Banking And Currency And The Money Trust

Washington, D.C.: Charles A. Lindbergh / National Capital Press, Inc.. Good. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. In the hysteria of wartime 1918 federal agents forced the destruction of this book's printing plates. (per page 7 of Lindbergh's "Your Country At War"). "The market prices of commodities vary from day to day and often several times a day, despite no radical difference in the proportion of the supply and the natural demand. This fact is conclusive proof that our system is controlled by manipulators and fundamentally wrong. I have sought to elucidate this problem within this volume and have suggested a plan which, if adopted, would make the people the master of the world, instead of the present master - THE MONEY TRUST." - page 3. "A populist classic on the nature of so-called 'panics.' Lindbergh claims he was offered millions in bribe money not to publish this book." - A Populist Bibliography, p.163. "Charles August Lindbergh (1859–1924) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota's 6th congressional district from 1907 to 1917. He opposed American entry into World War I as well as the 1913 Federal Reserve Act. In 1917 he brought articles of impeachment against Federal Reserve Board of Governors, including Paul Warburg and William P. G. Harding, charging that they were involved 'in a conspiracy to violate the Constitution and laws of the United States'." - Wikipedia. 318 pages. Average wear to original green cloth boldly lettered in gilt. Binding intact. Rusty paperclip impressions atop pages 29-38. Rubber stamp of prior owner atop front free endpaper which is creased at top. Dust jacket not included, if one was issued. A sound copy of this rare and important piece of American monetary history. A Populist Bibliography, p.163. ; Sm 8vo .