The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-04
CALLS ALDRICH BILL CLIMAX
OF MONEY POWERS SCHEME
Merely Plan Disguise With Object of Retiring All
Money Which Financial Ring Cannot Collect
Tax, Says Salt Lake Man.
By Henry w. Lawrence

since that time, there has been built up
in this country money power. the col ,
ruptinE influence of WHICH has been iclt
through all the departments OF govern
ment.
The representatives of this influence
know that where the law and custom
require the people TO pay their dehts,
taxes and make exchanges of property
in money, that the control OF the money
furnishes the power TO dominate iegss-
lation and the wealth OF the, countr'i
With this motive in view they have used
every influence they could to discredl'
and supplant money issued oy our gov
ernment through their corrupttnE lnilu-
ence in congress.
The government ceased to issue lesa,
tender treasury notes (greenbacksl ana
substituted n-legal tender greenpackS;
with the exception cause, which caused
the deprecated currency. Interest bear
ing bonds were issued as Il basis Tor the
issuing OF ma tionsl bank currency 10 dis-
place government grccnbacks-
Recalls Biblical Incident
Laws were passed by congress. through
interest on United States bonds aud du-
Ties on imports payable In gold coin;
which at that time was not In general
circulation and could only be had by inc
government and the people OF the coun-
try at high premium. In the days OF
Christ il was for a similar cause ina.
he scourged and drove the money
changers" from the temple. for II WAS
they who had influenced the Roman gov
crnmeut to pass laws making the taxes
payable in a certain kind OF money; OF
which they secured the control ana tneh
charged the poor people heavy pre-
MUM for It's use.
In our day this sharp practice is con-
sidcred badge OF honor, for. they re-
tain possession Of the temple. and as
sumo 10 dictate and control The govern
ment Through the manipulation ol t!e
moneyed class, silver, the people :
money was demopetized that the legai
tender money of the people might be les
sened. and the gold standard oil pay,
ments be established TO give increased
value to the securities of those who
planned to control the money OF the
country.
Greed for Greater Control.
This Is only a part of the history, OF
the past financial legislation which has
been enacted by the national eovernment
in the interest OF the moneyed classes
This class legislation has resulted IN the
failure of 400 900 enterprisng business
men throughout our country, since the
civil war. and the despoiling OF the IN.
dustrial classes 10 such an extent that
ii is now estimated 10 per cent OF our
population own 90 per cent of the wealth.
OF the nation. and stiil the greed on lne
money class is not satishcd Inere are
some Sas6 900. 0oo United States treasury
notes (srcenbacks) and about S6O0o .Oo0
government silver dollars that. when al
lowed TO circulate by the money trust
do not pay them interest. The suprem-
acy of the money class is not complete
mill mi of this money is retired from
circulation and the government surren-
derS It's sovereign power 10 issue ana COIN
legal tender money.
elimination of Scheme.
The Aldrich currency bill is the cul
mInating scheme OF the money trust.
which for years has planned TO use the
government revenues and credit as
basis 10 issue their own currency TO dis,
place the silver dollars and United
States treasury notes that they may have
full control of the Issuing OF the nations
money. 49,
dIsplacc the use OF the silver dollars
and grecnbacks, but this illegal trust is
gold and 10 melt it into bullion bars
which would not be legal money The
plea given by the treasury department
is that II costs too much to coin tne
gold, which Is flimsy excuse. as the
alloy in both gold and silver coins more
than pays for the coinage. Silver GER
tlncstes. issued on the silver dollar. and
are not legal money. where the coins in
circulation arc both legal
a few years age. when the money
trust wanted to demonetize silver and
establish the gold standard Of payments,
there was nothing so stable as gold.
Now that the production has increased
over former years (but no more than
population and business of the country
has increased) the trust is employing
college professors and magazine writer's
to influence the public mind that tho In
the cause of the high cost OF living, and
other misfortunes that afflict the people
Pleas Only Ruses.
The fact is that gold coin in crcua-
lion does not paw the banking class in
tnrost and displaces that much bank
pa ner. which draws interest when in cir
culat II the policy OF the treasury
a, i,, I'd he nf
coinage Of gold was adopted by other
deuartments Of the government, that IL
cost too much TO perform the duties dele
rated TO the government by the people.
then many Of the departments would
reAsr TO act: money. being the life
blood az business and one OF the prin-
ciDa factors in conducting the affairs of
government. costs only thousand to issue.
where other denariments eXpend millions
of dollars fsuch as war. navy and civil
servjcel. Have the business men and
r.rcat Industrial classes of our country
ever petitioned the government 60 cease
The coinage nj gold ard silver and with
draw the treasury notes and have them
replaced with hank currency? Are there
any Of The wealth producers i'm tho east
ern states who arc burdcned with gold
coin and treasury notes. or even see
them in use. there being II studied effort
on the nart Of the banks 10 keep them
ont nj circulation, and have the national
bank currency used In their place. which
is not legal tender. and would not he
the credit Of the government To sustain
them7
Raus Postal Ranks System.
Tho influence of the money trust was
manifested in the passage OF the late
government postal savings hank hill
(which the people have been demanding
for ycars>. Congress Would only allow
-h's h'll TO hccome law bv restricting
tho Povnrnnnert in paving the people two
rs- cont interest on their postal savings
and then rnruircd that this money should
be reloanad la tho banking classps at two
a''d e-fourfh nor cent that thev might
r''arro III" pmhlic much higher rat to
~ interest while other governments,
Fo~l?nd and France. pay two and one
hait nor cent interest on postal savings.
and nc" the money 10 meet their own
obligations
All 81 this iuggling and manipulation
or IN" government money. the demon
ciizat'on Of silver. the retiring NJ fhe
ritcd States treasury notes and The
'ssu4n- of "Urrcncv under tho national
bank act and the Aldrich -VrceIapd encr-
enc" currency bill. 10 . part Of the plan
~ "the money trust" To confuse The
rr'nda NJ thc American Deople. and get
sem To consent IN the government turn
~ over It's credit and tho reyenues of
tho country Ia the "monry nower' fo