The advocate., 1895-08-14
Failures Followed Demonstration.

4LS J6IrlDl6 EdVdBSS III CQe laSC Ten
years; 115000 business concerns have
gone into bankruptcy. How is it now?
At least that many more are hanging
on by their eyebrows. This is the re-
ward Of human energy and thrift. I
do not mean to say that all these fail
ures are to be attributed to this cause,
but l do mean to say that the credit
system Of money, with its tax of $780,
100000 annually, will account for every
dollar involved in these failures. If we
had more real money instead Of bank
credit money there would be compare
lively few debts and few failures.
The first lesson to learn is the neces-
sity for money. Civilization is so con-
structed as to make 1t necessity. Our
social fabric, by which our vocations
are classified, makes Of 1t medium of
exchange and necessity To relieve the
demand make money no more desirable
than any other property; to take that
one great strain from the human mind
and turn it in higher and nobler di-
rection is the true study Of economy
and craftsmanship. It Is not craze for
money that civilization needs, but a
craze for building up nice homes, for
building up character, for studying the
universe in which we find ourselves,
and in advancing the destiny Of the hu-
man race. This we will do If we will
but bre-A the influence Of this money
power. The monopoly of it has encour-
aged all forms Of monopoly, and when
we have destroyed this influence we
shall be more competent to judge other
questions that are sustained by the cul-
tivation of a selfish principle.
The Masses Are Restless.
The masses become restless. Why?
Because they have become poor; because
they have been deprived of the neces-
saries Of life. They become restless,
then comes crime, as am giving you
from the statistics in this debate. Then
comes poverty and suicide and insanity.
The country goes morally and politi-
cally crazy. Then comes the necessity
for martial law; then comes the ne
cessity for gatling guns and repeating
rifles, for an increase of the police
force, and for a standing army. In the
last three weeks, and for the first time
in the history of the United States, a
general order has gone from the presi-
dent of the United States to the COM
mander Of the army, laying down rules
for governing the United States army
in the control of mobs and riots. We
are trending to monarchy, and it is
wrong for Mr.. Horr or any other man
to shut his eyes to this defect in our
civilization that am now pointing out.
If you would save liberty in this land,
if you would preserve this, the United
States, from the fate Of Europe, 1t is
your duty to do it, and it should be-
come your pleasure to do it, and to do
1t you will act like intelligent men and
you will act like free men.
Per Capita Circulation.
Mr.. Horr-I desire to say that before
we complete the debate l will give my
friend Harvey due notice that his table
on debts will receive all the attention
that he will like to have given to it, and
I will then reconcile my statement en-
tirely that I made here the other day
with the facts in the case. I will show
that it has no reference at all to the
debts that he gives, and that they can
not be included in the $4,000, 100000
that he made the people Of the United
Safes owe.
But just now, during this talk of
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