Show j Q t ass i 3 ill s ma S eb 4 I 1 arx 0 v A d W sv 1 I 1 5 I 1 1 AS 1 rth r s me 1 os 0 rf I 1 A i 1 7 RANK i mi 1 TO I 1 X MT I 1 I 1 I 1 k 4 t 7 t it v Z i z a fy f y t at a ELFISH SElFISH unpatriotic AN D i 4 i I 1 y is ii I 1 I 1 na ze z e is allt 11 rb ame ce jious A n a thai ar A cem stoat anabe and Be beird W kahau ot of tho taB poo pta 1 l to conceive 0 of bt O it Is possible pos possessing bessing large ability and great influence fla tuce and observing that his conn tsy try suffers buffers because its finances we are in disorder coming forward impelled oy by feelings of patri patriotism otisa to offer without hope of money M reward ward his advice and his assistance in the work of restoring order and confidence such a man performing such a service would deserve and would receive honor from his countrymen the land ts to filled with bankers great and small but where among them appears IL a figure alk ure of this kind in the present crisis cridis instead there looms up before a nation bewildered and befooled befouled be fooled by the public press quite another figure it is that of the variety of banker who first pro cur cures esthe thia rejection of one of the money metals who then instructs the dull witted people that there can be no other 0 f ber sound money than the remaining metal who then proceeds to corner comer the gold which could not nave have been cornered had silver been retained re and bhoj who finally making the treasury of the united states his victim and the peace and alid honor of taj country his plaything play 1191 proceeds to gorge himself with the profits of his thimble rigging operations with one hand he creates I 1 panic with the other he be despoils tle wealth producers of the fruits of their toll he intimidates the newspapers he cows cow other bankers who wish to be decent and honesty honest he bullies members of congress so that they dare not speak in defense of their constituents he creates a reign of terror in which it is hardly safe for a tree fr american citizen even to hint at the fact that his policy is in that of the brigand and the thief in truth the performances of captain ludd kidd were the most frolicsome gambols of an innocent child compared with the plundering of this bandit who makes the prosperity of a great nation his prey and the treasury of the richest country in the world a mere conduit to turn tum into his pocket the gains filched from the possession oi of honest men the banker performs a most useful function in modem society no judicious I 1 man will complain i if f while engaged in lending money at reasonable interest men who are in that business shall acquire a good share of the wealth created by the labor of others many bankers are just as good men and just as good and loyal loya I 1 citizens as other men and arp as incapable of doing a dishonorable or unpatriotic act acl but the i banking class I 1 suffers just n now ow in ill popular 1 esteem because bec auie as a class it has rallied to the support of the nefarious gold system and because it gives at least tacit approval a to the great money sharps in the large cities who have I 1 rigged the treasury for their personal advantage these big bankers appear to terrorize the smaller bankers as they do the public newspapers and members of congress and meantime all the banking interest too eager for gain manifests an anxiety X lety to obtain for itself control of the money issues of the country which should remain in the hands of the g government overn ment the notion assiduously urged that a man because he is a banker knows more about these things than other men Is conspicuously absurd the general run of bankers Is composed of men of very moderate ability some bank presidents are hardly able to write a letter containing correct syntax and orthography but whether they be wise or foolish it is no part of their busi business nesa to undertake to direct single handed the finances of the nation and the people will not have it if the bankers had real wisdom I 1 zo they would perceive that their true advantage is in promoting the prosperity of the wealth producers and refraining from increasing Iner easing the popular feeling of antagonism to banks 00 backers we say to them that mr Clev elands recent performances and theja greed of certain powerful ban banker kerg have bave n not ot only done more than anything else to hasten the overthrow ot of the gold system but also to create dislike of bankers which may bear bitter fruit at an early day in the shape of hostile legislation the manufacturer |