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Corroborative of this, in 1862, when we had a million of men in the 
field and not a dollar to feed or clothe them, we had the minions of 
these artificial persons comedown to Washington in a threatening 
attitude, with the cry of “No more greenbacks; no more irredeem¬ 
able paper, or we withdraw our moneyed support to the Govern¬ 
ment, 11 in order to extort from father Abraham the privilege of 
issuing 300,000,000 of bank-notes upon the faith of the people, 
redeemable with the people's greenbacks, but securing to them¬ 
selves a margin of at least fifteen per cent, per annum. Corrobora¬ 
tive of this, is the fact that since the rebellion was crushed, and our 
necessity removed, this banking privilege has been maintained and 
extended at a needless cost to the people of over twenty millions a 
year. Corroborative of this, is the purpose of resumption by con¬ 
traction, being freshly fastened upon us, giving the entire control 
of the currency, and consequently the control of all material values 
to these same artificial persons, who, like the chieftain of the 
Pacific Road Construction Company, will be disposed to put their 
money “where it will do the most good. 11 
If thirst suggests the use of water; if hunger suggests the use 
of food; if respiration suggests the need of air, this state of things 
certainly suggests to producers the need of remedy. 
The question arises, then, can there be a remedy without organi¬ 
zation? Producers have the power of remedy, but the power of 
remedy must be intelligently applied. Can this intelligent appli¬ 
cation of remedy be secured without organization? The remedy, 
to be effectual, must be just and equitable to the producers them¬ 
selves. Can this be secured without organization? The remedy, 
to be lasting, must be just and equitable to all concerned. Can 
this be secured without organization? It is difficult, in this state 
of the investigation, to avoid the conclusion that organization is 
the preliminary and indispensible step toward remedy. Then, 
organization is the word! Organization to the producers, to-day, 
means what Independence meant to the colonists in ’seventy-six. 
It means freedom from oppression and foreign rule. For, disguise 
it as you may, the moneyed encroachments in this country, draw 
their inspiration and power from the moneyed feudalism of Europe. 
Organization then, becomes an unavoidable necessity. Producers 
must make themselves felt in public affairs. We must meet realized 
capital squarely, and say, '"we will give you lialj hut not all. And 
