Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-15
EXPECT BUT LITTLE.
effective WORK FROM PRESENT
SESSION OF Congress
LESS THAN SIXTY DAYS TO WORK
IN, BUT CONGRESS FAILS TO
APPREHENO THE REAL CAUSE
OF TRoUeLE-oUR FINANCIAL
SYSTEM.


-. ~ts" '.st. :. VIII expire OK Ilml'
tat:on on the fourth Of March. Less
than three weeks, including the holi.
days, fourteen days this month and
forty-flve after the hoiid1ys. We do
not expect much from 1t. Nearly all
the stalwarts are serving their clos.
ing term, and most of them have q
feeling that their labors in the past
have not been appreciated. II most
OF the new men are commanding fig
ures, they have not as yet raised to
their full statues. The impression
that the majority are linked with the
trusts has become fixed upon the
country. We do not believe a word
OF it. We believe seven out of every
ten Of the members are honest, hon.
Orable and patriotic men. seven out Of
ten Of the members Of both parties.
But we believe that this general i'm.
preston was the underlying cause
OF the revulsion seen at the polls in
November last.
In our thought there will be no
H. provement when the majority in
the house changes and the majority
In the senate is greatly reduced.
The reason for that conclusion is
that not from any man In either par.
ty has note been sounded that in.
dicatee comprehension Of what the
real trouble Is, or from whence the
cure must come. We reject the cry
that the trusts own and control con-
gress or any considerable portion Of
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d. But. it. is natural for the ordinary
man when he becomes very wealthy.
NO matter how he obtained his wealth
to think that there was no ACCIDENT
about It; that the reason he obtained
his wealth was because of his super.
ior brain and that of right, his opin-
ion is of more value than that of the
ordinary man, and that he should be
listened to and his superiority ack-
nowledeed. And there are always
sycophants enough to confirm his
opinion.
Well. the bankers of the country did
not make brilliant showing dur
ing the great war, but they did sue
ceed in having established a socall-
ed financial system, founded on the
debt of the nation and calculated to
make a great portion of that debt
perpetual and to keep the people pay
ing the interest upon it forever 1t
is a common theory among gamblers
that If man plays at faro and wins
as much as he loses, the percentage
OF the game will eventually make a
pauper of him.
Well, when the people began to
pay from $40 to 74O per cent inter-
est on more than 1000 millions of
1nterest-bearing war Indebtedness,
the day of their semi-slavery began.
But not content with that, the bank
ers and bOndholders induced the COM
ptroller of the currency and two or
three senators and representatives to
cause, by sneak, the demonetization
OF silver money; this they knew
would eventuate in reducing the val
ue OF property so per cent and give to
every 81 900 which they might collect
In interest double the purchasing
power which 1t then had. When sill.
yer in terms of gold began to fall in
value and there was clamor to have
1t given back its old recognition, then
these men, taking advantage of their
own money, sneeringly asked Would
you pay your debts in lightweight dol
lars?"
When the last great rally to have
justice done, in 1896, came, these
T''Ho iHtcIcSI SdtHeTeTS Q0DducneO
the whole north by the money they
gave to Mark Hanna to corrupt.
Since then that money power has coz.
trolled legislation. But the point is
reached at last when even that power
does not know what to do. They
see our exports to half the world shut
off; they see depression everywhere,
and they are worried. Congress has
been indirectly under their domina.
tion ever since Mr.. Cleveland's last
inauguration; it has looked to them
for sound financial advice, for in all
the past these financial magnates have
moved only in the narrow circle of
their own interests, and they can no
more look up and grasp a great ma.
tional question than a Chinese girl.
fcot-bandaged from babyhood, can
leap and walk.
The trouble than confronts con.
gress and the country is the want of
an enlightened financial system. What
congressman will proclaim the truth
and point out the remedy? We look
for little effective work at the pres.
ent session.-Goodwin's Weekly, Salt
Lake.