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Show ths frui: of their labor V It Is one of the many abuses wbich hate grown up ter closely in her arms, dosed her eyes, JIONKY OLIGARCHY. and Felicie saw her lips moving in fervent prayer. After that she smiled SILVER REMONETIZATION AND calmly. GOVERNMENT BANKINQ. me to frighten It is indeed wrong In withasociety out of Its primitive condiThe tion, and should be abolished. system has become an abuse in our present advanced state of society. In a cruder state of Bueiety there might have been a plea of necessity advanced for what has become an abuse only. Government, the creator of money for the use of the people, should be the custodian and distributer of that essential medium of trade and Industry, and never permit it to remain in the hands of a monopolizing class who make use of the power thus given them to exploit an entire nation; and this power given the banking class over the assuming money Is rapidly strength and dominion of an oligarchy which is tramping the people down in poverty, dominating courts, dictating acts of Congress, and virtually making laws that no despot at tha present day has power to do. you, my Felicie; the weakness is over. Whatever it may be, I accept my fats rh. Pcopl. Should Control th. 1MpVl humbly, as ths portion dealt out to ms Mon.y Til. 1roMUt Sy.t.m 1. On. by Heaven. f Sli. Si oat lug talon, and Powerful IIow often afterward did these thrillEver Devised. Monopolies CHAPTER YIIL (Coktikczd.) she found it impossible not to reiterate ing words return to the tender daugh"It Is of no consequence," replied the her indignation mentally. ter! How much comfort and grace did former, turning to the marquis with The next day the two gentlemen rode By E. E. Ewing. they pour into her bleeding, mournful ome quiet remark concerning the over to Frejus, dressed very plainly, heart: We hold these truths to be gather. and quite unattended. M. Pierre watched that the land was designed by Some one aided him. It was a The count bustled away from the them ride away with malignant glee. Creator he for the use of the people, name I the think Gray Falcon, strange room. The countess then earnestly inThere go two simpletons on a fools Is created by government hat he It. money called quired concerning all the turbulent errand," muttered he. "Do they expect use or the of the people, and that the was Somehow not then. It Emile, movements la Pails, and the marquis all the people to come forward and indeconsideration lrst of government is be which fancied I It this might eras much Impressed by the good sense form them of the Intended revolt? welfare of the people. Ws find, he so him tained long. and Intelligence of her remarks. Much wiser may they be on their At thin moment the count came into lowever, that both land and money What!" thought he, is that obtuse the apartment; he was fairly trembling lave been monopolized and withheld Languedoc Ignorant of the superiority !rom free UBe by the people and that with terror. CHAPTER IX. sf the wife he treats so slightingly? for instant Make departure, property haa been given the first place ready HE marquis looked He might have guessed that this very If said he; the moment Ed- a the concern of government. Vlolante, grave as he ward is able to be moved, the marriage lenied access to the land man perishes If the government were to take the superiority was cause enough for slight from euch a little nature as the count's. again entered the must take and an hour after- ind must soon become extinct. With-m- t control and distribution of the money The count came back in the highest drawing room, and ward must place, money civilization la impossible, of the country into Its own hands and see us on the road to St. the countess hastiind the human race would remain in out of the control of eplrlta where a fishing vessel lies waitJoseph, exploiting banks ly Inquired: Excellent, exoellent, De Berri, our i tribal and barbarous condition. And run by hanking corporations, deposius. The and for myself ing marquis No ill news, I most sanguine hopes are fulfilled. M. have converted everything possible into jo that degree which the population la tors money would always be safe in hope?" Pierre assures me that the atmost diamonds, and we shall not need to lenied the use of the earth la the peo- the custody of the government The Nothing definite; burden ourselves with quiet reigns in this little corner of the anything bulky. ple hindered in their pursuit of hap- government would have no incentive to but I am painfully and enjoyment of liberty. country. It is our salvation that it is We the take fleece the users of money by the sysplate, if it can be piness might anxious for my so remote from Paris. He did not seem To some extent that the indus-:ria- l, tem of the serwithout the by discovery packed interest or to loan wind called sons arrival. I vants. No one but M. Pierre will know aware of anything which had taken clasa is restrict-- d credit the banking exploiting clasa, by conor hindered from the free use of place there, and I thought it best not to dont fully share the counts of our movements, till too late to hinwould and transact the entire banking fidence. sulwas There a d dogged, money they are hampered and enlighten him. We shall have ample len look on der. business of the rountry at the net cost some faces in the pursuit of their industrial of time for preparation, and shall set sail mother "M. both exclaimed Pierre! whieh it is pretty definitethe work, on and others a suppressed exultrocation. from Frejus with our valuables. in and horror. would not he more than daughter, which suggests to me that ParisTo the perversion of these three ly ascertained "That is as remarkable as pro- ation, old the a The of one per cent of story! ejaculated charge ian doings are not entirely unknown. ,undamental principles of government Are one at would think pitious, observed the marquis. annum. count, per angrily; Some terribly thing has happened in ill the complaint and hardship wbich you sure this man has means of obserThere would he no wind loans by one man muttered, when this awful time you might put aside muse the present puolic unrest, can be for Versailles, vation? this perversity. government but the amount of money he thought the count was too far away Count Languedoc, if you confide in ;raced. business of tbe rountry required, Certainly; a more faithful, trust- to hear, What do you think of Verthe The most active of these evils is the worthy fellow cannot be found in all sailles? How many are left of the that man, you are ruined; the horrors which would be determined by the semonopoly of and abuse of money. will which whatever Europe. be, would be always kept in come, may they Guards? Ah, madam, I fear every That abuse remedied would quickly curity offered, The countess and her daughter exBelieve own conscience. lie business of the counThe circulation. upon your lead to the abolition of other abuses thing horrible! of their face the In once I in beseech changed glances. your which afflict you, for this try would be relieved from the periodThe countess sighed, but would not me, the people. M. Pierre is the leader of the band life. knowledge it was certainly painfully add to his ical financial panics that the exploiting disquietude by the revela who lu&lcroua this complaisance and for but the banks creates, and the wait murdering signal tions in her power to disclose. The rent or Interest which the mo- system of the of the counts. The marclass would be business and producing The days wore on into weeks; the us all, cried the countess, Bternly. nopolist is able to exact from the users of milhundreds A forward to accusation the quis did not lose this little richer bring by pretty annually Is the object for which money is moweeks became a month. Continual reout of by fleeced I have known of dumb talk between the ladies. now fellow a faithful are lions against they of additional horrors arrived, but The whole system of nopolized. of private 1b as anxious We must not be over confident,' ports and he for financial our system trusted years; present no sign of the Marquis Edward.' In and handling and distributing money has said he, there Is too much at stake to alarmed as any one of us. The bankers would simply been perfected into one of the most banking. vain, also. Lady Felicie strolled off if he an as no one would deposit is artful He knave. peril it lightly.' Indeed, business, quit Ingenlus and powerful monopolies ever morning after morning, to the meadow if he had a governso won confidence bank In Oh, no, responded the count, rubhas a thoroughly your private devised by the brain of man. The blossoms apbridge. No longed-fo- r contrain to his will word ment bank bing his hands briskly, and acting like peared. If Emile accept you place his money in, and banks are the grand factors in the syslingered much longer that rea person Just emerging from a night the would pay a high infirm wife and diction no to business child, your tem of money monopoly. The lndlvid-ochilly winter winds would despoil mare of horror into perfect security. use of money when, if them all. The father was restless and torted the countess, bitterly. money loaner is but a crude, un- terest for the But we can afford to take Pierres cried believe a In us, Oh, papa, papa, legitimate business, monbilled person in the art of usury. He engaged miserable, and dared not return to of his treachat a nominal rate from we had be have could word, I will give warant of that.' Felicie, proof ey san only loan his own money, but the search for his son. The count, too, we There would be no own The countess opened her lips, and our we hanks. heard with ears, government ery, not bank only loans everybodys money grfew anxious and less confident. It of millions In the our saw own then closed them again, casting at the was a hundreds with eyes and pockets the interest or rent for piling up terribly trying time for alL The held out of reserves accuse same time beseeching looks at Felicie, countess other me and what Tell you precisely the loans, but it loans in addition its treasury wasted away fearfully; the once. drawn against wind The latter spoke at him of; what Is your proof? credit, which is an Intangible thing use to meet checks suspense seemed consuming her very control least the in I not do under assure will government I but will if do But, papa, gladly it, you based on the security of its debtor-wh- loans, life. M. Pierre still remained with accumunow which volume share your confidence. I can tell you entire me the will the not that carry story you has borrowed his neighbor's them, and outwardly everything pro something that will shake your faith in ceeded calmly; but what a feverish to him. money from the bank and pledged his lates in government that odious M. Pierre. An, sneered the count, you will own and probably the same neighbor! would be kept circulating through ths tide .Burged and throbbed beneath the "Odious M. Pierre! yes, that is allow him the opportunity to clear property to the bank aa security for the governments banks. Under a governnot assumed mask of indifference on all Your ladyship has used my absence himself. I shall give you no such as- payment of the loan. By this double ment banking system the money would sides. into the Instilled have I should certainly allow refined process of fleecing the wealth not flow In a constant stream from all skillfully; you The count and his noble guest were surance, for ancities to the shameful and absurd own to him vindicate his honesty. girl your producers, the money monopoly draws points In the country cornersgreat pacing the terrace just at twilight one on grain, The counters wrung her hands. from the producers annually hundreds to be used in making tipathy to my favorite agent! ex- October afternoon, when a ragged figclaimed the count, turning angrily to "Perverse to the last! Immovable as of millions of the wealth they create. stocks and all kinds of products that ure, in a rough peasant blouse, came a rock! What can we do? his wife. If the producing class and all those ran be handled by these exchange up the avenue. The count lifted She bit her lips ere she answered, slowly ready who my are closely allied to and associated gamblers. get instructions, Obey his arm in a gesture of rebuke for the a bridal dress with that class, as and have with the utmost coolness: middle men,' clothing, your g presumption, but the The advantage that would accrue to Felicie will assure you her preju- creature for Felicie. It shall not be said a Lan- manufacturers and distributors of the no heed, only hurriedly gave the was public under a financial system dices are her own. But pray let us without raw manufactured and wedding fitting guedoc materials, nearer. Suddenly the marapproached think conducted I through government banks leave so disagreeable a subject. garments, even In such a time as this. could lift their noses from the grindwith a sob of relief and astonishso and beneficent in their reare many I hear the hell which summons us to quis The countesB and her daughter went stone long enough to consider this him. meet to ment rushed I am Bure you must sults that It Is Impossible to enumerate the dining-rooEdward! Good IleavenB! In what Bilently away. What could be done to they would brush it away without a all. There would no longer exist them be ready for the repast. convince him of the folly and wicked- mighty, colossal scheme of robbery, a plight! and combination against the remona his arm, her gold moment's hesitation. The marquis gave Yes, my father. Thank Heaven, I ness of his conduct? of silver. Wall street would etization Felicie went out with her father. The have reached you at last, but I am Edward was feverish and too ill to In fighting bimetallism at the interest no Consider for a moment what money have latter recovered his good humor dead with exposure and suffe:-ing- ," rise the next morning. Much as this denearly in subsidizing the of millions the or health to the are spending its legitimate usea table, and drank exclaimed the youth, and as he lay distressed them, there seemed no is and what Its sophisto His Berri. De pernicious spread makes press creates Government Marchioness it, future alternative than to be patLnt. money spoke he tottered and would have fall- other finance. on silence. tries in and UBe the act of for of received it the by law, were anxious But faces daughter careworn, they en but for the fathers outstretched which gathered around the breakfast people. A person or corporation cannot Edward Bhould be here to respond, arm. The power and danger of the monmake or create money. That is a funcsaid the marquis, gayly, "but I trust carried him into the house table. Immediately after the meal, how- tion They oligarchy were never before a week from this will give him the through the balcony window, to save ever, Lady Felicie came flying to her of purely governmental. The object eyed as In the election campaign of shown in government creating money is to privilege. the prying curiosity of the servants, mothers side with sparkling eyes. In enable 1896. entire banking class of the The exIndustrial to classes the The ladles retired early, leaving the and so came most abruptly upon the her hand Bhe held a small nosegay of was combined, and under Its distribute the and wealth country change they wine. countess and her daughter in the little wild flowers. gentlemen to their ease control create and diwith every corporation from the dispatch and Oh, mamma, I seem to have found Mamma, exclaimed Felicie, "what parlor they had used constantly since railroad vide Into infinitesimal systems of the country it great quantities, Is to be done? Papa will never credit the counts return. Lady Felicles first strength and safety. Emile is certainly manufactories and when the down. Including whole desired, throughout his he pin our story, so obstinately does view of her betrothed husband was at hand. were establishments, mercantile a For instance, farmer has large The countess face brightened like- community. faith upon M. Pierre. And if we tell it, certainly not a very flattering one. The monster create a to taxed and a thousand assessed bushels of wheat. produced he will carry it at once to M. Pierre, pale face, the disordered hair, the rough, wise. He wants but a small portion of the corruption fund to bribe voters, subsiYou found them on the bridge? and will not that ruin all? stained clothing might well change for his own use,' but he wants a dize the press, distribute lying literaYes, yea What if we go to meet grain The countess sighed bitterly poor Edwards appearance. She retreathundred other things. It would be an ture, and pay prevaricators, to deny "I cherished the hope that he would ed In dismay, and left them busily re- him there at the tree? You know since endless job to go around and exchange facts, corrupt the elective franchise o! return, the ghosts have for- the at least give me credit for veracity. storing animation to the half insensible my fatherswooda grain In small quantities with pro- the nation, and beat the people. He may give us valusaken the summoned villain she in at that When confidence mistaken length His youth. ducers of other things which he must Fraud, bribery, intimidation, promises will greatly embarrass us. It will never courage to return, he had been moved able information. have for his and his family's comfort. of impossible things, all were resorted "I will think about It. It will be dif- He do to risk the destruction of all by al- into an adjoining chamber. Her mothhauls, his grain to a warehouse or to by this domineering, cruel, relenther arms ficult to elude your fathers observa- mill, drivers It to the miller or shiplowing M. Pierre to hear of our discov- er came out, and flinging less, tyrannical oliarchy. And while and he would peremptorily forbid sobbed. tion, method one her around neck, fairly see I only and the party receiving the grain It la allowed to tax the whole Industry per, ery. What is it, dear mamma? exclaim our leaving the house. Yet it is worth transfers the value of the grain to the of the country at will by the exaction "I know what that Ib, mamma. Wait the trial. until Emile comes, and ask his advice. ed Felicie. farmer in the form of moneys which of tribute for the use of money, it can You do not look equal to it, ma times mornhorrible what flowers every child, for the my Oh, look has been created by government for never be overthrown. It has fought I shall seems best to me, have we fallen upon! That poor youth chere mere. How wan your face has this purpose, the transfer of values. the noon. It and ing people since the foundation of the has narrowly escaped with his life. He grown! I almost think I have courage The farmer then In a few hours. If he government to rob them of their propalso. You have guessed my decision. And has been in prison all of this time; he to go alone, rather than that you chooses,, .purchases a hundred different erty and their liberty, and Is stronger, massa- should venture. things" for' his personal use, from a more arrogant and domineering about the marquis and tke marriage, escaped the day after a fearful Guards (TO SB COXTIHaSD.! was the sacked, cre. The palace Felicie? pennys worth to the highest sum with- than ever before. It must be smitten in the capacity of his money. This to the death, not scotched and driven The girl dropped her head against cut down; more than twenty thousand The king into poor sent shoulder. souls eternity. money represents the value of the back as In times past. The people's In mothers Austrellu. Xo Orphan Asylum her farmers wheat, and In effect he is ex- money in the peoples control, undei I am a coward, mamma, 'after all and the royal family are cl' se prisonAustralia has no orphan asylums is lenounoed, my not himself, I dare La oppose ers. Fayette, changing his wheat for all these vari- the all powerful arm of their governmy brave talk. The whole Every child who is not supported bj ous articles he purchases. This transto fled has Emile since Germany. has and will. Besides, la remedy. fathers parents becomes a ward of the state, action embraces the entire use and ment, the only seen him and pronounced him worthy land will be steeped in blood. for support, and a function of money. Paying debts is But now the Marquis Edward has and is paid pension Onirrnmrat ly Injunction. I do not feel so desperately miserable. where board a in family, private Feplaced said all shall have been ruled by a king, we deferred for We escape, a we some kissed her fondly. payment come, proponly countess The fixed and clothes are provided until the four erty or service which has been enjoyed have been governed by an aristocratic Dear child. Heaven grant there may Hole, soothingly, alarmed at the After that he may b Ibe noTrlsk. His father is very prepoe- - look of anguish on her mothers face. teenth birthday. the debtor In advance, or at least parliament, we are now apparently en-- j to work, in which case the by to able .. go r to have been so enjoyed or terlng upon a government by Judges my child; for you, It, Heaven presumed grant sessing. be safety, but a wild pension is placed to his credit until th received. be to came there he the worst form of autocracy, next ta may how at wonder least, I yea when he becomes a cit of eighteen, age cannot I seized differhas me; bo is that of hierarchy, of which the mind foreboding o intimate with papa, he lzen, with a balance due to him Iron should govern- of man can conceive. Cleveland ReThis off. true, why being shake it ent. state to begin life with. This In ment permit such an outrage on society corder. Hush, hush, my precious mamma, the "lluah, my child, do not forget your a humane, charitable and re- as tbe monopoly of this necessary art! culcates my blessed one, you are nervous and filial respect ITnw? spirit in all residents, desponsible ily IntMtldllmf that monopoly rob the pro Felicie accepted the reproof without excited. Perhaps, Emile has come, creases the chances of pauperism, snf cle, and inby sums the poor content and tha rich Make hundreds ducera not do aggregating you way, give this Oh, contrasted likewise. aa she bilt comment, man on a fair ant Benjamin Harrison. of millions of doars annually, out of secure. strength. places every young careful respect of her mother's with who are all my support and her the world with footing square d&ughThe noble mother clasped the tantalising behavior of the count. self-ivide- wealth-produci- nt ng hin-lere- to-da- y, one-ha- lf cy by-pl- ay sl o . - it forlorn-lookin- to-da- y, I I j ! |