People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — Getting Rich Without Work. [ARTICLE]

Getting Rich Without Work.

If you held the title to ten thousand acres of good land, couldn’t you get rich —without work? If you could borrow money from the government at 1 per cent and loan it io the farmers in your county at 10 per cent, couldn’t you get rich —without work? If you happened to be born rich, had plenty of money, lived in a country where men were made cheap and money was made dear, couldn’t you get richer —without work? If you had obtained a monopoly on some natural product, like coal, or oil, or lumber, or silver, or gold—things that you could not make —and millions of people wanted them, couldn’t you get rich —without work? If you have brains and can think for yourself, hadn’t you better think? — Coming Nation. Will some of the Napoleons of finance please explain how Uncle Sam can redeem the 1811,031,490.44 paper money, now unredeemed, with >107,236,486.79? No use to deny these figures; they are exactly as given by Secretary Carlisle. Just think of it! Only a little over 13 cents in gold to cover >1 in paper. The national banks in the United States and the national treasury together have only about >275,000,000 in gold, while they have obligations out (their notes) to the amount of >l,o66,ooo,ooo.—Southern Mercury.