SEVEN FINANCIAL CONSPIRACIES

The Press and People Endorse It.

OFFICE OF DR. ALBERT FULLER,
KIRWIN, KAN., December 10, 1888.

The little book, “Seven Financial Conspiracies” by Mrs. S.E.V, Emery, is a warning voice.  It reveals the destructive tendency of corrupt legislation in our country.  It should be carefully read and well considered by every American citizen.  CORRUPTIONISTS may HISS at it, but HISTORY will HONOR the WOMAN who WROTE it.

ALBERT FULLER, M.D.

OFFICE OF THE KANSAS COMMONER,
NEWTON, KANSAS, Dec. 13, 1888.

MRS. S.E.V. EMERY :

DEAR MADAM—Your little work, “Seven Financial Conspiracies,” has been of wonderful service in the late campaign in Kansas.  It was called the “ Union Labor Bible,” and was read by most of the farmers in this portion of the state ;  a profound impression was produced by its teachings which will remain as the basis of future victory.  Many for the first time caught a glimpse of the profound facts connected with financial slavery, and although thousands who have been convicted of sin have so far failed to fully embrace the truth, still a foundation has been laid in the minds of the majority that will in the near future uphold the cause of “the great plain people.”

I sincerely hope that its circulation may be most widely extended.

The person who is not thoroughly well informed upon the cause that has, within the last twenty years, produced five thousand millionaires, while producing one million tramps and fixing death-grip “ mortgages” on over one-half the homes of America, should buy and read this little book, and be wise in time to prevent the further aggression of monopolies.—Weekly Review, Douglasville, Ga.

What you have revealed is startling and makes me think of what John the Revelator saw.  I have set others to reading it and they are all as much surprised as I am.—MRS. GEO. STEBBINS.

In my estimation you are fully entitled to the first premium for a work adapted for general circulation among the masses.  You have done your work well ;  God bless you.—J.M. CALKINS.

SEVEN FINANCIAL CONSPIRACIES WHICH HAVE ENSLAVED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.—The above is the title of an invaluable little book of eighty-five pages, graphically written, in a concise form, though the whole story is told ;  and ought to be read by every man, woman and child living in the United States.  We are not able to find language to express thanks to our noble sister for her grand work.—The National Review.

Your little book has come to me like a revelation from the ever living God—Leon Lewis.

I learned more in relation to the financial history of our country during the past thirty years, by reading carefully Mrs. S.E.V. Emery’s “Seven Financial Conspiracies,” than I had ever known before.  I advise every voter to lay aside prejudice and read this wonderful little book.  JOHN P. ST. JOHN. Ex-Governor of Kansas.

I received from Washington, some time ago, the report of the United States silver commission and find it a grand document for the American people.  In perusing its pages I underscored the passages that struck me as being especially significant and important, with a lead pencil, and now have before me a grand, italicized, governmental, Union Labor, campaign document, issued by Congress at Washington.

It looked so nice, laying thus before me, that I thought the plan would be a good one with some of our other best authors.

It worked well till I come to Mrs. S.E.V. Emery’s “Seven Financial Conspiracies.”  Here I was completely surprised and nonplussed.  I found my pencil instinctively running under every line, and from one side of the page to the other, without being able to discriminate as to which words or thoughts were more weighty than the others.  For superlative excellence in everything that she lays her hand to give me a woman.  With this thought I dropped my pencil with the exclamation :  My God, there is no danger of the American people being enslaved as long as they have such mothers as that !

Give women the ballot and they will send the liquor business higher than Gilderoy’s kite.  Give woman the ballot and the “Seven Financial Conspiracies” reviewed by Mrs. Emery and the seventy-seven other conspiracies by John Bull & Co. will melt away in the sunshine of her Superior and instinctive perception.  She has more moral courage than man.  Vide the late crusades in Missouri.  She has a clearer perception of motives and proprieties than man.  She rules the nation in its infancy and it would be all the better if her trained and experienced counsels, and the impulses of her more faithful and loving heart, were over her boys as long as they live.  Women most always prove themselves equal to the emergency, no matter what that emergency may be.

The negro problem would soon be solved ;  the financial troubles would disappear.

The country would, no doubt, gain immeasurably, by an unrestricted enfranchisement of our wives and mothers.

With the same constancy that arms her to repel intruders, in her domestic sphere, she would send John Bull home to attend to Ireland, India and Portugal, and warn him to keep his fingers out of our finances.  “The poor ye have always with you,” said Jesus, “ and whensoever ye will ye may do them good.”  At last, in these latter days, God has given the poor a government, the Democratic Republic of America.  The poor, being in the majority, have the reins of government always within their grasp.  The rich, in this and other lands are endeavoring to steal away the government from the poor.  Half the men are blind and do not see it.  Women being more sensitive and the first to suffer, are keenly alive to these despicable methods.  Let us arm the women to make a lawful crusade against our wrongs.

HEADQUARTERS UNION LABOR PARTY.
CHETOPA, KAN., November 24, 1888.

MY DEAR MADAM—I believe the little book “Seven Financial Conspiracies,” of which we distributed 60,000 copies, is entitled to more credit than all else in making Kansas the Banner Union Labor State.  It has caused more men, both Democrat and Republican, to investigate the financial legislation of the country, than any other document of its size ever brought before the reading public.

Not since the days of Uncle Tom’s Cabin has a mere statement of facts drawn from the pages of history been subject to such severe scrutiny and vindictive criticism as has Mrs. Emery’s little book, entitled “Seven Financial Conspiracies,” &c., within the past six months.

During the presidential campaign over fifty thousand copies of this stirring document were circulated in the State of Kansas alone ;  and so effective was its influence on the side of the people that it was made the special object of attack by the ablest speakers of the great monopoly party of the State, by organized central committees, and by the most powerful and widely circulated Journals of the great Wall street party.

Yet in all this fiery furnace of rage, vituperation, slander and abuse, not a break or a fracture was found in the harness of this glorious little book.  Not a statement was disproved or a position overthrown.  Republican speakers on the rostrum were seen to exhibit it to their audiences, to misread its pages, to use the most withering invectives in their denunciations, and then, in their rage, to dash it on the floor, to spit upon it and to stamp it with their feet !

A book worthy so much vindictive and apprehensive attention on the part of the enemies of popular liberty is no common production.  This little book is, in our opinion, the most powerful and valuable document of its size now in use.—Junction City (Kan.) Tribune.

OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN NONCONFORMIST,
WINFIELD, KAN.

You observe that Kansas comes up with 10,000 more U.L. votes than any other State in the Union, and in justice it should be known that the little “Seven Shooter” was the greatest agency and the strongest lever brought into service.  It called out the fire of the enemy as nothing else.  We shall need 100,000 of them for 1889, for the U.L. Party means to save Kansas.  The best thing outside of this State is the conversion of the St. Louis Christian Advocate, caused by the Editor reading your book.  He comes out square and is now running a series of articles showing up the whole system.  Let us take courage and keep up the fight.

Yours,
H. & L. VINCENT.
Publishers Nonconformist.

The people turned out en masse to do all honor to Mrs. S.E.V. Emery.  The parade at 11:30 was immense.  In the afternoon a very large and attentive audience gathered to listen to Mrs. Emery, who is one of the finest speakers it has ever been our good fortune to hear.  For three hours she held her audience spellbound listening to the words of wisdom, eloquence and truth that she uttered ;  her very appearance is a benediction.  She is a grand, good woman and that vast crowd testified its appreciation by frequently interrupting her with cheers and cries of, “that’s so,” etc.  After the speaking the audience dispersed with three cheers for Mrs. Emery—long may she live to continue her grand and noble work of educating and elevating mankind.—Stafford (Kansas), Advocate.

SHELBY, October 11, 1886.

ED. TRIBUNE—Say to the people of Oceans county, through your paper, that if they get a chance to hear Sarah E.V. Emery during her course of lectures in the county this week, to do so by all means.  In our opinion, and we voice the sentiment of the Shelby people without regard to party, the Michigan lecture platform has on it no abler speaker today than Mrs. Emery.  Pleasing in her delivery, clear cut and decisive in her argument, with a remarkably strong and pleasing voice, Mrs. Emery will hold an audience for two hours, so still that you can hear a pin drop.  Her subject, “Whither are we drifting ?” is political but not partisan.  Dealing with the great questions which today demand attention at the hands of the people in a fair, impartial manner, and suggesting the remedy which in her opinion is most concise and common sense.  Her lectures are free to everybody.—Shelby Tribune (Shelby) Michigan.

The Seven Financial Conspiracies was the principle weapon used by the stalwart Kansans in their memorable war with and defeat of the “Irredescent Dreamer,” John J. Ingalls.  It is the best eye opener for the average voter now before the public and ought to be in the hands of every American citizen.

CHAS. N. BROWN,
Editor Alliance Defender.

No pamphlet published has struck such terrible and effective blows as has this one.  The eighty-second thousand is ready to be sent out.  It goes right back to the root of these great evils and shows in a manner that will convince, how the servility of the people is being brought about by deep laid and foul conspiracies which have been carried out, and are now daily gnawing at the vitals of the republic.—Non-Conformist, Winfield, Kansas.

Mrs. Emery is of large build, physically, mentally and spiritually.  She possesses a superb voice, well trained in the elocutionist arts, poised by such superior mental powers and a knowledge of her subjects, that made her master of the occasion.  We have no power of pen, or language at command to do anything like justice to her speech.

We have listened to Wendell Phillips, humanity’s silver tongued orator ;  to Henry Ward Beecher, the proud preacher of Plymouth church ;  to John B. Gough ;  to the forensic efforts of Roscoe Conklin and Carlisle ;  to the brant productions of “Sunset Cox” and polish of Gen Weaver, but never in all did we listen to such a speech as delivered by Mrs. Emery to 5,000 people at the Knights of Labor celebration.  July 4th, 1887.  From first to last she held them spellbound by the magic of her orator, the clearness of her argument and power of her logic.  We shall not even attempt a review.  Suffice it to say that 5,000 people will never forget her burning words, portraying the wrongs that the wealth producers—the true business and laboring classes suffer under—and the true remedy—a national solution of the money question in the interests of those classes.—The People’s Advocate, Independence, Iowa, July 7th, 1887.

Mrs. Emery’s Success Upon the Rostrum.

At 2 p.m. the people gathered in Lafayette park, and listened to a long and interesting address by Mrs. Emery.  The gathering was so large that not more than one-third of the people were able to hear the address.  There were no newspaper men on the stand and a full report of the speech cannot be given.  It is said to be one of the finest talks on the vital questions of the day made in Kansas this year.  Mrs. Emery is a forcible writer and understands the history of our country as well as anyone that is on the public stage now.  The talk was well received from first to last and made a good impression on the hearers.—Beacon, Great Bend, Kansas.

One of the largest audiences ever assembled in the court house greeted the lady speaker last evening.  Mrs. Emery, besides being an orator, proved herself to be a master of her subject, and her command of language was somewhat amazing to those at least who think that a lady is not capable of delivering an address in public, more especially when the subject chosen deals with the great political questions of the day.—Abilene (Kansas) Gazette.

Mrs. S.E.V. Emery, a talented and interesting Union Labor lecturer, addressed a crowded house Tuesday evening.  While we do not subscribe to the U.L. faith entirely, yet there is much to be commended in Mrs. E.’s speech, Her review of John Sherman and the relation his financial policy bears to the present stagnated condition of agriculture, her interpretations of the workings of the tariff laws, and the manner in which they have strangled labor, were unanswerable.—Girard Herald (Rep.) (Girard) Kansas.

Mrs. Emery, of Lansing, delivered an address in the Congregational church last Monday evening, under the auspices of the W.C.T.U.  Her lecture was a very intellectual production.  With a woman’s pathetic pleading, she combine’s the convincing logic of a strong reasoner and the persuasive power of a graceful orator.  She speaks with great ease and fluency, and is thoroughly well posted.—Williamston Enterprise, (Williamston) Michigan.

Mrs. Emery is a lady of fine presence, has a clear and powerful voice and an easy and often eloquent oratory which gives her front rank among platform speakers.  She handled her theme with great skill and made a strong impression in favor of woman suffrage as necessary not only to the cause of temperance and other vital reforms, but the perpetuation of republican government.  Senator Peffer and Congressman Simpson were present and in short speeches unqualifiedly indorsed the arguments of Mrs. Emery and pledged their adhesion to the reforms she advocated.—Emporia Daily Gazette.

The late dailies contain Hon. John Sherman’s sharp reply to that remarkably powerful and popular little book, “The Seven Financial Conspiracies.”  More than 100,000 copies of this book have been sold in the past year.  No woman ever trod foot on Shelby county soil whose sweet, persuasive eloquence thrilled people with more righteous fervor than did the words of Mrs. Emery at Lithia Springs last August.—Our Best Words, Shelbyville, Ill., Nov 21,1891.

DECLARATION OF CONDITIONS.
[Adopted by the People’s Party at Omaha, July 4, 1892.]

Assembled upon the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the declaration of independence, the People’s Party of America, in their first national convention, invoking upon their action the blessing of Almighty God, puts forth in the name and on behalf of the people of this country the following preamble and declaration of principles :

The conditions which surround us justify our co-operation ;  we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin.  Corruption dominates the ballot box, the Legislature, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench.  The people are demoralized, most of the States have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to prevent universal intimidation or bribery.  The newspapers are largely subsidized or muzzled, public opinion silenced ;  business prostrated ;  our homes covered with mortgages ;  labor impoverished and the land concentrating in the hands of the capitalists.  The urban workmen are denied the right of organization for self-protection ;  imported pauperized labor beats down their wages ;  a hireling standing army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot them down, and they are rapidly degenerating into European conditions.  The fruit of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind ;  and the possessors of these, in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty.  From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes—tramps and millionaires.

The national power to create monopoly enriches bondholders ;  a vast public debt payable in legal tender currency has been funded into gold-bearing bonds, thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people.

Silver, which has been accepted as coin since the dawn of history has been demonetized to add to the purchasing power of gold by increasing the value of all forms of property as well as human labor, and the supply of currency is purposely abridged to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprise and enslave industry.  A vast conspiracy against mankind has been organized on the two continents, and it is rapidly taking possession of the world.  If not met and overthrown at once it forbodes terrible social convulsions, the destruction of civilization, or the establishment of despotism.  We have witnessed for more than a quarter of a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon the suffering people.  We charge that the controlling influences dominating both these parties have permitted the extending dreadful conditions to develop without serious effort to prevent or restrain them.  Neither do they now promise us any substantial reform.  They have agreed together to ignore in the coming campaign every issue but one.  They promise to drown the outcries of plundered people with the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff, so that capitalists, corporations, national banks, rings, trusts, watered stock, the demonetization of silver and the oppressions of the usurers may all be lost sight of.  They propose to sacrifice our homes, lives and children on the altar of mammon ;  to destroy the multitude in order to secure corruption funds from the millionaires.

Assembled on the anniversary of the birthday of the nation, and filled with the spirit of the grand generation who established our independence, we seek to restore the government of the republic to the hands of “the plain people” with whose class it originated.  We assert our purposes to be identical with the purposes of the national Constitution, to form a more perfect union, and establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty or ourselves and our posterity.

We declare that this country can only endure as a free government while built upon the love of the whole people for each other and for the nation, that it cannot be pinned together by bayonets, that the civil war is over, and that every passion and resentment which grew out of it must die with it, and that we must be in fact as we are in name, one united brotherhood of free men.

Our country finds its future confronted with conditions for which there is no precedent in the history of the world.  We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation in accordance with the terms of our platform.

We believe that the powers of government—in other words, of the people—should be expanded (as in the case of the postal service) as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teachings of experience shall justify, to the end that oppression, injustice and poverty shall eventually cease in the land.

While our sympathies as a party of reform are naturally on the side of every proposition which will tend to make men intelligent, virtuous and temperate, we nevertheless regard these questions—important as they are—as secondary to the issues now pressing for solution, and upon which not only our individual prosperity but the very existence of free institutions depend ;  and we ask all men to first help us to determine whether we are to have a republic to administrate, before we differ as to the conditions upon which it is to be administered ;  believing that the forces of reform this day organized will never cease to move forward until every wrong is remedied and equal rights and equal privileges securely established for all the men and women of this country.

PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES

We declare that the union of the labor forces of the United States this day consummated shall be permanent and perpetual ;  may its spirit enter into all hearts for the salvation of the republic, and the uplifting of mankind.

2.  Wealth belongs to him who creates it, and every dollar taken from industry without an equivalent, is robbery.  “If any will not work neither shall he eat.”  The interests of rural and civic labor are the same ;  their enemies are identical.

3.  We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the railroads, and should the government enter upon the work of owning and managing all roads, we should favor an amendment to the Constitution by which all persons engaged in the government service shall be placed under a civil service regulation of the most rigid character so as to prevent the increase of the power of the national administration by the use of such additional government employes.

FINANCE.

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 issue of banking corporations ;  a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent. per annum to be provided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers’ Alliance, or a better system ;  also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements.

We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1.

We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than $50 per capita.

We demand a graduated income tax.

We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all state and national revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government economically and honestly administered.

We demand that postal savings banks be established by the government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people, and to facilitate exchange.

TRANSPORTATION.

Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroads in the interests of the people.

The telegraph, telephone, like the postoffice system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the government in the interest of the people.

LAND.

The land, including all the natural resources of wealth, is the heritage of the people and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited.  All land now held by railways and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens, should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only.