The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18
ROBERT G. INCERSOLL,

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on credit. sends John ard Mary TO
school, on a credit. Ard al AZ once they
tiesssen. | nrver had better ,,rnss l., sss
world than when was giving these notes
aD0 have got plenty more on hand. and
y you only had the philanthropy 10 take
kHsM my family can be happy still
Laughter and applause All these things
nave 10 De paid and they hav. 70 be paid
10 money, ana hos are you going to &c;
your money! Primarily. you nave got to
ais u out OF me earth. Then how are you
soins 20 get IT. You have got 10 swap
soor lssoT. your muscle. your mind. your.
property Tor tina. IN Jasy.
Good Money Always Good.
Another thing--xood money r. always
good. Good money IS always At par. never
az premium and never az q Discount
= sen people buy good money with had
motley they say the good money is a, a
premium. That is MOI so. Ti.e had money
y ~ discount That Is what II the ma
yer. tAppianse.D Good money is always
LOT me presidency, on free silver platforms
tsskntert with two vice presidents. that
say money Is the creature of ia~.
Vel: 80 mar told me today. law ls
oi}eu the creature Of money GaughterB
nv money never was and never Will be
the Creature OF Law. If you can make
money 10y law. why shouldn't we be rleh7
~ hundred paopie should settle on an
ssiand and form government end elect a
iesiFsaturs, they could make laws and II
nicIeY - the creature OF law 4aere II 20
reason why they should not be "a wealthy
xs Great Britain daughter and applauseb
Law - inexaaustible flauxhterl. and X
You can turn II into money. no nation has
aii excuse for being poor.
Then there Is another thing. II the
government can make money by iaw-and
would like 10 have some good Bryan
man answer tho queStion-~ff the govern
nept can make money by law, why should
the government collect taxes. daughter
and applauxe.p
Let us be honest. Here is a poor man
with a little yoke OF cattle cuifivating 80
acres OF stony ground working like a
save in the heat of summer in the cold
blasts OF winter. and the government
makes him pay $40 taxes. when. accord
INK 10 these men. it could Issue a siv, go
PHI IN second. Issue bill and give the
fellow with the cattle rest daughter. }
- II possible for tue mind TO conceive any
thing more absurd than that the govern
meut can create money?
Government Creates Nothing.
''Let mo tell you why: The government
creates nothing. The government does
not support the people the people have 70
sbi port the government. applause The
government il perpetual pagper II
rates no corn. no wheat, digs no gold. X
collects taxe9-alfrs-and we have 10 sup
port the government. We give part Of
"hat We create by our intelligence by our
strength. and the government produces
nothing, never did. and never Will We
cannot depend on tina government for
bread. We have TO feed the government.
Withdraw our support and where
would the gentlemen. the officials, be ,
What would become Of your presidents
and congresses, we're IL not for the taxes
paid by the peopleP We-aDd remember II
We have TO support the government.
government cannot support US. and the
Idea that the government can create
money, in politics. IN finance. IL just as
absurd as the doctrine of perpetual mo-
tlon Is In mechanics just as idiotic as the
philosophers stone. Just as absurd as the
fountain OF eternal youth (applausel; Just
as tdtofic as the transunutation of metals
ANY man, capable OF believing that money
can be created by law is Incapable of rca-
sonlns on any subject whatever. Gap
piause.1
'Ah. but they say, what makes gold val
liable Is that the law has made II legal
tender. Again. gentlemen. you are argu-
ing backwards because Il was valuable.
the law made IL legal tender Making
Il legal tender did not give II value; but
being valuable the law made X legal
tender. recognizing its value. And yet.
these gentlemen say that 1t got al its
value from tho law making It a legal ten
der. IT II exactly the other way. The
legal tender law rests on the value OF the
know. Why do most people love oysters
] don't know, Applause and laughterD
election ? (Applause.D 1 don't know. But
these are facts IN human nature. For
sc mo reason. or for many. people give n
value 70 gold And that value ia recog-
nized ny the law making power. and that
Is all there is 10 the legal tender act.
"How Can Money lie Too Goods''
But SAYS Mr.. Bryan. our money "a
too good How can money se too good
There may not be enough OF Il In my
neighhorheod--there Is not. U4aughterD
But how can II be too goodr He says,
We want more money | say. Yes We
want good money. and the more good
heen added TO the money az the world s22S.
eeoo0o In gold the last year. dug from the
miserly cfevices of the rocks Next year
there viii he. IN ali probability. hun
dred millions more than that. We are
getting more good money.
"Eut he saws. We want cheap money
Well. why2 Because the money ia now So
good that people hoard II. Consequently
he wants 20 get money that nobody viii
want 20 keep. (Apnlauael Money that
every body will b. crazy To spend. n we
get that kind OF money. who VIII take t."
I'm this city. many years ago. there was
an old eoloted man AZ the Grand facihc
and said 20 ham; Uncle, what Is the
natter Well. he said. my wife ran
away last night Pretty good looking
hat she has run on And he ssys;
Colonel. want 10 give you my idea about
marriage. III man wants 10 marry
woman and have a good time. and be sat
isfied and SECURE I'm his mind. he wants 10
marry some woman that no other man or
Gods earth would have daughter and
appiausee
raen want in the United states. cheap
money! 10 YOU know that The words
cheap money' are contradiction IN
tarmss theap money IL always diScOun Cd
when people find ont that IL is cheap. We
want gooA money. and | 10 not care how
much We get But we want good money.
Men are willing 20 toll for good money
willing - work I'm the mines; willing 10
woEE tn the heat and glare ~ Tho furnace.
willing % so 70 the top 81 the mast on the
Wild sea. willing 20 work IN tencments.
women are willing - sew with f1pIr ewes
filed with tears :or the sake or good
Snev. tAppiausel
Inbor's Right to Coed Money.
"Ana r anything - 20 he paid IN good
money labor * chat thing (Nppiause
II any man Is entitled 70 pure gold to -
tha sfaa who iahorz. faef TIE h3C fellows
take cheap money. daughter and az
plauson let re men living next the SOL
be pa.d IA gold
''Imf I want :he money ~ This country
az e.e1i rs that ~ any other country. ZAP
psanssA when our mancv IS below par W.
feel below par. Applause want our
r,cs,sV. ~ matter now tf - payable. 10
have ;ha gold behind r. I want II SO good
that when q savage looks on Il his ewes
wisl gleam as though he looks az shining
gold That "a the money i want n the
United states.
feat a democracy - honest fApplauscl
want 30 teach DE people - ne world
tsat America "a rot only capa{tie ~ Self-
govern raent. tuf tNaI 70 has ire se]f-fc-
rfaf the enNraEv. fha 'euUT - pay IL
dehts 10 the last farthiuS. tAppssuSel
That IS what want - dc And \et "e