Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-09
THOUGHTS ON MONEY.

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Banks are more dangerous to the lib
critics of the people than standing arm
ies.-Jefferson.
If the Americans adopt our banking
and funding systems, their liberties are
gone.-Sir William Pitt.
BY the Eternal, we will see which is
to rule-the money power or the peo-
ple!-Andrew Jackson.
Gold is the most useless metal in the
world. Fit only for plugging teeth
and ornamenting foOls.-Dr. franklin.
l have met and conquered all the
allied armies Of Europe, but Englands
paper money sent me to st. Helena
Napoleon |.
The theory of intrinsic value Of
money hus been abandoned by the best
writer's and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Britannica.
Whoever controls the volume of
money Of any country is absolute mas
ter of all industry and commerce.
James A, Garfield.
AYarics says: II will Cypress the
weak and devour the fruits of his la
bors and will say it is fate that has SO
ordained.
Bank paper must be suppressed, and
the circulating medium must be re-
stored u the nation, to whom it be-
lonOs -1shomaa TaffarsOn
The bank is the union of the govern
ment and the money power-a union
far moro dangerous than church and
state.-JOhn c. Calhoun.
The present system of finance robs
labor, gDrges capital, makes the rich
richer aud the poor poorer, and turns
republic into an aristocracy of CAPT.
Wendell Phillips, in 1870.
Anything upon which the govern
ment places its stamp and declares it a
full legal tender in payment of ell
debts and taxes is money; no matter
what the material may be.-Henry
Clay.
be)leTe the struggle now going on in
this country, and in other countries,
for single gold standard, will, If sue
cessful, produce widespread disaster,
in the end, throughout the world
James G.. Blaine.
Man is the 0nIy animal on earth that
will quietly suffer for food among
plenty. He is the only one whose
brain Is so small that he will see his
tender offspring suffer with cold where
there is plenty of material to keep him
Warm.-Inter Mountain Advocate.
If government contract debt with
a certain amount Of money in circula-
ton, and then contracts the money vol
ume before the debt is paid, it is the
most helnous crime that government
can commit against the people.-Abra-
ham Lincoln.
My friends, unless our children
have more patience and courage than
saved this country from slavery, re-
publican institutions will 60 down be-
fore moleyed corporations. Rich men
die, but corporations are immortal.
They are never afflicted with disease.
In the long run they are bound to win
with legislatures.-We Phillips.
Place the money power in the ha lds
of a combination of a few individuals
and they by expanding or contracting
the currency, may raise or sink prices
at pleasure, and by purchasing when
at the greatest depression, and selling
when at the greatest elevation, may
command the whole property and in
dustry Of the community. The bank
ing system concentrates and places
this power in the hands of those who
control 1t. Never was an engine in
vented better calculated to place the
destinieB of the many in the hands Of
the few.-John c. Calhoun.
Eyes, we may all congratulate our
selves that this cruel war is nearing
close. 1t has cost vast amount OF
treasure and blood. The best blood OF
the flower of American youth has been
freely offered upon our country's altar
that the nation might live. 1t has been
indeed, trying nOuf LOT the repuDnci
but see in the near future a crisis ap-
preaching that unnerves me and causes
me to tremble for the safety of my
country. AS a result Of the war, COR
porations have been .enthroned, and in
era Of corruption in high places will
follow, and the money power of the
country will endeavor to prolong its
reign by working upon the prejudices
of the people until all wealth is aggre-
gated in a few hands and the republic
is destroyed. feel at this moment
more anxiety for the safety of my coun-
try than ever before, even in the midst
Of the war. God grant that my sus-
picion may prove groundless. -
Abraham Lincoln.