“Fiat money is money made by you and the balance of the people that makes this government. You make it by puttin your great stamp on it, and each one of you what are fit to be citizens stand ready to defend it and uphold it with your lives if need be. It is made by you havin printed and stamped on money paper the followin: “‘This is one dollar, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, receivable for all taxes, duties and customs; and any money-lender, bondholder or other citizen of these United States who attempts to dishonor or discredit this bill shall be deemed a traitor, and if found guilty of such attempt shall be hanged by the neck until dead.’” “Dont you think that would be a little seveer, Betsy?” says Jobe. “Seveerness of that kind—seveerness for them what are bound to rule this country for their own benefit or ruin it—is what we need, and the sooner we git it, and the more of it that we git, the better,” says I. So, perceedin with the argament, says I: “Now, Jobe, we’ll go to Urope.” “Well, hold on,” says Jobe, “lemme loose fust.” “Not till we git through Urope,” says I, determined like. “Well, shove off, then,” says he. I did so by sayin: “Jobe, would it skeer you if I was to tell you that the money what is good anywhere in the world is the very money that we as a people dont want?” I put my elbows on my knees and leaned over and looked him square in the eyes to note the effect of my question. He looked at me, starin like, for a whole minit. Says I: “How does it strike you, Jobe?” Says he: “Betsy, have you been a drinkin?” “Yes, sir,” says I, “Ive been a drinkin—a drinkin in the sad, hard experience of the last thirty years—a drinkin the dregs of poverty, hardship and trouble caused by low prices and high interest—caused by havin money so good anywhere else in the world that the only way we can git it back when once it gits away is to borrow it back, and put ourselves in bonds to do it. And, Jobe, when I say that the ‘money thats good anywhere in the world’ is the very money that we as a nation dont want to use, I am a talkin sober, hard sense. We want _money that will come back to us_ and buy our wheat and corn and oats and sich, instid of goin to Roosia and Germany and France and India and buyin their stuff. What we want is money that is the best for America, whether it is good for any other part of the world or not.