Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-11
The Brother Hayseeds.
(By J. E. Holter.)

(By j. E. Holter)
Passing out upon the road yesterday
Hayseed was accosted by neighbor
Hayseed in this language:
"You Pops are set Of hybrid kick
ers. What objections do you have to
Secretary Cages currency bill anyhow?
That bill is good, sir, every particular
point of it"
"Well, Tommy, the bill is very good
for banker Gage and his ilk, but it is
very bad for such as you and me-
"Now look here, sir, if you can't
show up in a straight way, without
lodging, why that bill will not protect
the gold reserve and why it is not an
ali round good and patriotic currency
bN eu and the whole gang of you are
p,1t own as set of ounces akin to an
incurable kicking donkey"
"Why, indeed Tommy, we were not
born when Darwin set up his evolution
theory that, guess, accounts for the
missing link. How can you be so ex-
acting anyhow, as to demand of me to
redeem the Pop party from such an
awful predicament?'
"Never mind, sir, if you persist in
blowing horn you take either this or
the other one of the dilemma.
eff I take the first horn Tommy, I
don't think you want to be convinced,
if you did, you would so have been long
ago"
Don't squlrm about, sir, show up
your grist'
.'Look here, then, Tommy, banker
Gage is just like the majority of man
kind, presume, and it is hard for him
to subdue his selfishness, and when
Secretary Gage is in a position to be of
good advantage to banker Gage, it may
come handy to improve the opportunity;
furthermore his guild has set him the
atask-now or when? We also know
THAI Sit has become customary for mem
bs of his guild to hold this particular
pttsS Ion and to vie with each other who
can turn the best trump for the guild"
II don't understand you, sir, what is
to come OF all this?"
"Of this has come banker Cages cur
rency bill, sir, it is not patriotic bill
at all, it is q bill for the bankers guild,
and banker Gage has not been short of
counsel in the framing Of it, Tommy
'You must point out your charge,
sir, if you want me to take credit in it
at ALL"
Really, Tommy, do you not see that
that bill is a trump in the hands of the
money dealer2"
IT do see that it is gold standard
bill, sir, and that is what we want We
are the greatest nation on the face of
the globe and we want the money that
is recognized the best among the great
nations
''You mean the money that is recog-
nized the most profitable to the money
dealer when he has his monopoly estab-
lished''
You fellows talk good deal of
m lonopoly, it is a vague expression; how
Sou make out your monopoly in this
(Haptter?"
''This monopoly is clear and has a
tremendous influence, Tommy. Banker
Cages currency bill, and all the cur
rency bills that have come from that
quarter for late years, provide for the
issue of all paper money by the banks
take the government out of the bank
ing business as they term it-and they
make the government responsible for
these issues by guarantee in debt and
in coin. This coin is sifted down to
gold, and they further provide that the
government shall own no gold. but pro-
cure it from the dealers in gold upon
ter1us suitable to these gold dealers;
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