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The Commoner
The Sentimisbt in Nebraska
Tho following letter from Mr. Gi
L. Shumway, city clerk of ScottBbluff;
Nebraska, Was addressed to Senator
G. M. Hitchcock at Washington: '
There has bten more interest than i
I can readily see a danger in fed
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eral control if the selection of the ! f ur,!hor.
?i !, P,ItIcAl Parties that wo -are in
this light Tor equal rights and .indua
trial freodom until such timo a tho
eamo shall bo consummated. Bo It
you imagine watching your position
on tho currency question, and I am
sure you will entertain without of
fense. a friendly criticism
The whole question may be "too
far up tho gulch" for a Jayman.to
presume to understand, yet it seems
to me that ,th,e .proposed measure
sounds like the gopd, old. farmers'
alliance logic o njany years ago.,
' It looks like the cne great oppor
tunity for which men have worked,
and waited and hoped for a genera
tion, and perhaps much longer,
Therefore,: our fear: (perhaps unreal
sonable fear) that some friend may
block the way.
So many of those who endorse
your position have voices like our old
timo enemies. '
You advdeate postponement, which
was ex-President Taft's besetting sin;
This six-cylinder age calls for action,
and you know the many years that
currency has bedn-an issue.1 It seems
doubtful' if cbngress or the cduntry
will be any better advised -by next
session or the session after. l
Since my earliest. thoughts on th
subject,- it bas always seemed that
tlie medium of exchange is too vital
to'tho public to be controlled hv nm
specialized branch: dt business'. Bank-
m6 v,iu. aw uuaiiy buiuicb uiuustrat
conditions that make fish out of one
and fowl out ofi lanother.
The favorite, can be extended cr.edi
and the other enibaras3ed. throntrH
Tip' virtue dr'faplt 'save friendship' or
board were in therh:..ids of an ambl-
iiuuh lyrani. inai is a passible dan
ger of delay. With immediate action,
President Wilson's domhmtlmr firm
J will insure safety in the board's for
mation, his Jacksonian courage with
out the violence, has aroused a great
hope, and wo Xeel that you and others
whose spirit and ideals are right,
should in no way impede him in tho
work of reformation. Wo want you
to help him aid hasten the day of
business emancipation.
President WJbson needs all the
time possible for you to give h'im to
get the work sufllciontly advanced to
show results, and all embarassrapnta
should come from his enemies. Fxmr
years are short, when entrenched
financial giants ar6 opposing him.
.1 hope, Senator, that' you are not
so -intensely involved in the attitude
you have taken, that you will not at
least give .this, call from the wilder
ness the consideration deserved by
tho friendly, earnest solicitude of tho
writer.
ijb,The following' petition signed by
msariy ivy. qoiocrats 01 M.lndon,
Neb., was sent to Senator ifitchcock:
; Mhlden, 'N$b. Nov. io.Wg, the
following democrat's whole names are
here attache ask you :or the good
of the co'Untry and the people to vote
for th'e currency bill now pending bet
fore the senute and approved by
President Wilson' and the "rank and
file"' of the democratic party. We
want twelve regional banks we'll dis
tributed oyer the entire United States
so as to' furnish the people money.
efcmity df the hiail'bd'jifnd thti'gun'. and, not keep it in a few banks cdn-i
;; Banking dughf.to , be only on0 ofl",ole y, wan street gamblers ai)d
Hq TYlrtViTT' '4'liTrirt'a li ' ?v4r.1r ... tk.lMA IllnnoV nnwc
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the many thfngs that iriake up the
composite of our government! but of
late years it has become theHaoss. It
has arrogated' to itself- supreme
powers, and demands to know the
innermost secrets of the borrower. It
exacts his absolute confidence, then
'if1 the 'profits look big enough, it
Nbacks right hitoUhe deal, either 'di
rectly, or' through" some dUhihiy or
slde-ridor. ' 'Hardly a bank exists that
'has not its. side mian, who has inside
inforinationi as to the creditors of: the1
bank which, information is abused to
theide-iilders'-'prbfit. . .. !
Had' banking'. business adhered to
banking servlces,Ivdoubt it there, had
ever been any call. for currenoy 'legis
lation, '.'
The abuses that-follow the present
banking system- shows its weakness
and its menace. It shows the neces
sity pf a controlling influence .that
has not alone banking interests, to
serve. A board of control that thinks
just as much of an industrial, mer
chant, a shoemaker, a farmer, as it
does of a banker. I think the fault
pf the 'present! system is that it makps
preferred citizens out of banking peo-f
pie. '
Federal control might beneficially,
extend gradually to -federal banking
taking the extension of credit entire?
ly out of private Tmnks.
You lcnow the 'effect upon business,
when banks chdrige the quantify of
reserve funds frem 15 per cent1 to
say 30 per cent. It brings distress,
clpse money, and. at the same- tim0
banks boast .of theirr apparent
"strength,"... You have thetables or
can at least improvise .one that will
answer. . .
By the .former;, $1,000 in actual
currency, deposited in a bank is sufli
cient .basis for ,$7,000 credit. '.In
crease the" reserve to 30 per cent and
the possible credit is reduced mere
than a half, This expansion and !co'n-t
tracticn is n,ow.ppssible by the con
certed actieh of banks, and it is, ,the
criminal latitude that has been given
them by law.
the money power. Vote for the bill
as it stands in its original form with
out any amendments, whatever. The
democratic party 'in Nebraska and in
the United States'' cannot afford to
stand by and silently see y6U join the
enemy without protest.
Resolved. .That baliovinrr n w .in
that tho currency bill as passed by
the lower houso will, if onactcd Into
law, accomplish tho will and purposo
of the common people, and of which
we demand that our public norvanUs
aid in passing by cvory honorablo
moans, thoreby aiding President Wil
son in fulfilling his promise to tho
people to reform tho nation's mone
tary system.
Moved and supported that Wo np
prove the foregoing resolution us
road and that a copy of tho same bo
forwarded to Senators Hitchcock and
Norris.
Jonathan Higgins, II. p.. Stevens,
M. L. D. EI dor, Committee
Write for
"Betty"
That's the name
of the beautiful
girl on the
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Wo, tho
Howard
At a called meeting of the voters;
of Payne 'precinct, Lincoln county
Nobraska, held at Bigne1, No.vembe
luj .the foljow-ing resolutions -were
unanimously adopted:
. Whereas,, . Co ltrol pf mpney and
credit has created a millionaire
aristocracy and millions of depend
ents, and
Whereas, A continuation pf present
conditions can but end in the degra
datiqn of 'American- citizenship to
that of serfdom, and
Whereas, The provisions of our
constitution wherein it is provided
that "Congress shall have power to
coin money and regulate the value
thereof," is the only safe and sure
system for a national currency; and
1 Whereas, This rig-t of the people
to issue money and to confrol Its
volume has been delegated to cor-
porate individuals, with power to
make money dear or cheap; alsO who
can use it, and who can hot, thus the
favcred few beceme absolute dic
tators of-the nation's every industry;
.therefore, be it
Resolved, By the- voters of Payne
precinct, Linceln county, Nebraska,
irrespective of (politic:.l affiliations,
that we demand of the representa
tives of the state of Nebraska in the
national Congress that they support
such measures that will eliminate and
destroy the foregoing abuses, wishing
to restore the gevernment and all its
Dannebrog, Neb., Nov.
Senator G. M. Hitchcock:,
undersigned democrats of
county, Nebraska, have faith in the
policies of the present democratic ad
ministration, and believing It tho
part of wiBdom to uphold tho hands
of tho president who has proven him
self'the master of the situation and a
friend of the people, suggest that
you, as phe Of pur representatives In
the United Statos seriate, lay aside
your personal Opinion as to minor de
tails and get squarely behind the
president in this important matter
now before the senate the currency
bill and by so doing claim a part
of the glory due this democratic ad
ministration as tho greatest moral
uplift in the history of oUr country.
George G. Lauritsen, N. C. Peterson,
H. P. Nelson, Hans N. Lauritson, Jor
gen Christensen, Viggo Chrlstensen,
Soren M. Fries, Niels Nielsen, Rhb
inus Sbrensen, Thomas Lauritsen,
Peter Petersen, 3. G. Jacobs, C. B.
Nelsen, Paul Christensen, Jens C.
Christensen, W. L. Easten, Anton
Johnson, Martin Nielsen, Willie Niel
sen, C T. Petersen, Fred Jacobs,
Chas. Perry, M. S. Stockholm, Fred
Sorensen, Peter Stockholm, J. C,
Petersen, S. C. Klem, Hans Sorensen,
Paul Nielsen, W. C. Nielsen, A. 15,
Carlson, Niels Larsen, Barnle Nelson;
Carl L. Petersen, Swan Williamson;
H. C. Parker, Carl Fredericksen, Carl
Christensen, Jens A. Carlson, Viggo
A. Sorensen, William T. Lauritpp
C. T. Lauritsen, Norman Jensen, E.
Moore. R. Petersen. Sam Martin. P.
fa. Petersen, John G. Schlytern, Pejer
Predricksen, Hans Jensen.
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THE COCA-COLA CO.
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Spraglns, S. JI.- Knhiloy, Wm. Booe,
Jacob Bloom, A. J. Spacht, Frank 3.
Llchty, Guy C. LIchty. t .
To the Honorablo Gilbert M,
Hitchpock, United States Senator,
Washington, D. C,: We Jhe under
signed democrats of Falls City Ne
braska, hereby protest In regard to
your attitude toward tho administra
tion iof President Wilson, and par
ticularly on tho currency bill. Wo
believe the bill as It passed the house
a good bill and would bo pleased to
have you support it. Respectfully
yours, John Li2hty, Sam'l Klmmel,
W. A. Greenwald, L. O. Wirth, Guy
P, Greenwaldr Chas. M. Wilson, F,
Brecht, J. H. Hutchings, It. A. Nelt"
zeL G.. W.. Morris, John Gagnon, J.
E. .McFarland, D. B. Gillespie, Chas.
Loree, H. J. Prlchard, O. B. Prlchard,
Wf H. Crook, L. O. Manger, W. H.
Maddox, B, F. Morgan, Sam'l Marts,
James E. ,Higgins, JL G. Hughes, C,
A. PIsher, M. Guinn, L. S, Gianini
Adam M. Voegel, William Voegel, It.
C. James, J. S. Parsons, L. C. Ed
wards, C. H. Nolte, C. C. Davis, John
The following petition from Lla
coln county, Nebraska, citizens w,tM
addressed to Senator Hitchcock, sit
Washington,
North Platte, November 17, 1913..
As wo have boon watching the
action of tho senate committee very
closely through tho columns of tho
daily newspapers, and wo are vqry
much Interested in the outcome.
In this locality we have not heard
a single objection raised by any per
son to tlio currency bill as passed by
the house of representatives and en
dorsed by tho president, Woodrow
Wilson, but on the other hand the
measure has their most hearty en
dorsement and approval. We, a part
of tho constituency of Nebraska, feel
that we have a right to request of otfr
United States senators that they shall
represent us and our wishes In this
matter and not represent men and
measures that ve feel against our in
terest. The people of Nebraska are greatly
interested in this matter, and we
will say that we do most earnestly
hope that you can see your way clear
to help support this measure as en
dorsed by the president, and bring
the matter to a speedy settlement so
It can be passed and thereby wo be
lieve change the financial system of
this country te a safer and more
economic basis.
Wo will be pleased to hear from
ypu In regard te this very Impertant
matter.
Yours for the greatest gepd to the
greater number of our common
wealth, J. H. Edmlsten, C. C. Masters,
E. W. Mann, Butler Buchanan, Frank
Buchanan, F. It. Elliott, G. W. Elliot
Arthur Rush, Dr. D. C. Crocker, C. J.
McNamara, Chas. Mangon.
AGENTS
F. Schmite. G. H. Fallstead. E. P,
functions to the people. Be it further Glines, Eli Bowers, John Nolte, Wra,
Resolved, That weview with alarm, Fritz, Francis bhaiter, Morris Sen:,
recret and extreme disapproval the E. M. Kimmel, Hugh O Grady, Jr.,
subterfuges reserted te tp defeat the
.will ef the people and hold them
chained to a monied oligarchy, Ana
be It further . . .
Resolved, That we hereby serve
notice upon recreant public servants
John O'Gradjv F, M. Parchen, JameS
Tangeny, Sr., L. L. Aldrlch W. L.
White, Jacob R. Hinzieken, Wm.
Rieschiok, H. F, Nettlebrlck, Jud J.f
Kuowles, Ralph Walker, Geo, S.
Sperry, Herman F. Fritz, John D,
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