People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1893 — Page 5

Hvt’oj, Pres. T. J. McCoy. Vice Pres. 9# L. 1.. i<->lliug%>worTh. Cashi“f. ikrafi & I>ih‘S a Ren*‘.rat lianklng lais'ir-s*. Money j Iv.ii.>hl for stu»r. time at .-arient rates. We' : tuuke u specialty i>f fakm jlojljnts | on iong tin.e w.ith privilege of parti, 1 pay-' mems. F. J. Skaiw. Pr.’». V ai. Skib. Cashier F. L. CHtbCOTK. Asst. Cashier. The Citizens State Bant | Capital Paid in #30.000, Crusivideci Profits 53,500. fe. Orc::nized as :t State Bank Jan. 1. ISSN. Poes general banking btiNines-. interest allowed on special deposlis. Thisbankis ex-|i-'amined quarterly by the Auditor of State, i There has n-ver been a failure of a bank organized under this law. Money loaned on ' short time. Exchange bought and sold on all . banking points. Collections made and promliy rciiiiited iTnrsTEWARDr DEALER IN Domestic, White, Household, Eldredge and Singer Sewing Machines, Estey Organs, Pianos, etc. Hensselaer, Ind. Agent for Continental, Home, Germania and North British Fire Insurance Company’s, and the Accident Association of Ind - ianapolis, Ind. GOTO GOFF & NICHOLS’ RESTAURANT, FOR fresh: ousters. Hot Coffee, Lunch, Bread, Pies, Cakes, Cigars, TobaccoeS, and Confectionery. When you want a First-class Meal give us a call. “H. l. BROWN.D. D.S. mHglilHlMiba Gold k'Ulinyo, i'rtncn and Urtdae Work. Teeth li r ithout l*lateo a fiipectatty. Gas or virilized air administered for the painless extraction of teeth. Give me’a trial. OiHceover Porter & Wishard’s. T. W. HOBTON, DENTAL SURGEON. RENSSELAER. IND. All who would preserve their natural teeth should give him a call. Special attention given to tilling teeth. Gass or vitalized air for painless extraction of teeth. Office pver Laßue Bros.

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WHICH?

The Slave Power or the Money Power. (Concluded.) Congress saw and did its duty j promptly, and ail the machinery . of the government was clearly ' running with constitutional pre-! cision in the suppression of the, Rebellion. Bankers and capitalists did not so regard the political situa-1 lion., Other men's necessity is simply their opportunity. War, I with its most direful carnage, I has always opened up to them a pecuniary feast. The horrors | incident to mangled flesh and I bodies dead, that appall a brave but sensitive maunood, are to them only mental stimulants—harbingers .of the golden millions they hope to reap as war’s ungodly taxes. So as soon as the bankers could formulate tneir plan, they pressed upon tne administration a demand for a complete change in financial meth ods. To them the Constitution was null. Their demand was the scream of the tigress. Those men wanted a national banking system and a funding system adopted. The two would dovetail together wonderfully well to their advantage. That this scheme might sparkle in its brilliancy from their standpoint, they demanded the demonetization of the greenback. This effected, they would immediately have a uouble opportunity for speculation; and as years roiled by, their chances for accumulating wealth would multiply like tne stars at eventide. There would be hundreds of millions, aye, billions upon billions in the scheme. Yet the gain of the banker would be the loss of the people. It was a plan, the most colossal ever known, for public robbery. More than this, it was a plan to obliterate the fundamental principles of the Constitution and practically enslave all the people save the capitalistic class. Did President Lincoln, sworn to support the the Constitution, arouse all his energies for that purpose? No. In the presence of those despoilers of human rights he exhibited the simplicity of a child, rather than the towering strength of a political Hercules. Yet his executive duty was as clear as the sunlight. There is no basis in the Constitution for a charter for special privileges. The spirit of a private corporation is alien to its whole purpose If this is questioned, the doubt can be settled by recurrence to the debate upon the subject in the constitutional convention. When the original draft of the Constitution was presented to that body for consideration, it contained, among its enumerated powers, one for the erection of corporations. This clause was debated and stricken out. It was then proposed to insert the power to establish specified corporations, among them a national bank. This was opposed and rejected, and there the subject remained. This is history, and Mr. Lincoln was, or should have been cognizant of it. Be this as it may, he seems to have acceded to all the demands of the bankers, practically abdicating in their favor as far as the finances were concerned. Then their full scheme was elaborated and consummated with all possible dispatch. This necessitated a prolongation of the war, for Wall street and its minions, through future years, could only fatten upon its proceeds in proportion to the mountain of debt that the mighty contest would force upon the people. Then law followed law for the expansion of capital and the impoverishment of the people. The first congressional act in this line was the debasement of the greenback by restricting its legal tender quality. This created a premium upon gold, and as it advanced in value the greenback of necessity depreciated, and the bankers, speculating at i either end of the line, amassed hundreds of millions of dollars at the people’s expense. Then came the funding system and the national banking system as the upper millstones of the money power, followed by otner enactments in the same line, and thirteen years of currency contraction that wrecked property and led to the. closing of stores and manufactories, the foreclosing of mortgages by the t housand and the turning of a multitude of working men out into the street as tramps. Ruin was widespread, and poverty, like a nightmare, harassed the honest yeomanry of the whole country. We had put down slavery of one form only to offer our necks for the yoke of another.

From the elose of the war the money power has had an unbroken march of conquest. If we give to congress a close, but' impartial view. We shall see but one purpose—to legislate to make the rich master richer and the poor Worker poorer. The law of the income tax was the only exception of importance, and thia was repealed as soon as the capitalists could marshal their lobby for that purpose. Year by year the centralization of power adds force to its menace, and the prospective laws contemplated by our present congress rise above all others in their approach to imperialism. When President Jackson struck down the second national bank it was the only jwwerful monpoly in the country. Now they troop before us till the Whole land is blackened by their shadow' railroads, national bank, telegraph lines, telephone lines, express companies, oil companies, insurance companies, land companies, and a score of other powerful organizations, all banded together and protected by a cordon of trusts that are ironclad in their shield of privileges.

Money is the arbiter, organ ized capital the constitution to be consulted. Caucuses are controlled by agents of the monopolies, and “fixed” candidates are elected to office. To create wealth by legislation, the public interests are waylaid without mercy; corporations water their stocks, and mining properties and manufactories are “tied up” to freeze out their weaker holders of stock. The press is subsidized, public sentiment is debauched. our courts of justice are corrupted, and official integrity is put to shame. “Business” is the national watchword, and honor is trailed as it byword. Years ago our public sentiment applauded and our navy botdy maintained the announcement, “Millions for principle, but not one cent for tribute.” But since the lat e war our people have paid over five billion dollars as direct tribute to the money holders who have taken the place of the slaveholders.

The black slavery that was based on ownership of the person, involved support of the person. Care, food, clothing, medical attendance —all were furnished by the owner, who was interested in the maintenance of the value of his slave. It was a case of property to be protected and preserved; but the white slavery of to-day does not involve the support of the unfortunate people who, lashed by necessity, toil early and late to enrich their lordly task masters. The farmer, oppressed by tjie contraction of the currency and low’ prices for his products, crowded by the mortgage and high rates of tiansportation, and hampered by the board of trade, must sell as he can, while he is obliged to buy at such prices as are demanded, paying high tariff tribute. The wage-worker, obliged to sell his labor for the support of himself and family under capitalistic control, must face and contend with conditions even worse than those that surround the farmer. Professional men, and especially business men, are much restricted in their pursuits, while they are continually taxed, .crowded, and in hundreds of cases ruined for the enrichment of their capitalistic plunderers. It has been estimated that the farmers of Nebraska lost ten million dollars last year. Take the farmers and laborers of the whole country, and it is safe to say that, in the aggregate, they did not save a dollar.

Against this poverty looms up the tremendous bulk and power of the fortune secured by the railroads of the country during last year, their net income, as given in their own reports, being nearly four hundred million dollars—more than the whole assessed value of the great state of lowa, exclusive of the value of its railroads. Yet the railroad represents but one of the many forms of, incorporation by which the money power is sucking up the life blood of the nation. Now. “what will you do about it?” Civilization, honest purpose, brotherly fellowship, preservation of chartered rights, and service to God—-all prompt us to heroic efforts at relief. What is the one tiling most needed? An honest- and intelligent vote. Black slavery was toppled over, and its power forever erased, by red-handed war, but the ballot box is the avenue through which we should attack and over-throw the money power and free ourselves from the curse of white slavery. This

purpose necessitates an amended Constitution. No relief can come through either of the old parties. There must bo a new deal. New men must come to the front about whose shibboleth there is no uncertainty—men who cannot be bribed or palsied with ft cry of alarm. Twentyfive years ago we cutoff a branch of this tree of evil. May a true Christian endeavor sjieed the day when its body shall be uprooted and destroyed.

Washington Letter.

From our Regular Corr.'spiuxh’tit. Washington, Dec. I, ’93. The statement will not arouse any pleasant anticipations, but it is none the less true, that the country is in for a five or six months' discussion of that never settled question, the tariff, for, although the new tariff bill provides that many of its schedules shall go into effect March I. t s 9+. there isn't the slightest probability that it will be finally disposed of by congress until long after that date. Some people have short memories, and because there are Democratic objectors to a number of clauses of the new’ tariff bill they jump to the conclusion that these objectors are going to join the Republicans and defeat the bill. If they do, they will reverse every congressional precedent, and it's dollars to burnt matches that they will do nothing of the kind.

The Democratic objector, as a rule, has no fault to find with any other section of the bill than that which bears a little heavy upon his own constituents, consequently he isn’t disposed to combine with other objectors, because he knows that such a combine would, if successful, change the character of the bill entirely, and that few of them Wish to do. It should be borne in mind that tariff bills are always party measures —more’s the pity—and that when once reported all the party machinery of the dorninent party is put in motion to force it through congress. There are always objections from members of the dominent party to a tariff bill, and always .will be as long as men differ about anything. There are no more Democratic objectors to the Wilson bill than there were Republican objectors to the McKinley bill when it was first made public. In spite of all talk to the contrary, the Wilson bill will become a law sooner or later substantially as it stands to-day. It has been approved by the Democratic president and the leaders of the Democratic party, and the Democratic party is in power in every branch of the government. These are facts, regardless of the merits or demerits of the measure, that a study of all tariff legislation will bear out. There will, of course, be amendments and modifications of more or less importance both in the house and senate, but those who expect radical changes to be made in the bill before it becomes a la A’ will be disappointed. Mark the prediction.

Many congressmen decline to express their opinions on the tariff bill until they know the nature of its twin measure, the internal revenue bill, not yet completed, which will have to provide the $50,000,000 of revenue. which, it is estimated, will be lost by the new tariff bill. It is understood that President Cleveland is using his .influence to prevent a personal income tax being included in the bill, although nearly all of the Democratic members; of the house ways and means committee favor that tax. Still, if it really be true that Mr. Cleveland does not wish it there is little probability that there will be any income tax, as he has. up to the present time come nearer to controlling his party in congress than any president remembered by the present generation ever did.

A shake-up in the civil service commission has been expected ever since the new administration came in, and, as it was known that President Cleveland had personally requested Commissioner Roosevelt to remain on the commission when that gentleman contemplated resigning. last spring. it was expected that the lightning of offimal displeasure would first strike Mi'. Lymen. the other Republican commissioner. But public expectation was wrong. Commissioner George D. Johnson, of Louisiana, the only Democrat on the commission, was the first victim; he was asked to resign, and when he declined was notified in an official note from the executive mansion that he had

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been removed by the president. Mr. Johnson professes to be ignorant of the cause of his removal, and nothing has been given out at the White House on the subject, but rumor assigns it to be because he was too much of a spoilsman. It is said by those who ought to know that Lyman will also be removed as soon as his successor is determined upon.

Sonisin is bad enough in big officials, heaven knows, but son-in-lawism is several degrees worse. Secretary Herbert has appointed his son-in-law chief clerk of the navy department. The gentleman may be entirely competent, as he doubtless is.’ to fill the .position, bat no matter how competent the man aay be, no official should be allowed to appoint his relations to olli -e. It has always been a fruit fuse urce of scandal and will con tinue to be as long as it is ail lowed.

Mr. J. P. Blaiz l '. an extensive real estate dealer m Des M >iu.*s, lowa narrowly escap’d one of the severest attack of pneumonia, while in the northern pa.it of. that state during a receut blizzard. says the Saturday Review. Mr. Biaize had occasion to drive several miles during tm* storm and was so thoroughly chiihrl that he was unable to get warm, and inside of an hour after his return he was threatened with a severe case of pneumouiaor lutig fever. Mr. Biaize sent to the nearest drugstore and got a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, of which he had of toy heard, and took a number of large doses. He says the effect was wonderful and io a short time he was breathing quite easily, lie kept on taking the medicine and the next day was able to come to Dos Moines. Mr. Biaize regards his cure as simply wonderful. For sale by F. B. ••ti.e druggist.”

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