The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-09-27
Especial Correspondence

Inc pagKeT, the JOufnausE, the pOHL4-
clan, the superstitionist and the parrot.
Dc they all weep and vail and make
that awful noise when gold is leaving
the treasury?
Yes; to some extent, but the journal
lists play the part of chief mouners.
Why do they do it?
For business reasons.
Who pays them for doing it?
The other goldbugs.
Why does gold leave the treasury?
The bankers take it out.
But you said the banker goldbugs
weep and vail and make an awful noise
when the gold leaves the treasury. Is it
true, then, that the bankers take the
gold out?
Il is.
But cannot understand how this can
be. Will you explain?
You do not understand it because you
do not know the characteristics Of the
banker goldbugs nor what they are try
ing to do,
Can you tell me?
Il would take too long time to tell
it so you would understand unless you
think it out for yourself. Then you will
see that the banker goldbugs, having got
silver out Of the way, aIe not trying to
abolish the greenbaek.
Why do they want to abolish the
gTeenback?
Because they want to issue their notes
in place Of it as money.
Why do they wish to do that?
Because they live by interest ON mon
ey, and if the people have no money Of
their own they must borrow all they
have Of the banker goldbugs and pay
them interest on it.
Is the greenback the peoples money?
Yes; the greenback is the peoples
money.
Is it good money?
Not the best, but it would be good
enough if it were not for the banker
goldbugs.
What do they do with it?
They take it to the treasury and draw
ont the gold.
What happens then?
The people-that is, the government
issue bonds to get some more gold.
What do the banker goldbugs get by
this?
They get the interest on the bonds,
and they also hope in this way to make
the people willing to have the greenbaek
destroyed.
This seems dishonest and wicked Is
it so?
It is
What would happen if all the gold
should be drawn out Of the treasury?
The goldbugs say that foreign invest
ors would not take any more Of our Sc
Curities.
Would that DO a bad thing?
1t would be a very good thing for the
country at large,
Why?
Because we are too much in debt tc
them already.
Are we much in debt to foreigners?
So much that the market price of all
the wheat, oats, corn, cotton, gold and
silver raised and mined in this country
in 1898 fell $780, 900 short of being
enough to pay the interest on European
investments that year.
How long can this go on without
making us bankrupt?
ask our "great financiers. "
Can q country get along without gold!
Our country can if it wants to.
Why doesn't it want to?
Ask Grover Cleveland and John @.
Carlisle. They ought to know.
think understand why the bankers
and journalists are goldbugs, but I do
not yet see why the politicians are. Can
y0u tell nae that2
That is another question for Grover
Cleveland, John Sherman and John G..
Carlisle, ! do not know certainly, and l
do not like to express my opinion. 1t
seems too bad to be true
You spoke Of the superstitiOnist. Why
IS he a gOldbug?
1t is as hard to tell as it is totell why
other races of men worship other Idols.
suppose they worship the little yellow
idol (gold) because their ancestors did.
Is that why the parrot goldbug cries
ont in that dismal tone when gold is
leaving the treasury
No; he does it for the same reason
that other parrots say anything, because
the people around them say it.
Which kind Of goldbug is the most
numerous:
The parrot.
Which are the most harmful
The banker kind. If they could h
sxterminated, the others would die out
or undergo a change which would rendes
thsm harmless.
Is gold a harmful substance?
Not at ali No more so than the ma,
terials of which other superstitionists.
that We call heather, make their idols
Is it Of special value?
1t is good for dental purposes, fol
jewelIy. etc. but it is used chiefly fos
making idols which everybody sacrifices
To-
What is the form Of these idols2
They are generally supposed to be z
she form Of snail disks with an eaaiG
stamped on them, bal they are kept 50
secluded that many, eYen Of the goldbugs
themselves, have never seen enc.
Is the cry Of the goldbugs a part Of
tasig s7orships
Yes; It is q sort Of incarnation started
% the banker aud echoed by the others.
How long will this worship be kept
Up?
IS long IS enough parrot goidbugs