It should be the object of all reform to make a _nearer_ approach to a system of _complete_ justice and a _perfect_ equity. Any reform that does not base itself upon _such_ a proposition and whose outlook is not in this direction _is no reform_, and does not deserve the serious attention of any. There is scarcely an idea prevalent in the community of what true justice and equity consist. But it may be stated as follows: _No person has any just claim to the ownership of anything which he did not produce or which he did not acquire by an equitable exchange of something which he did produce._ Tested by _this_ rule, the accumulated wealth of the world is in unjust hands; it is held by those who have a _no better title_ thereto than if they had actually stolen it. It has been fraudulently acquired, and that is the word which best expresses the manner of its obtainment. And one of the most effective methods of remedying this growing evil is to attain to a true money system—one founded in the requirements to be met and based upon that which it is to represent—that which it is to be used to exchange. Anything that _departs_ from these standards is _not_ scientific money. That which _has_ these for its standards _is_ a scientific money. Aside from all that has been said, there is a general principle rising into the comprehension of humanity which _must of necessity_ dethrone that which has so long been worshiped as the money god. The day for arbitrary rule and standards is drawing to a close, whether they be standards of materiality or spirituality; of morals or intellect; of despotism or democracy. Gold _is_ an arbitrary money standard, and with all others of like character _must_ fall. The tendency of the world is _against it_, and its doom is _already_ sealed. It has been _weighed_ in the balance and found wanting. The interest of the common people, who should always hear every new Christ, demands a reform in our monetary and financial systems. We are aware, however, that there is a great deal of prejudice in their minds in favor of “hard money,” and they must be awakened to the fact that hard money is a myth—a play upon words—a deception practiced upon them by those who have played the part of “the appropriators of wealth” lo! these many years, and who would continue to filch _year_ after _year_ all that the “toiling millions” can compel nature to yield up to them. In this process the laboring classes are the mere avenues through which the earth pours its wealth into the coffers of the capitalists.