Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-09
WHAT IL MONEY!
4 Comparison of Ii with Blood in
the Human system.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
The words of the great King, that
money answers all things. are true TO a
certain extent Money Will buy whatever
is purchasable. Money stands for value,
and 50 is eXchangeable for anything that
has value. 1t is the very embodiment or
impersonation of value, and, therefore,
takes the place Of measures, and keeps
for ready use the value or purchasing,
bartering power Of whatever is justly
given for IT, Value is from the Latin
word. valec. which refers TO health.
strength, and ability; and in trade value
means general utility-fOr how much a
thing is good and available. the extent Of
its power FOR what is good and desirable.
Money is value In the abstract-pur-
chasing power.
Money, then, fills very high office;
and 1t must have a dignity and virtue
Of its own-essential and suited to its
office. 1t must have a character like
that OF the true man, made up OF all
the elements that constitute perfection.
1t must be pure, reliable. unchanging,
enduring. just, and mean the thing it
says. 1t must be faithful 70 its trust.
ana preserve the value that II is TO stand
for. The priests in their highest honor
in Jerusalem We're comparable TO pure
gold. And good money can be mea-
sured only by the same standard.
Money. as circulation. fuliils an office
Just like the blood and juices in the
physical system. Money Is the life blood
Of the commercial world. The blood in
the body must be pure. healthy, life
giving. sound. II IL is diluted, thin.
adulterated. tainted. the body Is slow,
whitening. emaciated. feeble, and pre-
sently dies Of inanition-emptiness. And
precisely the same course Is followed in
the world of trade and commerce with
debased and fluctuating currency. 1t has
no satisfactory circulation. \ sick man
does not want more blood, regardless of
quality. He wants a good circulation
and rich blood. which is his life
Blood and circulation cannot be infused
into mans system. He can't be
made well by bathing him in blood. by
saturating him with blood, by feeding
him, or filling him with blood. Healthy
exercise and pure food bring and make
blood. and a good circulation. And so
honest and legitimate trade. wise and
diligent agriculture, faithful manufacture,
and the production and distribution of
valuable things call for the representa-
tives of value. for money. which shall
help the equitable interchange Of valuable
things.
Money Is consequence OF legitimate
business: springs or comes out of ii as
a necessary requirement II does not i'm
part value. 1t facilitates barter and tx
change. And It serves as a vehicle 10
transport value from one place TO another
and change the forms of it.
In the body we have various organs
the liver, the kidneys; We have glands and
gangia. All these secrete. and the Sc
cretions are blood and juices OF one sort
or another that pervade the system and
distribute subsistence. Just this same
kind of service is rendered by banks OF
DEPOSIT, discount. and issue in the system
of commerce; and when these organs and
their counterparts in the other system do
good, faithful work. we have IN each a
good. healthy circulation, and life and
happiness and prosperity.
JOHN l.. WILLIAMS.