The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-13

However this may be- the towns long for
stability In the medium OF exchange.
while the countryman says: give me
quantity and never mind about stability.
I'll trust TO luck for that" Thus e hap
pens that SINCE In the South. the cities
stand 10 the country in the relation OF
the tail 10 the dog the dog does the
wagging and the South's representative
in Congress Is consequently for plenty OF
money. whether cheap money or not"
This ma lia Of the Southern country
man for great quantities OF money. with
out regard TO value. Is utterly destruc-
tive OF him. but his antipathy TO the
townsman is almost as bad. How WouIu
the countryman 10 anything more IMAM
exist II IL were not for the tovnsman! IL
Is the townsman who consumes his sup
plus grain and pork and he would be
able 10 do nothing with them II there
were no townsmen: for his country nelgh-
bors would not consume them. each one
Of these having as much Of both as he
desires IT, therefore, there were no
towns the countryman would vegetate on
his farm. having nothing but what he
produces The townsman. though. buys
and consumes all Of his surplus products,
and thus furnishes him with the means
Of supplying himself with what he wants
that he does not raise. 1t is plainly then,
10 the interest Of the countryman to en-
courage the towns in every way In his
power: as the towns grow and increase
his market for his products is enlarged.
But the countryman has never yet look
cd at the case in this way, and we sup |
pose he never will.
We probably waste our time as notably ,
in telling the countryman that his interest |
is opposed to cheap money as we do in
telling him that his interest lies in the
direction Of building up the towns. but the
good book tells us we should never
weary in doing good, and we will say
one more word TO him in this connection
all the same.
If any cOuntryman will stop and think
he must come to the conclusion that after
there is enough money to work the eX-
changes Of commodities that 1t is desired
to make no good can possibly come from
eny mo.e money. II he will think he must
see that when there is any more money
than this. there is too much money Con-
sequently. If his horse or his COW is said
10 DC worm more IDildlS IMAM III Ilal !
state Of affairs where there Is just enough
money to effect exchanges, 1t is because
money is so abundant that men value it
css The horse or COW has not. then be-
,ome more valuable but money has de-
)reciated in value. Under these crcum-
stances then. the countryman will sell
us horse or COW for more nominal money.
mt it Will be a deprecated money that
viii bring ruin and wreck after a while
n everything around. It ought to be
lain, then. 10 the cOuntryman that he. no
nore than the townsman, does not want
heap mOney-he wants a sufficency of
ound money. What he really wants is
re same opportunity the town people nave 7
D make use of the credit his character
nd property entitle him to. since all
usiness is now done. not with moLey, I
az by transfers Of credit. He wants a
nance to establish his home bank, the !
managers Of which know him, and will {
i've him the credit that he is entitled to,
ut which the managers OF the national !
lnks in the cities will not give to him. =
lough he is entitled to it, because they t
, not know him. and do not know what I
edit he is and what he is not entitled to. -