Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-12-18

ed, While poor hryhafu c""i" uu'! nm vac
drippings, on the bottle, that dribhled irora
bis gulchinG throat Had he not served tim
right, had he bit his damned neck of It is
bad enough to rob the poor 10 tanialize Is
refined cruelty.
( We have been beating the field in pursuit
Of truth. in mauy squads. but such is the IN
nate sefshness of poor human nature, aud
such seit-tlltterers are We. that we often de-
ccive ourselves If we really desire TO come
at the truth Of this great money question, all
/ sde-ir.ues aud palliatves must be cast away,
I aud we must face the rea, enemy, after all.
I and that enemy is UsTy in al its forms =
let tie square issue g. 10 the people, :. Free
Money-free Of usnry or slave money, ana,
nav word for il you will Cad the people have a
better compreheusion Of this mystitied agent
money, than has ever been dreamed oi III our
philosophy In the issue, just as ] have put
il above from the letter OF an unlearned but
strong. minded correspondent, ! believe the
peo,ile have clearer idea Of tie science Of
money. than all their Juggling and blibed con-
rreSS nut together. The sh1c pinches them,
and ihry know wiere: it is in high interest,
above the earnings of labor. The same cor
resnnn,lcnt added, aud | think with acute
Grrthoucht that he would rather undertake
to convert ten hard monry men than one IS
msn The experiment IN Ohio VIII he iouLd
to provc the fact, that the people are not con
tent with the issue ms il stands and. suspect
:. cat in the ntal tuh." The same may now
he said of the elections in Pennsylvania so
that our only safe course, now, Is the course oi
trgtl tc drop all siIe-issues and 10 a,sail
I II e al s,.usfaf pvffs fp-.y
T.ary We have been, all along, applying
emedies without proper diagnosis OF the
/ disen>e. As one Of the faculty, in consulta-
,ion. say rst, and last, aud all the tine, ne
diseaseis Usury Let uscyiirraie usury, and
lAe disease Will he cured As usury is mat
ter connected with moHey, we must frst un-
icrstanh tcbGt mo1eV is; aud, II usury Is no
prnper part uf money IN It's intimate nature,
nut a mere fungnus aud diseased growth that
inrcrleres with It's efficiency, then, by cutting
!, otf. we may leave money 10 the purpose for
which Il was created.
maintain, then, that Serrice pays for SER
vice aud product poys for product; that
/ money has aud ought to have no intrinsic
value, as il Las 10 intrinsic use; for it is nol-
ther food raiment. or shelter; that It is na-
! ked lernl fiction like john Doe and Richard
Roe" and has nothing more to do with the
! intrinsic merits of trade, than those Pigments
! with the substance of a legal controversy
that usu,y converts money, in the moment "l
its creation. into cheating machine, and
utterly uulfying its use as a conrenieace
makes il a substantial hindrance OF all Ian
aud honest exchan yes. To see that 'his Is 50
| we have only to analyse money:
What is it? Nothing but "a " tool, or GO
between fteo rdlaes which, 10y its intermedia
tion. are made to exchange places, aud pay
the one FIR the ether. Take as an illustration
the bridqe. heretofore published by me, and by
which you may see Tho ,flice Of IDeAey Ha.'c
visible to The eye " a represents one OF the
values to be exchanged to wit $1,000 worth
of wheat lmoney the bHdgel b represents the
other valne. 10 wit 81 coo worth of manuhc-
lures. Now the 81 900 worth OF wheat and
tile 81 600 worth Of manufactures must change
places by passing over the bridge lmoney
Which is only an accessory or convenience IN
the transit, but no part whatever ot the values
! exchanged for these values, the @hedt ana
| The manufactures, mutually, pay Tor each other
Now if one per cent toll is paid ipr the transit
of the wheat. this is ten dollars out rf the
| wheat. and the same for the transit OF th,
manufactures would lie $40 out 0l the mann
f,ctures. aud thus the entire exchange is com
pletel for twenty dollars. which, represents
the cost Of building the bridge and keeping i
in repair in part of the gross amount furnish
Ell. by all the producers and exchancers pdC
built this bridge, and keep it up, for this con
yeRieace only Hand this bridge over to Z
corporation, who raise the toll t. ten per cent
and instead of the twenty dollars u complete
the exchange of 81 600 worth of wheat an
81 600 dollars uf manufactures, 1t will take
$500 to effect their exchange aud both thes'
! prpducers-the wheat growers and the manu-
torturers will each he cheated of 800 over ant
above the toll OF their OwR bridge 10 their owl
possession, aud the aggregate sum OF SlSl
| will 90 into the cutfcfs of these corporations
pundered, from these producers. on her owh
common highway Of trade But beyond cor
pnratinrs. give. also, 10 indir'dRdtS the pnvi
ere of charging even more than ten per cent
or in word. what toll they please on hi'
Jridge-wlich is thus put before the eye t'
r.rresc,.. the uninterded aud lawless use made
Of poney-and you will at once comprehend
bow the workers are poor aud li'trs rich' an'
the rngpdly aud infamous crime OF nsmy' III
al tine forms and DISCUSSES under when li'
worse than GorsOn ieainres have been conceal
ed. Just flr one moment, IN this view o
usnry consider the amount Of the exchanges
Of thi, great country. aud that they amount L
sayen billions annually, and that 10 per ceut
/. stripped and pluuderei of the proiucer'
from that vast amount Of exchanges, and tha
il i done by men who prpduce nothing, anc
take this ungodly toll on the bridge made anc
owned by the people, and then you "iIl beg'i
10 understand the hugencss and moiisirosliy nj
the robbery and how j. is that about fee pea
cent of the population Of abnormal aud oyer
grown cities. connected, in this robbery, witf
/ mildlemen, bankers. shppkcepers, shavers aud
specu!ators scattered all over the country, con-
tiives f. punder the working and producing
population of both city and counify. and t'
bile rp their millions ttai, in all justice, belong
not 10 them. but 10 The. brain and muscle o
the producers who create II, aud who have
been cheated aud robbed Of it by usGry.-
I say. make the calculation. and You viii
fud that the fourth part Of what Is thus s;oler
by these rogues and plnuderers through usnry
and unjust gain, would pGy all the expenses
of government without taxation, aud leave
/ every human being, who would ~ors rloder-
a,ely. ia comfort and independence.
/ Nv object. in most ofihe above written. ha
been to show that the rhole subject Of none:
is a creation Of law, or the people; that t'
/ individual can create money, nor even natur'
herself: and. that Tor that reason, il should h'
/ held sacredly TO tie function OF naked M
changing medium that if usury Is su!iere'
fp be mixed mp With it in any way, II, at once
I becomes an Infamous cheating machine. tha
I .au I'm Tie ra,ure Of fhincs be handled omit