Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-11-18
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that The few-who control the debts.
currency. the money Of the world
have combined. either conscientiously
or unconsciously 20 make the debtor
pay more than the creditor has a right
to ask.
The tendency has always been in
this world 10 put the burden on those
least able Ia bear them. In barbarian
countries the women have TO do the
work, simply because they are the
weaker--that is all And the others,
being the stronger, do not expend their
strength in working, bat expend their
strength in making the weaker do
their work.
This is precisely the same in our CT
viizcd society 10 day. Btween the
rich and the poor, il the burden is 10
be borne in this country, it is borne by
the poor--always.
They are the first 10 suffer. Let the
blast OF war blow over this country,
who goes to the front? The million
aires? No. one. Who goesf The
great presidents Of the corporations2
M. The bankers? M. The men
who preside over great vaults Of golif
Not much. The poor man bears the
burdens OF this country and Of this
world.
Only a few years ago our money was
gold and silver--money that had been
the money OF man for thousands of
years. Our silver was demonetized and
gold made the standard.
There il no man in the United States
with inffennity enough % account for
the decentralization of 1873. There is
not one. We need altogether more
money than we have. How much have
we go'H Four or five hundred mil
lion in silver, four or six in gold--six
hundred millions, altogether, maybe.
Let me SNOW you.
Last year the farmers OF America
raised corn, wheat aud oats, over 81,
COG. 900 worth aud got money. Sixteen
hundred million dollars just in corn,
wheat ami oats )ver $500, 900, 900 in
corn, over $500, 900. 900 in wheat.
just think Of IL! Sixteen hundred
million dollars just in corn, wheat aud
oats-Ss, 90. 900 900 in corn, over $500,
900 900 in wheat. just think of i'll
Sixteen hundred million dollars, not
counting pork, or beef, or petroleum.
or cotton, or any of the manufactured
articles Of this country.
Six,y.fvc millions of people, the
most active, the most energetic, the
most progressive OF the world--on the
face of the globe.
We need twice as much money per
capita To do the business OF this coun.
try than is needed TO DO the business
OF any other country. There is always
somebody crazy for fear there will be
more currency. want just all the
money we can get.
Silver is good enough for me. All
want of money is to pay my debts.
Yes sir, and | want the law 10 make
the other fellow take what take.
That is good enough for me.
Well we never have had enough as n
matter OF fact. But in prosperous
times every prosperous man initiates
the currency. He goes down TO the
grocer and says: IL want rs worth of
tea. sugar; charge it," He buys a
horse of neighbor and gives him
note for 800. He has established u
letter Of credit and inflated the cur
rency that much.
When prosperous every mans mouth
is mint just coming money.
Then We have good times. Then
these bankers get together, and TIN
money you deposit, they loan it--your
money, not theirs. They never loan
out their own. Then comes panic
Then you go to the grocer and say
"charge H." and he says he went
Then there comes what Is called hard
times. There is rs much money
now as there ever was before but
there never was enough monsy and !
do think the less money the more
misery. In this country as in every
other il is the medium OF exchange.
believe that every ounce OF silver
that is dug under the American flag
should be coined free under that flag
/ do not think that few should have
the right Il, combine 10 increase the
value of what people call money,
against the debtor and IN favor OF the
creditor. | want free coinage of NIL
the silver you can mine from the
mines of America. And # there are
those who are not willing To take silver
we should not trade with them.
A Million Friends.
A friend in need is friend indeed,
and not less than one million people