Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
BoB rNGEnsoL. on SILVER.
The Poor nre 1'HtriOalc-Silycr Is
Good Enough.

The Poor are H'n,riuaic-silvcr Is
Good Enough.
l said l would say one or two
words tonight on such vulgar things
as gold and silver. I am as satisfied
as l am that live, that the few
the few who control the debts, the
currency, the money of the world
have combined, either consciously or
unconsciously, to make the debtor
pay more than the creditor has a
right to ask. The tendency has
always been in this world, to put
the burdens upon those least able to
bear them. In barbarian countries
the women have to do the work
simply because they are weaker
that is all. And the others, being
the stronger, do not expend their
strength in working, but expend
their strength in making the weaker
do their work. This is precisely
the same in our civilized society to-
day. Between the rich ant the poor,
if the burden is 10 be borne i'll this
country, 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 the
war: Who goes to the front? The
millionaires Not one? Who goes?
The presidents of corporations?
The bankers? The men who pre-
side over great vaults of gold? Not
much! The poor 60, because nine
times out of ten the poorer man is
the more patriotic. The poor bear
the bdrdens of this country and of
the world.
Only few years ago our money
was gold and silver-money that
had been the money of man for
thousands Of years. Our silver was
domonetized and gold made the
standard.
There is no man III the United
States with ingenuity enough to
account for the characterization Of
, silver in 1918. There is not one.
We need altogether more money
than we have. How much have we
got? Four or five millions in silver;
four or five or six in six in gold
ten hundred millions, maybe, alto.
gether.
Last year the farmers of America
raised of corn, wheat and oats, over
81, 600, 100000 worth, and got the
money. Sixteen hundred millions
just in corn, wheat and oats-ove'
$soo,ooo,ooo in corn; over $500, ,ooo,-
900 in wheat. Just think of it
Sixteen hundred million dollars, rot
| counting beef or pork, or petroleum
or cotton or any of the manufactured
articles of the country. Sixty-five
millions of people, the most active
the most energetic, the most tprogres
sive people Of the world-on the
face of the globe.
We need twice as much money
per capita to do the business of thit
country as is needed-to do the busi
ness of any other country. There
is always somebody that is crazy fol-
fear there will be more currency.
want just all the money can get
Silver is good enough for me. Al
I want of money is to pay my debts
Yes, sir, and I want the law to com
pei the other fellow to take what
take. That is good enough for me
1 believe that every ounce of silver
that is dug under the American flag
should be coined free under the
American flag. In New York they
are mostly on the other side. They
are with the bankers, with the rich
fellows. They get together and say
we want gold. A man make a con
tract to pay certain moneys in five
years. I want a law SO that he can
pay the money when the contract
comes due with the money that was
munr, when he made III" rou.Ya1.