The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-01-05


tai and all important thing at all times
and every where. Put man down in
the heart of great city without
money and he is in far greater dis
tress than if he were in the heart OF
a wilderness. In the wilderness he
might find berries, nuts or roots to
sustain life, but the city for him is
more barren than sand covered des-
ert In the city, if he asks for help, he
is a vagrant and sent to prison. When
he comes out of prison he is still a
yagrant and liable to be sent back
again. The man on the farm can be,
to some small extent, independent OF
money, but in the city every man, from
day laborer to the largest merchant or
manufacturer, is absolutely dependent
every hour of the day upon money. Ii
he is down town he can't get home
without money. If he is at home he
can not reach his place of work with
out money. If he is at home he can
not eat without money If he dies he
can not be buried without money.
From the cradle to the grave, money Is
the all important thing.
1t is by Juggling with money that the
great accumulations of wealth nave
been secured. Down on Wall street the
money is always the first and last
thing. Their eyes are always riveted
upon the subject They Lave no doubt
that money is all fiat that is, that
it is legislation that makes money,
controls it's quantity, it's exchangable
value and all it's functions. Wall
street is forever after legislation affect
ing money They are planning and
scheming now for more legislation af-
feeting money.
The Independent is informed upon
an authority that has always proven
correct and reliable, that the turn the
moneyed interests took in abandoning
Parker and throwing their whole in-
fiuence to the republican party, was
the privilege of writing that part OF
the presidsutfal message that referred
to ny1ey. AS it appeared in the mes
saS It is as follows:
M pattention Of the congress should
be especially given to- the currency
question, AMI that tAd standing COM
mittees on the matter in the two
houses charged with the duty, take up
the matter of our currency and see
whether it is not possible to secure an
agreement in the business world for
lettering the system; the COMMITTEES
should consider the question of the re-
tirement of the greenbacks and the
problem of securing in our currency
such elasticity as is consistent with
safety. Every silver dollar should be
made by law redeemable IN gold at
the option Of the holder
In that paragraph les hidden one OF
the most damnable schemes bond hold
ers and Wall Street managers ever
concocted. ,Yhe retirement of the
greenhac,ps and making silver dollars
redeeAable in gold, will necessitate as
large an issue Of bonds as We had al
lsthe close of the civil war. 1t will
strengthen and lengthen the endless
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chain" by which gold will be drawn out
OF the treasury in never ending quaint
ties. 1t is to increase tenfold the issue
OF national bank notes, by which bank.
ers are able to get interest on what
they owe, while every one else who
issue promises to pay" will have tt
Pay interest in what he owes.
The democratic leaders say that thu
money question is '"in allegiance" tina
the increase in the production of golt
has settled the matter Tor the present
which shows that they have no funda
mental knowledge of the question. Golt
does less than three per cent of thu
work of money and some economist
declare only one per cent.