The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-07-11
ARP ON FINANCES.
I'VE DOESE'T UNDERSTAND III OCn
ABOUTTHE SITUATION,
But Thinks we Need a statesman L" s
ton Out Matters and UDtansi" tho
nancial Skein-Other Matters

ton Out Matters and UDtangl" the FL
nancial Skein-Other Matters
Silver and gold. 1 wish that / did uh-
dcrstand it. | have said so mucn apou'
bmettallism and delnonetiZlng ana Tree
coinage and the Sherman act ana the pur,
chase of bullion and what congress SHOULD
do and shouldn't do that it all makes nhy .
head swim and l lose confidence III MT.
Cleveland and Mr.. Carlisle and everybody
else The whole thing seems to be III II
tongle. Have we no great statesmen
no great tinanciers to back up to? Are the
editors of the papers to box the thlhs ABOUT
forever and ever and keep the people III il
quandary? Is partisan politics to curse the
country while it is suffering from Il tnau-
cial panic that is paralyzing every industry
and creating IL general d.strust. There IS
| not a republican paper but what would
rather the democrats would make blum
| der ihan to bring relief. They are heart
less set-rhese politicians. They are ev-
! eriaStingly machining around to keep III
office or TO get i'll and the democrats are
nearly us bad the republicans. L nave
heard so much in the last two weeks about
machine politics that l. am sick. never
conceived how many bargains and trades
| had to be made 10 get an Office; how many
traps and triggers and how the patronage
end spells and perqulsltes had to be dldvlded
| out to suit the congressman and keep them
in o>tlie Not all the congressman, OF
course for thank heaven we have some there
WHO have no machine and who would not
fear to have every act OF Their pNltlcal
life laid open to the people, but with some
of them Il public office s Il private trust.
They say, This is my office. l worked 1or
it, stopped for it, lied for it, and I'm gong
to make all | can out of it. 1t has been
| that way always L reckon ana we can
Oh, had
statesmen like there used to be-some great
thinkers and leaders like Calhoun and Web
ster and Dewitt Clinton of the olden times.
| wish that We had Justice Jackson i'll
congress, for | do believe chat man who
could untangle the Central railroad rs quick
ly as he did could untangle all this money bus
mess and tell the country what to do to re-
store confidence. That is all that is wanted
they say. Confidence. | want come my
self Confidence is plant of slow growth
IN an aged bosom. My old friend Cicero
Strong told me the other day that the way
to settle the trouble was to take the 1OO,-
100000 OF reserved gold that was i'll the
treasury and use it, for it had been there
for years and years doing good and
they might just as well I'LL up the bags
with iron or lead or copper and nobody
would ever know the difference, for it Is
never counted, but is weighed twice
year. 1t could be fixed up in the night by
the treasurer and one or two men to help.
"What is the Use of the gold being locked
up so long when it is needed 50 bad:'
Maybe that's been done already" said |.
bags, of lead" Maybe, them
, Cicero, and he looked solemn, like he, too,
had lost confidence.
During the last great political excitement
| when the peoples party was cavorIing
t around, little preacher over in East Ten
nesscc mounted Il wagon body at justice
: court ground and harangued the boys on
/, the silyer, question; Free silver" he cried.
/ Free silver, Blessed be the, prospect.
4 When our party gets in power, my breth-
0 ron, there will be no more want, more
poverty, no more hands to hang down or
i feeble knees to shake, but everybody will
e have silver. Bless the Lord! We will
7 H! H n % ITS s full ., capaeity day and
IT. .,i fIil over the country by the carload and
II Wheh our snare gets here we WI load it in
| wagons ana drive out on every road and .s
me wagons move along we will shovel II
OUT ana scatter it far and wide, and even
we women ana children will get some, bless
we I-old! bree SILVER; come quickly and
puy Wlth0ut money and without price, oh
amen" Al0 '''1
=, mat wasn't much worse than speech
Inat heard George Francis Train make #
; Rochester about twenty years AGO. Tie
grew Suollmely eloquent about the govern
Iellt issuing millions ANA billions and trl-
mons ana quIntrlllions of paper money and
.
wanted; keep the paper mills runninr
day and night and the printing machines
and let the bright, new bills flood the land
ii ;ilu then 1 wiz have a pocketfu and feel
IKE Il gentleman, and my country friend
over there will have his saddle bags fulI
ana that good old woman will have her
apron full and we will build docks and ca
mus ana railroads ana meeting houses and
SnlpS ana factories and everybody will have
plenty to do at big prices, and the poor viii
become flch ana those who are now rich
VIII become poor, for their old-fashioned
money VIII be good no more, and we will
. . ~ hIdippy Is Il thc IN ;ennium had come"
hold on minute ''What's the mattcr?;
said Train. "Wouldn't the whole thing
collapse and bust up after Il while?" said
Ill? hearer Train looked at him with soy
erEn contempt, and said: "Why, of course
II would; any fool might know that There
would be an awful bust up, but all these ho-
telS ahd canals and railroads and factories
| Don't you SeeT'
There IS some truth in all this. even if a
crank did say it. Go to Decatur and An
nlSton and Boycc'S anG Sheffield and Flor
t ,Il "nu bHHS2port. Go anywhere where
there was boom Il few years ago and see
! the big houses and stores and factories that
are empty. They are all there, but the col
! lapse came and the builders have scattered
! to parts unknown.
You cant force proSpcrity NV y booD,.
| neither can it be forced by legislation at
Washington, They may grease the wagon
| SO mat It Will run easier, but no permanent
rchet Will come until there is demand for
| the products of industry whether they come
from the factories, the mills, the furnaces
or the soil. There has been an over-produc-
ton Ill almost everything and there has been
too much extravaganza ut home. If II man
gormandizes himself he gets sick and has
to take medicine. just so most everybody
| has been living beyond their neans-buyins,
Toe much on Il credit because credit was Of
fercd and goods were cheap, and now when
the shutdown comes we are not prrpared |
for It,, That's the way it is at my house.
and all l can do is to lay it on this financial |
business and tell my folks it is lack of con
tdcnce. 1t is all right, and we are taking |
our medicine. Chicago has gone up the |
spout at my house-thank the good Lord
BILL ARP.
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