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on paper, and it lias never succeeded. The whole gist of what was 
said about Mr. Mitchell vanishes at once when we find out that Mr. 
Mitchell paid and the Government don’t propose to pay. If Mr.' 
Mitchell had refused to pay, that would have been the end of his 
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money. If the Government issues money and don’t propose to 
pay, it will come to naught, just as other countries have done. 
The gentleman uses the word “ extortion ” in relation to capital, 
while at the same time he says, you must furnish him j'our goods 
for his price. We will regulate by law, what you shall furnish 
your goods for. Remember much of our money comes from 
England, or Europe. How are we going to get that money? 
If it is not brought here, then the price of money will still be too high. 
If we offer less inducements than we offer now, we shall not get 
the capital without we can follow up the law by a law compell¬ 
ing men to furnish us their capital at our prices. That, it seems 
to me, would be a far greater extortion than to let supply and 
demand regulate the price of the commodity. I say the farm¬ 
ers in Wisconsin are relatively in good condition. The capitalists 
have no power over them. The capitalist has come a long way on 
purpose to help those who need help; you would have been no bet¬ 
ter off if they had not come. Europe brings us railroad-iron and 
many commodities that have value. My money is not a thing 
peculiar by itself, but it stands in the same relation as other com¬ 
modities. It is ungrateful on our part to say these men have done 
us an injury; they are no more greedy than you are, not a bit. 
They are no more exacting than you are or I am. We stand on 
pure natural business principles. It is a free-trade transaction, 
and we all stand on natural law. They use what they have and 
use it as skillfully as they are able. And you use what you have, 
and use it as skillfully as you are able. 
My friend, Mr. Field, is where he is to-da,y by borrowing money, 
if he did borrow, aud he has no right to curse the man who helped 
him. 
Mr. Robbins. I want to borrow some money. I know where I 
can get it at ten per cent. I have got some men that have been 
working on the railroad, and their pay is due next month. But I 
know where I can get it at ten per cent. Now will you pass a law 
that I shall not pay ten per cent.? You and I, Mr. Field, had a 
clatter once in the legislature on that subject of interest. Now, I 
