The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-31

theories being ridiculous was not IN
reference to his measure of value at all.
It was his whole attempt to substitute
a paper dollar based upon nothing with
which to do the business of the country.
That is where Harvey will land yet.
The disease he has never dies out. He
hasn't reached the last stages of it.
That is the trouble. What he wants
and what these people are after is to de-
stroy all values and to destroy all prop
erty and to put this nation on social
istic and anarchistic basis. (Cries OF
mo! Nor Now as to banks. Why IS
it that Mr.. Harvey feels called upon to
enter into TRADE against banks, and to
indulge in such a torrent Of abuse
against bankers? Men may occasional
ly invest their money in bonds and
mortgages and not become scoundrels
by so doing. A man may even be an
honest believer in recommendation and
not be either a thief or a robber. In
deed, a man may even believe that Sill
yer has had it's day and should never
again be used as standard money; he
may believe that honestly, though Mr..
Harvey may differ from him. Though
e. I may not agree with him, he may be
just as clear-headed, just as good
friend of humanity as either of US,
with charity for all, with malice to-
ward none'' We should strive to con-
vince those who differ with US of the
error of their ways, but never lose
sight of the fact that we may be in
the wrong and they may be in the right.
Banks are a natural outgrowth of
civilization. They have been continu-
ally improved to meet the growing bust
ness of the world. No nation can eco
nomically do it's business without the
aid of banks. When well managed they
bless the people in any and every COM
munity where they are located. They
add business and power to every dollar
of the standard money in existence.
They make a dollar in gold do more
than twenty dollars used to do.
Failures Followed Decentralization.
Mr.. Harvey-Notice the failures prior
to 1862, when bank credit was supply
ing the people with money. Look at
it's terrible ravages in the last ten
years; lis, 900 business concerns have
gone into bankruptcy. How is it now?
At least that many more are hanging
on by their eyebrows. This is the re-
ward of human energy and thrift. 7
do not mean to say that all these fail
ures are to be attributed to this cause,
but I do mean to say that the credit
system of money, with it's tax of $780,
600, coo annually, will account for every
dollar involved in these failures. If we
had more real money instead of bank
credit money there would be compare
lively few debts and few failures.
The first lesson to learn is the neces-
sity for money. Civilization is so con-
structed as to make it a necessity. Our
social fabric, by which our vocations
are classified, makes of it a medium of
! exchange and necessity. To relieve the
| demand make money no more desirable
than any other property; to take that
one great strain from the human mind
/ and turn it in a higher and nobler di-
/ rection is the true study of economy
| and craftsmanship. 1t is not a craze for
! money that civilization needs, but a
! craze for building up nice homes, for
! building up character, for studying the
universe in which we find ourselves,
! and in advancing the destiny of the hui
man race This we will do if we will
! but bre- h the influence of this money
power. The monopoly of it has encour-
aged all forms of monopoly, and when
we have destroyed this influence we
shall be more competent to judge other
questions that are sustained by the cul-
tivation of selfish principle.
The Masses Are Restless.
The masses become restless. Why?
how h
they have been deprived of the neces-
saries of life. They become restless,
then comes crime, as I am giving you
from the statistics in this debate. Then
comes poverty and suicide and insanity.
The country goes morally and politi-
cally crazy. Then comes the necessity
for martial law; then comes the ne
cessity for gatling guns and repeating
rifles, for an increase of the police
force, and for standing army. In the
last three weeks, and for the first time
in the history of the United States, a
general order has gone from the presi-
dent of the United States to the COM
mande~ Of the army, laying down rules
for governing the United States army
in the control of mobs and riots. We
! are u6uu1uS W ulOAd1CuJ, anu II IL
wrong for Mr.. Horn or any other man
to shut his eyes to this defect in our
civilization that am now pointing out
If you would save liberty in this land
if you would preserve this, the United
States, from the fate of Europe, it is
your duty to do it, and it should be-
come your pleasure to do it, and to dc
it you will act like intelligent men and
you will act like free men,
Per Capita Circulation.
Mr. Horr-I desire to say that before
we complete the debate will give my
friend Harvey due notice that his table
on debts will receive all the attention
that he will like to have given to it, ant