The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-06
Infatiou-What it Does Not Mean.
ST. Lows, July Is, 1915.
To the Editor of the Globe-Deenocrat:

its advocates. Always when men seek
the aid OF the law in their schemes of
spoilation. they are obliged to conceal
their real intentions under q false name.
1t would not do to give a bill providing
for IN Increase in the vo!ume of a re-
dundant ard deprecated currency a IL
tie truly descriptive of lis character,
purpose and effect.
This, tor instance, would not be a
good title: An act to authorize every /!
debtor in the lniteG States 90 retain tor
his W Use Il certain part CT the money
Justly due t. his creditor, without he
consent of said creditor, and without
danger Of the pains and penalties OF
fraud" Nor this: An act to pOstpOn2
indefinitely the iH;tillment of The gov
eminent solemn pledges to redeem its
notes in COIN
Nor this: IAN act to perpetuate a
system of currency that sRbverts Justice,
establishes injustice, lcgalizes robbery,
enrichcs The few at the expense of the
many, drgrades and pauperizeS the
masses 3fthe people, d]ebauches the pub
lie morality, and carries the nation back
coward barburism."
IIlCS' taIlNS "'bIA Al gft'itS 1'iND |
wholesome truths about an inconverti-
hle currencv, but they would not suit
the purposes of the intiatiOnistS. They
cannot afford to tell the truth about it.
They would be compelled to use words
round which cluster unpleasant asSocia-
:iOnS.
Legal plumber is as hateful to men in
general a. eXtra-legal, when they see it
clearly. 1t IS necessary for the success
of the schemes OF the iniia3ionistS that
the people shall not see their true nature
clearly. SO the authors of these schemes
strive 10 mystifv the subject by the use
IF false ana misleading terms Terms
which not only do not suggest the plum
der they have in view, but which sug-
gests quite the opposite effect. Thus
they >ugarcoat the pill which they seek
- force down the throat Of the people
They will put their bill forward under
Sucsi a cite - this:
An act to relieve the distress of the
people by making money abundant aud
cheap.
That sounds benevolent and fair. /,
IS in perfect accord with thc ''patevnal
theory" ot @oycTnmcnt-the theory Of
Mr.. JUstts achwab, q gentleman cap
cured by the police in the Communi5tic
DEMONSTRATIONS in New York some two
Years ICE. Nj. Schwab thought $50 he
Ioid the Police Justice on histriaN''tha
every man shculd defend the govern
euent, and The government should pro-
vide fer every man"
Bat lei noG the people be fooled with
false names. What VIC want from the
government Is not zap, but Justice; not
~"reiini,H bat freedom. Least Of all the
kind OF "%rciiet" hat initiation would
-ivc-the relief Of reckless and chronic
debtors and INSCRIPTIONS spectators at
the expense of the honest and indUStri-
Gus masses. That kind of %''relief' too
much resembles the relief" given by
the highway robbor to his victim, when
he uncerpmOniOuSly "rciIcveS" him OF
his superfuOus cash.
Imitation means no ''reilCt" to any
class or classes of men, except ut the
expense of some other class Or classes.
1t means the ~''reliet' Of debtors at the
expense of creditors. 1t means the re
lief of spectators at the expense Of
legitimate business. 1t means the ''re-
lief Of capital at the expense OF labor.
i means the ~''reiicf7' Of the rich at the
expense Of the roor.
1t does not mean that money is to be
more abundant. or the money market
any easier, or the rate of interest any
lower. Strange as it may sound, il is
nevertheless Il scientific truth that it is
utterly impossible to increase the
amount of currency in the sense in
xrhi.l, tim fpfatjpniSts Dcp tho yEnYIS
when they clamer for ''more green
backs" They may keep the greenback
mills running day and night. They
NAV issue Ma. Hills two thousand mil
lion dollars and then multiply that sum
by ten. They may flood the country
with .'moGey" until it takes a 800 to
buy a pint of peanuts and a S1,00G TO
pay tor a cheap dinner5 and yet money
will be no more abundant than before.
Every increase is soon swallowed up by
the rise Of prices, aad then it is rs scarce
rs ever, and its deluded votarics are
Yelling for more" Yet, in spite of
this truth-a truism to every student
of political economy, and SO evident
that any man not a victim to the fatal
decisions of paper money can see it if
he will but apply his mind seriously
there are men among us yelling for
more greenbarks, N the ground that
there is not enough currency to do the
business OF the country! But, ever adj
hitting the scarcity of which they com-
plain, their clamor is senseless. They
know, if they know anything, that q de-
cline of prices is rs sure a remedy for q
scarcity of currency as initiation is. They
know, if they know anything, that a de-
cline in prices. so far from being undc-
sirable. is absolutely necessary, if we