The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26

administer to the qualification Of bis
desires. The indispensable necessities
are pretty much the same in all condi-
tons Of the human family, that which
sustains life, which is food, and that
which shelters, clothes and warns the
body, protecting it from uncomfortable
exposure to the elements. All beyond
these may be termed ornamental Or
Injuries which administer to the cray
ing Of desire. That desire is Unsuitable
and grows by what it feeds on, and will
ever continue to increase, keeping pace
with the ability of man to supply. This
brings US to the question Of over pro-
duction, which we see is condition
utterly impossible. The necessity and
the desire Of the human family will
consume all that the ingenuity and
labor Of the human family can possibly
devise and create. How shall this
great household, known as the human
family be enabled to enjoy what its
ingenuity invents and its skill and
labor produces? This brings us back
to the subject under discussion which
is money and the best means to bring
it into use among the people by the
most simple, direct and inexpensive
method.
The farmer looking out from his
green folds over the world and sighing
for relief, and seeing every line of bust
ness prospecting above his own, COM
menced to study the cause, and
discovered that it was the ready com-
mand Of money. He was told that
there is no money bat gold and silver
and that silver only occupied a minor
place, but that he could purchase bank
credit to serve the purpose of money, as
those employed in other avocations did.
A closer examination however con.
vincei him that this was impossible for
him. Those engaged in other lines of
industry we're enabled to add the cost of
the credit money they hired from the
banks to the selling price Of their COM
modities but be could not. He was
deprived of the power to fix the price
of his products by combinations, whose
headquarters were all in the large
cities, and through their intimacy and
close relationship with the banks had
control Of the money Of the country to
a large extent. And how came those
engaged in other pursuits than agricul-
ture to have control of the money which
was denied to the farmer? The dis
coyery was easily and quickly made
that the government had transferred it's
prerogative to make or coin money and
regulate the value thereof to banking
firms, and these firms sold this credit
which the government invested them
with to the highest bidders, among
which was not the farmer.
But if there is DO money but gold.
how docs it happen that these banks
and their favorites are never seen using
gold? They handle all the farmers
produce, and the products of all other
producing classes almost without
money. Observation soon satisfied the
farmer that they did it on the strength
of the credit the governments had kindly
handed over to them to use at their
own sweet will. In addition to handling
this immense volume of annual products
Of industry, this favored class had
ample time to amuse itself in gambling
in stocks, and the products of the farm,
selling and buying them ten times oyer,
which they call speculating. But the
operation is merely betting and cheat
ing each other, the same as all other
gamblers and black legs do.
The farmer in this perspective view
from bis green fields saw something
more. He saw that when the indus.
trial masses wanted this gold and silver
that the Characterization term means
money doctors-call money, it was
always conspicuous by its absence, and
the favored class who toll not nor spin.
and are arrayed as tho lilies. were never
present with their credit money to help
in the time Of most need, and that th cir
help is always for the least needy but
never for those who really need help.
ln these times Of sore distress among
the laboring, producing people their
governments came to their relief, and
lending them helping hand lifted
them on their feet aad helped them on
the road of renewed prosperity. The
American colonies, Prussia. France and
other instances can be cited to show
the benefita eonfepred on tho r.oJ.