Show B BASIC IC MONEY IS INSUFFICIENT INU I I Isaac N Stevens Thinks Con Congress ConI Congress I gress Should Inaugurate a Movement ht for Bimetallism I Chicago go Nov No 30 Isaac N Stevens Steven who was chairman of the executive committee of the National Silver party In the campaign of ot 1896 said Vihn in i an n in interview today V There is not basic ough In Inthe ii Inthe the world to do the business of the world The United States Is not the only country suffering from a shortage of money The German banks have be begun begun begun gun to enforce the notice for the withdrawal of funds and I France England and other prosperous countries are suffering from a lack of I money Gold does not furnish a sum sufficient sufficient basis for the enormous develop development development ment that is taking place all over oer the world and for the colossal business en enterprises enterprises enterprises of the present day There has never been greater need for world worldwide worldwIde worldwide wide bimetallism than during the past five years and if civilization Is to con continue continue continue its rapid stride both bOUl gold and sil sli silver sliver silver ver are an absolute necessity as basic money This is the time for the con congress congress congress gress of the United States to inaugurate Inaugurate inaugurate rate a universal movement for bimetal bimetallism bimetallism bimetallism Congress should take action looking toward the guaranteeing of at the funds of depositors so as to bring money out of hiding The government should either go in into Into into to the banking business outright or have nothing whatever to do with It If the national banks were all aU out and out government banks there would be beno beno beno no trouble about the people keeping their funds In such banks Either individualism must be given the utmost latitude or else the gov government government government must go wholly Info Ino those lines of business where its control seems imperative |