Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-20
GENERAL WEAVER,
Extract Of His Speech at Springfield,
Missouri.

TO think about while l am talking.
(The speaker exhibited q greenback
and national note of the denomination
of $lO) Here are a couple of docu.
ments in my hand. They are worth $40
apiece. This is a ten dollar greenback;
that national note. "a vOiCe-"I
would rather have the greenback,")
General Weaver-You, my friend, are
in harmony with the general sentiment.
Now when the government paid that
out value was received. The govern.
ment got SO for it or bought some
thing with it, which was the same
thing. Now, here is Il national bank
note,will you tell me what the govern.
ment got for that? "a voice-"Noth-
ing.") General Weayer-You are right,
my friend, it got nothing. (Ahother
vOice-"It got swindled.") Yes, you
are right also. 1t got badly swindled.
When you paid that out you did not
get one cent in return. You got ten
cents sometimes during the year, be-
cause banks pay one cent sometimes
on the circulation. There are $50 mil,
lions of these national bank notes in
circulation, and when the government
issued them it gave them away. Now
what kind of men did it give them to?
10 men holding government bonds
drawing a higher interest than you
can make to save your lives by labor.
Now will somebody in the name of all
the gods at once tell what excuse there
can be in the government giving the
rich men Of the country more money?
Let me exhibit this thing little fur
ther. When / made this statement in
Linden, Kansas, said "If any gentle
man denies it let him hold up his hand
and | will give him an opportunity to
reply." One gentleman in the audience
held III his hand, Iasked him if he
would reply now or after | closed.
He chose the latter. Well, | invited
him on the stand and he said, "Why,
of course the government charges the
amount against the bonds and delucts.' .'
We'll. of course, the GrCenbacker's pres
ont knew better and laughed at him,
,1.sl tLo,,, n,,1 c,fl ~, '
nut cleonI1 Simooro ShH '''' 9T'" tto ''.ie man
IS hoiieau @ ,',,o on1 novor '"Im no onowYl @
get so angry. Said he, 81 didn't know
il was such a Id swindle.' Now |
want to show you something about
thiS Dhl' tne 0'ileiIiloo ''5a,i po-Weeii N, 'hG
Two claSses e9o " i III 'ro.'i9yS; Gu!'oSe
nave S2o,Uoo t ",'t ' i,SuoV' ino n nus FoV,'
OOO and we wan 10 " III. l''.e5Y .' 1t ana ne
says weaver , low ~ a'' you gong TO
invest yO4I noo iIo,'9i Io,,i . ~ say ~ VIII
buy Soo'GoU UGi,U, ;,,,.o,, nc syS' - uIlIeE
with YOU WIZ no,4 li,Sa' ,ioUao ~ ian improve
and MakG tlo w t I5-nlI:.t Dio.H'," IiN4 me
rose. we - " " W., W "',,n5so"' ,i,,5L,,, get
my bond anu ,ordlt ne ni' PA pH'g,C , lor MS
land ara" l.,'O'J'' ,,,a. ,'',u p'iy no V'N,
es on M liIono!' i.,,i "i''I' " oTl!a ana
in three VI lo"i w.. "io'' =, ,,I ''o nun "e'
jecteu; Calc i'in, ,,,,,. III .,,',. .'u OK nim'
T. "Dontyou i,,u o,u r,,r,,, .aU,,'y i'ys: [gr-
haps you "aIl. " D'Ilo" oo'te ne
says ph' ~, ho, 6,,1 '' ,,,. "Vlno"su W 14o'OUo
vi yG" .Ii TUi,u Iaa,, ,r r;t ''V" ' ''g Eoyetil'
ienv ,,i Il, 'J j,,~osted m =, ,',"o,, -, i", c ol up
,oyo VI, i'o "rIo oF davcIonrg n ,noey lVn 'uc m
pn roro ,o,I " Who Iocl,oI y"I. 'U uoOI'ly y ,'s
upGi pS"p !U"p w IyciI % ow9n, NJ. Iiohgy IIy up
tnn q, omJ found HE wov IN ,t,. w '',,.l.l5 -'ii5'
ton nuo,ss ' oTicn md wsIl,inc ''io 0on,p ,.i'.
o1So,,i,o t1o.,Ta W tTe natAnf Mr. c NJ aa5S aiI
20 ltii Va yonliei conlemntrons,y rstoi,, "it y.
"a ,,a+ nv mace 70 examine notc,to ~ 10
for land" But says he. Weaver pot
hnnds for his $4,000 at the same time
I oot nv patent for lana: he borrowed
AK eco on his bond ana pays no in.
irrst Now just give me $4,000 on
NV n,tent." "Policemanl Policeman
Gyagy man herew "Why," saws he
81 am not crazy at ALL" '"Wby'.' saw
thr COMPTROLLER, "you talk like a fool
then; the government.is not doing thai
kind of business" Now you sec thC
advantage had. The government al
most doubled my Investment and left
the man with the land to borrow m,
money. The government has no mon
pv Ia loan on real estate but it gave II
IN ,nefo loan and charge him n it'll,
fnr examining the title, and paving
tba attorney fee, and then | take thI1
interest in advance, Now. gentlemen
iCT do NOT saw one more void here TO
d,v If that me eypogiiion ia NOT sunlc
~ =, t,,,,,,' ,,c,, IRON, iborotionol I,n,,I
le"t " tui G% %o a,o" u 'uu ""v,oiI"l ,,t ",''lr
sys'1"a'' Vi',a ,,., '''''0 % nv "'s"''ei'' VI
, "lh, '''' C'!'' >,
l come llshV 70 lho discussion now
Why does The banker want The powel
to issue the peoples money and con
trol its volume; You nave Learned
ther2ason why, without regard to party
affiliations lOu learn TINS great tac'
in the school Oh experience that Wher
money is plentiful times are good mC
pnees high; ana L hazard the asser
ton that you nave learned the opposite
also. You never stop to enquire tC
whom belongs the power to bring
about this state OF allalr'. Now, il
airy OF you had the lawful power
Greenbackers as you are, to double the
price Of your property, would you dc
. it? Several voices, Yes. Yes
4 Now | want you to recognize another
fact and that is that the banker is Il
man with like passions. with yourself,
'-cSatter and no worse. Iut him in