Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-08-09
POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

-Sects and creeds cut no figure in
the battle for human rights. One
Father McGlynn is worth more to hu.
manity's cause than a regiment Of
Henry Ward Beechers.
Which would you prefer to have, a
clearing house certificate or a greani
back issued by the government? YET
the latter has been branded by tho ma
tional bankers as fat money-Tacoma
Sun.
If silver has no claim as a money
metal because it is product Of the
earth, gold loses its claim on the same
ground. All the people ask is that the
TWO metals shall be treated alike by
our government.-Journal of Agricult-
ure.
England had rather rule this coun-
try financially and commercially, by
manipulating our legislation, than TO
conquer it by the arts of war. 1t serves
her purpose as well, and is more health
ful and less xpensive.-Journal OF
Agriculture.
The present panic was deliberately
planned and executed to bluff congress
into the demonetization of silver, the
purpose being to enhance the value OF
the securities held by the panic makers,
by making them payable In gold val|
ues.-Journal Of Agriculture.
Franklin was without doubt the
all round wisest man this continent
ever produced, and he declared at that
early day in favor of paper money,
pure legal tenders, after a trial Of the
principle in the colony of PennsylvRniai
from 1929 to 17o2.-National Watch%
man.
-"Whatever a government agrees to
receive In payment of the public duess
as a medium of ciroulation, is money!
no matter what its form may be; treas
ury notes, drafts, etc. Such bills or
paper, issued under authority of the
United States, are money."-Henry
Clay in the Senate, 1887.
The populist cause is sure to tri.
umph. There is moral wave sweep
ing over the country and by that wsva
one or both of the old parties will be
dashed to pieces. The new issues are.
coming to the front and they will never
down till they are settled and settled
right.-Alliance Independent.
In 1892 the production Of silver was
6e, 600, 900 ounces, of which the govern
ment bought 54, 129, 727 ounces, putting,
into circulation therefor s47, 1874, ,2e1 in,
treasury notes. Free coinage of the
American product would have put into
circulation $1o. ZOO moro money,
after deducting silver used in the arts.
This is $3S, ,974, ,s27 less than the gold
lost by export during the year.
-Whan toI n
money order we know to an absolute,
certainty that it is as good as the cash
itself, but when we get bank draft
we look to see what bank drew the
draft and upon what bank IL was
drawn and then look at the list of fail1
ures- The Nebraska peoples party
boys were right when they took the
lead for government banks.-Missouri
World.
Since January 1 nearly two huns
dred national banks have closed their
doors, against less than fifty during
the same period last year. OF the fsif.
ures this year Ave have been United
States repositories, as follows: The
First national bank, Of Little Rock,I
Ark; the Gate City national bank, Of
Atlanta, Ga; the Peoples nstionaH
bank, Of Denver, Col; the German na4
tional bank, of Denver, Col, and the!
Kentucky national bank, Of Louisville.
Chicago has a new illustrated
weekly devoted to the free coinage OF
silver. Its energies had better be en-,
pended in explaining the money func-
ton and the uselessness and waste OF
all the labor in digging and dying for
yoll lr,xrv wvv1.s n. -
same labor expended in creating food,
clothing. shelter, instruction and
amusement would happily untold MIL
lions The people can create all the
money they want and print 1t on paper
that didn't have to be mined at such
labor.-Coming Nation.
The industrial millions demand.
| justice. Through special privileges
and class legislation they have been d.
frauded. Through allowing politicians
and interested newspapers 10 do their
thinking, they have permitted then+
selves to be well nigh enslaved4 Ths;r,
hope now lies in independent thinking 4
and in political unity of action. Thel
first thing to be done Is TO abolish all
class legislation, and to demand the
government ownership Of natural mo
nopolies," as well as an expansion on
the volume of currency, which VIII
tend to relieve congested business oop-
ditions, and enable the slaves of the:
gold barons at least to live after pay
ing their interest.-B. o. Flower. II
-Superintendent-"Y want job
driving one of our street sprinklers,
eh? Ever had any cxperience?" APP
plicant-"No, but" But what7'
Everybody tells me I'm 30 blind
can't see street crossing ten feet
away and" .'That'll do. Come round
in the morning and take out the big
gest sprinkler we own" = Buffalo
Courier.
-Five-year-old Frances had been
spending an afternoon with little
friend. When she returned home she
found another little friend there who
had come to visit her. Ethel doesn't love
you," said Frances to the second little
girl, referring to the one she had been
calling upon. why not?" asked the
visitor. somewhat surprised. Tause
| she doesn't know youn explafned