The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

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all OF Wall Street. One breath of his
immortal spirit is mightier than the
whole Rothchilds family. The wealth
producers are greater than the wealth
accumulators. Wealth producers, as
rule, are honest. Wealth accumu-
lators may be honest and may not.
II mere gatherers of wealth and not
producers, they are more likely to be
dishonest than honest. The hum blest
newer of wood and drawer OF water
is more sacred to the nations lie
than millions Of gold and silver direct
ed to the ends of legalized plumber
and wrong.
The sources of wealth are more
sacred than wealth itself. Men are
greater than money. This is a strug-
gle between men and money,
The confidence | would see restored
is confidence in the people. the source
not alone Of all wealth, but Of the
nations life. IS
The life is more than meat and the
body mere than raiment. 1t was to
this source Of national life that Lin
coin turned in the thick darkness OF
our national distress, and the plain,
loyal sons of toll came to the defense
OF home and liberty at his call. And
at the very time these brave and
fearless defenders of our flag were
pou ing out Their blood on Southern
battle fields, the Shylocks of the
country were taking their pound OF
flesh from the nations heart; and
the Shylocks are not yet all dead.
The cause of true liberty has ever
looked in vain to the mon y lending
and gold gambling classes. As we'll
look for the motto Liberty, equality
and fraternity" in golden letters up
on he black flag that flies above the
pirate ship as to look to Wall Street
for the nations deliverance.
It's instincts are informal, it's throne
is satanic, and it's waves the wither-
ing wand Of famine over a land fertile
in all that makes nation great.
1t is said that emergencies some
times makes men, and this is true
Out of the night of civil conflict came
heroes, statesmen and generals who
were the children OF poverty and OBJ
security, and out Of this conflict he
tween humanity on the one hand and
greed, avarlce and opre 1sion on the
other, will come men from the pla n
people, brave enough and courageous
emo ,gh to plant the flag Of truth and
right upon the watch-tower of true
and lasting liberty.
1t is impracticable and would "
out of place at this time to enteri nto
anything like a thorough discusslo'
or analysis of the great question
which occupies the public mind. This
is convention of men who believe
gold and silver to be the money
our cons tuition; indeed, as James
Blaine said: '.The money otthe world
anterior to the constitution" NJ
argument is necessary to convince
you of the righteousness OF the peo
pies cause. A few brief suggestions.
however, may not be out of place.
For number of years, beginning
with 1872 and down to the present
time the financial system of the
world has undergone a radical and
most revolutionary change. resultin
in the almost complete retirement OF
that met al which constituted nearly
one half of the circulating medium OF
the world.
So far as our own legislation of 1873
was concerned, | believe 1T to have
been inadvertent. The United State.
was then on a paper basis looking
towar resumption of specie pay
ment, and it seems to have made
gold the standard almost uncon-
sciously, although silver at the time
had greater bullion value than gold.
This concerted action of many lea :
ing nations of the earth in demone-
tizing silver came about during a
series of years in which the world :
population was increasing and the
natural and healthy demand of bust
ness required an increase, rather than
a decrease OF the volume of money.