The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-14

NeO' "NA0 OouSou NY INCREASING mon
ey and falling prices, and that the
recovery therefrom and the compara-
tive prosperity which followed the
discovery of America were due TO an
increasing supply of the precious
metals and rising prices, will not seem
surprising or unreasonable when the
noble functions of money are consid-
ered. Money is the great instru-
ment OF association, the very fiber of
social organism, the valtalizing force
OF Industry, the protoplasm of ciyili-
zation; and as essential to it's exis-
tence as oxygen is to animal life.
Without money civilization could not
have had beginning, and with dim
lnlshlng supply it must languish and
unless relieved finally perish"
railing prices and misery and de-
stltution are inseparable compan-
ions. 1t is universally conceded
tnat railing prices result from the
contraction of the money volume"
Y. ). Monetary Commission, Vol. 1, %. 80
Again p. 81, "The higest moral, in
tellectual and material DEVELOPMENT
OF nations is promoted by the use of
money, unchanging in it's value"
Here we have the conclusions of
nine prominent statesmen, who. af-
ter an exhaustive examination, en-
phatically declare that the ''true and
only cause of the calamities that
nave befallen the people is ''the
shrinkage in the volume of money!"
10 whom, then, shall we charge these
calamitieS that have come upon us
like flood? Is it the extravagance
of the people? Is it because too
many OF the necessaries of life have
been produced? Because the farmer
has been too industrious and prudent.
or the manufacturer employed too
many laborers in the production of
his commodities? Is it because mil
lions of children are employed in the
mines and factories of the country.
denied every blessing and privilege of
childhood? Is it because the dram
shop is sucking away the sustenance
of thOsands of families, and bringing
desolatiOn into their homes? Is it
because women are selling their souls
to keep their bodiesfrom starving; or
because band of train robbers are
infesting the country and sending
terror into the hearts of the people?
No, it is none of these circumstances
that has brought such disaster upon
our country, but it is selfish and
criminal legislation that has over
whelmed us with these alarming con-
ditiOns.
When the fiend of civil war was de-
solating the land, when the great
heart of the nation throbbed in agony,
and the people were bowed in mourn
ing, then band of men, with muder-
Gus purposes, went, not into the bat
tlefeld, but into the very sanctuary
of our country, the holy place of gov
eminent; and there, under the guise
of patriot and benefactor, pillaged
the soldier, and plotted the most
diabolical scheme of robbery that
ever blackened historic page. Who
were these men? All, history is writ
ing their names in most damning
record: they are drenched with the
blood of martyred children, and the
agonizing cry of forty millions of en-
shaved people is ascending continually
day and night. Do you ask for evil
dence that this people were deliber-
ately robbed by band of men at the
head of our government, who were in
league with the Money Power of Eu-
rope? If so, please read and ponder
the "cOnfdentiar' circular which
was issued in 1862 by English capital
lists. who commissioned one Hazard,
a London banker, to propagate it's
principles among American bankers,
with view of having the financial
legislation of Congress pave the way
for it's final adoption as the settled
policy of this nation. How we'll they
succeeded is best told by millions Of
wrecked fortunes and ruined homes.
Here is the internal document:
"Slavery is likely to be abolished by
the war power, and chattel slavery
destroyed. This, l and my European
friends are in favor Of, for slavery is
but the owning of'labor, and carries
with it the care for the laborer; while
the European plan, led on by Eng
land, is capital control of labor, by
controlling wages. This can be done
bv controlling the money.
The great debt that capitalists Will
see to it is made out of the war, must
he used as measure to control the
volume of money. To accomplish
this the bonds must be used as
banking basis. We are now waiting
to get the secretary of the treasury
to make his recommendation to Con-