Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-09-06
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Cassville, N. ].
September 8, 1885.


September 8, 1885.
Mr.. E. J. Clarke,
Pocomoke, Md.
Dear Friend:
I believe the Townsend Old Age
Revolving Pension Plan more than
anything else that has been done in
any way if adopted and passed as a
law is the grandest and greatest con-
structive workable thought for hu-
mainly since the Golden Rule was CIV
en- by the Redeemer to man and as I
have not seen anything pro or con
published in your paper, I am writing
this letter for publication in your
Peoples Column. DR.. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler in the Readers Digest says
that the world war cost the nations
involved in that war forty billion dol
lars and that this sum of money
would have given to each family in the
United States, each family Of England,
each family in Germany, each family
of France, each family of Belgium,
in fact to each family of all the coun-
tries engaged in that war home cost
ing $500 dollars and over 1900 dol
lars more beside. We all know how
prosperous our country was financial
ly during the World War. Wages
went up, factories were busy. Every
body had a job. The farmers sold
their products for good prices, because
the money by the sale of Government
Bonds was Immediately put in cir
culation.
The Old Age Revolving Pension
Plan does that very thing. It is a
plan that puts in circulation every
month an immense sum of money by
giving to every citizen of this coun-
try over 60 years of age, provided
they spend it each month and spend it
they must or they do not get it, two
hundred dollars per month. Money
in circulation means prosperity and
for everybody.
Money stored in vaults is like gold
and silver the jewels and diamonds
stored in the bowels of the earth and
means distress, poverty, misery and
want.
The Townsend plan is fool proof.
The Townsend plan means money
in circulation. It does not mean mon
ey in vaults or treasures stored in
the bowels of the earth and useless.
The Townsend plan allies itself with
the finest traditions of great repres-
entative government.
The Townsend Plan will give great
American people the principles that
Lincoln dreamed about. In so doing
it will expose the greatest bunch of
political parasites and grafters that
the world has ever seen. We have
poverty, starvation, misery, confus-
ion, amidst the greatest abundance
of physical wealth that the world has
ever known. We have the sure rem
edy for this cancerous condition. We
have the Townsend Plan. We know
what we are talking about. We can
prove that we are not selling glorious
words, phrases, promises and debasing
lies. The truth will prevail. So we
ask you citizens of America please
stand by.
Do not deviate from the leadership
that was responsible for the greatest
inspiration, land I say that with due
reverence) that has come to man since
that immortal day 1885 years ago
when Jesus gave us the great COM
mand to love God with all our hearts
and our neighbor as ourselves.
The Townsend Plan puts money in
the hands of the Old Folks, the faith
ers and mothers, the greatest con-
structive workable plan ever given to
any people to distribute every day.
every month, every year an immense
sum of money to be put in circulation.
This money will be spent for labor,
clothing, food, homes and fuel COM
forts of all kinds. The laborer, the
clothier or factory, the food producer,
the farmer, GARNER laborer or fac
tory) will spend it until by and by
everybody will have money (Which is
scarce now and everybody will be
able to buy what thew need. be happy,
and prosperous and the producer, farm
er, factory laborer or what not can
run his factory or farm to the limit
and not shut down because of over sup
ply or plough under because of over
production.
Why not as our President has said
of some of his ventures give the
Townsend Plan a trial. 1t will surely
work. It has grown to an organiza-
ton of twenty million now and is