Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-29
GOLD AND MONEY"
Howthe Two Terms Grew to he synony-
mous-A Brief But Interesting History.
A HISTORY. on MONEY.

mous-A Brief But Interesting History.
A HISTORY OF MONEY.
To the Editor of the Register.
The idea that money is anything
especially valuable in itself as a COM
modify is one of pure ignorance and
fallacy. II is as false as many other
opinions that are entertained. Where
ever the idea has been acted on it has
! resulted In evil 10 the community. Men
might just as we'll have taken up
Ike false notion about any other in
Strument necessary to society, and by
getting laws made in conformity there
with. have done as much evil In fact,
such an idea once before was taught
10 the people about religious faith
that il was a precious, saleable cOmmo-
d.ty, held in the treasury of the church
and could be sold out in bills OF pardon
and indulgence. For centuries it was
a belief. Mahomet denOunces it in the
Koran as early as the eighth century.
II spread and lasted till Luthers time.
Mobility OF blood was another false
belief. Patents were sold to rulers
money made out of the false idea.
Money, the great instrument of eX-
changesis now falsely believed to be
precious commodity. Let us see.
Here IS the origin Of lawful money.
People used to pay taxes in kind. that
| IS, they paid in grain, cattle, services,
/ etc, 70 save the vast cost of this meth
cd. Rulers just made tokens of wood
or metal, stamped a value on them. and
/ gave them to their soldiers, recruiters.
contractors. pensioners, with orders TO
/ go and collect Their own dues. ANY,
| one can see that these tokens were not
] valuable in themselves, except as or
/ derS on subjects 10 pay taxes. Every
| body owes the government, aHd it owes
/ almost everybody. But as corruption
| and luxury grew at courts, goldsmiths
who furnished jewels to the kings.
/ queens and nobility, and 10 whom the
I rulers were ever in debt, did not Ike
7 % take these clumsy bil,etS and wedges.
Z later called bills and coins. because
/ they had 10 sell them to exporting mer-
{ chants az a discount. They wanted
| only gold 10 make jewels out of, hence
/ they used all their influence to get the
/ tokens made Of sold and silver. Any
/ one can see that there was no need TO
make them out of anything valuable
no more than 10 make a bank check out
/ Of a gold or silver plate. bench the
/ greenbaCk. But something over a hun
. f~eH fhor-, lou hoo
/ ed old Hebrew. He was a jeweler and
/ also a lender of money 10 a German
1 emperor. He was a very crafty old
| fellow. He saw that the people had
( got The notion that money is gold. He
/ saw how powerful and necessary money
was. and that whoever mastered gold
f mastered the world. He knew he could
+ not boss the gold mines of the world,
bu- he studied the method used to gath
err gold and learned that quicksilver
. was absolutely necessary TO gather
gold. Without t very little gold can
IT, procured. He also learned that
there was very little quicksilver to be
had anywhere but at one mine in Spain,
and some little at a mine in Austria.
So he got the government TO lease 10
him for a period of ninety-nine years
an The mines. with privilege to renew.
Then the old man became master Of the
world. So long as he lived and people
believed In gold as money He left a
great fortune 70 his sens, and he made
it all in a few years after he got this
mastery of gold. This was about A. d.
1880. His sons soon loaned nearly five
hundred millions In gold TO different
governments. This crafty old Jews
sons are the Rcthschilds. and they con-
troll the California quicksilver, and 50
very jealous are they lest some great
/ discovery OF quicksilver be made they
. have agents wherever mines are being
found. They own the most choice con-
/ SANITY maturing bonds, Of course, or
else they night become bankrupt them
/ selves. Very few people know this, al
least in the ranks OF labor, because
| those who do know il are the last TO
disclose il. But it gives the house OF
( RO,hSch.lds a terrible power, in fact,
J they are the financial dictators to the
nations of the world. For instance 1t
did not suit them that too much gold
should leave England TO pay for Amer
lean Gotten in 1857. Cotton at that
time was bringing sixteen cents, so
| they jus, called on us here for $4,000
goo IN gold at the very time when they
knew general bankruptcy must follow,
and every house closed, and cotton,
which was at that time the staple pro-
duct of America. fell 10 six cents. II IS
foolish in us 10 pin our faith TO other
peoples unless We derive some benefit.
The tillers of the soil and the producers
OF all wealth can not expect anything
bv 9inn.ng their faith to the money
lenders. single standard men. The
gold folks say gold is money, because
law makes it so. Very true, We Shy
lock. as national bank or bondhOlder,
cOrruptiOniSt, cOnsp.ratOr and all
around anarchist of wealth, then why
not something else money because Of
law. YOU know that law makes the
money. | think Henry Clay said some
good things. He was very happy in
his exr-essions when he was not inter-
estqd contrary. 1t was this; Any
thing is money the government VII
receive for taxes" That drives the
nail 10 the head, no use for a second
clout. Why? Because everyday owes
the government and the government
owes almost everybody. As creditor
and debtor Il just overshadows all per-
sons and things. What a slave the
government makes Of itself and of you
and me by just declaring a single com
modify 10 be money because few Shy
locks bids it 70 do so. What did our
forefathers make this government for?
To run US in debt and make whatever