The representative., 1901-05-02
GREENBACKs VS.. GOLD.

GREENBACKs VS.. GOLD.
Ed. Representative: Yankee Maben
answers my questions by asking others,
| but he makes no point, by which the
| reader can guess where he is at He
says Mr.. Fairchild ought to quote him
and myself are citizens of the United
| States and Mr.. Maben continues: Il was
| writing on money, but discussing the
credit of the United States. l did not
say "this nation" but "a nation" Now
did C. B. Maben expect to fool all the
people, a part of the people, or only
| s. M. Fairchild, with his letter dated
April l. He compares the greenback to
| Mr.. Nelson's $40 counterfeit bill. The
/ greenback that Populists and all sane
men contend for, is always at premium
| over gold, and reads on it's face Unit
ed States promises to pay the bearer,
| ten dollars, receivable in payment of all
public dues, ETC." l quote from the
April fools day letter, fourteenth line
| to twenty-first line.
"A paper money to be acceptable to
| the people and to be perfectly good must
contain promise to pay something Of
! stable and well known value, and in
| addition the promise must be known to
mean just what it says, and the ability
of the maker to redeem the promise must
| be fully recognized, Now, put this and
| that together, (the greenback, l mean)
and substract the United States.
Was not the original greenback ac-
| ceptable to the people when on it's first
! appearance it sold in New York at a
| premium Of per cent and as soon as it
reached Vienna, Austria, was at prem
| ium Of 119 to 2 per cent. there, and also
! was in other countries held at a prem
I, ium, and boarded by many. Now to use
| good common sense who but fools would
| question the ability of this nation to re-
| deem it's treasury note. Identically the
same as the bond, less the interest, and
| the bond always at premium from
! 10 to 35 cents. Then as to these green
backs being redeemed, simply by being
receivable in taxes, (bosh). Now, Ma
ben, straighten up once and be honest,
and tell the people that you are ignor-
| ant on the money question: or tell them.
the truth is, these greenbacks paid the
| tax on gold Gnterest) also the tax on
| imports (duties).
| James G. Blaine In a public speech in
| 1864 said: What is this? dollar and
! it is good dollar, good for the farmer,
! the mechanic, the merchant, the sailor,
| everybody. What makes it a good dol
+! lar? Because every dollars worth of
| property in the United States is behind
| it, and the life blood of every true and
| loyal American citizen is behind it. That
makes it good dollar Now, Mr. Ma
need a redeemer when it is made to sup
port the gold standard, as exchange
! money? 1t stands alone the best money
the world ever knew, and TO use it to
bolster up, not money, but gold, COM
modify, and give to that commodity a
value above all other commodities is de-
ceiving the people into believing that
gold is the greater, while without it's
support gold would be on the market
as are all other commodities at supply
and demand prices, while the greenback
without value, but representing exchange
for all values, would pay all debts with
the products of our farms, fields, forests
and mines, instead of paying for gold at
gold fixed prices. That only pays the
interest due to gold, the most invincible
enemy of public credit.
Gold paid no soldier, or sailor, in our
!: war of the Rebellion 1t was in open
| alliance with our enemies the world
over, and all it's energies were evoked
for our destruction. It's record is one
of blood and carnage and on the throne
!, in our land today it rules with the re-
lentless iron hand of heartless tyrant.
In paving the way for gold supremacy,
| the Hazard circular sent out by bankers
! said, lit will not do to allow the green
back, as it is called, to circulate as mon
ey for any length of time, for we can
not control that, but we can control the
bonds, and through them the bank is
Sues" Slavery is but the owning of
labor, and carries with it the care of
the laborer. The modern or European
plan, led on by England-is is capital con-
troll of labor, by controlling wages, and
tocay, under gold standard rule, all
prices of all products Of labor are con-
trolled. The authority for the state
| ment that 1922, 100000 Of gold was sold
between 1867 and 1876 is found in the
United States treasurer's reports, COM
mencing with the contraction Of the