Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-12-02
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GOLD.

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Nations have died for it. 1t has fired
the spirit Of man from the beginning
of time. We have gold in the Bible,
gold in literature, gold i'm history.
It has spanned seas and bIidged tho
continent. For it millions have
hungered, millions have died, mil
lions have suffered.
Goldl Goldl Goldl
We crave for it, slave for it, and
then we treasure it, 1t has been so
| from tho beginning of time and it
viii be to the end of time. II has
been the lure, the curse and the glory
OF man. 1t has been the great adj
vonturer, the great discoyercr and
the great ccnqueror.
1t sent Columbus scross the west
crn ocean searching a way to the
Indies, the tabled land OF gold. 1t
led PizaI1o to Peru, Cotez to Mex
| leo.
1t pcopled California as in a day,
made magnet of Australia and
transformed South Africa from a
waste to wonderland
1t drew mutitudcs to Alaska from
the ends Of the carth.i
Tho suns Of the tropics, the sands
OF the desert, the ices of the arctics
starvation, pestilence, death
nothing daunts where gold beckons.
Gold! Goldl Cold
II has been the power Of every
land and OF every age
Solomon adorned his temple with
it. Jason sought il in the Golden
Fleece. Midas had tho touch of gold
Nero built his golden house in sight
of Rome 60 typify the majesty of
himself and his gold The Aztecs
boarded 70 without knowing it's
worth. So, too, with the Incas of
Peru.
Raleigh, Drake, Give, went be-
yond the seas to win lands Of gold
that England might have power.
At Spandau and Magdeburg the
Germans stored $100,00O,00O in gold
against the time Of the empires
greatest need.
Russia has had its secret reserve
in churches for generations.
Great Britain. France and other
nations have piled up gold because
gold was strength, energy, power,
might concentrated.
What magic is there in gold that
its sway never has lessened, but
rather has broadened, increased, be-
come greater? Diamonds, rubies,
pearls are as nothing compared with
gold They are baubles Gold is
gold. There is magic in the very
name OF gold.
The miser hides his gold; gloats
over it, fondles it, would take it out
OF the world with him If he could.
Kings, emperors, queens, princes,
popes nave risked their thrones and
their lives for it.
No crime Of man or people is too
foul if gold is the goal.
Great Britain blotted out the Boer
republic that the gold fields OF Africa
might be controlled by England. The
power Of Spain, the Spain that ruled
the world four centuries ago, was the
power OF gold. Spain declined as her
treasure Of gold lessened. Upon a
base Of gold the British empire rests.
The powc- Of Britain is the power OF
gold.
Cold Goldl Goldl
No metal is more alluring. No
metal is so impervious to the Gle
ments. No metal has SO much Of
charm to human touch and human
sight. No mctal is spread over so
much of the oarth's surface, found in
mains so precious.
Itlhas been the financial Rock OF
Ages. Races have risen, boon great,
have withercd and disappeared from
the Garth Dynasties have nourished
for year, century or moro, and
then faded to memories. Nations
have come and gone snd been forgot
ten, but gold alone has been unalter-
able.
Man has sought to break the spell,
the power. the majesty OF gold, but
couldn't. Silver. copper, brass have
been wealth today and dross tomor-
row Paper has climbed to the
heights and sunk to the lowest depth.
Honor, prestige and the sway of man
have varied with the cycles, but gold
alone has been unchangeable--as
fixed as the sun, the stars, the vault
of heaven.
Never the potency, tho marvel Of
gold greater, more pronounced than
now BY the phenomenon of credit
based on gold the power OF gold has
been multiplied manifold. In Europe
today kings, princes, presidents beg
for gold. TO surrender gold to the
government is to give added energy,
strength to the nation. 1t is patriot
ism second only to the shedding Of
blood. To hide gold is little short Of
treason. The life of nation may de-
pend on its gold, its destiny be the
hazard of a few tons OF gold,
And while Europe 0egs for tho
precious metal, gold showers upon
America.
The war has brought to this coun-
| try gold in volume such as never ma
ton knew before. More is coming
and still. From out the hidden store
houses Of the world the gold is COM
ing and being drawn to America. AS
it comes America feels its impulse.
feels, in a national sense, its powers
mounting. With its leaving the old
world nations feel their powers
slipping dropping, waning.
And now, suddenly, we arc told
that gold is to die, that its power is
to go, that it is to be robbed Of that
mystic charm by which 1t has woven