| Show King Kind Leopold Institutes aModel a aModel Model Monetary system u Correspondence RULX lib lona of the B bl biggest problems a which fa fate BellIS I peal that It his bu as ruined enact of the Congo II I Ih the introduction of adequate money monet lup supply ly into u the African Ling Leopold dod the tango with witha a tary taper p r U He a gold standard but t minted no DO gold coin and excepting the currency made prom brute bru wire he put cry little money of an any sort la n circus Ion Ii wala to change tM the lII cane t 0 the posy a and put u poppy a ill ti I tl in circulation In It tit titran ran 11 rosy loa That Is a bold prom hr cash u to easily a Is II The Ib natives au know what ht mone money le leThey They ba have r been IMen without a cur currency rency of pine sort aon These 1 savage are arese se eo fuels ul They TIte understand t the be law w Situ b by tIe whit man ThY rb know t that t un under lr It of 01 toe te I tu tag will meet their per peral al 1 liberty t them t ud and that liberty y see e to In hav ft even evea If wore tar for It When la Ihl Ira the Congo sever lOver ei lu Belal the twy In ID clI cin ut m hank at not silver nick nidia a N and M coppet bor a face foll value alII ur of 00 o ON OOIN This keeI h d out nut b by tile arena the Ulf elate tata we legal aul b waa wY nut always U rr for W II 1 ur of t Is tbell lIna lb the It The of 01 hi Ute t C Insist Iet Oft lam nil all PU PUAh ptsy als Ah for its welt w tUf dubs bring made In ID ur or never vr gg III tit 1 tunas there is I nut not 1 II a tu to be in III 1111 11 I than on unc Us of f he law hail to t In ur or r a orlI mid III at IIII 4 a I Ial to adept French III r r boon f th fO I tit Ito r dd V f Iha I nral Ali i A a Lu II hL bee beet kt kepi ul of Ih the Via I It II M uta rr Belgian mut be We fur UI U ft luni I time to t come conw Putting oho tb of trade aside Id the or so 0 left la In the Congo b by Kin leopold will hardly bardt be a 11 drop In Inthe inthe I the bucket when the government pity tu day come around of 01 the Ibe i Belgian ColonIal odice I la Tb department of employs I native workmen there then are re native In Ih the public force 1000 ow a live are employed regularly on th the railway work In III tit he shipyard at al atLa La alone natives art en engaged n nad ad man many are arc en oa the tit vessels and nd waterways and there thre are re other great lerv served by bT multitude ul of natives LABOR TAX T AX Front From a careful analysis analI of 01 the eon Cote go Budget It a tt that iLU 1111 of 01 the ordinary pen 0 of th the state t conies under lID the head bead of what t have bay been n noal called oal service from which Ute the blacks I derive at a least partial utility Theme are aN th those la in which bb the n nit I Itin tin live work sod and draw pa pay the Nation National al for ur the work In of which eo cat t the star tte over or 1100 N In ID 1101 while lb the were re still laboring on oil it II under of to t labor tax tan and paid In kind tI the fora w hl h tat and th Ih naval val service lU welch cat co over 00 rom From the of t lb Wh to 1 it I total out outlay la of n amounted t lit Of 01 them um sum over ova w wee paW pal te t Ute Iles ur Or n ea eap p on wun of 0 t to Th l actual t tIn ra In to the lb tat e 1 The cash aab ass I with 1111 lead good on spent nt In part pan tit I tu it py pa wags but though tomes aid 4 D a la tit the lb Nair h a W M Ie that aut um aunt lur or orwill of the will bava payments 1 1 In Inu low u future COIN uiN I It wiLl require au a immense amount of 01 coin b t mt marl thu thew n fear r alter scar 11 III cacti h fur 11 It a hUll hug f Ie h n I Iu nO eau n 1111 to turn u sae 11 11 i ill il d m n lIdl u sea Ii II Il II Ili 1111 u Ml ur tl Iv U I W think l crude u fur for example decor sting now nose ears arms an ge with It It I ii probable that the lear fear of the great t draIn which would be caused h by bythe the continual 0 of coin Colli from currency wu wan a cause caliM which had leel KIn King Leopold government to continue con the truck system tem of payment for 0 many rea year The of this thle danger w was proved b by the manner In h the native used the tIIe money made mad from bras bra wire The They bent hent the tho Into ring and the slow rich with them tu to such ucb an latent nt that their Umbe become became extended and their necks stretched up tu to twice tice t their belr ordinary r side I VEIl AP A Neva Ia v were the tb gold standard 0 of the t for lor year e There w warn II dealing In lave liau everywhere In ht be Congo fur for home use UH as well a fur and II by retail In stall amaIl per pur a well a wholesale it 11 wit a common thing thIn to have live Ihu slaves bro abt to market markel and sold auld limb b by limb lIb to t buyer The whit who wars settled In central lItral AfrIca before the found olinda lost of the Con Congo Brate tate not Inv In InI attire with Ida the Nave t trade but butt they I mW t up set an money standard ot of their own one In which or of orI I gin In took Ik the place of COlD coin TIM The representative of 01 t tbs Nether Netherlands lands Iud d this and defended It ut at th the of Itella n The salt alu of f drink he aid was U l dl established In commercial wag lne to which spirit represented 1 In III a w way and nd were the prin riD of 01 In tM the bade The rb refus d dIC IC 10 Interfere will It u the sal ut of gin n but It ii Itha has ha I bees tamped out NATIVE a seem to have hav bun ean tM led GrIt first who suu lIa ht t tl to raise l labs natives kg meat ul lands Tw Tory k of ll u tie love of eUr ter pd Ad tr Their plan w warn that of barter They opened lito tun and bah tend erMI hew r 4 1 halved a and cI all of at trade goode for bUild betiding mat tel Mod sad I I Vet lb native had ba o 0 NI NIU n iiI U va valve A din dirty said wI Mr who hu raw MW It P tu at used In Its It but ut tb the themselves h on oy 1 Ii ioe I tn I Ii 11 Ion II 1111 III UI I owl I Ile I dl fluid 11 th al II 0 air 1111 Ih attire tl II amt loj la c II ideal IW 0 of na I 1 Ii eel ad largely ely and 11 WW were drawn drau from dealings In truck and b by mean n of the b brace wife currency C These Theil dealings were era never r Il II Illegal legal sod r to th thu present moment th there r are In which t they are N con continued with huge hUlie to t the t trod rev The Tho proms of one of the Independent trading the 1 amount amounted ed d to net In I Klag Leopold In the of 01 Udel publications of th the state nat that bIll hl plan tine one to inoculate the taste tte for tor work lot Int the tl b by them tu to labor for lor eo ao many hours u month chiefly chien on n the crows lando oi letting rubber and pa paying them for their labor From this data plan the be do d t the II eo Congo system lItem t n dr der It n nn mn paved bands wt wit I w aa on th neth natters s a i tut the payment ur or ro nor norward ward In I then Ih was Aa m made te In kind 1 To aI h n its need In 1011 1 when It Il was U de decreed r ed thAt only one jaG t tag he be imposed OR on tile the that that t Wk k should be sated sad ad payable In Inah cash ah that It might be as low a 20 a yr year nd end that It should never bo ho higher than 14 itte Tit Thu latest traveler In the Congo M I Emile leader of 01 the Eel Bel fan writing r frog the Cost COIl go u In 1108 describe how bow Ill III the last of r King KIne Leopold s Congo Con go at tile the instance of 01 nr and other the tate state nail decided w to renounce rubber and Introduce du the tag x In cash cah money mon monTh Th Th reports of f the foreign consuls brI b or out the statement t of the Pellan The Ih are no working hard and Inti clamoring for lur cub payment In return for tur the rich export from Irom the thein Congo to in be her must scatter tt l gold over or her Iun K DOUGLAS |
