The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
BOB INGERsoL on SILVER.
He favors Free CSinage and An I'm
iimited supply Of white Metal.

He favors Free Ceiaage and an Tn
Limited sapPly Of white Metal.
In q recent interview Robert G.
Ingersoll says:
] said | would say one or two words
tonight on such vulgar things as
gold aud silver. l am satisfied as |
am that | live, that the few-the few
who control the debts, the currency,
the money of the world-have conf
bined, either consciously or uncon-
sciOusly, to make the debtor paw
more than the creditor has q right to
ask.
The tendency has always been in
this world 10 put the burdens upon
those least able to bear it. In barbar-
ian countries M have to do the
work simply because the weaker
that is all. And the others, being the
stronger, do not expcnd their strength
III iihhiuS tuC "CdhCA do thtIA hOih.
This is precisely the same in our
civilized society to-day. Between the
rich and the poor, il the burden is 10
be borne, it Is TO be borne by the
poor-always.
They are the first to suffer. Let the
blast of war blow in this country,
who goes to war: Who goes TO the
front: The millionaire: Not one
Who goes: The presidents of c"rpor.
ation>: The bankers. The men who
preside owe great vaults of gold;
Not much. The poor go, because
nine times out of ten the poorer mai
is the more patriotic. The poor beal
the burdens of this country and o
the world.
Only a few years ago IL none,
was gold and siIver-money hat hat
been the money of man for thousands
of wears. Our silver Was dcmonetiZet
and gold made the standard.
There is no maj i'll the Crite(
States with ingenuity enough TO &C
count for the demonstration OF si.yel
in 1873. There is not one. We meet
altOgeter more money tina we have
How much have we got! Four o
five hundred millions in silver: foul
or five or six in gold-ten hundred
mill )ns, maybe, altogether.
Last year the farmers of Americ'
raised, of corn wheat and oats, owe
81, SOC, 100000 worth, and got tn
money. Sixteen hundred million
Just i'll corn wheat and oats-ove
$SO0,000,00 in corn, ovcr $500,000
0J0 in wheat. just think of il! Six
teen hundred million dollars, no
counting beef or pork or petroleum
or cotton or any OF the manufacture,
articles Of the country.
Sixty-tiye millions of people. tn,
most active. the most energetic, III
most progressive people OF the worlt
ON the face of the globe.
We need twice as much money pc
capita TO do the business of this coun
try as is needed to do the business o
any other country. There is Away
somebody that is crazy for fear ther,
wi be more currency. | want jus
ali the money we a get. Silver j
good enough for me. All | want o
money IS to pay my debts. Yes, sir
and | want the law TO compel th'
other fellow TO take what | take. Tha
is good enough for me. | believe tina
every ounce of silver that Is dug un
der the American flag should b.
coined free under the American flag
In my country they are mostly on th,
other side. They are with the bank
ers, with the rich fellows. They &c
together and say We want gold. !
man makes a contract 10 pay certain
moneys in five years. want a l.y
so that we a pay the money whel
the contract comes due with the none
that was money when he made tn
, contract.
| do not think the few should hav
the right TO combine TO increase tn
value of what people call none
against the debtor and in favor of tn
creditor. want the free coinage Q
sll the silver that you ran win fror
the silver mines of America, and
foreign countries do not want on
silver we will not trade with them.
How to Avoid Farm work I'm Sum
mer.
II never gets so hot in the South a
1t does in the North. There are ncrc
any sunstrokes in the South. Tn
hotter the weather the harder th
Northern farmer has I o work to saw
his crops. while down South th
farmers do the most of their farr
work during the Fall, Winter an,
Spring, when the weather is cool, an
during the Summer they take lf
easy. 1t is always cool in the shad
down South, and the nights are al
ways cool. The thermometer seldom
gets above 30. The hottest day dur
ing the past five years years was 9
degrees.
You a grow d crop during tn
Winter, another during the Spring
and another during the Fall on tn
same land each year. You will nc
more money from each one of thes'
crops than you can make from a sim
liar crop in the North. You can &c