The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1896 Page: 3 of 8
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The John A. Salzer Seed Co... ef L*
Crosse, Wis., have recently purchased
the complete catalogue trade of the
Northrup, Braalan, Goodwin Co.. of
Minneapolis and Chicago. This gives
tht Sailer Seed Co. the largest cata-
logue mall trade in the world and they
are in splendid shape to take care of
■ame, as tkey have recently completed
their mammoth new seed houses. Tho
1896 catalogue Is Just out and tho
largest ever issued. Sent to any ad-
tress for 5^ents to cover postage.
A man Tuay unlearn, but a woman
never.
j Xt is thinking he can do better for
himself than Uod will do for him that
makes the miser starve himself to get
i gold.
If yon hear a lion roar when you
I are where you ought to be, go for-
ward and slay it. It will make a good
l>ee hive.
If tho heart goes with the gift, it
! may be small and homely in the eyes
i of men, and yet it will be great in tho
sight of God.
Health is a good thing, but sickness
is a better thing, when we can joyful-
i ly bear it in gentle submission to the
will of God.
The Federation of Agricultural La-
tor of Denmark comprises thirty-two
branches.
Is the foundation of health. The way to Saying, "The Lord is my high tow-
have BJfth, Bed, Healthy Blood i to take ^ w was one Qf the Ways David had of
assuring his soul that God was still
keeping watch.
The man who robs a banlt would
never do it, if he stopped to ask God
for his daily bread before he picked up
his "jimmy."
Red Blood
Is the foundation of health. The way to
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p
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Sarsaparilla
afcnori'a PlllS^ure all Liver Ills. 25cents.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
V/V
a «sv
I
PROF. LAUGHLIN AGAIN TAKES
THE STAND.
to hi-
JoOKUtUaj'"K« « of valuable lliVrnI,*t!-'JJ WuJ!f2i£
era. BE AL1VK m i'lj ci
lor postiik''1 g«M:fj>tnblr. . I'PKAL 1*11 < . Co.,
DriW.rS0B. lOCW HA V K.N, Conn.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Cletn «- *n«l beautif oi thi hair.
Promote! * luauxiftol growth.
Never Fail* to Restore Gray
jin,p its Youtliful Color.
(£3 «fp * U'r Mmf.
l.ol ft copy of t'n' 1DKAL HAND
ulu:il.lc Inf. rm.tUg .!•< «•
S3! SHOE bE6Jol?VHE cleveland—Behold my sound money The mother my^work jolcediff
Do 1 icy! Bonds, offices and good tbinga things all his adversaries From the Silver Knight published y
were ashamed; and all the ,eoP.e re- United State. Senator Stewart. ^
If you pay 84 to 8<> (or shoes, a
amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and £
WHY DON'T tOl) BUY CORN?
T nonrt'FIi8 m*i 1 y«'Ui product® and writ* to m for
P5S5E5S £/ to
A CO.ft31 USalU St., tfctcwa.
Jki"MC>iiiniUJOI>N w.jioimis
I Successful ly
Morphine Uabit ujrd in 10
to SO iIuvm. No pay till rureil.
PHEN8, Lebanon.Ohio.
km what a good shoo >ou can buy (or
OVER 100 STYLES AND WIDTHS,
CONOKKSS, ltllTTON,
and LACK, made In alt
kinds of the best selected
leather by skilled work-
men. IV e
niake and
•eli inoro
$3 Shoes
than any
_____ other
manufacturer In the world.
None genuine unless name and
price i« stamped on the bottom.
DR. J.S
........ ALL ELSE F
,unu Syrup. Tastes t-.
tiinu. Roirt br drumlsrs.
realgar-*
Ask your dealer for our ®-" .
84. •3.50, S2..1M, fttf.'-Jfl Shoes;
82.5U, %-! and 131.75 for boys.
TAKE MO SUBSTITUTE. Ifyourdcaler
cannot supply you, send to fac-
tory, enclosing price and 76 cents
to pay carriage. State kind, style
of toe (cap or plain), size and
width. Our Custom Dept. will 141
your order. Send for new Illus-
trated Catalogue to lJox K.
W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton, Mass.
GREAT sin of usury.
rr OVERTHREW ROME. AND
THREATENS AMERICA.
■Money la Sot Troperty—It Should, and
True Money Does, «e r the Saino Ite-
Utlon to Property . ti.. Mereh.nf.
Scale. Do to tho Artlele. Weighed."
* 44SAY BOSS! Them People
Won't Take This
oap-TheyWant
CLA1RETTE
Everybody wants Clairette
Soap who knows tlie good-
ness of it; Try it once and
you will refuse all other
kinds, too. Sold everywhere.
Made only by
HE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY,
ST. LOUIS.
< GROCERIES;
ifee largest piece, of
Good tobacco
ever sold for 10 cents
(Bv Rev. D. Oglesby.)
History informs us that old Rome
fas 300 years dicing. It a's° 'c"s. .
,hat usury was the disease that. k
lid Rome. The reason why It tooK
Rome so long to die was, it took that
long time for usury to rob the wealth-
producers and concentrate the wealth
in few hands. But when old Rome did
die 1,800 men owned about all, we a
Informed. Usury works much fasier
now. In the last thirty-five or forty
years, half the wealth of our country
has drifted into the clutches of thirty
odd thousand families. The debts o
our country ($35,000,000,000) thirty- v
thousand million of dollars, equal at
least to half the value of the property
In our country. The reason why usury
works so much faster now than in the
days of old Rome is in consequence of
labor-saving machinery and perverted
socialism, or monopolies and trusts.
A.boirt 90 per cent of the labor
bf our country and the world
herformed by machinery. By usurious
Inethods a class of men called capital-
ists have accumulated money, and they
wn the labor-saving machinery. They
can take a small proportion of the wage-
workers, and by the use of machinery,
manufacture all that can be sold In the
markets of the world, and the great
majority of wage-workers are left l
Idleness to starve, or steal, or ngnt.
The capitalist demands a certain per-
centage of Interest, or usury, on his
capital. This usury must come or the
mill stops. In order to augment the
volume of interest or usury, capitalists
comMBS n<l fnr,n misU an^ monopo-
lies'. By so doing the old rule of de-
mand fixing prices is swept away
These combines among capitalists Is
perverted socialism. It is socialism
among capitalists. All evil Is pervert-
ed good. Every good can be, and has
been perverted; and when a good is
perverted, It becomes a corresponding
evil. If it is a great good when rightly
used, it becomes a great evil when per-
verted. Let us apply these principles to
the methods adopted in our country:
First, labor-saving machinery justly
used, would be the greatest Imaginable
blessing. If 80 or 90 per cent ot the
labor of the world is performed by ma-
chinery, it follows as a logical sequence
that, if all shared a just proportion of
its benefits, no one would need to labor
more than from two to four hours a
day. True socialism in society would
put labor on this basis. But true so-
cialism is perverted, and false BOcl^.1's™
prevails. A few get all the benefits of
the great inventions. Perverted social-
ism robs the toiler of the world beyond
computation. Look at it. With true
socialism, each laborer would have all
he produced, while the labor of two
hours a day would yield to him more
than the drudgery of ten hours does
now.
Second, take the money question.
Civilization requires the exchanging of
commodities produced by labor. Some-
thing is necessary to show the relative
value of articles to be exchanged. The
value commercially of any article con-
sists in the amount of labor requibed to
produce It.
Justice demands some method to
show the value in labor of articles to
be exchanged. Wo call that something
money. Hence, the true function of
money, and its only function, should be
to express the price value in labor of
articles to be exchanged.
But its true function is perverted.
Money is not property. It should, and
true money does, bear the same or
similar relation to property as the mer
chant's scales do to the articles
weighed. The scales don't make an ar-
ticle heavier or lighter, but they ex-
press its true weight. Money never
created a dime's worth of property. La-,
bor does that. Hence money should ex-
press the amount of labor in any arti-
cle to be bought or sold. But money
Is perverted. It'is reckoned to be prop-
erty and sq .used. It is bought and sold.
Usury or interest is tie price of money
for a stipulated time. Instead of ex-
pressing prices already fixed by labor, It
sets and fixes prices on labor and all
the products of labor. We read every
day about the price of money. What
a perversion. The puice ot a price.
With equal propriety we might say the
length of length or the weight of
weight.
It is owing to this perversion of
money that the usurers and money
mongers cling so tenaciously to coin
money. Coin money is property money.
So long as the masses can be made
to think or believe that money is prop-
erty. coin will be used for money. But
if tho worm can be made to see that
money is not property, this money ot
barbarism, coin, will be rejected.
Another great evil growing out of
this perversion of money is. it causes
it to be a perspnal thing. Money is not
an individual thing. Individuals don't
make money. It is the creation of so-
ciety. It is made by society (govern-
ment) for society. But being considered
property, it is held by individuals as
property. Money is made to uso, not
hoard in order to sell. It Is made to do
business with, not to deal In. About
all the debts in the world have been
caused by money-mongers, men who
deal in money. Give tho world true
money, and there would be no money-
mongers, or men who deal in money.
The perversion of money, making it
property, has destroyed all the great
governments of the world. It does it
by usury. It concentrates the property
in a few hands, enslaving the masses,
producing poverty, vice, crime and bar-
barism. We are traveling the same
road old Rome and all the great govern-
ments. Egypt, Greece, Persia etc did
and but for the diffusion of knowledge
among the masses by the printing press
we would soon land where they did.
If in thirty-five or forty years half the
wealth is gobbled up by thirty or forty
thousand families, how long will it re-
quire to get it all? But the printing
press has so enlightened the masses
that they cannot be permanently e
Slaved. The schoolmaster has been
abroad in the land. "You can fool al
the people part of the time, and part
of the people all of the time, but >ou
can't fool all the people all of the time.
This is one of Mr. Lincoln's proverbs
and it as true as Solomon's.
Perverted socialism is the cause
our national unrest and troubies. an
true socialism is the remedy. There
can be no settled state of society unti
the brotherhood of man is incorporated
into commercial law. The human race
is one family. "We be brethren.^
Every man is "his brother's keeper. ^
"An injury to one is the concern of all
All the civil governments of earth
are in the hands of the class who be-
lieve in and practice perverted social-
ism. They delight in it. Why do they .
Because by it they can rob the wealth
producers, grow rich, live in luxury,
enslave the masses and the masses not
know it. But, O, how they hate true
socialism. Why? Because If true so-
cialism was applied this favored clas
would stand on a level with the masses.
They would have to work or starve.
For this reason they fight socialism.
They say it would ruin society. They
tell the people that it is anarchy. They
move heaven and earth (and the other
place principally) to destroy socla tom.
The great newspapers are enlisted
against it. School books are doctored in
its interest. Dictionaries are made to
lie or suppress the truth for them.
Even the church is cowed down, and on
Its knees before this enemy of God and
nran. Perverted socialism may, and In
all probability will, produce violent
revolution; but out of that ordeal will
come a true system of money, and a
government "of tho people, by the peo-
ple, and for the people," or true, and
not perverted socialism.
Richview, 111., Oct. 31, '95.
THE ONLY REMEDY.
Enough Money to Kimble the Teople to
I)o a Cash lluslness.
Verily "The O* Knoweth 1113 M stsr"e
Crib," and the Wily Professor stands
Up Fiat-Footed and Lies for Ule
Master.
Prof. Laughlin of the Chicago Uni-
versity said the other day that Rocke-
feller had made his millions without
interfering with any one else making
money. Prof. Laughlin is cither mis-
taken or wilfully lies when he makes
,ne above statement. The history of
the Standard Oil company is full of in-
cidents where the Standard has forced
independent refineries to suspend busi-
ness and in many instances ruined tho
owners. The plan wsb to Bccure entire
control of the oil product. To do this
It was necessary to securo all the re-
fineries. If a refinery refused to put
its plant in the deal and join the con-
spiracy, the Staudard would put down
tho price of oil to such refineries' cus-
tomers until it was either ruined or
driven out of the business.
Regarding this giant octopus through
whtch Mr. Rockefeller has made his
millions \wi quote some very interesting
matter from Morgan's "Impending
Revolution.":
"Some very interesting Information
of tho Standard's tyranny and the ex-
tent of its profits were recently bought
to light by the United States Senate
committee. Mr. B. B. Campbell, an oil
refiner of Westmoreland, l'a.. testified
'That the Standard Oil Company had
been built up at the expense of lnae-|
pendent refineries, and by rebates and(
— - penuent renneries, nuu uj .........—
Harry Tracy, in a talk at Labor Hall apodal privileges given it by railroads.
. iMa tn snv iiDon the ..mit nf sill the oil produced
In Dallas, had this to say upon the
money question:
"If we had the freo and unlimited
coinage of silver alone ft. would give
us no substantial relief; on the other
hand, it would produce tho most blight-
ing money panic the world has ever
witnessed. This Is deducible from the
following facts: 1. Tho people of the
United States owe not less than ?32,-
000,000,000, the interest on which can-
not be less than 5 per cent per annum,
or $1,000,000,000 annually. It must bo
paid every year out of the amount ot
money in circulation, and it must go
into the hands of the creditor classes.
"The creditor classes are in a position
to withdraw from circulation that
amount of money in the shape of inter-
est. The result is, these creditors can
contract our volume of money to that
extent without calling in a single loan.
This can be repeated each year if the
creditors decide to do so. The people
under our present system are powerless
to extricate themselves from this condi-
tion. We therefore see clearly that tho
masses have been legislated into this
condition and are completely at the
mercy of the money power. They can
crush them whenever they desire to do
so. There can be no relief until the
laws that have produced present condi-
tions are changed.
"Now let us see what would, result
from stopping at t>he free and unlimited
coinage of silver. The people's credit-
ors would contract the volume of money
$1,000,000,000 inside of twelve months.
Where could we obtain a substitute?
The entire output of our sliver mines
does not amount to more than $75,000,-
000 annually. If wo coin this entire out-
put it would take twenty years to re-
place the $1,600,000,000 contracted in
one year. The important question just
here is how can we get along without
money for nineteen years? Besides our
population will increase 60 pec cent dur-
ing this time. These creditors can
throw the country into a continuous
panic under the free coinage of silver,
because they can in one year retire our
entire present volume and then absorb
the entire silver and gold output of all
the mines in the world five times as fast
as it is produced.
"If our people were out of debt and
the products of our mines furnished a
sufficient amount of money to enable
our people at all times to transact their
business for cash, there would be wis-
dom in the argument of our free silver
friends, but as these conditions do not
exist, the remedy offered is no remedy
at all. People may expatiate upon this
or that expediant until the heavens fall,
but of one thing all may rest assured
and that is, until the national govern-
ment furnishes the people a full legal
tender, non-Interest bearing volume of
money, equal to the demands for its
use in the transaction of business, their
slavery will intensify until revolution
will close the ghastly scene in blood."
rponiu juinivftvu - '
Eighty per cent of all the oil produced
in the country at this time had to be,
sold to the Standard, who thus con-
trolled the price.'
"The testimony of Mr. Cassott, of the
Pennsylvania railroad, In 1878, showed
'that the road gave the Standard and
affiliated companies a rebate on crude
oil of 49 cents per barrel from Bradford
field, and 51 cents from tho lower field.'
The railroad also gave the Standard
22% cents per barrel on all oil shipped
by people not affiliated with tho Stand-
ard. The rates on refined oil were 80
cents to the Standard and $1.45 to tho
public.
"Augustus H. Tack, of Philadelphia,
formerly of tho Citizens' Oil Manufac-
turing Company, of Pittsburg, related
how his company and others had been
squeezed to death by the Standard. The
allowance of rebates and deductions to
the Standard resulted in breaking up
all Individual refineries which did not
coalesce with the Standard. Mr. Tack
estimated the capital destroyed In tills
manner at $15,000,008 to $17,000,000 and
the amount of money which the Stand-
ard had made by the rebates at $250,-
000,000."
The Chicago University was built and
is run upon the money which Rocke-
feller made through the Standard Oil
Company's operations. Prof. Laugh-
lin and hiB ilk are hired prostitutes to,
gull the public. No man who speaks the
truth and possesses any independence|
can hold a position in the Chicago Unl-
I versity. Thus the churches and the
educational Institutions of the land, as
well as the great newspapers, arc un-
der the control of the wealthy and
are aiding in the propagation of false-
hood. Rockefeller poses as a Christian
philanthropist, whilo as a matter of
fact he "secured his fortune by force-
forcing trade from its legitimate chan-
nels—and has no better right to it thav
the common highwayman who presents
a pistol in your face with the demand
for "your money or your life.
Diversified Farming:.
The siren song of the sidewalk farm-
er led the people into diversified farm-
ing this season, which is a good thing,
for it has shown what fools they are
to continue the present system. In the
place of a broad expanse of wheat
fields, which we are told had ruined
the farmers in years past, we have
beautiful celery plantations and ir-
rigated gardens, millions of cabbages,
thousands of acres ot potatoes, and
corn and oats and barley in profusion.
And what a vtasto it all is. I know ope
Brown county farmer who has 2,500
bushels of onions. They lie rotting in
heaps on the ground—no market at any
price. In the whole list of farm prod-
Some Flgnrw* to File.
Tlie following figures are compiled
from the official records and can be
relied upon as approximately correct.
They are rather under than above the
true debt statement. The figures are
given in round numbers, and show the
condition of this country and the hold
the shylocks have on us:
Our national debt ls... $ 1,750,000,000
The total Indebtedness of
the several states,
counties, etc., is
The bonded and stock
indebtedness of rail-
road corporations is...
The mortgage indebted-
ness of the people
on farms, etc., is
That of street railways,
manufactories, etc., is
about
Additional miscellane-
0113 indebtedness 978,000,000
1,136,000,000
6,636,000,000
2,500,000,000
5,000,000,000
Few Gold Standard Men Are Honest
A K. Ward, secretary and treasurer
of a barrel factory at Memphis, is one
of the fellows who had that "sound
money" aggregation of gold-bugs to
meet in convention in that city and
declare against silver, tho people s
money. He is gone. Before he left
he forged notes and checks to the
amount of about $200,000 secured
cash for them and is now safe in Hon-
duras. Yet some people read and be-
lieve gold-bug papers and speakers.
Progressive Farmer.
Total $18,000,000,000
The population of the United States
Ib seventy millions, an averagedf$250
for each man, woman and child in the
country. In the last analysis the people
will have these debts to pay. The ofn
cers of our government—national and
state, and of the corporations indebted,
arc but the business managers of tha
people in this matter. It is probable
that at least one-half of the entire
amount is due to creditors beyond the
ocean. The annual interest on this vast
sum at 4 per cent, would amount to
$720 000 000. To pay the interest due
- . , . , ' pnnie of other nations would re-
price. In the whole list of farm prod- j the P $360,000,000 an.
ucts only wheat and flax, the despised quire a gold exi
crops, are salable. Cattle and hogs are nually.
f^^^ue^pro^i^ces^But ta^esTlnter- | First Tramp-AU TZTin the world
'BSW-1 is •
and other trust products are as high as plugg^dtoe. confer-
ever. Dakota Rurallst. | Free Press.
. that"?the Democrats3nomi- | The present attitude of the m>ubU-
buttermilk that u ^ ^ remlndg one ot an amateur
1 ! ,he money power will dec- j rope walker at his first public exhlbi.
Trl h' w^b Eastern trimming. 1 tlon-it Is not sure of its success
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