THREE REVOLUTIONS - Speech of Ferdinand Lips on the occasion of the - aug - 24, 2005
THREE REVOLUTIONS
Speech of Ferdinand Lips on the occasion of the
Conference Goldrush21 in Dawson City (Canada),
August 8/9, 2005
“The Gold Standard of the 19
th century is the highest monetary achievement ofthe civilized world” – Ferdinand Lips
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is an honour and a pleasure for me to talk to you at the site of the greatest gold
discovery in history. We are in Dawson City, the place of the Klondike Gold Rush of
1896.
As a young man I spent two years of my life in Toronto. So almost 50 years later I
made it to visit this legendary country of Yukon. In this wild place destiny played
unbelievably dramatic roles in many thousands of human lives. There is no fever like
gold fever.
This June Gold bullion has posted a dramatic rise against all major currencies.
Another cycle in this bull market seems to be beginning. The curtain of this present
day drama is soon going to lifted as investors all over the world start to notice what is
going on.
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me talk how I see the gold and the world situation from
Dawson City. In short: because the world has forgotten the monetary role of gold, our
world is in serious, very, very serious trouble. That is the one major reason for the
present worrisome state of the world. The abandonment of gold as money, of the
discipline of gold is the major reason, if not the only reason why our world has
become a very dangerous place. In my opinion, it is the biggest tragedy in world
history.
Some years ago I heard that the Maya calendar will end on the 23
rd of December2012. There is no more Maya calendar afterwards. That is only about seven years
away!!!
The Mayans were a people of great culture and they loved gold. They have to be
taken seriously.
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What could that mean? What is going to happen?
Is it the end of the world? No, it can’t be that. We hope not. However we are facing
an economic situation that could easily end in a debacle of epic proportions.
Will there be a World War? Well, that is quite possible. There are so many wars
already. In the 20
th century there have been two World Wars, thousands of smallerwars, even Gold Wars and Currency Wars. That would never have happened under
a Gold Standard. Impossible!
What else could it then be?
I have come to several conclusions. Conclusions usually come at the end of a
speech. But I won’t keep you waiting.
George Bernard Shaw once said: It’s difficult to make forecasts, especially about the
future. But I will try anyway.
I’ll tell you my conclusions right now:
First conclusion:
There will be no more FED. Yes, there will be no more FED,believe me! It may come as a surprise to some of you to hear that the Federal
Reserve System is already Americas’ fourth central bank. There were three others
before that and the result was always the same – a disaster. We had 100 years of
FED and that is enough. Why? Because this organisation has tragically failed. It was
set up to keep the $ strong and the financial system sound. It was founded by
powerful and supposedly very intelligent men. Within 100 years they have succeeded
to run the dollar down to 5% of its 1913 value. Maybe even below that. The FED has
created stock market bubbles. Right now it is creating the biggest housing bubble in
history. This may lead to economic collapse. I expect a revolution will one day take
place against the FED. It must be abolished. After all its founders were not that
intelligent but rather stupid men. Or they were devils. It is a tragedy. Not only that: It
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is the biggest tragedy in world history, even worse than wars. Worse than wars. It
made most people poor. It damaged America. It caused wars and then helped to
finance them.
Second conclusion:
Most other Central Banks will go too. The central banksinvented this terrible monster of “The lender of last resort” which allows irresponsible
banks and the wealthy financial folk to speculate without real risk of their own. It led
to an incredible build up of financial leverage. And at the end it leaves ordinary
people holding the bag. None of this would occur if we had an honest monetary
structure. We don’t need central banks. The once mighty Bundesbank, the Bank that
ruled Europe, has already lost all its power. All central banks must and will be
abolished. Why? Because they were so stupid and fraudulously sold their citizen’s
gold and bought paper money instead, mostly US dollars. You know those dollars
that lost 95% of their value over 100 years. OK there is now the EURO. But is that
currency cocktail any better? Somebody called it the ESPERANTO CURRENCY,
meaning the HOPEFUL. Before the creation of the euro all the central banks of the
world held all of their monetary reserves in US dollars. A US dollar that is
backed bynothing.
After the dollar crashed in recent years, they shifted their paper dollars intoeuros. How clever, they sold gold at the bottom and then they sold dollars at the
bottom. I hope all is not lost. I suspect some central bankers are beginning to wake
up and find out that gold is the only real money - the only alternative to worthless
paper money reserves.
My forecast: Beginning 2006, the same central bankers who dumped gold at
much lower prices will repurchase that gold at much higher prices.
Third conclusion:
The US will have Latin American conditions, but without the Latincharm. I am extremely worried about the future of that country. Its manufacturing
industry is dying. The US is bleeding to death with these endless wars. As far as I
know, America has no enemies from outside that threaten it. In my view, the enemy
comes from inside. It will face economic collapse and complete destruction of its
currency. But people are not informed what is going on. I also hear that its people are
losing their freedom. That is of course the consequence. Americans should
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remember their heritage. They should remember the principles of their founding
fathers. These wonderful men created a great and successful country that was
admired by the whole world. This is all gone. Their governments are only thinking
about teaching everybody what democracy is. They want to rule the world they don’t
understand. They want to manage the markets they no longer dominate and then go
to war when nothing helps.
Fourth conclusion:
China will probably become the biggest economy in the world.China has a long history. The timeless value of the wisdom of a Konfuzius that is
almost 3000 years old, is again remembered. Believe me this is far superior to
Disney Land. China will become the most important country in the world. China will
have a great future as long as it can master the speed at which it is changing and
growing. That will be difficult. China’s economic progress does not only create wealth
but also tensions. It should not be built on the American consumer who only
consumes that much because he thinks the housing boom makes him rich. So China
and the other Asian countries will one day need to have their own integrated markets.
They will no longer depend so heavily on an American consumer that is drowning in
debt. If the political tensions become too tense, the country could split up in three
Chinas. It has happened before in their dynasties. That would not be too bad.
Smaller countries can be better managed. Well, in the case of China, these three
countries would still be big enough.
Fifth conclusion:
India will get wealthier and more successful all the time. But Iwonder if a country is really successful if it has that many poor people. Most
important insight: Inspite of all the forecasts, India will buy more and more gold. The
Indians will never change. They got lot’s of history and experience with paper money.
In the Middle Ages, there was a “Silk Road” going from Turkey to Kasakstan. Now we
are seeing the build up of the “Gold Road”. It starts in Dubai. Dubai is building the
biggest gold refineries in the world. They buy and refine the gold that flows
afterwards over the “Golden Road” to India and all of Asia.
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Sixth conclusion:
Russia could become the greatest power of the world. Russiamay have the biggest gold reserves. In 1917 under the Tsar, the Bank of Russia had
the biggest gold stock of all central banks including the Bank of England. Russia has
a great many well educated, hard working and decent people. They just need to
abolish their enormous bureaucracy, forget their Marxist nightmare and learn the
principles of a free market economy. It is a fabulously rich country with enormous
resources, a lot of good people and a lot of culture.
Seventh conclusion:
Together with Russia EUROPE could again be the center ofthe world. But it is by far not sure. It can only be achieved if we drop Socialism and
the Welfare State. We should learn from the Chinese. Hard work and little Welfare
State. But in order to succeed, the euro needs a link to gold. The miracle can only be
accomplished if Europeans replace Keynes with the thinking of men like Röpke, von
Mises, von Hayek etc. Röpke, Eucken and Erhard were the fathers of the German
miracle. These policies could again be the source of a European miracle. The EU of
Brussels, the EU in its present form should be abolished. The Brussels bureaucracy
of unelected officials is a monster. The French and the Dutch just voted against it.
The EU in its present form will fail and maybe the euro will fail as well. That would not
be the end of Europe. As General Charles de Gaulle recommended. The ideal would
be: the Europe of the Nations. A Europe where the individuality of every nation and
region is respected. A Europe from the Atlantic to the Ural. A bit more religion would
also help. The word God was not even included in this new Constitution. The
unelected masters of Europe wanted to do it without God. They are destined to fail.
Eighth conclusion:
Gold and Silver prices will be much, much higher. Oil prices too.There is not enough gold. Who wants to produce gold and silver as long as prices
are held artificially low? This whole manipulation of the gold market has to end. It will
end like the Gold Pool in 1968. Just collapse. The gold pool was created in 1960 by
the central banks to keep the price of gold at $35.00. It could not last. Gold was
stronger than the central banks. And gold will also be stronger than the hedge fund
boys who are criminally borrowing and shorting stocks of small gold rich exploration
companies just to bring them to their knees. Only this time the explosion of prices will
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be more spectacular. The prices will go to the moon. And the manipulators will be hit
by a real boomerang. Also the central banks will start buying in 2006. Nobody will be
able to stop that future gold rush. Gold will take its revenge.
Ninth conclusion:
If the price of gold and silver were left to free market forces,literally everybody would benefit. South America. Most countries of Africa. South
Africa would benefit most. Even the US would greatly benefit because it is No. 3
producer of gold. There could be a Renaissance of mining generally with all the
beneficial effects on the economies as a whole.
Tenth conclusion:
My most important forecast is the following: I FORECAST ARETURN TO THE GOLD STANDARD.
Without a return to the GOLD STANDARD you can forget it, I repeat - forget
everything. Then the calendar of the Mayans and their wisdom will have proved
to be greater than Nostradamus.
If we go back to the Gold Standard
I could see the best scenario for the future ofmankind. Everybody would benefit from sound money, South America, Africa. The
US could again become a great economic power and nation. Gold rich Asia may
benefit most. The world economy would run on its full potential. There would be full
employment everywhere. The young could again find jobs. Peace would return to the
world.
HOW CAN THIS BE ACHIEVED?
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BY THREE REVOLUTIONS!!!
1. THE GATA REVOLUTION.
2. THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION
3. THE MINING REVOLUTION
1. THE GATA REVOLUTION
I came to this historic place to tell you how we Europeans admire the work of GATA.
For seven years now GATA, under the leadership of Bill Murphy and Chris Powell,
has been fighting for free markets, for a free gold market. Bill’s courage is without
example. It is a fight of David against Goliath. Day after day he is hammering out his
message for transparency through honesty. Day after day he informs how honest
people are robbed by arrogant governments, bureaucrats, useless central banks and
an almighty banking system. It is a total crime if you manipulate markets, depress the
price of assets of other people, destroy the economies of whole nations (primarily in
Africa) and drive hundreds of millions of people into poverty. It is a crime.
GATA courageously fights for free markets, better markets, honesty and a better
world. GATA therefore deserves our fullest support. The mining industry has often
been criticized by GATA and rightly so. GATA criticized it for not protesting against
the obvious manipulation. The mining people do not realize what is happening to
their product, to them and to their shareholders. They are mostly engineers and don’t
understand what some dark, obscure characters on COMEX are doing to them. Or
else, they are just closing their eyes. If you realize, how much it takes to get a few
grams of gold out of the ground, then it is obvious that this manipulation is a major
crime.
It can only be in the interest of the mining people to support GATA. Actually it was
the job of the World Gold Council. But they failed. That is one of the strangest
organizations I ever met.
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In any case they are not friends of the gold mining industry. Rather they are serving
their biggest sponsors who incidentally were also the biggest hedgers. Those
sponsors are dictating the WGC’s policy.
All the gold and silver mines of this world should voluntarily give GATA an annual
contribution. Not based on ounces produced but what they think is right. All investors,
but primarily those with interests in gold and silver mines must subscribe to GATA.
They get daily high class and honest information. GATA is the only organization that
is fighting for miners and investors. Fighting for their rights, and …their money.
GATA and LeMetropoleCafe should now be put on a broader basis. A group of
friends should meet with them and work out a plan how GATA can be
institutionalized and structured. It should become a structured business corporation.
The benefits for everybody will be enormous, not just for a few stock markets gains
but for the whole economy, the countries, the mines, the shareholders and the
workers and for freedom.
Can it be done? Yes, it can. It is needed because the cabal cannot endlessly steal
our money. GATA must live and grow. Let’s build GATA to a powerful organization.
Bill deserves it. He is a pioneer. GATA has to become a viable business corporation.
A historic parallel
This reminds me in a way of the foundation of Switzerland. In 1291 30 men from the
Swiss mountains assembled one night on a meadow on the lake of Lucerne in
Switzerland. They wanted to be free. At that time Europe was ruled by kings and
princes and nobility that was not always nice to the common man. The common man
had to pay taxes (10%) and had to fight on the battle fields for the glory of the kings.
They had to fight and die for the feudal system. The mountain farmers decided that
they could manage their own destiny. They were determined not to bow to any
oppressor, rather die than live in chains. And they had to go to war. In three decisive
battles they beat the army of the Austrian Habsburg Empire. But before they went
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into the battle, they went on their knees and prayed to God, the Almighty for help.
Other cantons joined the original three cantons. Today Switzerland, a country without
natural resources, is the country with the highest per capita income in the world.
Switzerland is still the only direct democracy in the world.
This, my friends, is my first message.
Now to the second message:
2. THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION
If we successfully want change the present monetary non-system, then we must
have a plan. We need a plan to inform people about sound money. For a century
people have been extremely successfully brainwashed that gold is finished and fiat
paper money will rule. The politicians are full of lies and the media is full of lies.
There is not one university in the world, where monetary history and science is
taught. From history we know how fiat money systems end. Look at the Continental,
look at the John Law experiment. They all finished badly. The present paper money
experiment is even worse. It’s the worst of all, because it is world wide. For the first
time in history all the monies of the world are backed by nothing. It is the worst
system ever invented by the mind of men. It is the Tower of Babel of irredeemable
money.
Let me cite Professor Antal Fekete in my book “Gold Wars” who said:
This Book “Gold Wars” is much more than a chronicle of gold wars. It is also
an account of the historic failure of “Esperanto money”. Over hundred years
ago a Polish physician by the name of Ludovik Lazarus Zamenhof (1859 –
1917) created a synthetic language in the hope of removing the curse of Babel
from mankind. According to the Bible man had become so conceited as to
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challenge God by proposing to build a tower that was to reach HIGH HEAVEN.
The tower could never be completed for failure of communication due to the
confusion of different languages. Zamenhof called his new language
“Esperanto” meaning “the hopeful”. However, the hope was in vain as other
synthetic languages such as “Ido” sprang up. The confusion of tongues, and
the curse of Babel, has remained.
Calling irredeemable currency “Esperanto money” is apt. The Biblical story
may be interpreted allegorically as an admonition not to challenge God by
attempting to build a tower of irredeemable debt that is to reach HIGH HEAVEN.
But the admonition fell upon deaf ears. Now God’s wrath is upon us.
Currencies of nations have been confused. The tower of Babel is in vain. Other
synthetic currencies spring up such as the SDR (special drawing right), the
euro, and so on. The confusion of currencies, and the curse of Babel, remains.
How could this tower of irredeemable money come into existence? Because there is
no gold standard. Because people do not know what money is, what sound money is
and means. The lessons of history are forgotten. In the 19
th century every peasantknew what money is. So you have to educate people again. How can it be done?
You create a Monetary Institute world-wide. We organize conferences but with a
system. You invite the young people, you invite everybody who wants to learn. You
have three year courses about monetary history, about mining, about the influence of
sound money on the economy, in history and in the future. An organization such as
FAME (
www.Fame.org) could play an enormous role. I am a Trustee of thisorganization and a friend of its director Dr. Larry Parks.
You do not need a building for this. You may organize it at various places, in various
countries: Switzerland to begin with, Toronto, Singapur, Dubai, Kyoto, Shanghai,
Cape Town, Buenos Aires. Any place you can think of. It will be a matter of a few
years and millions of people will know what sound money is, millions of people will
want to go back to the gold standard. And millions of people will want to buy gold.
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The free market will overwhelm the manipulators. The free market will decide the
right price for gold.
Thanks to this wonderful instrument of internet the message will spread rapidly. I tell
you within three years the world is ready for a new gold standard, for sound money,
law and order, freedom and no wars. Maybe it will take more than 3 years, maybe it
will take 7 years, until 2012 when the Mayan calendar ends and a new calendar
starts.
It can be done. How can this be achieved?
This reminds me of another example in history.
The victory of Christendom over the Roman Empire
.They, the missionaries did it without money, without internet. They travelled on
donkeys and spoke to the crowds, told them about their GOD, convinced them of the
importance of love and peace. And they won. It is the Judeo-Christian philosophy
believing that there was only one God that defeated the Roman Empire without
weapons.
That is, why I tell you it can be done. It can be done fast. We got internet.
My daughter Barbara and I have worked out a plan for a Monetary Institute. It was
easy. I sent the plan to ten people whom I thought they would be receptive. When I
asked them about their opinion they found it excellent. For now it is still in the
drawers in Switzerland, waiting to come out of the drawer, waiting to be put in
practice for the benefit of mankind.
But who will do this? Who has enough enthusiasm to create such a Monetary
Institute. It cannot be Ferdi Lips. I am over 74. But there should be plenty of
candidates. In May I was in the Middle East, in Dubai where I had a speech at the
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Gulf Research Center. Last year I was in Bahrein. I had a speech at the local
university. They were so interested, they wanted me to help them work out a program
for universities in all other Arab speaking countries taking “Gold Wars” as a basis.
Today it is easy to spread the message with the help of the computer.
3. THE MINING REVOLUTION
Before closing I am going to speak to you as a representative of the gold mining
industry. The gold mining industry is in a big squeeze. It is in big trouble. It is a
miracle that it still exists. Actually it should make huge profits and pay rich dividends.
30 years ago gold mining companies used to pay dividends to their shareholders.
Because it is a wasting asset. Today they do not and cannot pay dividends. Why?
Because the low price of gold does not allow them. We need a healthy mining
industry. It is good for the world economy as a whole. Today the price of gold should
be 50% higher. The mines, the shareholders and the workers would prosper. But it
is not only the low price of gold that hurts them. There is also a currency war going
on producing huge currency fluctuations, energy costs are rising, prices of
commodities are rising, labor costs are increasing and in many cases grades are
declining.
The conclusion is that the gold mining industry needs a higher gold price. I have
been active for over 10 years in the gold mining industry in South Africa and Canada.
But I have never seen an industry that does so little for marketing its own product.
Nor does the South African Government or its finance minister ever raise their voice.
They just watch how their mining industry is criminally destroyed. And the unions
actually think the miners are doing a bad job. Of course, if you think it over, they do a
bad job. Why? Well they just watch how their product is destroyed. The shareholders
of the mining companies should make their respective managements responsible for
selling gold $300 or more below its right price, for squandering their precious assets.
Unfortunately most shareholders also don’t know either what is going on.
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Most mining executives are engineers. Most of them do not even know that the price
of gold is managed. I would say it is irresponsible. Every cheese manufacturer does
more for his product. But what can the miners do. Well they have done enough cost
cutting, closing down unprofitable mines and firing workers.
What they should do, is simply withhold 10% of their production from the market.
That is about 200 tons p.a.. It is only one half of what the central banks are selling
p.a. under the Washington Agreement. It is only one half of what the central banks
are selling in order to keep the price low. If the central banks are allowed and openly
do everything to destroy the mining industry, then the mining industry has the right to
fight back. Now is the time to stand up and withhold 200 tons of their production.
200 tons is not much, but it helps, it would help immediately.
So we finally come to the conclusions:
1. We need a strong, powerful GATA. It is a necessity. A GATA that is
structured, organized and institutionalized. It has to become a going
corporation.
2. We need to teach the people of the world what gold is. Gold is money, the
only money and the best money that insures that our world will again be a
prosperous place. We need a Monetary Institute on a world wide basis.
3. The mining industry must prosper again. It must withhold gold from the
market until the central banks end their gold sales.
4. It is of the utmost importance to get rid of the restriction that the IMF has
placed in its articles of agreement that prohibit member countries from
linking their currencies to gold. Or else the countries have to quit the IMF.
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5. In his essay “Can Gold Producers Survive By Promoting Jewelry?” Larry
Parks of FAME said: At the end of the day, to revive the fortunes of the gold
producers, it is necessary and sufficient to restore gold as the choice of
free markets and free people all over the world as money that doesn’t
depreciate at home or abroad; as money that is as steady as the stars; as
money that is as faithful as the tides or, as the American Federation of
Labor put it at the turn of the last century: “ Gold is the standard of every
great civilization!” ---- that is the salvation of the gold mining industry: gold
as the standard of every great civilization!
This is my message. Conquer the Fiat money non-system with knowledge. Just as
Christendom has conquered the pagan Roman Empire. Conquer it with gold. If we do
this, then by the 23rd of December 2012 a new golden Maya calendar will be borne
and the world will experience a new
RENAISSANCE and prosperity for all.But if we don’t do it, the calendar of the Mayans will have truly been prophetic,
we will face global economic collapse and believe me - the end of the world as
we know it.
Thank you!
Ferdinand Lips
Chairman Top-Gold AG
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