The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-09-22
WHAT WE NEED.


We need sufficient amount of cir
culating medium that shall be absolute
~ Interchangeable.
We need some way to get such money
into circulation.
We need employment for the unem-
ployed.
We need safe place for people to
keep their money.
When those needs are supplied we
can depend on good times, and not be-
fore.
A sufficient amount of sound, I'M
changeable money can be had, and can
be put in circulation at once. The
condition of the laboring man, capital
ist, and every other person will be i'm
proved, the wealth of the country will
be increased, crime and pauperism will
be reduced to minimum. Every per-
son will be certain that his children
need not become paupers or criminals,
and no person will be injured by it..
Have the government restrict immigra-
ton and issue a sufficient amount of
legal tender notes to employ the I'M
employed citizens of the United States
on public works, public roads, public
parks, public buildings, etc., at a nomi-
nal uniform price per day regardless
of their trade or ability, and when the
government Indebtedness amounts to
$50 per capita, then tax direct on all
any person may be worth over $500.
Money is only medium of exchan-
ge, and can not be put in circulation
by labor Labor is wealth, and the
more labor performed the more wealth
we have. We had good times during
the late war when large number of
our citizens were down south engaged
in tearing down. Why would it not be
better in every way and more lasting
if large number we're now engaged in
building up?
Would not the obligation of this
United States with all it's wealth be
sufficiently good money? Is it not
what makes our money, whether gold,
silver, or paper good now? Would Ia
Dor not return a dollars worth of
wealth for every dollars worth of
money paid it?
If every person in this country who
could afford to would employ one I'M
employed person, there would be no
unemployed, but what is everybody's
business is nobody's business, there
fore, the government should make it
itc bI7SinnSc IN affand tO If
Unemployed labor, by reason of the
stringency of the money markets and
improved machinery, is increasing,
and labor will soon be forced to starve
or commit crime. Would it not be
more profitable, more humane, and is
it not absolutely necessary under pres
ent conditions, to employ the unem-
ployed labor, when it stands ready to
give @value received" in return. dollar
for dollar, and at-the same time give
US an absolutely Interchangeable and
safe circulating medium, and give to
all the benefits of labor saving machin-
cry, reduce crime and pauperism to a
minimum, and say to the lazy and in
dolent who will not work, There is
plenty of work; you can either work or
go hungry"
A safe place for people to keep their
money can be provided by establishing
postal savings banks where money
shall be received on deposit without
interest. The experience of the last
month has shown us that there is no
place in the United States where peo-
pie can deposit their savings and be
sure of getting them again
The scarcity of money, the increase
of the unemployed and the lack of
confidence, demands some action at
once that will result IN better condi-
TONS GEORGE W. CUNNNGHAM.
Arkansas City, Kan.