People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-09
SERMON
BY REV. D. OGLEsBY.

eHereu ana Salu. OHSar S ana he
said unto them, render therefore unto
Cesar the things which be Casars and
unto God the things which be Gods"
Luke Xxx. 1925.
We have in the above question and
answers the kew which unlocls the
whole Of the money question. The
great teacher, who 'spske as never
man spake," condenses it into q SEN
tence.
l. The image and superscription on
the material, whatever that material
may be, constitutes the money,
2. The money of government, (any
government belongs to the govern
ment
There it is, all that pertains to the
money question.
Now, in order to understand it cor
rectly, let us analyze little.
The master didn't ask whose piece
of money is this? or whose
piece of metal? Or whose gold, silver
Or brass is this? But he asked whose
mage and superscription is this? on
the metal. They answered and said
Caesars. Cesar represented the gov
eminent. The government, any gov
eminent, makes the money for the
citizens Of that government. Congress
makes the money of the United States.
Congress says, be it enacted that
certain number of grains of gold or
silver shall be a dollar. Congress
don't make a grain of either metal.
but congress does make money. Con-
gress makes laws, hence money is law.
There is no fallacy in this 1t is clear
cut irrefutable logic; as true as two
added 10 two make four. This law of
money, like every other law, must be
printed, stamped or engraved on some
substance in order to make it available.
OF what use would it be for congress
, to enact laws if they were never
printed? Just imagine a court in ses-
sion and no law books on hand. The
books are not the law, but they con-
tain the law. So money is used in
the markets Of the world to express
relative values when commodities are
exchanged. Money being made by
the government by the people, it is
accepted by common consent as the
standard Of prices. 1t don't fix or
make Should not be allowed to-
prices, but should only be allowed to
express prices already fixed by labor;
because labor is the first price paid
for anything in the line OF property.
Now, reader, what would you think
II congress was TO wrangle for months
about the size of law book? or of
what material it should be made Of?
wouldn't you think they were set Of
fools, or idiots?
Well, what are we to think Of the
way they wrangle by the month or
year over the material to use for
money? just as if they'believed that
the material was the money.
There would be as much sense if
congress was to wrangle over printing
their laws, all they make, on gold or
silver, as for them to contend that the
law Of money should be printed on
gold or silver. The only necessary
thing to do is to select the most con-
venient material provided it is cheap
and hard to counterfeit she use Of
gold and silver for money is a cheat
and fraud. 1t is cheat in that the
material is so costly that every dollar
when it goes into circulation
has cost the people two dollars.
1t is a fraud in that it keeps the
masses of the world blind, so that they
believe the material used for money is
the money. So long as gold and silver
are used for money, that long will the
masses think that way, whether it is
used in whole or in part. The only
way to emancipate the world from
this delusion is to quit using either
metal. There will never be permanent
peace in society until both gold and
silver are forever demonetized.
Metal money is property money. Pro-
perty money is interest money. In
terest is the milestone hanging about
the neck Of civilization to-day. This
yoke of bondage must be thrown of,
or this world will never be free.
I. 2. The second great truth made
known BY the great teacher was, that
the money Of the government, any
government, belongs to the people Of
that government. Now is that true?
Ger ainly tbs. Let us analyze little
again.
Civil government is not the prop
erty of one man. 1t lis an institution for
the protection and benefit of all the citi-
zens in The government The laws
made by tee government are the com.
mon property of all alike; or rather,
they are expressions Of the will Of all
the people.
Money is one of the laws enacted bv