Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-18
sElI. GIT BIB N r AGES
s,sUNDA: FEBRUARY IS. 1900.
THE Ii Z oGIc OF EVENTS.

The EQUALIZATION Of all things that
US have any value, or that may be as
gs Geased or estimated In gold, is the OBJ
q jects Of the a ge. But not the final OBJ
81 5ect: Il no for that Is as progressive and
Isl bottomless as Satan's hell. where Sin
sE the lowest deep. q lower deep, still
@ opens wide. 3, The capitalization OF the
III 81 orld also means the nopoly Of this
universal and enormous funding and
B Investment In the hands OF the few who
sl5s are so diligently and cunningly devlsing
ss means Tor special ACKNOWLEDGMENT All
the lions OF the earth, as far as pos
88SapI tSle! ahe to be induced or cheated into
sg&spt p,Ihlks funded, in gold. in
" " peTpetuity ~, or at the option of the cred
u tors bearing interest in gold > and
Il these debts, respectively, are to be as
y he aVys3 as every nation can bear. or It's
a ps 6pIe can carry. a This Is not only i'm
SspIied by what has happened and is hap
n pening but is demonstrated by the ex-
4 tences and growth Of national debts
" and the 5eagerness with which money
III and Smoneyed men engross them.
sssls NJ unicipal, State. County and Corpo-
d aon ndebtedness are being created
and heaped up In like ratio; and trusts,
pools, and other combinations and con-
e8sol idations e are multiplying on every
81 hand, with illimitable ISSUES of stocks
e and bonds. many of these mere wind
,sE and water, and yet sldlfully manipu-
An All lated to- extract dividends and interest,
ls somehow, from the public.N The Frank
81 lin indicate, OF New York, was only
"a q It'll worse example of the general
81 swindle which money, real or pretend
ii ed, is operating against mankind and
vs. its honest productive labor and en-
81 ployment. It is q colossal confidence
$ game, with many schemes, all appeal
5ng TO the need, desire, hope and trust
sgs OF men; Il and the result must be, sooner
gs or later, from the cooperation and
& prosti tuition OF law and Its trickeries
wi tn business methods and Devices aid
ed by all the advantages OF money and
IF It's 81 titutes,4 that the masses OF pop
3 sllationis and their governments-the
ssSf man heretofore the principal and head
IS of an indepe business and the man
N It'll the office-will become the bond
Ssst hralls and debtors OF their bond hold
EsS ers and creditors. This Is inevitable,
' Il In both public and private affairs and
81 sbuslnesss 4
Is admitted that gamblers, if per-
fls mi I'd will and must absorb all the
g e money wealth til, labor and liberty of any
# 81 mmuni ty, IS even IL the gambling be
restrict ted to what is called honest
setla f,cs; and skill for it has been re-
ss iseated a. proved that in every game of
;s tf1s kind there Is q. steady percentage
.s Pr "a dyantage on the side of the
ssS gam ler. or ID ealer. that he must win,
Ri and 20 Tiers must lose, ii the game con-
ssssE tir.uaf long enough, to their ruin and
sS bis enrichment. At Monte Carlo, the
aairest sestab lishment of its kind in the
81 sEs yYorl d 4 scienti fc and experienced ex-
pert have rep atedly3 demonstrated
, w in its I most equal plays of mere
ance with no interference of skill
sss here al wayg a preponderance OF
nee I'M favor Of the bank. or dealer
BIZ the long run that will assuredly de-
s feat every cont stant, mo matter how
4 81 kiIif,il he may be-.
luis + so WI tn all business OF every
ssH tire and the more 30 is this. If the
Ing, or gpecnlat Ting, is in money, OF
Til siuf yalents IS N Of that there is any
sdfs9 scessar ~ ehsatIn pc, swlndling. or dis.
lssa esfys The advantage to the dealer
sISN speenI tor AS aga ffst others arises
III aof Re business, his
sSSssSS7 md Ills ations t
nay be often ssa
to srea'