The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-09-21


lisb, example of the usurer's art and
trad
He vss hard up and wanted money so
badly hat he finally concluded to de-
posit handsome diamond ring In the
pawnshop.
"Can 1 borrow $100 here on diamond
worth $250r he said to the proprietor.
"Lemme see the stone," demanded the
money lender.
It was handed over and examined.
"WellT inquired the applicant.
II guess you can have it"
"Thanks. What are your rates?"
"Ten per cent month in advance
that is, I take out the interest and give
you the balance"
II don't care how you do it. All want
Is the money"
"You say you want S100%
"Yes.n
"How long%
81 don't know, but long while, l
should think"
"For O Year,
"No, not that long; say about 10
months" and the applicant hummed II
want situation" in low key as the
money lender was making his calcula-
ton on sheet Of wrapping paper.
"That's all right" finally said the
money lender. "You can get the ring
when you call with the money"
"But where's my hundredp asked the
astonished applicant.
"The interest has absorbed it," re-
sponded the money lender, with q placid
smile. "Ten months, you know, at 10
per cent In advance. Didn't you say
you wanted q hundred for 10 months? /
think you did. There's your ticket.
Thanks. Call again, please. We are al-
ways glad to assist the needy"
Tho applicant was dazed for almost
seven minutes; then he walked out and
| hunted up policeman.
If our national banks have simply be-
come national pawnshops, it's time to
call the police. In this crisis, in their
| methods and their determination to look
| out for themselves and let their patrons
do the same, have they not fixed here
their real statusp
Second-The government should at
once establish complete system of pos
tai savings banks. The deposits Of the
savings banks of New York alone are
about $500, 100000 in round numbers.
This Is almost an incalculable sum Of
money and is really the determining fac
tor In q threatened stampede Of the pub
lie.
These savings banks In the determined
efforts they made to save themselves in
forcing this time notice Of Withdrawals
did more to precipitate our commercial
ruin than any other one power outside
the primal money conspirators. The
public should no longer be exposed to
such danger from this source. Let the
government establish q complete sys-
tenn Of postal sayings banks with the
government pledged to redeem all de-
posits, and private sayings banks will be
thing of the past, and these vast sums
Of money will always remain in circula-
tion In every threatened crisis.
MORE RELIGION NEEDED.
Third-We need more religion In bust.
ness. The whole truth is, as nation
we are dying for the lack Of great re.
vivsl Of vital Christianity. Our souls
are rolling with materialism. We forget
the brotherhood of man and the father.
hood Of God. We have been busy
looking out for No. I. That seems to
be the first thing we think Of when
trouble threatens. Some time ago re-
marked In the presence Of my little
daughter that the banks were breaking
and things In New York were badly
smashed up. She was all attention in q
moment, and rushing up to me asked Il
her dolls trunk was smashed, and IL &c
was her doll hurt. The millennium
would be near If as nation we coult
attain even the child's care for her dol
and rags In our care for our brother.
Let our established powers make nott
Of the fact there are the evidences Of {
budding new life in the ranks Of oul
crank reform" journals that lifts then
into the skies in comparison with tn,
cold blooded selfishness of their NOR,
successful opponents. Out Of pure Low,
for their cause they have been known
recently to send their subscription list
to a better conducted rival sheet ant
ask that sample copies be forwarded, a
the same time urging them to subscribe
to their rival Many Of these editors
are working for nothing for their con
victions
Heine once stood before the cathedral a
Amiens reverently enjoying its beauty
Said friend, "How does it happen thai
we do not erect such edifces in our dayY
Heine replied, 1.-THE men of that day hat
convictions, while we moderns only have
opinions, and something more than opin
ion is required to build cathedral"
The hour has come for the church II
rise in her glory and power If she is to
speak with authority to tho new genera
ton Of men. The men who have con-
. victions are the men who build the
worlds temples.
THE NEW YORK PRESS SCORED.
Fourth-We need as q nation to know
at their real value the opinions OF the
great newspapers in our financial cen
ters. They are the firebrands in thu
hands Of the anarchistic money conspira
, | tors behind the scenes. The editors O
these great sheets, alasl are the puppets
of the money power back Of them.
There is no independent press In Amer
E lea save the county press. Shylock own
the metropolitan press of the world bod,
and soul. They are run on policy, no
principle. The editor Of a great daily il
, | New York is a silver man-the sheet h
! edits is rabid monometallist organ. Re
| publicans are hired to write Democrat
editorials. Democrats are editing Repub
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