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IWhile While most everyone ever3one ever , } one seems to be in inI inperfect I 1 1perfect perfect rfect accord with President Roose Roosevelt Roosevolts Roosevelt I velt volts s program , and it is claimed cIalmed he hehas hehas hehas has begun at the thc bottom , there is ODE one oneIInstance oneinstance ' Iinstance where he has not touched touchedbottom touchedbottom touchedbottom bottom He declared war on the gold goldhoarders goldhoarders goldhoarders hoarders , and of couise COUlBe course he 1 is rs < ; getting a alittle alittle alittle little gold But the president does not notknow notknow notknow know who the real gold hoarders are areI areI areI I talked to a man the other othcr day th'l.t thl.t thlt thgt th'l.th'1 thgthis thitIns ' . his h'1 h1 ' $ two t\.o t.o t .o o tiro \ . placer ' claims C'lahns Clahns on 011 the Colorado Coloradoriver Coloradoriver Coloradoriver river , his estimate is that he has five fivemillIon fivemillion fivemillion millIon dollars in gold in those two twoclaIms twoclaims twoclaims claIms I am personally acquamted acquainted acquamtedwIth acquaintedwith acquaintedwith wIth another fellow that has one claim claimI claimand claimand claimand and according to his estimate , he hns has hnslone hasI hasone I i lone I one million mlllion five fivc hundred thousand m in mI mgold ingold ingold gold in m the one claim I have one oneplacer oneplacer oneplacer placer claim on the s1h slli silvery ery Colorado Coloradobut , I but according to one of our best gold goldI goldc.pel goldc.peits goldc\peits goldc peits c\.pel c.pel c .pel pel c.peits cpeits \ . ts in the county , this claim only onlycontaIns onlycontains onlycontains I contaIns about a million Tills This class classof classof classof of gold hoarders runs into mto th the thous thous- thousands thousands thousands - - ands The thing for the government governmentto to do is to demand dem-and dem and - this gold be brought broughtin in within the next net " , t\\ t twelve telve \ elve months If Ifnot Ifnot Ifnot not , g1\ g1 give g1e \ e the hoarder his choice , life lifein lifein lifein in federal puson prison , , or turn his h.S hS . property propertyover propertyover propertyover over to the United Umted States government governmentThc governmentThp0 : ThC ' " ' " * " ' " is no doubt but that inside the I irr rr re rrI I ' twelve months the government\ government governmentc government- government governmentcald - \ \ ' c cald cold . d own most of this valuable pro- pro property property pro property - perty The larger per cent of this thisI thiscla.ss thisclass thisclass cla.ss class . of hoarders arc are so busy trying trymg to tomake tomake tomake I make a living livmg that they have no hme time hmeto timeto timeto to take this gold out And there would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be no need of the government govemment taking takingit It out , just leave it in reserve rIght rightwhere rightwhere where " , here it is It Is safer there than It Itv.ould itcould itwould v.ould vould could . be in m anv any vault that was ever everI everconstructed everconstructed everconstructed I constructed Now just try to imaginethe imagine imaginethe imaginethe the billions bllIlons of paper money that Presi Presi- President President President - dent Roosevelt could issue against this thisColorado thisColorado thisColorado Colorado river gold reserveArthur reserve reserveArthur Arthur Brisbane sass sa a s , the stock exchange ex- ex exI exchnge ex exchange - I change ch\nge ch nge ' \ having resumed operations you youI youmay youmay I may back your fancy , if you choose chooseSome chooseSome chooseSome Some that buy now v . will ill be soiry SOlrY sorry a alittle alittle alittle little liter hter And some that do not buy buywill buywill buywill will , like Job , curse theii thel1 their day a little littlelater littlelater littlelater later It all depends on judgment judgmentThen judgmentThen judgmentThen Then in m listening to a broadcast over overthe overthe overthe the radio we were advised that when whenwe whenwe whenwe we was in doubt about our Judgment judgment.to judgmentto whenI . , I to consult our banker . This fellow fellowsaid fellowsaid fellowsaid said , consult sour } our banker in m matters mattersthat mattersthat > that you do not understand , just the thesame thesame thesame same as you would your family famiIy doctor doctorSo doctorSo doctorSo So there it is It If yo you you can't cant ' make it itwith itwith itwith with that sort of inside information informationyou , you are absolutely hopelessNow hopeless hopelessNow Now I don dont t claim that these Cali Cali- Call- Call Callfornia California California - fornia scientists scientlSts and geologists geolOgl5ts are any anydifferent anydifferent anydifferent different than men of the same pro- pro profession pro profession - fession In other states There are arepeople arepeople arepeople people that convey the idea that if ifyou ifyou ifyou you live in California Califorma you are differ dIffer- dIfferent different different - ent But anyway this is " what "hat hat shat they tell tellyou tellyou tellyou you The recent earthquake wa3 was wa3caused wascaused wascaused caused by a slip sUp or fault in the earth's earths earth'scrust earth'scrust earth'scrust earthscrust ' crust Nothing to be frightened about aboutJust aboutJust aboutJust Just a slight movement in m the earth's earths earth'scrust earth'scrust earth'scrust earthscrust ' crust crust , , , caused by the slip shp or fault In Inconclusion Inconclusion : conclusIon , they say , after viewing vlewmg the theI thesituation thesituation I situation as a v . whole shale hole , the quake was wassurprismgly wassurprisingly surprismgly surprisingly moderateAsked moderate moderateAsked Asked at a scripture test e aminatfon examination examinationto < I to describe the suffering sUffermg of Job , one onelittle onelittle onelittle little girl gtrl wrote "Job Job " had one tiouble tlouble trouble I I'GHer Iafter lafter 'GHer GHer after ' another First he lost Ins hIS cattlethen cattle I | then he lost his hlS childicn chlldlcn chlldien and then he hehad hehad hehad had to go into mto the desei desCl t and live hve livewithhis with withhis -withhis withhis - I his hisV1fe " ! \ wife \V1fe V1fe I IIt I II It is cel ceitain certain tain that thou wilt be envIedi envIedI envIedby enviedby envied i iby I by some But it should be thy con- con conI constant constant con constant - stant care that even thine thme enemies enemiesshall enemiesshall I I shall have cause to admlle admire admit e thy virtues ! |