The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-05-12
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.
Organizing Disaster.

Cling for its life when the great dark
ness of doubt, disaster and despair hung
over the land, when Wall street bankers
were deliberately specializing in the
sufferings of patriotism, heaping up
colossal fortunes upon its sacrifices and
its necessities, some one at the White
House asked President Lincoln what
he thought of New York bankers. Il
think they deserve to have their infer
nal heads shot off," said the disguised
and indignant patriot.
If he was right then (and think he
was), what would he say now. when in
time of profound peace, the same cold
blooded conspirators deliberately seek
to create panic and organize national
disaster?
With far seeing selfishness and
audacity, they have SO manipulated the
law and the lawmakers that they have
this country by the throat. With steady
hands and INSCRIPTIONS methods they
have driven gold into the mastery of
the financial situation, partly by con-
trolling Congress and partly by con-
trolling the Treasury oficisls, and at
the same time they have so schemed
and manipulated that they, the bankers,
are the men who have the gold.
Hence the size OF the situation is
about this The bankers hold the gold,
and the geld bosses the Government.
Why do we say this is conspiracy !?
Simply because we know by what
diaboIical forethought this state of
things has been brought about, and
because every act in this drama of
Plutocracy has been performed by
those who are to reap the profits.
They are the men who repealed the
Income Tax, forced up Tariff Taxation,
established National Banks, developed
Greenbacks by the million, compelled
the Government to mortgage the future
with untaxed Bonds, struck down the
Silver Coinage law of Jefferson, and set
aside the 100000, 900 Gold Reserve,
without reason or warrant, to lie useless
in the vaults for twenty-five years,
when the business world was clamoring
for more money.
To cap the climax Of their insolent
dlctation, they have compelled the
Secretary of the Treasury to pay gold,
continually and exclusively, on Silver
Certificates which the law says he may
pay in silver.
All during Harrison's Administration
the plain letter of the statute was thus
violated to please the Wall street
bankers.
Under Cleveland, Mr.. Carlisle is
doing the very same thing.
What is the object of this conspiracy?
70 depreciate all money below gold !;
to eliminate silver and greenbacks as
real monetary agents; to force the
Government to issue another lot of
untaxed bonds by which those internal
scoundrels VII get renewal of their
mortgages upon the future reyen ues of
this country.
How would it work Beautifully
for the bankers. They would deposit
their gold in the Government vaults,
and thus escape taxation upon it; they
would get, in lieu of the actual gold, a
boad payable in gold at 8 per cent
interest, non.taxable. They would then
deposit this bond in the Government
vaults drawing the interest on it in
advance usually), and for each 500 Of
bonds they would borrow 500 of Gov
eminent paper money, at a cost of one
dollar on the hundred. They would
thea lend that paper money at eight.
ten, fifteen and twenty dollars on the
hundred-compounding every thirty,
sixty and ninety days.
This is their whole scheme. They
are willing to drive millions of indus
trious people to poverty, suffering and
crime in order that they may steal the
profits of other business men 10 this
infamous way.
Why should Mr.. Cleveland hesitate
to read the law to these robbers?
Why should Mr.. Carlisle tremble at
the frown of these Wall street wretches?
Why should we have to read with
modification and disgust of Mr.. Car
Isle going to the houses of these New
York bandits and humbly seeking to
know their pleasure ?
Sixty billions of wealth in these
United States are subject to the fat of
this magnificent Republic. Sixty