People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-24
Everybody Pay Cash.

of last week from the ArgOnia Clip
per:
A short time ago one business house
closed up. not because the sales were
insufficient. but because there wa,
not enough cash taken in to run the
business. We learn from one Of the
proprietOrs Of one OF our best bust
ness institutions that the same con.
ditiOn prevails with them. and unleS,
there is more cash taken in, they will
seek new location.
The best thing that could happen To
this country would be to bring bust
ness to a cash basis.
The habit Of paying cash. if once well
established. would be worth more tC
business interests than the largest
crop ever raised here. There are
many lines Of business that are suf-
fering intense strains just for the lack
OF the cash on the small accounts
they hold. Let every man do his ut,
most to pay his small bills and thus
relieve the country.
Yes, it is to be hoped that every
man will do his utmost to relieve the
situation by paying as he goes. But
did you ever StOptO think what would
be the result OF an adoption Of the
cash system throughout the country:
1t would bankrupt every institution
in the country. There would scarcely
be enough exceptions to form a joint
stock company. II is all well enough
TO talk pay as you go" and We are
not going TO advise men differently,
but it is an absolute impossibility IN.
der our present financial system.
The shrewd fnanciers OF Wall street
know this full well, for it is through
their design that It's so; and it is a
littls funny TO hear our merchants
out west admonishing the people Il
pay cash for their supplies when At
the same time they are doing three
fourths OF their business themselves
on credit and are doing all they can II
prevent the people from freeing them.
selves from their CALLING slavery. II
10 encouraging, however, TO know
that the merchants are beginning Il
feel the effects Of the mslstrom; an
other round and they will be ready t.
shrek calamity" with the balance
Of the people. 1t would seem that
under these conditions they would en-.
terrain something beside contempt
for the Ignorant hsyseeders" who
have been able 10 discern the cause Of
the trouble ahead Of them. They
still allow themselves 10 be deiuded
with the idea that money must have
intrinsic yslue-that the yardstick
should have value equal to that Of
the cloth il messures-that the scale.
weights should be composed Of mater.
lal which should be equal in value to
the commodity on the other side Of the
balances-and thus they are igno.
rantly playing into the hands Of the
fellows who are absorbing the wealth
Of the country a. fast As it is created,
leaving the people with bills to pay
and the merchants with bills unpaid.
What splendid thing it would be
II the merchant to whom bills are
due and the persOl from whom they
are due could come TO some common
understanding about the cause Of the
trouble, and then open up a war Of
determination at the ballot box on
the promoters Of such injustice.
Their interests are identical and
they ought to stand together, but a
false feeling Of superiority aud a te-
nacious clinging to the old party for
no other apparent reason than dad
was Democrat" or Dad was a Re-
publican" keeps them divided and the
prey of organized brigandage.
In the abstract there is an absolute
necessity for a certain aggregate OF
commerce in order to the preserva-
tiOn of human life, and whenever the
money volume is inadequate to the
emergency, the balance MUST be car
ried over in debt, which brings on the
usury system and the consequent
tribute that is paid TO idleneSs by in
dustry. The idle class fight any ex.
pansiOn Of the circulating medium,
because it lOosens their grip that
much, and having nothing TO do but
clip their coupons, they devote their
time to manufacturing sentiment in
every conceivable manner against an
expansion Of the currency; and the
fellows whom they claim as their
dupes are those who think they are
very smart-bordering onto lcodhshI
aristocracy-and that the people who
stand up for principle instead of caste
are ignOramuses and ''agitatOrs. =
NeighbOrs, exercise your manhood;
don't be dupe any longer. II Jour
friends want to pull the chestnuts
out Of the fire for aristOcrats under
the superstition that they themselves
are Of THAT class, let them do it; but
Just let them have all that glory.