The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-12
THEIR ETHICAL INFLUENCE
, Timely W ord Concerning the Nom
rtary Bill. Presented an Congress
The People Ignored


The ethical influence Of a monetary
syStem upon the people j. not con
sider.d al all by either one Of the
bills now before congress. and yet II
i the moral force ~ legislation that
makes for higher social aud COM
mrrcial standards The senate, Ike
the house. bill aims az the gold stand
ara - ths. ultimate 81 the purpose
in hand. and although they diner
wieely as 20 what measures shall be
taken TO give the several forms OF
other money their proper relation 20
the one measure Of value. nowhere n
either bill are provisions made 10
s,rrn~4h.n The moral tone and bu~l- \
ness Integrity 81 the people. On the
I contrary. both bills seem 70 assume
I that there * no law higher than the
law ~ the survival OF those who are
III. keenest in inveuting and putting
in oneratIou such machinery in the
eharrtels OF trade and commerce as
shall grind Tor themselves only The
doctrine OF the interdePendence OF all
the reople. and that the community y
strong in morals. patriotism and hon
esrv of purpose in ratio 70 the absence
Of legislative favoritsm- Is repuciat-u
tx both bills. The objective point OF
Zach is the creation Of conditions
which shall subject the great body OF
the reopl.. to conditions Of existence
which must necessarily weaken their
aspirations 70 higher levels OF IIoFal
ana Intellectual worth Glass iegisiii-
, ton or favoritizm in the adminisfra-
Z ton Of law never operates otherwise
!. un.on the unfavo1d class or the IA
e vored ones either. for that matter
ANY system of applied e-ronomie'
which dos not provide for an efuit
ab.e distribution Of the aecruIiiz
wealth Of the country between d
concerned in the work Of creaiin.
the wealth is radically wrong
nrirciple and decidedly hUrtful Z
,hc-e who are denied the value
their efforts. In their operation Il
hills referred TO. either one Of then
would place the industrial class AZ
l Disadvantage from which there woui
| h. no relief. The price OF commod
| ,i.s and wages would grow closer u
til wages we're no more than ecu;
(. ~ the cost Of living. leaving no ma
] Gin between the wage earner's incon
| AID expenditure for the savings ban
, - Investment in n home On Il
other hand. the wealth OF the CT
olover would steadily increase IN
widening first the social status OF 81
nlover ard employe and second the
T.ofitical rights until the employe Al
TO his children and childrens cnlinr
ed were mere heyxers Of wood and ORA
as .-s OF water The ethical effects
.uch dependence upon the means
10 r.r,iIv support would certainly
ar Generating. nor would there BE-
nd al, until the line which separa'
eanitaI from labor was as deep
* i-,-nass7hIc g the chasm which -
a-at.d Dives from Lazarus The
"a, r,-rmacv Of gold gives il the
I'm. tributes OF greed and avarice- '"
for fnIl power to exercise its autnoT
* over those who must strive for 1t
ISL buv their daily bread
: 10 These bills would disrupt the
u-al relation between money
My labor by ma-Eifying the power OF
nto former and weakening the power
.he latter. BY the fat OF the
put ,.-nmeur an insufficient quantity o
rms money measure Of value wouia
Given 10 the various avenues o.
d. r.lovnent by either ono % these p
list an5 since WHAT is called capt
that ~x,uld control the measure with
egi- comreti-ion. the elimination OF
vs,;ee or labor from the field OF "
sion earning in determining what w
i'm he Inst and fair compensation vi
agcs xolio,x a. certain consequence
student Of the social evolution oi
Mrs. race has failed to note that when
PAS or wherever the money powers
the secured the control Of that facto
GER ,ha commercial and social life 81
re ,.orrrrritv the ethical standard
not .hc industrial cias--the common
rla-has been lowered The PA
.tir- Labor OF Europe j. tie lcgiur
into r-cdr.ef 81 restricting the No4uni
, her .irewiatiag money measure OF
esi- 20 where II. could be controiieu
combinations Of money LEM
1rh \ t-i.her- one OF the currency bills
came i-sfor. congress would place the "
: bcd. ~ the machinery Of the nation
Just etarv system in the hands OF
have ard. officially speaking. the g
can't oucrce would be emphaiically
mental TO the moral tone OF all
clare r,eonle-,hc favored classes
the lover their own standard by exc
! dat which great wealth encourages
r. the the masses would degenerate be-
Aided ouportunity to strive for more sa
irr environment would be &c
gland 10Th bills emit ethical poison
queen either one would operate agains
some attainment OF higher levels OF
: ~For lence Of character by the peopi
m she the people--Kansas City Times
o him
"a for Girls IN Paris
other There are inst three things that
OF the .hou.6 not dare co in Paris, and