The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-09

credit system to bring on panics by
shutting on this supply at pleasure. as
when they used it to assist Mr.. Cleve-
land in what they called teaching the
people an object lesson"
And now, excep:' lg 800 words of spec
ial use to reply to Mr.. Horr's summary,
1 am closing this debate. The object
ing the welfare of the human race is
to see weherin we-can advance the gen.
eral condition of the people and to de-
tect errors in civilization.
The world, time out of mind, has had
business panics ard most mems and
women's lives have been full of trou-
BILE in acquiring the necessities and
comforts of life. That our present civil
liZatlon has not removed the possibi-
lily of these recurring panics and that
to a large majority of the people on
this earth thier almost exclusive atten-
ton and labors are given to acquiring
living with. in some instances. indif-
ferent and discoura ging results, will
be admitted by evei yone.
1t was once supposed that labor sew
ing improvements and inventions
would lessen the necessary toll "fman
and was a promise of a day TO come
when with little labor all would tie
provided for and humanity as a whole
would be benefited.
Has it had that result? AL! will an
markation between the rich and the
poor are more marked than ever, and
the percentage of people who devote
all their time il struggle for exist
ence is greater now than at any tine
known to modern history. This VIII
not be denied by any but the selfish
few, those who their wants being sup
piled, know nothing of the wants of
others.
And if there were no defect in our civ
effect first intended for them. We are
sufficiently advanced now in this res
pect to provide all the people of the
world with the comforts of life by one
hours work each day by each individu-
al, while the remaining hours not de-
promotion Of human happiness and
the advancement of the human race.
That the passage may be new era is
blocked by defect in our civilization
should be admitted by all.
In my judgment. the discussion Of
this financial subject can be made to
remove the obstacle in the way and
that with its removal will come discov-
cries that will lift the human race to
higher plane not now dreamed of.
The first obstacle in the way is sell
tishness. The promotion of self and per
sonal interest at the expense of others
pervades nearly the whole of mankind
AS natural result we are in the midst
VI commercial age. man OBJECT IN
life is commerce-the acquisition of
property, hence property has come to
be, in our laws, our habits and our
morals, the thing of first Importance.
Under such teachings we can see men
and women suffer from hunger and
pass them without concern. Even lit
tie children will thus suffer without
attracting public notice. A little boy
was found under one of the bridges in
Chicago the other day dying from star
he
the newspapers in a few lines. If the
bridge had burned down under which
he was dying it would have furnished
a news item regarded as of much
greater Importance.
Thus we are in a commercial age
where inventions, education and all
forms of human skill and ingenuity
are made to promote the personal al Is
of men or combination of men. Such
an age promotes selfishness in all
things. 1t Is not only lawful but desir-
able to monopolize for ones self, prop
erty Of any and all kinds, no matter
how unnecessary it may be in promot-
ing the local comforts Of the person in
possession. In all such instances it is
held in utter disregard of the discom-
fort or wants of others. To own a
farm which one with reasonable assist
ance can till and keep beautiful, make
grand and refined with the handiwork
Of genius, is the civilization of humani-
II
Lord Scully in this state, inhabited by
tenants whose labor supports him in
rlotous living, is law born of prop
erty interests and not of humanity.
1t Is this era Of self1shness that made
1t possible for selfish men, wise in their
own interest, to demonetize silver and
increase the value Of their holdings
as measured In other peoples property.
And as money is a thing every one must
have, these dealers in money have
hPPn m Or 90 q
producers of the world to them which
by its own self-operation will bring
on crisis. If the people will act un-
selfshly. intelligently. in this crisis
civili::a ton heretofore hidden of the
world. and the passage from the pres
emf crude and commercial age into a
newer and brighter civilization be-
yond.
Rejoinder by R c. Horn: I stated
that when either a gold or silver unit
is being used as a measure of values,
the one so used can never be above or
below par. When one is quoted at a
premium it is never in actual use but
is measured by the other which is in
actual use. This is selfevident, and had
no time to defend many errors in his
book repeatedly pointed out and which
he promised to explain later. He now
tells what wonders he would have done
had he not been driven from his es-
says which he calls his regular order"
While preparing his summary it oc-
CURED to him that there is one honor
able body in the United States which
he had not villif1ed, the supreme court.
hence he goes out of his way to SANDER
that tribunal bent upon his general plan
to prove that there is nothing but rot
teneSs in this republic.
Nowhere IN debate or summary has
he shown the advisability of this ma
ton freely coming silver at 16 to 1, nor
can he do 1t.
His summary, like his debate. at
tempts to disDarage honest industry.
thift and solvency. His whole sys-
tenn is at war with the best achieve
ments Of civilization and clearly aims
at the destruction of law, individual
development and social order, if need
be. through revolution
His whole case rests on an indict-
ment against humanity and he was I'M
able to detect anything but bad odors
in world full Of sweet fragrance.
ton.
I have shown that Mr.. Harvey is de-
voting his life to deceiving the people
and that such boys as Coin are fit
ly described in Psalm LVIII: 3-"They
go astray as soon as they be born,
speaking lies"
Mr.. Harvey's reply to Mr.. Horr's
summary: 1 supported my proposition
that primary money only is the meas
ure of values, as will appear on pages
269, 270 and 276, as now published in
the official report.
1 made no statement as to the con-
sixteenth centuries. 1 read a state
ment from the monetary commission