices continued until | 1857 when the money kings again inaugurated a panic. As. fast as gold was mined [•it was sent out to Ijoudon to pay the b»l- | ance of trade against us. Thus by >vith- j j drawing the spk-ie they created the panic I,of A During the war they obtained possessimi of our marine commerce. It ha* perhaps befn a mystery why s<> many of ottr New York merchants failed after the war. It is now quite plain. These, money kings owned ; English manufactories and shipping-houses. ! and haring established branch houses in ! New York begun the drummer system, by | which the New York merchants, who were | in the habit of waiting for the southern j and western merchants to come to the city i and make their purchases, of course, soon lost their trade. Only such as were taken into their confidence kept their footing. Their next step was to secure possession of the railroads. This was aceompiised in j |Murt at the time of construction, the money I power assisting in construction and fur- ■ nishing iron, taking first mortgage bonds. I These mortgages were promptly closed on 1 failure to pay even the interest, There is | circumstantyd eridence sufficient to prove | that the represented owners of the railroads were, and are acting only as agent* for the | money power of London. For want of | space I shall not give any proofs in support ; of this statement. But I have often, been • surprised and have wondered why the Yan- * derbilts and Goulds, and M other railway ‘ kings, dying, leave so huge a portion of th* :r wealth to one son, usually the elde||gj| 1 understand it now to be simply a traiN*- | ferring of the agency. These men are : wealthy but not to the degree attributed. The bulk of their wealth is held in trust ‘for the money kings. Tbeir capital lias been ivested throughout the Cnited States; and,in every business thereof. The oil-wells andicoal-fieida are run by English capiul, | and; manufactures a?e thereby produced. They have now begun to get possession of our farms and at the rate they are going; this will soon haTe been accomplished, j Their pet game is to lower prices in an industry they wish to buy, thq#> compelling a loan of money with first mortgage. These I they are careful to foreclose. From a newspaper clipping of last spring I find the farm mortgages of Kansas to be $285,000,000; Indiana $545,000,000; Iowa $567,000.900; Michigan $500,000,000; Ohio $1,137,000,000, with others of like figures. Where did this money come from? Per- j

- —— -“-r YEARS OF INTENSE PAIN, i Af.J.H. Watt*, druggist and physician, Humboldt, Neb., who suffered with heart disease for tour years, trying every remedy and all treatments known to himself and fellow-practitioners; believes that heart disease is curable. He writes: "I wish to tell .what yonr valuable medicine has done for \pe. For four years I had heart dtoeaso of the very worst kind. Sev- | jpral physicians 1 consulted, said it waa j Rheumatism of the Heart. I

IDR. i. H. WATTS.

it was aimcMP unendurable; ~ with shortness of ^breath, palpitations, severe pains, unable to sleep, especially on the left side. No pen can describe my sufferings, particularly ■daring the last "months of those four weary years. I finally tried

Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure, j and was surprised at the result. It put new < life Into and made a new man of me. 1 j hare not bad a symptom ot trouble since and I am satisfied your medicine has cured 1 me fori have now enjoyed, since taking it Three Years of Splendid Health. 1 might add that I am a druggist and have sold and recommended yonr Heart Cure, for 1 know what it has done for me and only wish I could state more clearly my suffer* lug then and the good health 1 now enjoy. Your Nervine and other remedies also give excellent satisfaction.” J. H. Watts. Humboldt. Neb.. May 9. *94. Dr. Milos Heart Cure Is sold on a positive guarantee that the first bottle will benefit All druggists sell it at SI, 6 bottles forts, or Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure Restores Health haps you may say from the East, as there is where the loan agencies are established.' But what is meant by the East ? It certain- j ly does not stop at the western shore of the j Atlantic, but crosses to Europe. Why did the gold of the United States go to England two years ago? It was their i old plot that by taking away our specie1 and allowing one of their own banks to [ fail a panic would be started. This gave a ' chance for new investments and especially for the purchase of the country, Now, with thig view of things, and the knowledge that the evil is increasing, I rerepeat that this question should absorb all' others, for it is of the most vital importance. And is there a remedy? V«y*iJy, I j | believe so. But it Was not my intention in I the beginning to discuss the remedy, there- j fore, I shall refrain from giving any view : thereon. In conclusion, I wish to say, that j this American nation after eleven years of lighting is yet only apmingfy independent of Great Britain, for we shall not be wholly free till we have shown to the world our ability to free ourselves from the London money power. Our people must be educated to their danger: they must be fitted for unity of aetjon and in the end we may hope that our beloved country may yet be sustained in that freedom for which our fathers gave up their lives. In unity there is strength and in knowledge there is power.1 “We jnust educate or we must educate or we must perish by our own prosr perity.” Yours Sinperelv, J. (j. Thomas. 1

MARVELOUS RESULTS. From a letter written by Rev. i|, Gunderma», of Dimondale Mich., we are permitted to make this extract: ‘*1 have no hesitation in recomendinjt pr. King's Nyw Discovery as the results were almost marvelous in the case of my wjje. While 1 was pastor of the ^Baptist churo^t at Rives Junction she was brought dovyn with paeiuponia succeeding la grippe. Terrible paroxysms of couching would last hours witb tittle in tempt ion and it seemed as if she could oot survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery; it was quick in its work and highly satisfactory in its results.'* Trial bottles free at J. R. Adams & icon's drug store. Regular size 40c and A FEAST. One of the pleasantest social affairs that Ayrshire has had for quite a while, was the } surprise dinner given Lawrence Ashby on the last day of his school at that place. The following ladies, and others whose names we failed to get, were the managers in this pleasant affair: Mesdarbes Laughorn, Tyner, Lance, Minnis, Rutledge. Swecden, Coffee, Armstrong, Harris, Nolan, Auberry, Kiader. Newton and Jennings. The table was spread the entire length of the school room and the bill-of-fare was all that any gourmand could exact.—Winslow Era. Busy people have no time, and sensible people have ,no inclination to use a slow! remedy. <pue Minute Cough Cure acts, HWh itiptly wind gives permanent results. J. 1 9L Adams*& Son. During tine winter of l«i, F. M. Martin, of Long Reach- Weal Va., contracted aj severe cold wilica left him with a cough. | In speaking bow be cured it be says: j used several kind» of cough syrup but, found no relief until t bought a bottle of; Chamberlain's Cough ; Remedy. which relieved me almost instantly, and in a short j time brobght about a complete cure.”' When troubled with a cough or eold use! this remedy and you will sot tind it neces-; •ary to try several kinds before ybu get re- • lielf. It has been in tbe market for over j twenty years and constantly grown in fa-j vor and popularity. For sate at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by J. K. Adams A Son. a j It's all the same, a alight cold, cougecte lungs or severe cough. One Minute Cough j Cure banishes them. J. R. Adams A Son. I Dr. Price's luiflay Powder I

r Marks Ja§jt day of my mercantile career in Petersburg. Qn that day I shall retire from the Dry Goods busings. i • ■ . I- ; ■*: ’ .. . On that day Sol Frank becomes the sole manager and The Mammoth Store . t. ■ . ' i I wish to reduce my stock by that time to the smallest :,.j i ' ■; • " ;; possible limit, and for the remainder of this month I shall s' , / " yjv;'v ' make prices that will lay all competition in the shade. 25 Ladies’ Black Gloria Umbrellas, at @7 Gents These goods are worth 20 percent more.

2 3 ■i p() Pieces Good Calico at 2?,c per yard. Ten yards only to each customer. A 2 25 Pest Table Oilcloth, while the supply lasts, at A dandy $1.50 Ladies’ Kid Shoe, patent leather 14c tip, all solid, for A 10c all Linen Toweling at i>e A yard wide free ot starch 8Jc grade Bleach Muslin, 5c 98c n. din? ad HaMb Is M k A dandy Wool Suit at $5; others ask you $8 to $9 for it. AH Wool Carpet, bright, new and clean. 40c per yard Whew Can You Match Our Prices? W' ’ >5 J3TEvery Account Must be Settled by May 1st. - HS V