Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-14
7 H E N ALTON SAVED
BY Means Of the international Ideal
Aluminium Money League.
Washington, Franklin, Lincoln and
Many Others We're Present-Death
kneii of Gold and Silver.

the mystery surrounding the causes of
the present financial situation has been set
tied at last 1t was very easy when the
right people took hold of the matter. Both
gold and silver as media of exchange are
doomed. They may not disappear next
year, but within three years at the outside
they will have deserted the marts of trade
and their place taken by a worthier and
more sensible metal The spirits have said
1t. They have spoken through the medium
of the International Ideal Aluminium Money
League, auxiliary to the Constitutional In
ternational Cromwellian League They
spoke yesterday afternoon at Metzerott Hall
in the presence of q very small audience
1t is awfully nice to have a set of people
who can extricate the nation from it's diff
culties when the President and Congress
fail to come to it's rescue. 1t is comfortable
to feel that there are still patriots whose
love of country is not mixed with the dress
OF either one of the standard metals The
call for the meeting was in the form of a
printed hand bill circulated through the
streets: 1T is so clear and simple that it
spoke for itself. This is the way it spoke:
Speaking to the Point.
WASHINGTON, d. c., August 13, 1893.
The citizens congress will hold a session
on Sunday at pm. sharp at Metzerott
Hall. 18th street. The President has failed
to recommend a remedy to Congress for the
present financial crisis. The President, his
cabinet Senators and Representatives are
invited to attend. Come every citizen pa
triot The cry of evolution for justice to
the human race is: Demonetize silver and
gold. The age of reason suggests a substi-
tute for money, a medium of exchange, the
w,o w,onderfui light and bright metal alumni
cents Ladies admitted free.
committee OF arrangements: George
washington. Benjamin Franklin, Abraham
Alexander Hamilton and a million others.
Ring Out the Old.
1t was altogether too bad that when 2
O'Clock came the only people in the hall
were the chairman of the meeting, Mr.
Gustav Augerstein, and The Star reporter
by o'clock eleven more had come in, of
whom one was lady and one a small boy
The meeting was then called to order. The
platform was gorgeously decorated with
banners and scrolls that contained the mot
toes OF the Organization The most striking
one read like this: July 4. Chicago. WASH
ington. 1888. Liberty Bell. Aluminium Age.
Copper. Nickel. Silver ard Your Gold
Ring in the New. the Light. the Bright
Aluminium"
George Was Present.
In opening the meeting Mr.. Augersten
apologized for the carelessness of the prin-
ter in leaving off the name of Thomas
Paine from the list Of those who issued the
call. He explained for the benefit of his
hearers that the spirits Of all the great
dead of this country were present to guide
their deliberations. The President had de-
serted his post at the hour of need, but the
spirit of George Washington was still
present as the guiding star of this so-called
glorious republic The financial difficult
ties could be settled. he said. in twenty
four hours. or. at the outside. in forty
eight, IL the rulers of the land would only
go about 1t in the right way. Gold and
silver have outlived their usefulness, II
they ever had any. and the time has now
and paper. In this way it would be pos
sible to have all the money that was
needed, not only for this country, but for
all lands.
Convincing Arguments.
Mr.. Augersten also showed how little
respect he has for our national banking
system and our rich people, and then he
showed conclusively how every one would
be fairly well off and none rich and none
poor if we had but aluminium for money.
After he had talked for awhile and con-
WINGED himself and those of his hearers
who believed the same way, he suggested
that the congress of citizens be organized
for hard work. This was done by the cleo
ton of Mr.. Redstone of California as
chairman, and then the congress proceeded
to settle all the questions of the day in a
most unanimous manner. They forgot to
state how they were going to secure the
adoption of aluminium at its face value.
and they forgot few other little minor
matters like that, but with these eXcep-
tions the meeting great success, and
after the devoted thirteen had passed some
resolutions and transacted other business
of like Importance they went away, calm
in the satisfaction that as patriots they had
averted a financial crisis from the devoted
head of their country.