The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-22

when banks which were solvent were forced -
close down because the people wanted their
money. TheT didn't care whether IL was gold
| or silver or paper They wanted their money.
When the people have a want Of confidence IN
their money times are usually gccd
A few years ago. Just after Gt tfysbury and
other like evsnts Hnen the people took their
money in baskets ami brought back their PR
chases in their pockets. gold went higher and
money was active When you get bill in
which you afterward have a want Of con ddeucc-
what do you do with ft2 Laughter Do yO1
hoard it, [Laughter.l Don't you buy some
peanuts for the children pass IL on the street
car conductor. or II IL is Saturday night don't
you put 1t in the contribution box the next
dayF
The result OF the repeal Of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law had as little TO do
With the condition of things as the weathercock
has the direction of the wind or the height
Of the mercury the state Of the temperature
The fact Is that the people want dollar " htch
will pay l0O cents Of debt They are Indiner-
emit as to the material OF which il Is composed
They care as little as to whether there are 100
cents worth Of silver in a silver dollar as
whether there are I'D cents worth OF paper in
paper dollar
have heard a great deal Of the denunciation
of the phantom dollar. the dream dollar. the
Cat dollar The only fat dollar Is the gold dol
lar. IL Is the only dollar no man has seen. ex-
cept as a curiosity. You might go with search
warrant through the vaults OF banks OF this
city or through the tills of your merchants and
you wouldn't find gold dollar in the whole
town AL that makes gold staple is that 50
many grains of gold pay 100 cents Of debt
Withdraw this assurance ami gold viii duetu-
ate with the markets Of the world as any other
commodity
If the United States should declare that so
ma grains of silver would pay 10 cents Of
4 L. aFaahf
as gold or any other commodity.
About MilIiouaires.
said that there were too MAN. millionaires
in this country l may add as nv final rstec-
ton that my most poignant regret is that ere
is not one more TO be added 10 the number
[Laug 1ter During the period Of meditation
which the mistaken judgment OF my constituents
forced uDon me, have meditated on the cause
of il all
And reflect that all the inventions Of mod
ern science have been made during nv lifetime
In nv boy hood days. on the banks OF the Mer-
rimac, use to put nv ear TO one end OF a log
and hear my playmate scratch at the other end
100 feet away. Nature was trying TO tel me Of
the telephone. 1 had q natural. unqualified,
unrestrained right to invent the telephone
There was no inhibition or limitation on my
powers by statute, enactment or regulation IL
was not a question OF circulating medium
IT was a question of brains Tn reason l
didn't invent the telephone land L would enjoy
q private car. Il steam Yacht and palace By
the sea Just as much as this man Bell was not
that became victim Of social injustice or
political depraVity. but didn't know enough
The stock OF the Bell Telephone Co. hOated
around at 10 cents on the dollar II is now worth
$50 a share Why didn't invest nv 10 cents,
The American people must be taught that the
millionaire is not an absolutely uncomfortable
evil. that il is no crime to acquire any amount
OF moneE, IL Iegitimately obtained and honestly
expended II all the assets Of the country
were distributed. there would be about 81 JOD
for each person, and yet there are some men
who have SD 10000 1t looks UNEQUAL unjust,
aud yet it has never been established and can
not be maintained that the POVERTY Of the poor
Is the direct result of the wealth Of the rich
To the wealth OF the country Is due the libra
ries, the hospitllS the colleges. all that does
so much for the welfare Of the race. But De-
lieve that no man should transmit i2O.OO.OO.
The Ia should not interfere With the acquisi
ton. but il should prevent its transmission TO
those who have not earned IL
L want TO leave as my parting thought that
the streets Of Jerusalem are TO be cleaned By
every man sweeping in front of his own door
step. and that this should become a govern
ment of laws and not OF men