The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-08-09
" Primary r1Oney."

Harvey and Horr have both been be-
logged trying to follow the will O. the
wisp, primary money. Scientifically con-
sidered there is no such thing as primary
money, separate and distinct from any
other money. 1t is game in financial
play to cheat with, very much resembling
poker. The game. poker, is constructed
by decreeing that certain cards in the
pack shall be primary cards. They are
assumed to be worth more than any other
cards, and the player who is fortunate or
tricky enough to secure, and hold or
corner these cards can "call' his conf
rades at certain stages of the game and
rake in the stakes.
The gamblers in money play their game
in similar way. The goldbugs insist
that gold shall constitute primary
money!" the bimetallists, gold and silver
shall constitute the trumps in this money
game So all their business" (the
gamblers call it speculating) is laid on
this line. All debts and deferred pay
ments shall be in gold, or gold and silver,
either or both; all other money-paper
money-shall demand to be redeemed in
the primary money. The parties playing
the money game manage, like the expert
poker player, to get the controlling cards
in their hands-the primary money
when they "call' their debtors or all who
are in any way obliged to use money, and
make them pay for its use all they can
squeeze out of them. All other money is
destroyed till its scarcity brings it up in
value to their primary money. The scar
city creates demand and large amounts of
labor, merchandise, property of all kinds
are given in exchange for money, and
prices fall. The cunning players in this
poker game get all the people who are
doing business, and all who have property,
in debt to them as far as they possibly
can, when they call on them for the
primary money to pay up their obliga-
tons, and squeeze out of them the utter
most cent possible.
When people are wise as they should be
they will not play poker with blacklegs,
whether they be bankers in the primary
money game or sporting" gentlemen
with cards. They will demand a full
supply of legal tender money issued by
the government, to transact the business
Of the country. There will be no debased
currency amongst that money but it will
all be primary, all trump cards, all the
same legal kind, every dollar as good as
every other dollar. The same money
which pays the laboring mans wage shall
pay the bond holder There shall be nc
gold money for the rich called primary
and another quality of money for the
poor called "credit" money.
There was class of people in early
colonial days who went under the name
of redemptioners." They were very
poor people who wished to come to Amer
lea but were unable to pay their passage
They bargained with tine owner of the
vessel to allow him to sell them to the
planters for number of years, and ii
that manner pay their passage. The
planters advanced the money to the skip
per and the redemptioners redeemed
their freedom by working the price O.
their passage out. There was the stain o.
slavery on the transaction, and all of thi:
redemption money has faint of slavery
on it, aud no such money should be toll
Grated under the government of the
United States. We want free, legal tender
money; no other kind.