Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-16
TWELVE PAGES
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 1e. 1879.
THE GOVERNMENTAL TRUST
AND COMBINE.

The virginian- Pilot desires to impress
upon it's readers some important truths,
for their benefit and that of the public;
and it intends to do 1t. If 1t is forced
to that continual repetition which
Shakespeare calls "damnnble iteration"
BY line upon line, preccpt upon precept,
and example and Illustration piled high
upon each other, like drone that vexcs
the dull ear of n drowsy man, until we
fix attention, and cause even the most
needless to hear, heed and understand,
Iteration after iteration; restoration in
Te-doubled re-iteratiOn all this may be
as smoke that initiates the eyes; but 1t
makes men conclude that there must
be some fire where there is so much
smoke: THEY THEN INVESTIGATES
FOR THEMSELVES; DISCOVER
THE DANGER AND ARE SAVED
FROM DISASTER. Even so docs con-
tinual dripping penetrate the stone, and
80 is bread cast upon the overlooking
waters of the Nile. ito return after
many days"
There was much corn in Egypt"
! ny lltc UuTHOnS, Dull the DtO-
pie of Israel were starving with famine;
and so 1t Is to-day with us,-great
stores Of money in our Egypts. held by
the Pharaohs, while we are cXhorted
to rejoice in our paupcrism at the sight
of the boarded riches at which we are
only allowed to "point.'-as the starry
ing Irish are said to have done as they
ate their scant potatoes and could only
afford to point at the little pot OF
butter or small bit OF meat, that gar
nished the feast for ornament, and not
for use. So, 1--WE. the people of the
United States" with plenty of gold, sill
yer and currency "in sight" are de-
pr!ved of the use of it all by demonetl-
cations, Withdrawals. restrictions, reg
ulations and conditions that make lis
poor indeed" while our Pharaohs deal
US game of faro that ruins u.s. Gold
is beyond us--too high for us TO reach;
Just as we cannot afford to- wear silk.
or satin, or live on poundcaltc; our
Treasury issues are to be withdrawn
and to be re-issued only for gold: ma
tional bank-notes we cannot obtain at
all directly. because we cannot give the
security required, and we get them only
indirectly, in small quantities, ut tho
usnrious rates of to 20 per cent. in
tcrcst on mortgages; the coinage OF sill
yer, which was once free and unlimited
to u.s. was taken from us by the Bank
ing Combine over a quarter century
ago. and now silver coin itself In spite
of the U. S. Constitution is to be de-
monetized
All is to be gold, gold, gold, or our
own bank-notes at to 20 per cent in
terest, as our only currency, though we
FURNISH THEM TO THE BANKS
FOR NOTHING! Nor, under the new
currency bill, Is there to be dollar for
the people that has not "a string tied
TO It," Our only primary money is TO
De gold alone, at least sixteen times TOO
valuable for use; OF denominations too
large for general circulation and ey-
change, even in certificates, eked out
ny bank-note currency, CONSISTING
s really OF our own Treasury issues, fur,
nlshed the banks free, gratis, though
we are forced to use them at a cost ia
US OF from to 20 per cent. per annum.
There are said to be s225, 900, 900 of these
{ bank.n lo! now In circulation, costing
the people at least 10 per cent. year,
Z or s22,6oo,ooO. annually; and annual
{ charge, when the greenbaclss and other
Treasury notes are withdrawn and sill
yer dollars demonetlzed. will amount to