Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-01-19
COINS NEW BOOK
Willis ]. Abbot, Chief of the Democrat
National Committees Literary Blu.
reau. Reviews Coin on Money,
Trnrts and Imnaria lisn -

issued modestly without any herald.
ing Or any of the puffery through the
literary press which is enjoyed by
writers of romantic fiction or doubtful
verse, so seized upon the minds of the
American people that it became
perhaps the most widely known book
of the decade and unquestionably the
one which mere than all others iDfu-
enced men in their political action.
Coins Financial School" was the out.
growth of series written by Mr.. w.
II. Harvey for his little paper Coin
and was pushed by the Chicago Inter
Ocean at the time when that paper
had not discovered that in order to be
repu blican it must necessarily also be
the eervitor of the bankers. 1t is
hardly necessary now to recount the
tremendous success of the book or to
estimate the share it had in awaken
ing the people of the Uniled States to
just comprehension of the i'm
portance of tho money question in
politics
After four years, during which
period he has at all times been labor
ing with voice and pen and organic
ing ability to fulfill the mission of 50.
Mr.. Harvey comes before the people
on the eve of :he new presidential
campaign with new book-in the
familiar style of his former one, but
treating of the later though not more
important ISSUES which have sprung
up since the time that Mr- Bryan wac
defrauded of his election.
"Coin on Money, Trusts and I'm
perialismp treats Of at least one issue
imperialism which had not raised
it's threatening head in '96 During
that struggle, too, the trusts, though
already Offering a certain menace 10
the we'll. being of the people, had not
developed into such startling proper
tions as thess now present. Te these
issues Coin, in his new series OF
lectures, devotes much of his at
tention, but the old issues thdt will
arise perennially until oat of the
hands Of favored class shall be taken
the priceless privilege of issuing and
controlling the money Of the people
engages his attention Ia the opening
chapters of his book. l do not think
that Mr.. Harvey has ever done any
thing 50 well as hts dissec i3u of the
privileges enjoyed aud the further
ones demanded by the national
bankers. La a clear and simple style.
using as heretofore the dialogue form,
| he discusses the demand of the bank L
| ing class that it shall be permitted
to control the money of the people, and
shows conciusively by figures, the
authenticity OF which cannot bs dis
puted, how enormous are the profits
they now derive and hope 10 con
tinue to draw from their mon opoly'
| The profit of the dealer in money ii
the "unearned increment" no less
certainly than Is the profit of th'
Ispeeulator in land who has contribute
nothing to the productive forces oi
the nation. Mr. Harvey dem.
onstrates this, though he does not
use this particular comparison, and
believe that his logic will prove a
irrefutable, as his language is simpl
and direct.
To the questions of trusts and i'm
perialism. questions which canns
fail to be bitterly debated during th
campaign the author has brought
wealth of statistic i material, re
enforced by clear and logical com
prehension OF the problems the
involve, and l think the s!rengt
. and value of bis discussion
these problems Is derived largely from
the fact that ne approaches them 10
altogether from the standpoint of tt
cold and insensate .litical econnmis
but rather from that of the maj VII
puts toto his political beliefs and In
e his writings that touch of heart,
human sympathy, whc ca made mue
\ of the difference between Herbe
Spencer and Henry George. 1 {
{ not believe tha, grett book on &c
e nomics or on any living and Wit