The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1865-05-06

Fluctuations Of Trade.
The gold gamblers have had their
day. and sorry one it has been to the
country. United with them have been
. set of leading manufacturers and mer.
chants. who have taken advantage Of
the unhappy condition of the country
and aided in the unsettlement Of com
mercial affairs. We have always re-
garded these men - the most efficient
allies the rebels have ever had; and
their wicked greed for sslf-aggrandiss-
ment has embarrassed the general gov
srnmsnt and added to the increased ex-
renses Of the nation more than all 9TH
er things combised. This has been
done at the expense of millions for the
benefit of tens. But q few have reaped
emolumeuts while the great mass of the
people have suffered.
While the war continued the loyal
people we're willing to submit to almost
any extor.ion, rather than involve the
government in any new complications.
as might have been the case had they
attempted any measures for the sup
preston Of gold gambling and its allied
evils But now that the var is over.
end ,ething Of q patriotic character to
stay their action. We mistake The tenn
per Of the American people if they viii
tong submit to the dicta,ion of set Of
traitors and traitor sympathisers in Wall
and Williams streets, New York, as to
the price they shall pay for every
moathful Of food they eat. and every
yard of cloth they wear. These trait
ors-many of them-have made i'm
msnss fortunes already. which has TAX.
sL food from the mouths, clothing from
the backs, aud Gre from the hearths Of
the poor; and though the people groan-
cd and longed for . change. yet they en-
dursd all for the sake Of the country
they loved. But that motive for pa
tience. pivations and suffering is now
numbered with the things of the past.
and the gold gambling sympathizers
With the rebels had better ..stand from
under"
There never has been any just rea-
.on for gold being over 10 per cent. il
that ....h: cd .hA s4---n
ment is getting more money than it
needs from the conversion of its own
promises to pay into bonds. and the pa
psr currehcy is being diminished instead
Of increased, there is still less reason
for gold to be kept much above par.
The whole system Of business for the
past three years has been reversed
Instead Of making gold the basis Of
prices .greenbscks have been substituted
as the basis. and gold has been left out
Gde to play up and down.as set Of
Gals might determine. Everybody fell
that this system Of things could not last
long, that it vas unreal-Gcti,ious-and
must be shof,-lived. Hence. real estate
did not advance 10 price with goods and
novsabls objects. The gold gamblers
could double tlser nsasy in few days
By the suindling process they adopted.
aud invest the margin in real estate at
she cd prices. and pay in g'senbacks.
This is the only way in which one cent
can he made in the gold speculating
business: for 10 goods and other com
modi.ies. one dollar in gold would 60
Jus. rs much further than a dollar in
paper. as the per cent vas greater. SO
,hs, it Was juss Is broad as it was long.
even At ons thosssad per cent. premi-
un.
lis high time these fluctuations in
prices were ended They are all unre-
a and unsubstAn,ial. the mere whims
ofgamblsrs. In reality. gold to-day is
nea worth more than Eve per cent. if so
much. The govsrnmsnt is making no
call for any and there is no special de-
uand for the foreign market. Keep
ing i. up is only ciserediting the abili-
sy of.ths government and the resources
Of the nation. II is saving that the
people will not pay their deb,s. and
worse than this, il Is adding to the deh
ofMe country oil tie time just the pro-
portios Of nse price 9 gold. II gold is
=. so per cent. premium. tbeu the debt
is increased one half: aaa over and
above this. ~ people ass sassd ~ ne
ratio. for az GIsy eat and sser-thas Is.
II gold s At 50. aaey pay . price and a
6olf for all aaey coassns.
Sbal. this state Of things leagsr con-
,inue. merely 70 crafty The iahuman
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