“Brother of mine, I ask not alms; I have asked no man to give; I but ask for work to earn my bread; I ask the right to live.” Brother of mine, what would you say, What would your answer be To this lowly brother of Him who said: “Even so unto me.” HENRY BENSON. Part II ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: THE WORLD’S OPPRESSOR.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PART II Present Day Problems EDITED BY K. L. ARMSTRONG CONTENTS OF PART II. [Illustration] PAGE I. The Impending Revolution 277 II. The Philosophy of Money 283 III. A Bird’s-eye View of American Financial History. 307 By Samuel Leavitt IV. The Eight Money Conspiracies 345 V. Financial Authorities 352 VI. Interest and Usury 380 VII. Debt and Slavery 387 VIII. The Laws of Property. By Lyman Trumbull 393 IX. Direct Legislation 401 I. THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. “And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou? Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward.”—_Exodus_ 14:15. THE purpose of the following pages is to present in compact form a series of articles on money and kindred subjects from the point of view of one who, realizing that a world-wide economic revolution is imminent, hopes that this revolution will be accomplished by reason and in peace, not by treason and violence—by book and ballot, not by bullet and bayonet. It is not intended to make a special plea for the doctrines of any particular school of economics, or of any political party. The object is rather to place in concrete the arguments and principles of many branches of Reform thought which, while widely divergent in respect of methods, have a common aim in the emancipation of industry.