New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-05
4 SOTTU CIROLIN1 "UICENTEJiI/EE.'

1 SOTTH CIROLTNI DLCENTEJiI/EE'
And now Governor Tllman. Of South Caro-
lima. has invented new name for it, He calls
il decenliazing the currency OF The com
FRY" :, a II pmf il "Ut of the control oi
few hundred capitalists and bankers III New
York Boston and Philadelphia with power 10
contract and expand the currency at Will The
on, ration 10 which the South Carolina states
man gives the name Of decentralization i
the SINE that has been going on under IN IN
finite variety Of names pretty much all the
time since the world began. but which law
eivcr, from the time Of Moses have agreed IN
calling in very plain and simple phrr,>c->t'al-
ing. II is an oper,t on against which organ
izcd society ha, always entertained rooted
aversion. and has always punished as crime.
II is for this reason. presumably thai new
names have been sought for il whenever new
device has been invented by which the result
i attained with some light change in the ma
chinerv or new crook in the process. The
ore1t drlmaiist noted the general disposition
"a conceal the nature and soften the character
Of the operation. 40 Convey the wise 1t call.
he SAYS IN the increasing compcNit! OF Soclal
conditions human ing ,nulty has found irni-
fuI field for exercise in dcvSing new methods
and processes for carrying on stealing a> blsi-
noss For each new method there must be
deGnition and a name and both must serve rs
q disguise Hence there are >ynonymc> With
out number for the simple transaction OF talk
inc away neighbor's property without com
pensation either by violence or by fufIve ana
c;rcni,ous measures Many Of them. as might
he eypccted, are coarse and vulgar the patter
and iargon of habitua criminals; they are
offensive 10 ears polite and not in common use
in the best society. II is only when Statesmen
appv their minds to the great problem OF get
ting money without earning 1t that the mother
tongue becomes enriched with synonl meS for
stealing that beguile the sense and bewIlder
the listener.
Not long ago that distinguished statesman
and advanced thinker Governor stone. OF Mis-
souri, informed our citizens at public dinner
in this town that there was widespread feel
mo of dissatisfaction and discomfort through
tho Mississippi Valley on account OF what was
believed to be the unequal distribution OF
ve,ltb under existing systems of finance
Being the guest of an organization composed
chiefly of men who in his judgment, had profit
ed bv the unequal distribution. and conSe-
nently were reasonably well satisfied with es-
isting systems of finance, he did not pull a
gun on the company and demand immediate
redistribution. That would have been in bad
form. Moreover Jesse James himself would
never have demanded redistribution under such
circumstances. the odds being so largely
against him Indeed. the Governor did not 90
so far as to say in 80 many word, that the
people Of the Mississippi Valley would swoop
down ON the cities of the Atlantic Coast and
swine them all into the sea if redistribution did
not presently begin. But he did give his
hearers to understand that unless some move
ment in that direction was made pretty soon
something would happen he wouldn't under
take to say what lie shuhdered quite visbly
as he said it. lie told with deep emotion how