The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-10-18

1cGcJl Jttl St4A4tg tL46 great 5O4A al hSlatltg
states it also plainly when he said in
The Herald a few weeks ago: g A scar
city or decrease Of money viii lower
prices. An abundance or cheapness viii
raise them. In his speech at Zanes-
vile on May % John Sherman says,
cit is a universal law that price CT
value is measured by quantity. SeHa-
tor Jones in his last utterance for pub
LEGATION, q series of six articles On the
meney question, in June, 1895, says.
"The value Of every dollar depends
upon the number Of dollars ont. Thus
when the great fnanciers reduce the
volume Of currency one-haf it is the
same as to secure an act of legislation
doubling their fortunes. 1t is the same
as raising the figures upon their gold.
/ Congress says to the owner Of 81, Here
are two, " or your thousand shall be
two thousand; your million two mil
lion. " The owner Of property is not
only left one-half poorer in comparison,
! bat business is ruined, markets are
/ slow, men are thrown out Of employ
ment, there is no profit in commerce or
business, and with all this the borrower
must pay So when he agreed to pay 81.
In ordinary r0bberies the victim is
allowed to go his way, refill his purse
and prosper, and he who is robbed by
being compelled TO pay a note twice
over resumes business again, but it is
not SO IN these governmental robberies,
when panicS and business depressions
paralyze profits and incomes. There is
no profit in falling market to a mer-
chant; no work for the toiler. The rob-
berry and the panic come to him together.
Our countIymen understand these things
in a small way If a cUunteTfeiter
raises" 81 bill to $2-if by changing
the figures upon the bill he secures 81
worth Of sugar instead Of 81 or two
days work when he has paid for but
one, they understand it instantly and are
angry-yery angry-an injustice has
been dOne-the laws have been Outrag-
ed. The whole community arises, sher-
ifs, juries and judges are assembled.
and at great cost and with undOubted
prOpriety the offender is confined in
costly establishments, and these neigh
bors cheerfully pay tax to protect So
ciety against this criminal. Thousands
Of dollars are expended sometimes and
many trial at law given to make an ex-
ample Of this malefactor who has made
a 81 bill buy So worth of property. The
loss was but 81, but there was a princi-
pie at stake
Our people go so far sometimes as to
infict the death penalty speedily and
angrily upon those malefactors who rob
their barns Of an occasional horse. The
contempt Of the people for triding
chicken thieves has 10 bounds. They
spare no expense in bringing the despic-
able thieves to justice. and it is ali
proper. But when the money king sets
up his newspaper on American soil,
sends his corupting Hessians into our
halls Of legislation, places his agents in
the treasury and by law and cOnsuuc-
ton of law and department rules and
regulations makes his dollars buy 50 Of
freeman's property our people do not
comprehend the enoTmity Of the crime.
Our confding, fair minded people give
up half the value Of their farms or man
ufaCtories, half the goods Oil their
shelves and never murmUr. With a war
rant Of law the invaders go into the field
and take ODe-haf the crops, One-haf
the live stock and come away with the
thanks Of the victim and the promise Of
his vote. If this robbery was enacted by
force Of arms, it would be understood
and resented manfully, but the theft Of
finance is not so plain as common rob
berry. 1t is more complicated. By manip-
ulating the volume Of currency and
credits the robbers take the producers
goods again and again and again, and
great piles of the plumber become stack
ed up il London and in our own money
centers, The victims see the property go
and see it stored away, but, as a rule,
do not understand how it is dOne-dO
not seem understand that it was done,
Or if so that it was not strictly proper.
How many readers tilling the richest
soil in the world, possessing the best
markets, who have toiled every hour Of
daylight for many years, now barely
stand, financially, where they did 20
years ago! They have been improvident
occasionally and have met with some
misfortunes, and they are still living
perhaps better than the Indians who
formerly occupied the land, but during
this time the very rich have done ex-
ceedingly we'll. These syndioates Of
money have changed the money into
bonds by law, changed the bonds pre-
duced with lawful money at 40 cents
on the bills, payable in lawful money,
to read "coin," then changed coin,
bonds and greenbacks to read redemp-
ton in gold by constructions in law
and treasury fnlngS. Iley nave de-
monetized silver. At every turn they
doubled their hoaFdings and robbed the
producers at every clip. Ten per cent
of our population own half the property.
In II years the mOrtgaged Indebtedness
has increased So times This shows
something of the issue we have before us.
When the voter understands the
finance question as the Rothschilds and
Ickelheimers understand it, there viii
be a great awakening and a great re-
joiciug in the land. There viii be no
more bond scandals; no more immoral
transfers Of property titles to the vaults
Of the Shylocks.
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