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of finance and public economy in
fringes on the question of human rights.
And as moral principles depend for
their power to make vivid and lasting
impressions, on religious sanctions, 1t
must follow that those schools in which
the ethics of Christianity cd a place,
are best studied to teach the rights
and wrongs of financial policies and
economic systems"
Il takes no keen insight to say what
kind of financial teachings the Amerl
can Bankers Association proposed for
these schools to be established in col
Ieges, by gifts Of one hundred thousand
dollars each, and for which church
colleges were to be preferred. Another
of the numerous letters from college
presidents, published in the same
pamphlet, with approval, says, that
every college should have an endowed
school of finance under the providence
of the American Bankers Association,
and adds, Wealth could not be better
employed than in the endowment OF
schools of finance" and another says,
1T seems to me they are the most
efficient antidote against heresies on
currency questions 1t is hardly
necessary to point out that these gen,
tlemen deem as ''heresiee, " any theory
concerning currency, taxation, or gov.
eminent, that in any way menaces the
monopoliz alton of capital and natural
privileges.
Thus, as in the scripture parable,
while the people slept, the enemy is
busy sowing tares. As far back as
1890, as this pamphlet shows, the
bankers, aided and Allotted by certain
colleges, were laying deliberate plans
to capture the financial education of
college youth. How far this plan has
been carried out. we do not know, as
the reports on this matter have been
suppressed g nee 1890. We do know that
donations to colleges, and the estab
lishment of financial schools have been
frequent, and announced with intense
l~audatton, as we'll by the newspapers
that are controlled by the money
power as by those that are honest but
deceived as to the real motives Of these
gifts.
The Turkish Janiz aries were Chris
tian boys taken from their parents
wheD vouuC reared and drilled as
Mohammedans, and then used as a
select body of troops to repress the as
pirations for liberty of their own BLOOD.
We want no imitation of that policy
in the colleges of this land Judge
Walter Clark. in the Arena.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The Editors are not responsible for the views
# Correspondence.
HOW THE GOLD DOLLAR WAS
SAVED FROM BECOMING A
Fifty CENT DOLLAR.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The money question Is the most vital
question, for it concern all people
who toll for a living. 1t L. also q sub,
Jet considering its Importance that is
least understood by the masses. Is it
not strange that a sut Get upon which
all progress and civil cation is 80 de
pendent should receive so little atten
tion7 How few Of the millions who
toll in order to produce and distribute
the wealth Of the world have any
knowledge of the deep laid schemes Of
the idle money conspirators that are
planned and carried out with a view
of plundering the multitudesY When
England had committed herself to the
single gold standard in obedience to
the R ID Shield, which we will explain
hereafter, the next step Of the leading
European money lenders was to send
ouT representatives. Of their class, as
commissioners (spies) to ascertain
whether gold or silver promised, at
the American mines the greater yield
of money.
Senator VIM. NJ. Stewart, then a
very young but very active man, aided
their il vestigation, not s~uspecting for
years the real purpose of it. They
found that in the end, gold would
probably be the scarcer metal for coin
age; and on their return to Europe,
the Continental money lenders who
had demonetized gold, faced about, re.
traced their steps and joined hands
with their brotherhood in England, to
procure the characterization of silver.
Thus, and thus alone, was silver
doomed to have it's money function
stolen away by law. and gold was
saved from becoming wEat conspira
tors and their dupes call "a fifty cent
dollar"
On the 18Th OF August, 1876. the cele
brated United States Monetary Com
mission of that year was created, and
on March 2ad, 1877, reported Thu re-
port states, on page II That the
change frcm a movement demonetiz
ing gold to demonetizing silver resulted
from two causes. The first and prin-
cipal n was the discovery that the
~immobility and tenscy Of the English
character made a European union
upon a single metal other than gold
impossible. The second was the
discovery of the Nevada silver mines.
In 1861, the Washoe region, or Com
stock lode, began to attract attention.
In 1865 three thousand silver mining
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VIZ NEEDED NO BOND ISSUE.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
From reports sent out by the N. Y
Stock Exchange, we compile some fig.
ures which SHOULD interest re- ade1s of
The Progressive Farmer. We fad that
the gross receipts Of the Southern Rail
way Company for the first week in
May, 1899 we're $448 551. For the
same time last year they were $4I1 546
sho wing an incre0se of $37 OU5 over
same week last year. Multiply all
these figures BY 50 weeks ?, and you will
find, taking this week as an average
the gross recaiots tor the year viii
reach $23 324 esq an increase Of ST.
925, 800 Y.u think this is prosperity !
Well, let's see again, The gross re-
ceipts in March, 1899 were 81 ia 472.
while for March, 1898 they were 81,
954. ADJ, which shows an increase for
March Of 1922 GAL Now multiply these
figures by II months and O have for
the year, receipts $26 C93 664 and the
increase 81 664 492
Now look at this, and think while
you look, the total valuation of all rail.
road property Of all kinds in North
Carolina for 1898 was f32 525 422 The
income OF the Southern system for n
year averages $25 900 OCO from this.
you will see that fifteen months cern.
ings of this great system will equal the
valuation OF all the railroad property
in this State $685. o. this valuation
80 SOS, 729 or third in round num-
bers, belongs TO the Southern Railroad
System. (5ince the 1898 report was
made from which these figures are
taken, the @ + & Y. V. R abroad has
been taken from the Independent lines
and divided between the Southern and
A. Q. L Systems, the Southern getting
from Sanford west, completely shut
ting @ Greensboro out from comOetition).
But you say what has this to do with
the bond issue2 We simply refer to
this enormous earning capacity of the
Southern System as a whole to intro
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able movement in the direction. the
only direction that leads to that de
sired reformation.
Like the man with the muck
rake, you never raised your EYES
we have dug in the ground end
buried our talent" and cur ears are
deaf and your eyes blind to ell except
the lash of our party boss, who Is
the slave of the corporate power
that has so manipulated efairs
that our lands on an average will not
bring at auction to day more than half
what they would have brought ten
years ago, while the stock in their rail
roads, though doubled by water, will
now bring double per stock what they
sold for ten years ago? Not only this,
remember when funds are needed
bonds must be issued, and the people
must pay the taxes, interest and all,
while the corporations go free.
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companies had been organized in San
Francisco with a nominal capital of
one billion dollars, and with thirty
thousand stockholders. European in
terest was so much excited that the
French Emperor sent a special com
missioner to examine these mines"
In accordance with the interests Of
banks Of issue the distinctively Eng
lish system of issuing credit in place of
money-demonetizstion was first con-
fued to England, aid dates from 1916,
a year after the battle Of Waterloo.
For 10 years before that battle England
had used paper money for war with
Napoleon, as we did in u Civil War,
and for the same reason, metallic
money was utterly impotent to do the
work. England piled up a vast war
debt in bonds and currency, as Was
done in the United States, it being un.
derstood that the debt was to be ulti
mately redeemed" in gold and silver.
Change Alley" as it was called, (the
London Wall street at the time), had
depressed the British war debt, far be
low it's face, just as Wall street and
the bankers did with our debt, from
1861 to 1865. But the battle OF Water
loo was to decide the fate OF B )naparte.
At that time, a German Jew family
had suddenly risen to financial promi.
hence, and had become the bankers of
kings. They had taken a name from
in front of their original pawn shop.
ING erman, Red Shield" is pronounced
''Rote Saeeldt," but in English we call
it Rothschild.
The family of the Red Shield took a
profound interest in the battle of
Waterfowl was the interest Of specu
lators and wreckers who never expose
their carcaseses to the danger of bull
lets or exploding shells, the interest
that the eagle, perched on some safe,
lofty pinnacle, takes in the plumage of
the fish hawk as it rises struggling
with it's prey to bear it away to feed
it's distant offspring. An interest that
cherishes all the selfish emotions of
robbery. A member of the Red Shield
(emblem of blood) was in sight of the
field. What cared he for E1gland's
fateY What patriotic emotions led
him to view the battle at a safe dis
tance7 None He was there for the
purpose of deceiving and swindling
the B 'itish Government and the Eng
Iish people. He was there to carry q
lie in his mouth and heart back to a
grief stricken people. 1t is a matter
of history that he had arranged to
speed secret news "a lie) to London, in
advance Of all other communications,
and the R ID Saield, published the re
port that BonapRrte mad won. Stocks
tumbled down ward to nearly nothing,
all seemed to be lost, government bonds
shrank to the lowest notch and the
next morning EGG and's great debt
was in the pockets OF the Nathan
Rothschild syndicate.
Wellington had saved the honor aud
the crown Of the realm; but the Jew
had captured the wealth Of the king
dom. Forty eight hours after the close
of the battle Of Waterloo, the British
stood pledged to pay its stupen
dous wsr deb in gold and silver to a
teW German Jews. The Red Shield"
controlled its securities, and substan
TALLY controlled a'sO the worlds specie.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
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Do You Want to Go!
Where!
Why to Colorado of
COnHSN-

Where else would a sensible man
seeking a new home want TO go?
COLORADO has the f0esC climate
to be found IN the New World-dry,
thin air and almost perpetual Rnnahine.
II you are seeking health, COLORADO
is the place for you.
COLOR ADO is the finest mining
section III this country-gold. silver.
iron, lead and coal. Thousands upon
thousands Of persons have made for
tunes mining in COLORADO Why
cannot you make a fortune, too?
COLORADO is the q place in this
country where farming is done by ir-
rigation, and the farmer makes his own
seasons and is ure of a good field crop
every year.
COLOR ADO has homes for thou
sands of industrious families, and these
homes can be secured upon very easy
and advantageous terms. d. you
want one OF these homes9
COLORADO will be visited by a
party of North Carolinians during
June of this present year. The party
will go in a body, and ample time will
be given to see the State and its many
advantages. The railway fare will be
80 low that any farmer can afford TO
go.
IT you are thinking of seeking a
home in the West, or elsewhere, write
to either of the undersigned at once.
We want a party Of hundred la
dies and gentlemen to 60 with US to
this land OF perpetual S lnshine.
Call upon or write t o
BAYLU5 CADE.
Raleigo, N @.
or r @ GULLY,
F"aDkIipt0n. N g
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NAME.
The times., 1899-05-26
REVELRIES HELD At
CONVENTION HALL
The Closing Event of the Jubi-
lee Celebration.
A Scene of Bewildering SplendOr
and POmp.
An Evening of Mirth and Pleasure
Under the Reign of II. II. ~
Hay 1.

A blaze of bright color which reflected
and enhanced a great throng of knights
and ladies and courtiers. who in turn com
pleted the splendor of the Kings court and
the Temple OF Momus in Convention Hall
last night. formed the closing scene in
all the grandeur and pageantry Of the
Peace Jubilee. King Rex held sway and
the Queen of Peace was crowned in the
hope that the coronet might remain re-
splendent for all time.
The Jubilee reyelries and the bal masque
which ended the three days of pleasure
were beautiful features. over 5000 people
were present and over one-half Of this
number participated in the general spec
tacular effect
The designer and the decorator had
worked for weeks to attain the result. and
the setting was worthy OF the occasion.
From end 10 end the hall was a summer
sky set with the radiance OF a combined
dawn and sunrise Everywhere twinAled
vari-colored stars, while great arc moons
doomed In silyery sheen from out the drap-
cries Shadngs in pink and blue and
white covered every inch OF the vast arch
ing roof and settings of beautiful banners
and groups OF standards hung in myriads.
The ensemble was a great arched dome
of heaven, lit by morning stars. which
faded before the brilliancy of 4 rising sun.
Festoons OF green and gold. and strings OF
oddly combined lanterns made pretty
trimming, and the scene attracted much
applause and great admiration.
The Crimson Stage.
At either side OF the crimson stage were
the thrones occupied by the King and
The times., 1899-05-26

Court: Mrs. Crossant. Mrs Lewis Miss
Pike. Mrs. Main. Mrs. Bacon, Mrs. Lee.
Mrs Gist Mrs. Morris. Mrs. Lyman, Lady
Clinton. Mrs. Herantu. Miss Green. Mrs
Van Deusen. Miss Fauntleroy. Mrs. Pal
lenger Miss Ballenger. Miss Wilbur. Miss
Morgan. Miss 3. Goodwin, Miss Goodwin.
Miss Keys. Miss Drown. Mrs. William
Stanley, Miss Morris. Miss Fauntleroy
Miss Fauntleroy, Mrs. Craig, Clifford B.
SON. Ralph Hills, \. ~ Clemens. c. v.
Everett. H p. h. Holt, Thomas Merrill,
Charles Muir, c. c. Stouffer, Joseph W.
Butts ]. Speed Smith, and J. b. Brecken-
ridge. The tableau was in charge OF Dr.
T. Ritchie Stone.
Eighth-The American Army in the Bat
tie of ChapultepeC: z. W. Gnon. w. G
Fitch. c. C. Thompson, W. b. Gibbs. G. X.
Norris II. J. Castle. W. $ Perry. r. h
Brown. IL. J. Brumelkamp J. b. bergman.
G. " Mclaughlin. L. J. Maxwell. F. Wan
amalSer. J. Fcust, J. g. Hadsall. f. J.
Briggs, c. l.. Dudley 5. E Stonebra or.
{. A. Springsguth, B. +. Smith. Pike King,
]. f. Kane. Fred w. Moore T. c. Eckert.
Paul II. Miller l.. II. Berghman, J. E.
Smith. Dr. w W. Hodges, c. b. Bacon.
and George p. Maugdn. The tabeau was in
charge OF $. y. Dougherty.
Ninth-Grant and Lee at Appomattox
Court House: Pref. Arthur f. iuudt.
General Grant; E. II. Boelter. A. T. Ear
nest. James A. Berbegich. H. d, Green.
z. L. Dalby Baxter Morton. General Lee;
$. c. Halsey. NJ. A. Dolan. a V Holmes,
F. f.. Holcer and Herman Richards
Tenth-The Man dewey on the Bridge
at Manila: s. \. DOugherty, admiral
Dewey; one gun captain and six sailor
men from the Navy. The tabieau was in
charge of 5 n DOugheTty.
Eleventh-The Charge Up san Juan
Hin:" w. c. Lumsford. W. \ TAFT, y.
E Lynch Floyd Brown. William Zell,
Richard Hurley. James Davis. Harry
Mitchell George W. Nairn, Dan F. hey-
ers, j. A. O'Toole. John Kammerer, Jack
1 Gear. John Prenderville. John Hoops, W
V. Reed. George K. Glascoe. B. r. John
son. j. f. Wilson u. n. Davis, W. f.
| Wilkinson A. J. Hawkins, Albert Rosen-
! baum. W. C. Whipp and Captain Walker
| Twelfth-Allegorical tableau represent
! ing Peace" Prof. Arthur E Nundt
| General Grant: James +. Berbsrich. Gen,
| eral Marshall: James c.. Judson, Presiden
| Mckinley; j. B. Breckenridge, Genera
| Washington Richard Corcoran. Abraham
| Lincoln: Mrs j. Edwin Browne. Peace
| Miss Hattie Hawley. Miss c. Ford, an,
| Miss F. Osborne. as Cuba. Porto Rico
and Luzon; T. J. McGeary. W. A. Reiss
B. F. Murphy, and II. f. Browne, Span
sh soldiers.
| j. Edwin Browne was in charge OF tn
| tableau feature OF the reveiries.
The times., 1899-05-26

reception was prepared by Washington
most popular confectiOner, J. Elmer La
cey. 607 New York Avenue northwest.
buffet in the annex was also largely
patronized. One of the features OF the af-
fair was the hospital annex in the main
building, complete hospital outfit with
cots, nurses. and surgeons being on hand
in view of any emergency. Dr. Floyd Y.
Brooks. Vice Chairman of the Committee
on Public Heath, was in charge of the
hospital. The corps of nurses were from
the Washington Training School.
The TaDienus.
The personnel of the tableaux was as
follows:
First-Lieutenan Ericsson Discovering
America: T. B. Lyman, F. e. Smith, l..
j. Gillon. W. j. Mangan, NJ. A. Joyce. and
j. Banby This tabeau was in charge OF
T. B. Lyman.
Second-DeSoto Discovering the Missis
sippi River F. c. Esterly A. {. Crook,
F. L. Tarbox. G. c. Williams, w. j.
Scheyer NJ f. Halloran f, Burke, George
OConnor, $. Ferree, T. E. Barbour and
f. W Romaine. The second tableeu was
in charge of T. B. Lyman.
Third-Pocahonta Saving the Life OF
Captain John Smith: A. ID. Shaw. j. \.
Whitlock, j. I. SpringIGan, w. |. Eoarman.
Thomas \. Lloyd, Arthur Sheia, Fred W.
Kahlert T. 5. Slater, R. X. Murray. W. $.
Mann. J. +. Paine, W. II. Wilson, w. l..
Ashdown. H. W. Tippett, c. d. Rsckway.
T. c. Bornkessen. j. p. Bradshaw. George
W Sargent, n. Herewith, W. W. Watkins.
George ". Vaughn, c. b. Amazscn, J. G.
Haskell William II. Jordan, and Mrs.
Wright This tableau was in charge OF I.
B. Lyman.
Fourth-Pilgrims Landing on Plymouth
Rock Mrs. L. J. Lockwood, Miss Edna
Lockwood, Master Walter Lockwood, d. c.
Fugitt &. b. Nichol, Miss f. NJ. Gibson,
DR. John Madert, w. 5. Broughton, Miss b.
Murdock, Miss A. |. Sherwood, Mrs. J. G.
Hudson. b. p. Smith S. c. GriswOld, NJ. c.
Euggett. H. b. Clifton. Mrs. Williams,
Miss H. Moore, and Miss Minnie e. Ham
nton This was in charge of Captain Wa
ker.
Fifth-Washington's Army at VALLEY
Forge: C. O'C. Coleman. W. T. Free. w
H. King. ]. c. Dunnng, C. T. Fuller
George F. Mathieson, ". b. Corner. II. II
Warner, Edward Briscoe, Fred G. Rick
| This was in charge of Captain Walker.
Sixth-Molly Pitcher at the Battle Of
( Monmouth: C. O'C. Coleman, W. T. Free
| w II. King. ]. C. Dunning. G. r Fuller
! George F. Mathieson. W. B. Corner, II. II
Warner. Edward Briscoe. Fred G. Rick
| and Miss Woodward. The tableau vas IL
charge of Captain Walker.
| Seventh-Lady Washington Holdinl
The times., 1899-05-26

Queen and Gen. Nelson a. Miles. who was
by Mrs. Miles, and received
quite an ovation. The dancing floor was
enclosed with bowers OF pink, wherein the
spectators viewed the participants. Cabi
net members and their ladies. prominent
Army and Navy officials, diplomats, and
society people OF note were present and
aided in the general pleasure.
At 10 o'clock H. r. y. Hay, the first King
of the revelrles, entered with the pompous
sound OF trumpets. Then began the march
OF honor. The committee on invitations
headed the procession. which included the
King and his courtiers the Queen. Mrs.
Thomas c. Noyes, and her maids of honor,
the members OF the court and the guard
of honor. the Arab patrol from Almas
Temple. Mystic Shrine. The latter body
formed a great feature OF the pageantry.
and the military movements were eNecute1
in very creditable form.
The King was attired in regal costume,
while a page supported his train. Tho
Queen was beautiful as became a Queen
of Peace. and the court ladies We're in
deed lovely. When the cOtillion had been
danced the Queen was crowned and the
merrymaking began. Soldiers and diplo-
mats and sailors and testers mingled to-
gether. and Uncle Sam danced with lsa-
bella. while Robert Bruce quoted sweet
sayings TO a bicycle girl \ programme oi
twenty four numbers was rendered by the
Marine Band in enjoyable style.
The Historical TnbIenuN.
The historical tableaux introduced be-
tween the dances were very elaborate ant
extensive. Each picture was encored many
I times and in several settings nearly 1Ot
people were engaged. At midnight tht
crowd was increased by scores of new ar
/ rivals and The pleasure increased in pro.
/ portion Color and harmony and sym
metry were everywhere and continued
until the real dawn outside grew gray. l
/ was an orderly. pleasant occasion and al
who attended were loud In their praises
The polite ushers. the courtly reception
I committee the good offices of the publi
health committee, all went toward th
universal pleasure. II was grand. goo'
occasion. and will be remembered for years
/ Shortly before 10 O'Clock the approach
/ OF King Hay the First. Monarch OF th
/ Realm of Reyelres, was announced, and h
made his appearance in the person of Col
Edwin b. Hay. massive crown reste'
on his head, pressing upon an aureoia o
golden locks. The costume worn by Hi
Majesty was such that few, even of th
most intimate friends OF Colonel Hay. coul'