Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-11-04
BANKS,
.,rruER WITH FREE COIN
'o AGE OF SILVER,
on,rklv Rid Us of WALK street
xuls. Low Prices for Ear" '
!. peoplc and Hard Times.

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-. s;ne,c gold standard must go.
.ho real cause Of all our woes, OF
= our wants. of all our misery ana OF
~ ~ o,,r poverty. AS we arc TO-DAY we
go the worst currency laws OK any
la '.,,;,ed nation on the globe. AS
,,.,o laws now stand on the statute
. s.oss they are mere financial pia"-
's,,os for the bankers, the money
'anders and the Wall street syndicates'
,ra they play battle-door and shuttle
,oor with the financial treasures OF thc
aation while poverty stalks through
tbe land.s
70 We had the free coinage OF gold
md silver and all the paper currency
,ssued by the government. and banks
sstablished by the government for the
,.s Of the people, we would soon be ria
!, Wall street gambling. low prices
nv all the farmer has to sell, idle peo-
ule and hard times. The hundred mil
ions Of silver our mines would then
produce would be converted into
money for the use Of our own people
in place Of being sold. as at present. TO
London Jews to speculate with IN
Asjatic countries. Our silver product
would be worth twice its present val
ne In the worlds markets. and all our
products would rise with it rs they
have fallen in price with silver's de-
monetization and fall in price.
Government banks would relieve the
|treasury Of the millions OF money
stored in the vaults and taken out of
Circulation. which helps to beat down
prices and cripple business. The taxes
follected by the government would be
placed In its bank on deposit and be
kept in circulation, as the deposits OF
Ihe people are kept in circulation. The
bficers of the banks would be paid as
bther officers in It's employ are paid.
bnd no stockholders to divide inter-
est among, which is wrung from the
business-doing people under the pres
fnt private corporation banking sys-
lem. The government banks would
insure safety to the depositors, who
pre- now at the mercy Of thieves, who
FOB them frequently.
/ There could no financial panics &C.
fur under system OF government
banking. No money would be loaned
pn doubtful security, or to finance"
speculative enterprises, and the vol
lme OF currency would keep pace with
he demands Of legitimate business,
llways enough to meet that demand.
kauged by the security offered to war
ant the payment of loans at maturity
he millions, aye, hundreds OF millions
pf interest that 50 into the bankers
lll would be left in the pockets Of the
people, the government charging only
ufficient to defray the expense Of con-
ucting the business, which would be
bout one-half of one per cent.
our modern silk-hatted gentry. who
ollect interest from the toiling public,
nd watch every mans financial con-
ltion, order him how to vote and
haperon him in every election cam
aign, would soon be out OF job and
you'd have to seek some other en-
loyment or starve.
with government banks in place OF
uf present system of private banks,
aiied national banks" the people
ouid save nearly all the interest they
ow are robbed OF in the course of
usiness; the corners that are now run
Y money would be prevented, and no
pore rot would fill the daily papers
|oout sound money" and the danger
us greenback," that one weak point
our finances" The bankers asso-
ations. which meet at short intervals
Ietween to discuss money and tell
er audience and the newspapers that
nalf dozen "financiers" with a ma
pine called bank can issue far bet
Z and "sounder" paper currency
ian the government, would soon be a
ping of the past.
we would get rid Of the nauseating
~ which these gentlemen utter over
per VINE and cigars. The money
position OF this country will never he
Fetied until it is taken out of the
fnds OF these gentlemen who have be-
pme the bunco steerers of the nation.
|aey now have bill in the house
nich Is the grandest and most auda-
(ouS ounco bank bill ever concocted.
proposes to take charge OF the busi-
tes OF the country and direct every
LES both government and people.
Ilais Dill which the bankers have
Pi',ed on to the Republican party and
que sponsor for it. is the most in
[mous ever devised by the plunder-
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