Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-22

presidents and secretaries. Z his world
of fictitious commerce brOOds over the
world of trade. It's influence extends
into the world of trade. II se-Zes upon
trade and commerce Itself by reaching
! into the sources Of the worlds supply 10
/ stamp its fictitious values upon actual
commodities in order that hey too may
be subjected to the purposes OF TIE game
anc promote the fictitious enterprises OF
/ the PLAYERS.
Among The vo-ar.es Of this gambling
world money mas come Jc Be treated not
7 merely as a medium of gambling eX-
/ changes; but il has even been converted
in.o a species Of commodity, Itself TO be
bought and sold on margins and to be
subjected 10 TIE tiuc uat.0ns in the prices
of me pseudo-c0mmOdiiie which con-
stitute Me gamblers stock in trade
Now. the business Of the world. the
I legitimate interchange Of the products
Of l2bor, is dependent upon the money
supply. By so much as the money sup
/ ply is controlled by he gambling world;
/ by so much IS the legitimate business
Of the world thus controlled. II gam
blers have all The money 10 play with,
{ business men have none 20 do business
with.
Whatever makes II easy for the gam
/ bling world 20 obtain and maintain con-
troll Of the money supply. make l. the
| more dihcult TO transact the business OF
the trading world. and makes the trading
world the more readily suhjec ed to the
world Of speculation. Of fictitious and un-
certain and nucWating prices; to the
cOrnerjng Of markets and the creation
OF fictitious values, 10 mutations, c0llap-
/ ses and panics.
NO one can doubt that the commerce
should be freed from The influence and
control Of the gamblers. To accom-
plsh this absolutely. would be doubtless
/ smpacticable; but whatever goes to
! make it difficult for any class of men
! to secure control O; the money of the
! world, tends 10 restore money to its prop
or uses and 10 turn trade 20 lis natural
flow
TO make al money from a single
, metal. simplfies the gambling PROPOSE
. Non. To conJro! the money Of the world
{ il Is necessary merely TO secure control Of
the gold Of the world. A few shrewd
/ financiers can combine and readily ac-
/ complish this. Note mere .he fac, that
/ in June 1896. nine Of The foreign banks
/ (0f Europe held gold 10 the amount of
/ S1.557 .3S5 0ur of the three and one
/ half billions Of the entire world. Bu' 10
is by no means as easy to corner the sup
/ ply Of both sold ana silver. Ii is more
| than
TWICE AS DIFFICULT
to corner the worlds supply of the two
! metals as it is of the one. Therefore,
/ il follows that mo characterization of ST.
| yer will tend to weaken. if not 20 des-
I troy, the control of the money gamblers
over legitimate trade.
you will have observed how far re-
moved in aims and purposes are the
I two worlds, that Of legitimate trade and
I commerce. and that of gambling and
4 speculat.On-hCw beneficen, he one and
how malignant the other Yet they both
/ look 10 money and depend upon money
for the successful promotion Of their en-
/ terFrisss and projects. They are hes
/ tile forces they are spirits, the one Of
/ good and the other Of evil, cOn,ending
! for the mas cry Having gathered un-
/ der control the money If The world, The
/ malignant influence Of the gambling
spirit is fel. throughout every avenue
of commerci and of social intercourse.
"This Is not new condition of things.
/ We read in the scriptures that in the
/ days Of Christ the money changers (the
stock brokers and the gambiers) .nv3d-
/ ed and took possession Of The sacred tenn
nit itself That they were driven cat
and their tables overturned by the in
digrant Christ, who, although he him
/ self came to destroy the temple in order
/ 10 rebuild il. nevertheless could not en-
dure that such people should be installed
4 even in the Old structure, though il had
/ itself become unf- for the spiritual uses
/ TO which It had been dedicated for 50
long
I'VE have thus been led up to a consid-
/ GRAFTON of the fact that the money Of
the world as ii now eXiss has been
drawn from the avenues Of trade into
! the control of the great gamblers, the So
called fnanc-ers. the money dealers and
| speculators. and SO far as lie world Of
| commerce. the merchants, the manufac-
/ turers. the laborers. The producers. the
actual workers IN the legitimate fields
4 of human enterprise and industry are
EeDandeut upon hose who control the
money suppiy-upon Wall Street and
/ Lombard Street, as the common phrase
/ has It.
There has perhaps been no general
/ condition of slavery which N every
! phase and feature might be said 10 be
absolutely visions or which at every
/ n1rp has presented an evil aspect. There
were some KIND masters before the war,
! and there were slaves who were happy
| in their bondage and all people were
nor slaves. So there are many who feel
! q kindly glow streaming out from those
centers from which radiate the infiu-
! en,as Of the so-called money power.
/ And all -he people are not in bondage or
deDerdent wholly upon the masters OF
/ The world Of finance. Doubtless The
/ money changers who sat in he temple
/ were. some of them, very good men, ara
/ respected among their fellow c.lZens.
/ And of the brokers and the bankers and
! +be oDerators on the boIrses OF the world
/ to-day. many Of them arc ranked among
/ The re-necsabIe members Of society.
Pint condition or n money system
which permits The money OF the world
tc be
MANIPULATED AND CONTROLLED,
contracted or expanded. BY anybody or
particular class Of men for their private
ends is an insuffera5le evil; and the
! money supply Of this nation being IN
der the control Of such influences. the
nation itself is in danger Of serY.ude
(which mus, ultimately. if not thrown