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men insist on waiting until they hear from
abroad, | believe, my friends, that great
majority of the American people are willing
to cast their all upon this republic and rise
OF fall with it. Our opponents tell us that
gold is the only money that is good all over
the world.
I never hear man talking about gold
dollar that is good all over the world, with
out thinking of little conversation had
with a man who insisted that We must have
money that would go all over the world |
told him that We had money which had been
going all over the world SO fast that we had
to issue $500. 0OO 900 in bonds to bring it back
daughter and spplause), and l wanted dol
lar that wouldn't go away from home 80
much. daughter and applause.l want
dollar that viii stay at home, whether there
is any curfew law or not. Q4aughterl
man down In our country was discussing this
question, and he used to illustrate 1t In this
way: He said. Il thought l went to sleep
and | walked up in Germany, and he went
on to explain what his experience was In
Germany; and then he thought he went 10
sleep and walked up in England, and he had
difficulty using the silver there; and ne went
TO sleep and walked up in several other coun-
tries and finally the man to whom he was
talking said, My friend, why don't you wake
up in the United States occasionally"
United states Needs Money.
My friends. we need money here. We
need money to attend to our business. And
gold alone. and then see the nations OF the
world scrambling to get possession OF the
little gold there is. We ought to become
aware Of the dangerous position IN which We
place ourselves.
How would man like to stand with
rope around his neck and have the other
enc Of the rope held by some man back
IN the dark and never know when we was
going to draw the rope? And yet that is
the condition we are in on gold standard.
We have a little handful of gold as the basis
Of ptYr aiol Fol nd Than q
string to it, and that string is held
across the ocean, and they can shatter our
fabric whenever they pull the string. ZAP
plause. and cries Of That's right Do
you call that a sound system? I don't my
friends. "a voice: Neither do Id
We cannot have gold standard and have
time of a gold standard would be alb
solutely impossible In this country. Why,
at the nrst suggestion Of danger gold slips
away. Gold is an inSoent arrogant master
ard In time OF war. Applause.) Gold never
helped any nation in time Of trouble; it al
ways slips away to the nations which are
at peace 1t Is sunshine friend, gold Is.
And yet as Sommers said when the war
was over: Gold always comes back and
claims all the fruits OF victory
My friends. 1t Is mere matter Of mathe-
MATES. There is not gold enough in the
world to furnish the basis OF the worlds
commerce And to attempt to build the
worlds commerce upon gold alone simply
means that we must look forward to an in
definite period of rising dollar and falling
prices. And what do falling prices mean?
great mass Of the people, but good times for
those who trade IN money-for the money
changer and the money owner We have had
hard times In this country. and yet my
friends you cannot convince the Morgan
syndicate that we have hard times in a coun-
try where they can make several million dol
cannot convince them that there are hard
times here. These pen, who first make 1t
necessary to have the country saved. and
then save it at so much. per save. cannot
realize it. daughter and spplause.) And
yet that is what we have been doing. We
have been having our affairs run by a syndl-
cate And, more humliating than all in
contract made by this government we have
recognized our dependence upon a syndicate.
don't know how you feel about these things,
my friends, but I feel that no government
like ours can afford to admit that 1t is de-
pendent for Its existence upon any syndicate
Of bankers, foreign or domestic, The moment
the government admits that, the government
puts itself in the hands Of these people, who
may charge 1t whatever they please for taking
care Of It. (Applause.)
My friends, l have better way than that
of meeting the conspiracies Of those men.
] believe our troubles come, not so much from
their failure to help, as from their efforts to
paying them to help this government along,
I believe that this government Is great
enough to attend to Its own business and tell
them that II they attempt to raise their hands
against the welfare Of this nation, or to
thwart its policies, all the power of the gov
eminent will be brought to put them down.
attempted to raise his hand against the gov
ernmenR applause and cries Of GOOD,
good.
I kn@y 1t is not pleasant to criticise. And
yet, my friends unless you criticise, how are
the people to understand what is going on?
Unless attention is called, from time to time,
to transactions that have occurred, how are
the people generally to understand the work
1ngs OF the government?
Done for the Financfers.
My friends, for twenty years this govern
ment has administered it's financial affairs
not in the interest of the wealth-produc-
Ing classes, but in the interest of few finan-
ciers who have manipulated our laws on the
money question. (Applause) More than
that. Our treasury officials, instead of com
ing in contact with the great masses of peo-
pie, nave been the recipients Of banquets and
attentions from the men who, having Toasted
them, go down and attend to the affairs of
the government for it. I don't believe that
1t is in keeping with the dignity of this nae
ton, that 1t is in keeping with the dignity
OF the officials Of this nation, that thew
should be receiving these favors from the
men they must control If they intend to
protect this government and the people from
their conspiracies.
You know that when the last bond issue
was ABOUT to be offered the Morgan syndi-
cate was going to take those bonds at about
a dollar-fve and then. when they were sub
mitted to public sale, the Morgan syndi
Sate raised the Bid more than S. 600 600
Would 1t have paid the extra Ave millions
II 1t could have got the bonds at private
SAFE! No, Why did it raise it's bidf Be-
cause 1t had to. More than five millions of
dollars is the amount that that syndicate
would have taken from the taxpayers of this
country if 1t could have done So And vet
within short time after that Morgan syn,
dictate had attempted to get that much money
out OF the taxpayers Of this country the head
OF the syndicate was one of the chosen guests
treasury was being toasted
My friends, | am reminded Of what some
one mas quoted in regard to Cicero. Cicero
is said to have told his son not to engage
IN the retail business, but to engage in the
wholesale business, because he said, the