West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-24
SILVER THREADS AMONG THE
GOLD
Money aud other Things.


The Horr-Harvey debate is over.
Mr.. Horr has to the best of his
ability posed as the apologist for
present conditions. His prayer for
honest money can only ring in the
ears OF common people as the paid
plea OF plutocracy. He gave voice
to what has appeared from time to
time in the columns of the trust
and-syndicate organs. / quote a
few OF his utterances. "Money is a
plethora in this country to-day"
Where? In whose pocket ? Whose
till Does he mean the safe money
OF the country-that in bank safes
That is what he says in other words:
"There are hundreds of millions of
dollars lying idle simply because
there is nobody to use it, Correct.
Just what is the matter. The fel
low that has it cornered is not a
producer OF wealth. The law en-
ables him to heard it. What does q
laige per capita OF currency avail
people generally when "millions of
dollars are lying idle," controlled
by clique of safe money men, be-
cause they can find "nobody to use
1T" and pay big round rates Of in
terest cit is not an abundance
of money that makes business &C
tive; it is business that makes money
active in this world Of ours"
Therefore, as money is not active
there is a plethora" an abund-
ance OF it, and to make business
active the money of the country
should be made scarcer, the coinage
OF silver discontinued, and the
greenbacks burned. That may be
good logic to those who hoard the
abundance, but the one who works
hard for living don't have time to
reason it out in that way. The
blinking owl declares there's an
abundance of light in the night
time to make business active, plen-
ty of moonshine to spare, and boots
at those who prefer the light of
day. And tradition says the wide
eyed owl is wise. 1t should not be
forgotten what manner of bird the
owl is, however; that he has a
hooked beak and clutching claws;
that prosperity aud life to him
mean pain and death to others. He
is in for making business active,
activity in business means booty for
him. Why should not the owl sys
tenn of plumber by stealth, of living
off the fat of the land, be adyo-
Gated by the owls?
why is there nobody to use the
money lying idle while some go
hungry for lack of it? Because the
owl system is one of darkness and
dark deeds. Its foundation is in
justice and wrong. Right-thinking
people must not be allowed to see
the iniquity of its workings, for
they would think no better of it
than did Jefferson and Jackson.
The people must have great party
issues to divide them and attract
their attention so that the National
Banking System in the shady back
ground can operate unobserved.
The owls are pleased to behold the
battles Of the civil war fought over
and over again, though there is in
their hooting ill-concealed quavers
OF. boding danger concerning the
conflicts OF the coming day. 1t
would be wiser in the owls to try
to avert the awful spectre of civil
war that seems to hover over the
land, rather than to revel in the
shadows of the one past and gone
forever.
Corporations haveno souls, Nam.
mon no conscience. Usurpation,
oVer-Teaching, transcendent greed,
may 80 outrage every sense Of popu-
lar justice as to engender civil
strife. If it ever comes to the
worst, the cause is known; the re-
suits too awful to contemplate /
did not intend TO digress in this
way, but will say here and now that
unjust laws and oppression by
privileged classes may ruin the re-
public Of which we arc so proud.
The domination Of wealth may dc.
strOy the veal Of the masses. "The
love Of money is the root Of oil
evil" and may subvert our free
institutions. j hold the man Of
wealth, who resorts to all the
Vaccinations and indirections of