The Greenback Movement of 1875-1884 and Wisconsin's Part in itE. B. Usher, 1911 - 92 pages |
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... importance . It will enable the nation - as far as man can have such control - to decide its own destiny . Therefore it will be a " National Safety Fund . " In order to explain the nature of this Safety Fund , I will here write out , in ...
... importance . It will enable the nation - as far as man can have such control - to decide its own destiny . Therefore it will be a " National Safety Fund . " In order to explain the nature of this Safety Fund , I will here write out , in ...
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... importance , while Gen. Benj . F. Butler , a Republican Congressman , and several times nominated by the Repub- licans for Governor , so bedeviled the politics of Massachusetts as to land himself in the gubernatorial chair shortly after ...
... importance , while Gen. Benj . F. Butler , a Republican Congressman , and several times nominated by the Repub- licans for Governor , so bedeviled the politics of Massachusetts as to land himself in the gubernatorial chair shortly after ...
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... importance of a sentiment now rapidly crystalizing into a wide political protest , the newspapers were generally indifferent , neglect- ful , or derisive of the new movement , and of those engaged in it . Their position may be ...
... importance of a sentiment now rapidly crystalizing into a wide political protest , the newspapers were generally indifferent , neglect- ful , or derisive of the new movement , and of those engaged in it . Their position may be ...
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... importance that insufficiency is , and how we ignore it in our estimate of values . The total amount of the indebtedness of the principal nations of the carth is at the present time about 27,000 millions of dollars , all payable in gold ...
... importance that insufficiency is , and how we ignore it in our estimate of values . The total amount of the indebtedness of the principal nations of the carth is at the present time about 27,000 millions of dollars , all payable in gold ...
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... importance and that the sure and only road to that is money . Let our motto be , " Good as Gold , " and plenty of it . Early in 1876 a Greenback Club was organized in Milwaukee . George Burnham , a prominent and wealthy brick ...
... importance and that the sure and only road to that is money . Let our motto be , " Good as Gold , " and plenty of it . Early in 1876 a Greenback Club was organized in Milwaukee . George Burnham , a prominent and wealthy brick ...
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Page 13 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 31 - All money, whether metallic or paper, should be issued and its volume controlled by the government, and not by or through banking corporations, and, when so issued, should be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private.
Page 31 - That the right to make and issue money is a sovereign power to be maintained by the people for the common benefit. The delegation of this right to corporations is a surrender of the central attribute of sovereignty, (void) of constitutional sanction, conferring upon a subordinate and irresponsible power absolute dominion over industry and commerce.
Page 35 - States on these roads should at once follow default in the payment thereof by the debtor companies; and at the foreclosure sales of said roads the Government shall purchase the same, if it becomes necessary to protect its interests therein, or if they can be purchased at a reasonable price; and the Government shall operate said railroads as public highways for the benefit of the whole...
Page 35 - Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people.
Page 33 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Page 33 - We demand a national currency, safe, sound, and flexible, issued by the general Government only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations...
Page 35 - We demand tbat bona-fide settlers on all public lands be granted free homes, as provided in the national homestead law, and that no exception be made in the case of Indian reservations when opened for settlement, and that all lands not now patented come under this demand. We favor a system of direct legislation through the initiative and referendum, under proper constitutional safeguards.