The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-10-03
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Bob Ingersoll q being advert!sesd A. 4 !. III
inley ana the gold stat, ara III sI lItl
|sw al. somewhat painfrl 10 his friends Wl ".
knew him to have been opposed to the gold
isl dard, and to have warm sympath 1tees
lnFith the masses. " Like Thurstor1, Btittsr,,
worth, IL. *. Davis, II. M. Wye 81, 5all athN
restt.Who have been destroyed before tns
people by proofs Of theirsglarfng inconsiss-
tencies, now rises the cold type on FopS
Bob, WHO made q speech in the Ian &c
ek-eningtof May ~, 1892 In which he said q.
1T being at the close OF his lecture On
!. Myths and Miracles. Just before clos
Ing. says the report, Col. 1ngersoll. SAID III
'fi''I said would say one or two WORDS
tonight On such vulgar Things as gold an
tSsilVet.t',1 ain as satisfied as am that
.I3 Hive 4that the few--thes few. who controi
the debts the currency, the money Of the
world --haXe, combined either conscfou ~
or .unconsciously, to make the debtor pay
more, than the creditor has the right 70
ask, III LIZ, S,i,. ,,s.s,
VI THE BURDENED POOR. 5. q
1.-THE tendency has always been In TINS
world to put the burdens on those ieaAt
ablss TO. bear them. In barbarian counT
tries the women have to do the work SIM
ply because they are the weaker---that Y
ali. And the others, being the stronger.
90 not expend their strength in Workin8
but expend their strength in making th n
weaker do the work.
'*'Tnisris precisely the same in our CIV
i1ized, society today. Between the rlcn
ard ,the, poor, If the burden is to be poIns
in this. country, it is borne always ~ tn e
""triey Are the first to suffer. Let The
blast OF war blow in this country, VINO l
goes to the. war? The millionaire! Not
l.
corpogations? The banksrs?' Tne men
who preside c.vsr our great Yauits 9!
gold? Not much! The poor go because
nine tirnes out of ten the poorer the man "a
is the more patriotic he seems 20 ps. Imp
podrtbaarthe burdens Of this country, ana
OF this world:
=, Dnly-a few years ago our money We
gold and silver-money that had been the
money .,of man for thousands OF years;
Our silver was demonetlZed ana EO1Q
made the Standard.
'"'''There Is no man In the United states
WITH ingenuity enough to account eI Ior me e
onetization of silver In 1873. There ID
not one. We need altogether more money
than we have. How much have we Sotl
-Four s0r live hundred millions In silvert
four or Ave or six in gold--six hundred
millions; maybe, altogether. Let me snow
yOu,i.t. ii -. H. l&g
last year the farmers of America
raised, Of corn, wheat and oats. over
81, 500 100000 worth. and got the money.
Sixteen hundred millions dollars. just In
ccrn wheat and oats--over $500, 100000 In
corn, over $500, 100000 in wheat. just think
Of lit Sixteen hundred millions dollars,
not counting beef, pork, or petroleum., or
.cotton. or any Of the manufactured ar
ticles Of this country.
Sixty-1ve millions OF people, the
most active, the most energetic, the most
progressive people in the world-on the
face of the globe.
eve need twice as much money per
capita to do the business OF this country
than is needed to do the business OF any
other country, and yet there is always
somebody that Is crazy for fear there.
will be more currency. !. want Just All
silver is gool enough for me. All want
of money is to pay my debts. Yes, sir;
and l want the law to compel the other
fellows to take what take. That ID
good enough for me.
"a Now they talk about hard times. Well
we never have had money enough, as a
matter of fact. But in good times every
prosperous man initiates the currency. He
goes down to the grocer and says: Il
want IS worth of tea, or coffee, or sugar;
charge it. He has inflated the currency
IS. He buys a horse Of a neighbor and
gives him a note for 500. He has estab-
hshed a. letter Of credit and inflated tho
currency that much. When prosperous,
every mans mouth is a mint, just coin-
ing money. &t
"'Then we had good times. Then these
bankers get together, with the money
you deposit they loan it-your money, not
theirs. They never loan out their own.
Then comes panic. Then you go to your
grocer and say charge it, and he says
he won't. Then there comes what is
called hard times. There is a much mon
ey as there was before, but there never
was enough money, and I do think the
less money the more misery.
THE BANKERS-THE RICH FELL
LOWS"
. In this country. as in every other. it Is
the medium Of exchange.
"I believe that every ounce of silver
THAT'S dug under the American flag
flag. In my country they are mostly on
the other side. They are with the bankers
with the rich fellows. They ger to-
gether and say we want gold. A man
makes a contract to pay certain moneys
in five years. I want q law SO that he
cam pay the money when the contract
comes DUE, with the money that was
money when he made the contract. ! do
not think the few should have the right
to combine to increase the value Of what
people call money as against the debtor
and IN favor Of the creditor.
hllOW lAloSL pSOpIS tIllllh IL requires
much more honesty to be ready to receive
the money than it is to work In rain,
STOW and ,sleet to earn money. They
think anybody could do that. And know
another; thing about money. 1t is the;
most social stuff on earth. A dollar hates
poor mans pocket and will get out OF
It some way and 1t will just roll OFF into
vault with lot of companions.
g, 1T is the most social thing in the
world But want the free coinage of all
the gold you can dig out of the mines and
crevices Of the rocks and want the
free coinage of all the silver you can Win
from the mines of America. (Applause)
And. If there are those who are not VIII
ing to- take silver we will not trade with
them. It would be thousand times bet
ter, fol, us II we never bought another
thing from Europe If we could only rst
here all the things we want ourselves
what smart people we would have. If you
manufacture you will grow intelligent
and rich.,.. The farmer that sells corn gets
fooled but If he sells horses, hogs and
cattle he gets rich. If he raises wheat and
simply sells it as such he won't get much
money, but If he sells 1t as wedding cake
Or pancake he will get rich
+ :. In other words, the more thought YOU
give to, your labor the smarter you viii.
be and the richer you will get. l want
America to be indepense Sent Of any other,
nation on the globe n 4!
}ss'S'''ss si A NJ other's Com ogalnt.
When you're gone, avourneen deeltsh, how
~, will !, live here alone?
on t1!. my heart will burst asunder when my