People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1895 — Page 6
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England needs a good lickin'. Vote your principles if you have any. A ‘‘solid South” is a thing of the past. Have you got your county organised into legions? Partisan prejudice is a rich pasture for demagogues. The Monroe doctrine seems to have gone glimmering. We ought to ask England if we can celebrate the Fourth of July. The plutocrats seem to forget that there is a debtor in the premises. Nicaragua has concluded to allow England to steal $75,000 from her. A good crop of guns would not be a bad thing for patriotic Americans to raise. The banks are going to try to force the gold standard system on the country. Money is the power that rules this nation. How long will the people submit? It is only a question of how many fools the phrase “sound money” will catch. If the goldbugs win this fight nothing short of revolution will free the people. The goldbugs are now busy preparing ready-made editorials for the country press. The devil would stop that fight in the Democratic party, but he expects to get both gangs. r “Honest money” seems to consist In loaning cheap dollars and collecting back dear dollars. If this country is so rich and powerful why do we borrow money from an English syndicate? The Beef trust is doing much towards educating the people to fight all kinds of monopolies. There is no difference in the financtTi policy of the two old parties—both favor the rich capitalist. The capitalist wants bonds, the people want greenbacks—and the people are going to have them, too. The railroad corporations disobey the laws, but they go unpunished. Government ownership is the only remedy.
It will require the lifetime of this generation for the people to forget the shortcomings of the Democratic party. England will help make the next president of the United States, unless the people rebel against the old party machines. Cleveland's financial policy is that going deeper in debt improves our credit. In ordinary business it would greatly weaken it. The best that can be said of the Democratic party is, that it has placed itself where it can do but little harm for the nekt thirty years. • ' cri 4—L-U—;—_— , Dan Vbrhees is dancing around again on a free sjlver platform. Dan is altogether too unreliable to excite much confidence in his professions. Ex-Speaker Crisp has espoused the free silver cause, but he wants it through the Democratic party—which is the same as to say he is not much of a free silver man any way. The “sound money” for which the bankers are contending is a currency based on bonds, and that will draw a double rate of interest —one on the bonds and one on the currency. The cuckoos, having feasted at Grover’s pie counter, are now coming back home to roost, and declaring that they always have favored free silver. The fool people will likely re-elect some of them. . , The plutocrats seem to think that an “honest dollar” is one that will buy a great of the farmer’s product, but why the farmer should see it that way and vote for it is one of the things that are r pastfi‘nd!fifg > 6'dt. 1 1 A 1 '"V When the' Democratic party was in > power ifot'giVe u^'ThlSe'silver. Now [ that i£. is .out of power it is trying to get back in on a promise to do what it refused >to do when it had the power. The people will hardly trust it again. It is not a questioil as to whether the money question shall\be the paramount Issue, but whether it-will become the sole issue of the campaign. The disoxtition of the one plankers to hedge .'.:i tjiis question excites the suspicion . t,they-are somewhat \ashamed to ui pniesß. ,tl»e.:i:eal -sentiments. IT a government is not for the purpose < 1 pi-otectipg the weak against the ag- ; i r sjons of the strong then why have t • go. eminent at all ? Our government ’ IV. fostering trusts- and strong tombiL Jons his 1 beWnie bit englhe ; of oppr'es>n under' the torius of law. Men sufhr t’-e lav; but when.4hey.find that the ‘.cdeli is being perverted for the purpose of oppressing them they lose. •. i } r" pact for it and are ready foi'
Bank notes are dear money. The function of money is to circulate. Paper money is the breast plate of civilization. Government paper money is more reliable than coin. This country is a rich pasture for English capitalists. Not a week passes that depositors do not lose money by the failure of some bank. The law of suppy and demand applies to money as well as to other things. Bonds and bondage mean the same thing—vote for the first and you vote for the other. Coin's Financial School must be doing good work the way it is making the plutocrats wince. The men who are crying “sound money” and “honest dollars” most are the biggest thieves. Dear money robs the man who is compelled to part with the products of his labor to obtain it. Money is not property, and the fact that it has intrinsic value in it makes it unreliable as money. The many are robbed by the few because they haven’t got any more sense than to submit to it. Money hoarded is the same as no money at all—that is, it must.be in circulation to fulfill its function. All other questions resolve themselves into this: “Shall the citizen or the dollars rule in this country?” When the devil wants to rob a man he puts on the face of a saint. His watchword now is “sound currency.” Cornelius Vanderbilt’s fireplace cost $75,000, but this item is not as interesting as the question, “Who paid for it?” The Beef trust is a private enterprise and of course it has a right to starve the people or rob them when they buy beef. In any transaction wherein England’s interests are concerned it is always safe to put Grover down on England’s side.
A silver dollar will buy two bushels of but it is not “sound” enough yet for- the bankers who seem to be running this country. The man who wants to wait for an international arrangement, or who wants to change the ratio may be safely put down v/ith the goldbugs. England can do just what she pleases where the interests of the United States is concerned, while Grover Cleveland is president. Sibley may be a good man, but he’ll have to be nominated by a bigger crowd than a few silver men before he gets the support of the People's party. The Democrats want a man “with a military record” as a candidate for president. Why not send over and get a Chinaman who participated in the late unpleasantness with Japan?, Monopolies have grown up under both parties. They have been fostered by both. They support both old parties. The only party they fight is the People’s party, and that is because it is the only anti-monopoly party in existence. The vast majority of the people are in favor of free silver, and have been all the time, but they have so far, since 1873, failed to get it. The reason is that their will has been thwarted through the two old party machines. The machines have proved to be stronger than the people. The way to restore this government to the people is to smash the party machines and keep them smashed for all time to come. <
For twenty years prices have been getting lower and times harder. During all these years the politicians have promised in each campaign to enact measures of relief and to stop the aggressions of trusts and -corporations. Not a single pledge have they evej- ijedeemed. Their record —both old ties—is onb continuous line irf broken pledges i( gnd repudiated promises. Trusts, epmbines .and corporations have, been fostered and expenses: increased. How long- will the people stand it to be thus sjwyidlgd.
Only a Few Matters.
1. The indebtedness of the country, national, state, corporate and private, is upwards of thirty-five billions bf dollars. • • 2. ‘This vast indebtedness is held by cent of the people. 3. Fuljy two-thirds of this debt is wat -r —rank, unmitigated fraud. ♦ The transportation lines of she encountry are owned by about one- • ! * h of 1 per cent of the people. 5 All the telegraphs are owned by a much smaller number. 6. The money of the nation—that indispensable agency .of commerce and exchange, is . controlled by about three thousand national bankers. 7. All the chief staples of life are id the hands, of trusts and combines. Over all this Congress wrangles, presidents , and combines smile, judges wink, devils grin, and the people—shut -their eyes and vote for party.—The Van. W. Va.
THE PEOPLES PILOT. RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1893
PASSING SHADOWS.
NOTES AND COMMENTS FROM POPULIST STANDPOINT. Prodding the Animal* in the Old Parties for the Delectation of Our People’s Party Readers—Trying to Straddle Again. Sam Jones says if he was running a soap factory in hell and they would bring him a car load of the carcasses of politicians he would say: “I don’t want them.” Sam seems to have a pretty fair idea of the average politician, and it is the army of these men, acting as the paid tools of Wall street, that are running the affairs of this government to-day. • * * Wherever elections have been held the Populists have made gains, while the two old parties have lost. The people are waking up. They demand something more than fine speeches and cleverly constructed platforms. The politicians are becoming alarmed aid will promise everything if the people will try the grand old parties "just one more time;" but this cry is so old and worn out that it will no longer deceive the people. ♦ ♦ ♦ The Chicago Times-Herald has changed owners and will hereafter be run as a Republican “sound currency” paper. The owner has offered Mr. Cleveland’s comptroller of the currency, Eckles, who is a Democrat, ten thousand dollars a year to become financial editor of the paper. This goes to prove the charge frequently made by the Populists that the Republicans and Democrats were so near alike that they could stand on each other’s platforms and edit each other’s papers.
♦ * * Those fellows who want free silver, but want it through the “old party” remind us of the old lady that did not want her boy to go into the water until he learned to swim. Any man who has as much brains as an oyster knows that both old parties have had a fair trial and both have demonetized silver. On every occasion when pressed to the wall in their convention they have straddled the issue, but when it came to voting a majority always voted against it. It is the height of folly to expect that either of the old parties will give us free silver. ♦ * * The Democratic party put Grover Cleveland where he is, and he has done more to put this country on practically a gold basis than any other man in the United States, not even excepting old John Sherman. In the light of this fact why should the Democratic party, be now trusted to restore silver to its position prior to 1873? It is folly to think of it, and such men as Bland and Bryan who are advocating such a thing may safely be put down as the veriest political demagogues who seek to again deceive the people, or as political cowards not worthy to lead. * ♦ ♦ There is a movement on foot in most of the southern and western states to call a convention and make, some declaration on'the currency ques-j tion. In most states it is known that this declaration will be in favor of free silver, or a straddle that can be construed to mean free silver. The cause of these conventions being called lies in the fact that there Is rapid disintegration going on in both old parties, and more particularly in the Democratic party. This condition has alarmed- the bosses and they seek to stop this wholesale desertion by some declaration in favor of free silver and financial reform. In the meantime, the goldbug element in the two old parties are doing ajl they can to prevent any declaration in favor of free silver, and the bosses are having a monkey and parrot time of it.
* * * The greatest merit in the silver question is that the discussion of it is opening the people’s eyes and causing trouble in the ranks of the two old parties. The goldbugs, unable to hedge any longer, are compelled to make an open fight for a single gold standard, and thousands of voters are becoming disgusted and leaving the two old parties. As the two old parties are the sole dependence of the goldbugs it places them in a peck of trouble. If they don’t fight one or both of the old parties will pass a free coinage law, and if they do fight it looks like it will break up the two old parties. Again, the truth of the old adage is verified, that “when rogues fall out honest men get their dues.” » ♦ ♦ The president has written another letter. This time it is addressed to Gqv. Stone pf Mississippi and contains • much taffy for the southern people. He says he don’t understand why the South, that produces so much that is' sold abroad, for gold, should want cheat) silver money. The president seems to lose sight of the fact that the people of the South rarely ever see a piece of gold in circulation, and would not under the system which Mr- Cleveland wants to fasten on this country. They know that what he is pleased to term “sound currency” is gold for the bank and treasury vaults, and bank notes, founded on an interest bearing debt, every one of which represents a double rate of interest, practically irredeemable so far as the people are concerned. The people have studied these questions much more than Mr. Cleveland and his goldbug masters are aware of, and'when the' time comes for them to voice their sentiments there will be such a surprise in this country as was never known before.
The Republicans don’t seem to be in any hurry to redeem the country.
W. S. MORGAN.
ALLIANCE WORK.
Directory OF THE J.VDZ.4A.4 FAEMEB& iUIAXCE 4XD IXDVBTEIAL tn lON J. W. Apple. President, Oaklandon. Thos. G. jdAy. Ist Vice-Pres., Correct. Lola Vincent. Sec’y-Treas.. Indianapolis. C. Vincent, Lecturer-Organizer, Indianapolis. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. N. W. Webster. Chairman, Cicero. L. A. Stephens. Secretary. Anderson. A. G. Burkhart. Treasurer. Tipton. Time Card. The Indiana State F. A. and I. U. will meet in annual session, the second Wednesday in Dec. 1895. National AUianee Aid. This is the title of the aid degree of the F. A. and I. U., and is the most perfect and economical insurance yet devised. It carries out fully the fraternal features of the order. The ex penses are as follows: Membership Fee. *1.600 single policy *5.00 *2.000 single policy 6.00 *I.OOO joint policy , 6.50 *2.000 joint policy 9.00 Kegistry fee. single oolicy 1.00 Registry fee, joint policy 1.50 Annual dues, single policy. 50 cents per $1,000; annual dues, joint policy, 75 cents per SI,OOO. In all cases where application is rejected all money paid on membership fee and advance assessment shall be returned or held subject to applicant. Joint policies are limited to husband and wife, and loss payable to the survivor. *I,OOO Single Policy *I,OOO Joint Policy Age. Assessment. Age Assessment. 18 to 25 *I.OO 18 to 25 .*1.50 25 to 30 1.10 25 to 30... 1.65 30 to 35.. x 1.20 30t<35 1.80 35 to 40 1.35 35 to 40 2.05 40 to 45 1.50 40 1045 2.25 45 to 48 1.75 45 to 48 2.65 48 to 50 2.00 48 to 50 3.00 After joining, assessments do not increase in amount with increasing age. Assessments are officially ordered six times a year, viz: Jan. 1, March 1, May 1, July 1, Sept. 1 and Nov. 1 Can I join the aid degree without joining the Alliance? Certainly riot. You would not ask to become a 32d degree mason without passing through the lower degrees. Just so, you cannot join the second degree of the Alliance without first becoming a mejnber in the regular way. Organize an Alliance and then form an Aid Degree lodge. Parties can write to C. Vincent at Indianapolis or James Welsh at Rensselaer regarding the establishment of a Degree lodge and we hope the farmers will generally engage in this Work.
Comparative Cost of Life Insurance.
Official reports show for 1893 the following in regard to the three classes of life insurance in the United States. Fraternal Societies, including the National Alliance Aid, have 1,801,000 members, carrying $3,000,000,000 in risks; paying $31.000,000 in losses, at an expense of 12,413,000, or a total average of $9 for every SI,OOO insurance carried, of which only 62 cents per SI,OOO was used for expense. Ordinary Assessment Companies had 1,676,000 members, carrying $4,170,000,000 in risks, paying $28,655,000 in losses, with $18,305,000 for expense; or total cost per SI,OOO, of $11.70, of which $4.50 went for expenses.
Old Line Companies had 1,167,000 member?, carrying $3,213,000,000 of risks, paying $57,192,000 at an expense of $48,636,000 or total cost of $32 per SI,OOO carried, of which $10.34 went to pay the expense!! You pay your money and take your choice. The expense of conducting the.old line company is more than the entire cost of Insurance in the Fraternal Society. ’ "
The Farm Record, the official paper of the State Alliance, a 16-page monthly, price 50c a year, will be sent free to every subscriber of the People’s Pilot who pays SI.OO on acco,unt, past, present or future. This offer is made in place of any other premium offer. The fraternal orders furnish the cheapest kind of life insurance in the world, and the farmers live longer than other classes, accordingly the death rate is l>wer than in other occupations —therefore, it naturally follows that life insurance furnished in our own order will be cheaper than in any other order—the cheapest in the world. The following counties in Indiana are now represented in the Aid Degree: Boone, DeKalb, Green, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Marion and Tipton.
Coin's Financial School (price 25c) is giuen free to every new trial subscriber of The People's Pilot. Twenty-five cents for three months.
Coin's Financial School (price 25c) is given free to every new trial subscriber of The People's Pilot. Twenty-Jive cents for three months.
Our information from the west side of the county shows that organizers Vincent and Welsh have done somfe “tall hustling” over there and in Newton and Burton counties. Alliance No. 72 is reinstated at Union school house and No. 180 at Percy. In this alliance are consolidated the members from two other neighboring organizations, thus making a strong and vigorour alliance. They had a large and enthusiastic meeting last Saturday night, reinstating many old members and iniatirg six new ones. A most encouraging feature is the fact that the women are taking an active part in the work, several of the new accessions being among the most energetic and influential women of the township. The Aid Degree is meeting with a hearty reception from the people for they recognize the fact that the system used' is the fairest and most economical, and. the Pilot hopes that farmers everywhere will not close contracts for life insurance policies until they fully investigate the National Aid, which is run on the same general plan as the Woodmen, A. O. U. W., and other Fraternal Orders.
The Aid Degree has paid over $20,000 in death accident benefits from January 1, 1894, to February 1, 1895.
A life insurance policy in the Alliance Aid is beyond the reach of the assessor or tax gatherer; the sheriff can never touch it, but at a cost of only about 1 per cent per annum (ranging from half of 1 per centrto 2 per cent) you add SI,OOO to your estate for the benefit of dear ones at the darkest hour they will ever set. Warner & Son have received another carload of wide tire wagons, Laßelle, well made in every respect.
In preparing articles for publication writers should reuiember that if both sides of the paper are the editor is obliged to copy before giving to the compositors. Kindly avoid this unnecessary trouble by using only one s\de, and* it-will thus ensure publication when it might otherwise be discarded.
For the German Baptist Brethern meeting to be held at Roanoke, Virginia, round trip tickets limited to 30 days will be sold from Rensselaer at the rate of §17.40, on sale from May 30. to June 4, one stop over on each line east of the Ohio river will be allowed on the return journey. W. H. Beam, Ag’t.
MUSICAL INS.TRU MENTSA Sale of fifty fine Musical Instruments. Guitars, Violins, and Accordians, at less than one third regular price. At Frank B. Meyer’s Old, Reliable drug store. Meyer sisters will give a discount of 10 per cent on all millinery until after Decoration Day, offering a selection from the finest stock in towm. When requiring new sets see Dr. Horton. Best porcelain teeth used. No cheap granate teeth goes. Over postoffice. Parties wishing to buy binders will do themselves an injustice by buying without pricing and examining the Deering goods. Robert Randle.
Mrs. Imes has her millinery store stocked up again with fresh new goods .after the depleting trade •of the past two weeks. She has, Jhose stylish little Dutch bonnets which every one admires so muHi. . Miss White, her trimmer, is unsurpassed in the art of pleasing fashionable ladies.
Knights of the Maccabees.
The State Commander writes us from Lincoln, Neb., as follows: “After trying other medicines for what seemed to be a very obstinate cough in our two children we tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and at the end of two days the cough entirely left them. We will not be without it hereafter, as out experience proves that it curs where all other remedies fail.”—Signed F. W. Stevens, State Com. —Why not give this great medicine a trial, as it is guaranteed and trial bottles are free at F. B. Meyer’s Drug Store. Regular size 50c. and SI.OO.
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Coin’s Financial School (price 25c) is given free to every new trial subscriber of The People's Pilot. Twenty-jive cents for three months.
It May Do as Much for You.
Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, 111. writes that he had a Severe Kidney trouble for many years, with severe pains in his back and also that his bladder was affected. He tried many so called Kidney cures but without any good result. About a year ago he began use ‘of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric Bitters is especially adapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver troubles and often gives almost instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price only 50c. for large bottle. At F. B. Meyer’s Drug Store.
Now that the Pilot is comfortably settled in its new first floor quarters on the west side of court house square, its friends are invited to call and see the machinery and inspect the most complete printing plant in this or adjoining counties.
Lumber.
The undersigned has a saw mill cutting lumber near the Lamson bridge on the Iroquois river. Any one wanting hard lumber of any kind can get it by calling on A McCoy or Walter Porter on McCoy’s ranch, can get it sawed on order any size at lowest market price.
Creamery Notice.
The creamery company has decided to commence making cheese May 15th. Will make full cream cheese and sell them at 3 lbs. for 25c or B£c for whole cheese to patronsand any others. A. McCoy & McDonald, at Marlbora, have a supply of fresh cows; will sell on time or exchange for dry cows on equitable terms. The creamery is here to stay and darying is a sure- thing, makes monthly cash returns, makes patrons independent by keeping them constantly supplied with pocket change. More
A. McCOY, PRES.
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A. McCOY.