West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-09-05
KINGWOOD. W. VA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1895.
SILVER THREADS AMONG THE
GOLD"

"Silence is golden," but let us
have silver talk in the auditorium
OF The ARGUs. It seems to me
that an all-around knowledge of
the nature and uses Of money is an
apparent need of an intelligent peo.
pie who claim, theoretically least,
the prerogative and power Of shap.
ing the nations destiny in matters
all-important.
believe in the coinage, unre.
strlcted, of gold and silver AS the
wise constitutional safeguard of the
rights of American citizenship. /
consider the single gold standard
simply grand swindlc-subtle
greed disguised as a saving good.
Upon the frowning faces OF toiling
millions may be read condemnation
of the financial chains riveted upon
them in the name Of law. 1t is
there | read, as we'll as in the Con-
stitutiou of the United States, that
only sovereign power should coin
money for the commonwealth and
common veal; that neither a gang
ofcounterfeiters nor guild of bank.
ers should be allowed TO issue money.
The National Bank iuiquity-fore-
most of all mouopolies-must 90;
60 down in the depths of infamy
with all other pillaging and thievery.
/ may be wrong; but wherein | am
wrong, write to me, and correct my
misapprehension of truth. Many
OF you buy and sell much more than
L, have greater cause and better op.
portunities to study financial eco
nomics than /. In the space Of
two years ending July first | taught
twenty five months, but in the
leisure of short vacation have put
some Of my views of money in the
form of series OF articles now
offered The ARGUS for publication.
Let me suggest that you preserve
these articles in scrapbook; that
you subject every definition and
conclusion to the challenge Of your
own reason, the arbitrament Of your
own judgment. | ask you to dis
criminate between dear and cheap
In money as in other products, and
particularly to scrutinize the hu
manitarian foundations, as defined,
Of UalHe and UealM.
'lf you are not thinking man."
asked one of The old philosophers,
'to what purpose are you man at
all ?" If can be of service to but
one mind in thinking truly along
the line of fair financial policy
one just TO labor in It's reward the
acquisition of property shall feel
more repaid for the time speut in
writing these contributions on
Money md other Mings. Above all,
think for yourself. Don't let any
one else's gray matter guide you.
Don't let the Rothschilds, even,
cogitate for you. They will charge
you interest. That is way they
have.
Though said to have been first
coined IN heathen temple, there IS
nothing so mysterious about money
that you should give it up as
recondite matter to be thought out
by Avariee scheming to lock up all
the wealth of the country when he
locks up the gold in his Golfers.
When you come to exchange the
product Of labor, your property, the
fetichism Of expert fnanciering
ought to be ruled out. 1t behooves
you to know just what money is,
and what you are doing in every
business transaction, if you are a
business man. IL you arc not
business man, capable Of properly
looking after your own affairs, you
had as well be a slave and have
master provide for you. When you
are told that common people can
not understand the problem of
money, and that it should be left
TO specialists who are interested in
financial affairs, you are being sub
jected to the argument of a master
IN support Of voluntary servitude
No serf must think; no slave be
taught TO read, no bondman to
reason.
That we may strike from the his.
toric chords Of fact on the old.
fashioned harp Of truth, the heaven
born minstrelsy Of patriotism, the
sYmphonious strain Of America
My country 'Tis Of thee,
Sweet land Of Liberty
that is my sincere wish. "Peace
on earth and good will to man" cnn
only come through the golden rule,
never through the rule Of gold.
'T pant for the music which is divine,
Ny soul in its thirst is dying flower,
Pour forth the sounds like enchanted
wine,
Loosen the notes in a silver shower"
AAHoS w. FEgDEmcK.
Burrough, Cal, Aug z, 1895
Recently Geo. G. Sturgiss sue
ceeded in raising $4,000 the
amount needed 90 change the
narrow -guage railroad from Tun-