San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-20
MONEY, DID YOU SAY7
ignorance or Yenaliiy the Growing Trait OF
Our Latter Day Lawmakers
MUST SUFFER UNTIL WE LEARN AND ACT.
Some Questions Asked That Would stua sssIOek
Put to Hin-what None su, Homes,
Fools Dare Claim.

Fools Dare Claim.
The capitalists of the world are do
ing business in Washington city.
The men whom the PEOPLE have sent
there, with few exceptions. are ig-
norantly o. venally working in the
interest Of the money lords of Europe
and America, and against the inter
ests OF the people who have honored
them. We have not seen mention OF
one voice raised for the people with
The proper argument. 1t is the func-
ton OF government to provide the
people with money or it is not. If it
is, il is not question Of free coinage
oi gold or free coinage of silver, it is
= question OF more money created by
the government II it is not the duty
Of the government then the people
should create their own money, as
suits their needs. The ruling classes
in the world, those who live of the
product that the labor OF others Gre
ate. are opposed to the creation OF
another dollar They are controlling
the peo lie to-day by corner on the
money an they will spend millio5,e
prevent more being created, just as
the manipulation in wheat would do
all he could to prevent more wheat
coming 10 market as it would break
him il he could not control it AS no
new crop of money is being created
the corner is perpetual if these enc
mics OF stupid, ignorant people can
prevent more being made. This has
been the scheme of the rich over two
hundred years. The financial legis-
lation OF the world shows it. This
accounts for the flop on the money
question by many prominent Estates
men," The government denies the
right OF the people to make money
except in their capacity OF govern
ment. And now assumes the people
shall have no money except that gold
can be found to print it on. No mat
ter what the needs of the people for
debt paying values. they can't have
it unless some private enterprise find
the yellow metal. Was ever idea
more insane? Add the white metal,
and you have created more dollars and
eased the financial distress, it is true,
but the people have not made them
selves any money. They have made
it for the owners of gold and silver.
but not for the owners of wheat, corn.
meat, cotton or wool. Why cannot
the people see the cheat? Why are
the producers of two useless metals
the only people in a nation who can
take their products to the govern
ment and have it stamped with legal
debt-pa ing value that is denied to
the producers of useful articles of life?
Why viii the government not stamp
certificates of legal values that can be
issued direct to all citizens equally
who produce articles of utility? Be
cause the robbery of the men who
deal in money would cease, and
rather than give up their nefarious
business they will pour out mil
lions in bribers. Nobody but a fool
honestly claims that money should
have intrinsic value. Don't take our
word for it; go TO your encyclopedias
and read ahistory of money. Get the
works of all the philosophers and
statesmen and read and anslyze them.
The rich are using all the power of an
ignorant and venal daily press to edu-
cate the people into the intrinsic value
idea. They pay for it. They are not
doing it for the good of the men they
are skinning. DO you think they are
paying Hobbies to enact laws to help
the debt-ridden people when they live
on the interest of these debts? If you
viii think a mon 6 1t you will know
better. Money is necessity and
should be made as cheap and plenti-
full as possible. This is the only reason
congress should make more money
not paper promises to pay but
paper money-something that will
legally pay debts. All other argu-
ments are sophistry and lies to blind
the people. We know congress will
not do justice. The power of public
patronage and bankers Doodle is too
great for the cattle the people
have elected. There are many
good men in congress, but they are a
hopeless minority. But we don't
care. We want the people to feel the
iron heel of oppression until they
think and learn something about
these matters. Plenty of money will
not solve the social question. 1t is
down deeper than that. Plenty of
money would delay the day of deliver
ence from poverty and crime. If the
money gods had any sense they would
grant these puny demands of the peo-
pie and perpetuate their reign another
thousand years. But they are blind
as has ever been despotic rulers
The people will get no relief from this
congress, but the bankers and monop-
olist will get what they want. Money
is yet the god the Americans worship
and until they turn from their idol
tasy OF the false to honor justice,
principal, right, they will suffer ever
increasing pangs of misery and woe.
Won't study political economy, Ell?
No time, Ell? Well, II we are not
greatly mistaken you'll have plenty
of time before prosperity ever reaches
you. Suffer until you do learn. There
are those who learn only at expeS
ience's school, and her school houses
will be very numerous in this monop-
country from now until the
cooperative commonwealth is born.
Nation.
Ancient Tax Eaters.