San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02
NO. So.

as much as il was the day he received
it. But they say there Is not money
enough. ! say there is plenty, plenty;
l wish l could get it. We, don't lack
money. The banks have got plenty Of
money q certain portion Of the people
have money. We are lacking collater.
rals-that is what We are lacking.
You can get all you want on call in
New York at one and one. half to two
per cent; and do you kpow why you
don'ts go and get ite Because you
hav'nt got the colaterals; and If We are
going to pass law on this subject, l
would like to have Congress pass law
furnishing us with collaterala. But it
will not do, there is no foundation to
lit. When that money gets out it has
all got to be paid.
Call il fiat" money-call it what
you please; the reason that gold dol.
lar is worth dollar is because you can
buy the results Of the same amount ot. !
labor that it took to dig that gold dol
lar and to mint it, including all the
fellows that hunted and didn't find it.
If you take piece Of paper and say
that it represents S. to SLOT only
represents it because there is prom.
: ise to pay that money-it is only good
whep you believe that the man or
government that made the promise is
. good, and you cant go beyond it.
. Suppose you could blot from your mind
8 that there was such thing as gold and
g silver-what is u dollar, just leaving
g gold and silver entirely out? You
r have got fat bill that says it is
. $40, and it is valuable because it will
i never be redeemed. Gold aud silver
y is valuable Of itself. When take
: $40 gold piece and 60 to England, l
It have to sell it the same us would
v bushel of corn, and all that spread
G eagle nonsense doesn't add one soli-l
y tary farthing to its value. And when
IS a sovereign comes here from England,
II we don't care anything about the beAu'
q tirul picture OF Queen Victoria. or
e any other girl. 1t is worth so much
n and no more. But they say that 1t Is
the stamp Of the government that
. makes it valuable. Why not stamp
Il them tens, thousands, or millions, and
h let us all be millionaires? 1t won't
u do. We will never get prosperity 10
. that way, Slowly, steadily and sure
ly our money has advanced slowly,
+ steadily and surely the world has had
Y, more aud more confidence iu the in-
!; dustry, the honesty and the integrity
is of America, and to that extent our
,e money has advanced until it has
m finally clasped hands upon an eqgaW
1T ty with the precious metals. Wear
N lust inside OF port. We came in. teHl;s
ii pest tossed, every sail torn and rent,
D. and every mast by the side; and these
i wreckers stand On the shore and say it
" YOU want prosperity put out to sea
D. once more. We don't want t0--we
Re want honest methods. No man lives
o. in country whose money is under
Up par that he does not feel little under
ct par himself. | never took out bill
Is that was at two or three per cent. diss
+ count that ! did no. feel little that
ne way too. This great and splendid re.
lie public, with the most intelligent and
~ the best people in the world-and !
~ say the most honest--I want its prom.
ise to be as good in every part OF the
In world as the promise Of any other ma
}? ton, want the greenback to be pre-
,h seryed; want gold and silver behind
ny it; | want it SO that if should 60 in.
ut to the turthest isle Of the Pacific and
ay should take out greenback, q savage
I'd would look at it and his eyes would
a. glitter as if he looked at gold. Then
vs. you fsel like you were somebody; like
be youhd& "a great and splendid nation,
IS aud q that old flag would look bet.
a. ter il every promise Of the United
t? States had been redeemed, And you
nd never know how much you feel like
. that till you 20 TO foreign country.
pu When | was there's few days ago, !
4, just happened to see that old fsg-i'
M looked TO me as if the air had just
~ lblossomed out. I want to feel that
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