The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-08
and have some milk COWS from
which make $500 per week, I am
the one who is better off.

ana nave some milk COWS from
| which I make $500 per week, I am
the one who is better off.
Now would this government money
be accepted? We farmers would &C
cept it and our creditors should &C
cept 1t for it could be used to buy
| with and money has no value unless
it is in use. Would other nations ac-
cept it. OF course, for money of the
same metal is used by them. But
suppose we had balance of trade in
our favor and got caught with a bill
lion dollars of money from other ma
lions. What could we do? Well, we
could buy some extra imported ar
ticles to use this up, The home which
had two rocking chairs could buy a
third for the maid or the hired man,
and they could start a demand for
Meerschaum wash basins or some
thing. Now would it be wrong to
make money in this way? Why?
Man Is a creator as we'll as created
and, recognizing God, man is given
dominion over all the earth so if I
can pail down hill and make a
public improvement why can't man
create something to represent the
value of that work?
I don't offer this as a cure-all nor
as a plan to stabilize wheat, cotton
and perhaps corn SO as to get U. S.
price, for the part used domestically
is the only thing that could pose in
that capacity, but this money plan
would help.
Government and money are as
much theory as practice. II a savage
army should overnight take our coun-
try, what would all the bonds, deeds,
paper money, ETC., be worth? If a
millionaire were locked in his safe to
die with his millions, what would
they be to him but poWerlesS theory?
The laws of money are not so sacred
that they may not be touched.
few persons have no right to
have the open-and-shut on money,
the life blood of the nation.
While they mill around the gold
standard, like insects about a light,
cereal foods, meats and clothing ma
terials pile up mountain high and
because of this apparent surplus
prices go down to nothing while mil
lions are thrown out of work and
starve and have to stay in bed be-
cause they cannot buy coal. Such a
state of affairs must make the an
gels weep.
A great golden image has been set
up and the decree reads: AT what
time you shall hear that this or that
happens all the people must fall
down and worship the great golden
image and whoever will not fall down
shall be cast into the fiery furnace of
affliction."
IhlS power can, must and will be
taken away from an indiscriminate
few and brought into the hands of
representatives of the common peo-
pie. Money is like fire, a good serv-
ant but hard master and when man
has created Frankenstein it is time
to use the brains of the republic to
straighten things out.
Our nation was born on the Fourth
OF July. 1776, great and holy day
when the people, driven to distrac-
ton, decided to die trying instead OF
Try dylng and were willing to give
tner all for their rights and free
oom. Elghty-four years later a great
discrepancy arose and Abraham Lin
coin said, "A house divided against
itself cannot stand" and later, rush.
ing by train to the battlefield of Get
tysburg, he scrubbed on a scrap of
paper, we resolve that this nation
snail have a new birth of freedom"
And now other discrepancies arise.
money troubles, labor troubles and
prices fixed behind tariff walls while
others must take the world level
price and all business slows down in
servile worship to the god of gold.
II there is not enough gold SO there
can be flexible currency, use a
common sense standard
Gold has no power to make we'll,
prolong life or give peace.
England left the gold standard and
seems to be getting along.
Are we not truly, and not only we
but the people of the whole world and
our right to live and enjoy the bless
ings of earth, being sacrificed on this
cross of gold?
OF course anything like this would
have to be done carefully.
II those reading this think it a
workable plan won't you drop me
line and perhaps some day I could
place the letters with the plan where
they might provoke attention.