The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-08

never be. The imperial bank OF ttus
sia has issued $500, 900. 900 out OF noln
ing and the car, an ally or Ihe DaH
has captured and %cornered !,
Germany has issued Sfeo.''v.vVV
paper: France 500. 600. 0oO, EHs
about 5000, 000, 600 and AmeI4l' 20 ooo
sued $3.50. 900. 900 in greenbacks' Sio.'ooo'
o0O in hank notes-more than S4'VVV'--
600. 600 which did not cost a do.ar -
labor. thrust upon the people lhe -
terest going to a selected feN-oNei ~
times greater than all the GOLD anu ~
ver-aristocracy in absolute pNzsts9L
Of the money Of the world. We ave
asked TO adopt the policy OF Ehsidnu
and we have initiated her course w
giving the banks the power 70 ISSUE
90 per cent. Of this bonds when they
hold. We have yet been able TO Keep
silver i'm circulation. but We are threat
ened with further limitations OF Eng
and's policies. If we give the banks
the power to coin our money, we give
them the power to take the govern
ment by the throat. Therefore the ques-
ton that comes to us ~ wheth-
er we are TO continue n system tnat
creates n money trust. II we continue
10 demonetize silver. and there ~ no
way TO break the trust. who is TO nave
the benefit Of the labor? The faVor-
ites-those whose returns are in the
form OF dividends. We are now con-
fronted with the question as to wheth-
CT We will establish the national bank
ing system and put the banks in power.
II So, the boys of this country VIII
learn to worship that power as the
youth Of England worships the bank
of England: il Will be forgotten that
men were once equal and that the
money of the country was coined from
labor and came from the ground.
THE policy Of favoritism must cease;
mankind must be permitted to take
from the ground the medium Of ex-
change; all men must be permitted TO
arm themselves with the medium of
exchange from the ground. No gov
eminent of the aristocracy can be per-
~petuated If you give the masses the
power to arm themselves with the
medium of exchange taken from the
ground. Coin is therefore the money
for the masses, as II is produced by
their labor, while paper is only main
tained by the aristocracy. You car
all see that the banks are continually
asking for the power to enable then
to create money out of nothing. W.
produced in 1889 500, 900. 600 in silver and
gold-S33, 900, 900 of gold and $50, 900, OO'
silver. This came from an investmen
of 1926. 900. 900 in mines. They paid on
for operation S66. 900. 900 and for labor
alone s4S, 900, 900 leaving only $3.50 0 .0o
net.
II do not discuss this question r
any partisan standpoint. | try to dis
cuss It with a view Of its infiuenc
and power in u country. not as tn
politicians who discuss IL on the basi
OF prices, markets, etc. We canno
maintain this republic and our lbert'
unless we allow men TO coin none
from their labor, and this we shall dc
Speaking as a freeman | say that I
less than FIVE years this country WI
be rs 70 l or fight, for liberty is a
stake. (Applause)
This country has had 1875 years 9
liberty and the masses stand PATENT
waiting. believing that through the
vote the policy will be changed nt
they will not permit their labor to SIN
70 the level of that OF Europe Tn
great mass Of the people mus Vo'
their convictions, and the nation o
its vote, will correct the create
d~nancier. Let us hope the pessimls'
who have predicted disaster have NJ
! taken into consideration the great a.
! sire of the people to lift up maj
kind