The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-01-29
What Shall we do to be savedl
Editor ocala Banner:

EultoT Ocala Banner;
The adage that fools must learn by
experience, may be improved by ad-
ding that the wise lnsy learn by the
same.
That system that hegets million-
air, and paup r.; that IN u few hou 3
plunges men into the IA ~ ; of puverty;
that DESTROYS the order of business
AMI pradu es widespread idleness,
want and woe, i safe AMI wise sys-
tenn is the langu ge Of the fool, be he
E yer So learned
Ocal, has htd three such expert
ences; Will he people learn?
Why should the production, ex-
change and cor sumption of life's nee
ssiti aud comior depend upon a
system fraught wi b such deadly
powers of evil, when 10y the adoption
of simple, natural principle they
may he secure?
Suppose the people of Oeala and the
country tributary, should join in pro-
viding "a suitable depository for their
various products, appoint an agent to
issue them and empower him to issue
certificates of deposit redeemable in
any of the various articles deposited?
What is the matter with such local
medium of exchange? Are not the
things deposited ample security for
the token or certificate of deposit?
and if it is secure why not negotiable? 4?
People do not consume money. It's
only Legitimate use is to procure things
consumable or useful.
Any thing that will take the surplus
products of people and safely effect
their exchange is "sound money!" and
what is more safe or effective than
simple token of things offered in eX-
change for things.
TO the monopolist, the speculator in
a medium of exchange, this would be
quite unsound, but are such persons
Though very respectable, generally
excellenD really T'sound" citizens?
They toll not, neither do they spin, yet
they manage to get all the good things
of life in excessive abundance, while
the producer of things pines in want
of them. Do wise people do this?
It is true that no people can pro-
duce all the things they want, but
Ocala can produce many things that
it must have.
Now suppose-having adopted this
plan-that they use the profits accrIl-
ing from their exchange to build up
and extend business.
mention few adapted to this To-
cality, lviz; Tobacco in its various
forms, canning fruit, etc, broom MAX
ing, starch, fertilizers, wood products,
oil products, cotton seed, peanuts, cat
tie raising, tannery, shoe-making, etc.
All these are practicable, and as
fast as they are put in operation they
act as does compound interest to in
crease profits and build up or extend
| others.
1t would require many idle hands
to operate these, and the busy hands
would require food, clothing, shelter
and some luxury, thus increasing the
demand for things, which would in
| crease the production of things, thus
employing more idle hands to pro-
ducers, and therefore consume dd in
.tinitum.
One successful example would teach
others, and it is not a violent stretch
of the imagination to see like move
ment at every county seat.
In all the local exchanges of all
these products, of labor or service IN
producing them, not penny of legal
tender money would be required, and
much of the distant exchanges coulc
| be made without it.
San Francisco, California, has
. large wholesale branch of the labo
exchange. They offer to exchaDg
| carloads of dried fruits, honey, etc.
| for cigars, moss and mattresses. 81
Paul, Mimi, offers flour for same, an
Philadelphia offers groceries, DIR
> goods, hardware, ETC., for our Florid
" moss, vegetables, tobacco and othe
. products.
Before me lies report of the Va
lev City branch of the labor exchant
l, in Santos valley, California. TW
u years in operation; 500 peorle eI
d Gagged: S250000 in certificates issue
Sc and the'per capita of heads OF fam
lies stand at about $500.
u A large Touring mill, a packil
'u house. knitting works, clothing fact
=, nv and brick making are its chief
81 dustries, and their certificates OF
oh posit command premium.
The third quarterly report of bran
ify s4, Ashtabuia, Ohio, gives 81 ,229 to
est assets. This, in nine months, iron
ng few cooperative ex-idlers.
,ue The story of the thirteen weaver'
Rockdale, England, who began
Sf2O. now with 1000 stores, factor
om, shops, ships AID "a business of mill!
nd annually, is familiar.
re. The question is, will i'e"i,,1 oa,,
5Ir If not the rod muss 90 i's "o'N.
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