The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-18

certain of the great institutions o
tne financial centers whereby thei
ingenuity Ia influeno'ng the lnancia
Plan profit themselves aLd in thi.
a minimum amount Of cireulatins
medium affords them the opportun
ity for private gain AS a result
such a condition as we have IN q
hanees today is possible Contem
Plate our position for month
Inero rs no sense nor Justice i'm the
hNf stress in the southwest to.
day. >ur state and the surround.
ing states are fun of production OF
great value. The world needs our
products, and at a good price We
nave the wealth, our banks have
millions Of currency due them from
their eastern correspondents. There
is no just occasion in this great pro-
ducing area of the southwest for any
inconvenience whatever. Let the
eastern banks pay our oklahoma
banks what they owe them ana
should pay in currency on demand.
and we can market our products
now ready for the buyer and there
by vastly increase our own wealth.
But the hand Of the dictator is upon
them and upon us.
The power that has practically
controlled our circulating medium
with equal arrogance today refuses
to I y the obligation due our banks
And why? Because a long drawn
out siege on the New York Stock
Exchange has brought that great f-
nancial center to a point of great
need Of currency. 1t has placed the
New York banker in a frame Of mind
where he sees no possibility of ler-
ting go the cash stored in his vaults
because of the possibility of need
ing money for the stock exchange.
This condition is not unlike the
gambler denying his children the
price Of loaf Of bread for fear his
stake upon the table, no matter how
great at the moment, might 7vffer
rom the depletion. Close t vaw
York Stock Exchange for fy
Jays (now trembling there fo. tear
{ may be needed) into the channels
If legitimate commerce, and yon
AN market hundreds OF millions Of
lollars of American products now
Waiting for shipment to a foreign
hore and place our country on the
high road to prosperity on which
he natural conditions Of this year
'ntitle us to ride into freedom and
notice that our president elm
mates the expression In God We
rust from the proposed issue Of
american coin. We agree that one
Il two things in this connection was
minently either take the
ontrol Of our financial system OUT
( the hands Of the gamblers and the
lcf y chan~ars of the east. or with
raw fr e coin Of the realm
he name 81 Almighty God. But I
o insist that If the financial plan
[ the United States is restored at
ny time in the future to the con-
'ol Of the people that It will ther
e exceedingly proper to resume the !
ractice Of endorsing on the coin Of |
he country that sacred oppression !
In God We Trust" r hove al |
liugs. my fellow citizen smember /
lis, that in relation to the banks
Oklahoma YOU must exercise good /
9nse and discretion. If you were
J lose your head and your sense
nd go pell nell after the banks *
he state the very fact that the cir
Hating medium OF the United States
such a small part of The total le-
al and check currency of our coun-
VI disaster would be bound to fcl-
w no matter how honest and how
fe every bank In the state might
!, and destroy crop prices and prop
ty values as well as the bank.
lderstand there is some agitation
to the policy of the state of Ok
homa in relation to the million
liars Of cash variously deposited !
the credit Of the state. Rest as
red of one thing, that SO far as
Y own official vote may have in J
lence I am in favor of resting On (
cd security which the state may Z
We and thus avoid disturbing the J
ancial condition of our state un- 2
such time as the gamblers OF Z
All Street may be able to spare +
)ney enough to paw the west what n
ey owe It, want it to be dis g
ictly understood that there are g
tny honorable and patriotic bank b
) IN the east but I am only con r
lding that the class which lives q
speculation upon governmental n
yileges and upon the gambling an
ok exchanges and initiation and II
nzied finance should have their Il
rhods corrected and their oppor- f.
lities destroyed @
Our Constitution. ST
A few features Of our constitu- Na
NJ / believe, should have some n
ntion for the influence upon the q
lds Of those whose attention we II
ecially desire. it
The people Of Oklahoma Terri b.
y, and 7 speak Of those who are h
tly entitled h2 class themselves Sc
ong the great element called e
e common people. I do net hi
resate them only into the class Oh
ich lives upon the fruits of their ic
q honest effort on the one hand m
the class that aims to live hy er
it, greed or monopoly upon the b
er) and I repeat that the com an
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