Willmar tribune., 1909-12-22
Protest Against Central Bank.

Protest Against Central Bank.
Did you ever think seriously Of
the nature, functions and powers
of Money?
| When barter was the sole method
of exchange, there was no footing
on this earth for the "financier.
A coat was traded for pair of
shoes. a sheep for pig. COW for
several goats and that was the end
of it. No Rothschild, Bliechroder.
or Morgan sat behind the bank
counter and robbed the world.
But the system of barter was
clumsy, and mankind felt the
necessity of something which would
measure values in exchange.
Necessity being the mother and
father Of invention, Money was
born. At first, it was extremely
crude and simple. Sea-shells,
beads, tobacco, peltry and other
commodities were used as money.
Then silver and copper came in
vogue. Then gold. And from the
use of the precious metals, by
weight, the world progressed to the
adoption of Stamped Coins, of var
ious demon nations.
| Not until this was done. did the
financier come upon the stage, with
his devilish tricks.
Il Christ scourged the money chang
ers out of the temple, didn't he?
| | wonder if you know what those
rascals were doing in there. Under
| the law, the taxes had to be paid in
| a certain kind Of coin; and the
money-changers would gather up
| the available supply of this coin, in
advance; so that when pay day came
! with the less vigilant and far
| sighted Jews, the financiers had a
| monopoly Of the money of legal
! payment.
II The consequence was, that the
| hoarders of the indispensable coin
| were enabled to compel their unfor-
tunate countrymen to pay extor-
| tionate prices for the money Of
legal payment.
| Christ's Indignation was aroused
by this, and in His rage He lashed
the monopolistic rascals, driving
them away from the temple.
But he did not destroy the money
changers system. 1t made possible
the concentration of wealth in
Egypt, Persia, Assyria, Rome, and
modern Europe. 1t is one of the
main causes Of the frightful dis
tress which now prevails in Great
| Britain. on the continent, and in
| the United States. The money
changers rule Europe and America.
They are reducing millions to
'e penury. Their rapacity has no
~ mercy and no limits.
D. Listen!
"a The damage that was done by the
X Government to the common people
'e Of this country, during the years
rs which followed the Civil War,
M immensely exceeded the losses in
a' flicted on the nation by the four
years of carnage.
There were 121 900 failures, be-
o. tween 1867 and 1886, with liabilities
Il, of more than $4,000, 100000 What
ne on earth was the matter? The
soldiers had all returned to work.
The swords had been beaten into
n p|oughshares. Grain waved over
q the battle-felds. Cotton whitened
where the camp had been pitched.
= Enormous harvests had been garner
u ed. The spindles were humming
- in all the shops. Wheels of in.
dustry were turning, turning, turn
} ing throughout all the length and
bredth of the land.
Why, then. that fearful number
& of failures? Why were SO many
\ strong swimmers going down? Why
u so many vessels wrecked? Why
I such storm upon the commercial
/ seas?
/ The black hearted inanciers were
/ burning up your money.
/ A venal. servile Congress was
( enacting contraction laws. The
/ paper currency was being drawn to
4 Washington, where it was literally
cast into the furnace.
Il More than a thousand million
dollars of Greenbacks, and other
paper used as money, we're destroy.
ed, in the course of few years;
u prices reduced by the lessening OF
the supply of currency; labor
- thrown out of employment
. . ~ debtors crushed by falling values
- and naughty, overbearlng, SCUM
- less Plutocracy enthroned.
Il With their damnabIe single-gold.
standard, the Morgans and Roths.