The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-05
WANTS MORE MONEY

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Editor, Tribune:
We are constantly confronted with
the statement that there Is on de-
post in the banks Of the United
States, from 80 to So billions Of dol
lars and that, Of course, demon
strates beyond doubt that there is no
such thing as hard times. In other
words, so much money in the banks,
should dispell any and ell hallucina-
lions about being hungry or cold.
AL one has to do is to recall how
much money Is in existence and that
all -gone feeling In the pit Of the
stomach and goose-flesh from cold
will immediately disappear, vanish,
and vamoo6e.
We despise Misrepresentation, lies
and fraud in whatever guiSe we may
find it and, regardless Of whether It
comes from the favored rich-who
have extorted their wealth from the
oppressed or have inherited 1t, for
w know but few Of them ever earned
tor II 1t comes from the would-be
statesmen Of today, we feel like go
ing to the mat with all such fraud.
II anyone will 90 to the trouble re.
Quired In writing to tho secretary OF
the u. 8. treasury At Washington.
p. c., and asking for = copy Of the
circulating statement-anyone may
obtain it by simply asking for it ana
may, too. have it sent to them each
month by asking for it-they will see
that all Of the money ever minted,
coined, or printed since VI had such
= medium OF exchange as money,
will not amount to nine billion dol
lars.
Wouldn't Pick On Mule
Now, II ne never had over nine bill
lion dollars all told, Of all kinds Of
money, how can the banks Of the
y. 8. A. have deposited with them
from 80 to 50 billions Of dollars Of
the peoples money? II North Da-
kota had within its borders only 1000
head Of horses. how could some one
have 5000 head Of the same? It
might be, Of course, that some were
the kind Senator Moses said some
were, or 1t may be that some Of them
were mules; but certainly not horses.
II the mule was endowed with hu-
man intelligence. we would feel much
inclined to beg his pardon for as
sociating him with the monetary sys-
tenn Of this country: for In the esti-
nation Of the writer this system
should have about a. much hope Of
postertty or pride Of ancestry as has
the humble mule.
Money the master. all things else
the servant" and In most instances
all sight Of God Is lost. We are told
that the way to help the poor and
needy Is to burn the cotton they need
on their backs. Dump the wheat
they need in their stomachs into for
eign countries, n sell IN time to for
eian governments, while about one
NTH Of our own population goes
hungry.
From none Of the writer's who write
for the big subsidized press-aud we
don't mean the Bismarck Tribune,
for We don't believe It Is hired to,
mislead the people-but from the big
ones, we learn not one word about
money. All they pirate Is about how
we, who have saved up = few honest
dollars, should get busy at once ana
spend that, 80 that those who have
all the wealth Of the country corner
ed can grab that also. and then we
can all send out the 8. q. s. to MI.
Hoover and his commissions. Not
one word Is said about making those
who have extorted all the money and
securities Of this country disgorge one
cent Of that. Not one word Is said
about having the congress enact laws
for creating = larger volume Of the
circulating medium, Is was done in
the days Of the Civil war, and put
ting It In circulation In Z way that
it could not be retired. only as the
people themselves saw tit to lay It,
away for . wet day.
Raps 'Gold-Gods'
No, Of all the comments on the
present depression, Is they see fit to
denominate 1t, you have not seen
money mentioned. That would be apt
to raise a stencil that would get to
the bottom Of this trouble and, at
the same time, antagoni1e the gold
gods. II n would ask the most
ignorant voter Of the state Of North
Dakota-and God knows that We
have some who will never go to con-
greE-even he could tell you that
the cause Of our recent drouth wa
q lack Of water: and yet he would
never guess for q moment that the
reason he could not buy enough to
eat or wear was that he did not have
any money. No, sir. II you ask some
Of that type why these hard times,
they will say It Is overproduction;
that people are starving because they
have too much to eat. and will freeze
this winter because they are too
warm with extra clothes. And II
some conscientious fellow Ike VIII