The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-09
ANSWER.

i. Our correspondent must have something 70 say
on the questions oil the day he must these
questions, else he cannot make anybody else under
stand them 2. He must fear defeat Q He must
determine 10 make himself an audience
III be aims at Congress let him study his district SO
as 10 know tho prominent localities In n. Let ham
advertise himself IN the journals both parties
Independents candidate for Congress, aud announces
that ne will mako thorough canvass OF the district
speaking in every town, village and negberhood II
IL tho proper remedies for the prevailing dstress
II he Is man oil ability and character he will gel
hearers, aud IL he Is earnest fearless audacous aae
persistent he Will get votes IN November
Let him explain to the people IN clear, concise
elementary language how the present distress
about-namey. through long course OF mischiovoul
cgislaton-Frst, by tolerating an unredeemed paper
currency which was forcei upon the people by making
II legal tender, and being thus forced them
inf ,ted until the working people were impoverished
and spectators were enriched; then camo the col
lapse which always follows period OF Aaion, asd
this has lasted for i've years because Congress in.
stead OF promptly repeating the legal tender clause
and forcing paper money TO redemption Ia coin
stupidy continued the evil and ai cted the country
with dry rot Let hun show the people tnat for
producers, for workingmsn. currency reasonable
coin demand is the only safety and that only
spectators can gain by irredssmAble paper; tnst
the that capitalists have gained by the dsprsss,on
ID false. because they have suffered tho greatsst
losses since the panic OF 1873 but It 10 trus that
they have losrusd the the great disaster
70 begin new enterprises until currency quvs-
tion settled Hence 1t IS certain that imitation VIII
msuse demand ferlour per cent bonds, which comes
from people who have money out have no confidence
in the stability OF the currency.
Having made this clear to the meanest eompfehen-
sion he ought to show his audiences that
oil high protection few favored industriss,
long continued, impaired to these artificial pros.
perty, caused their unnatural expansion, drew into
them many more men than could In common times
hope 20 DO steadily mployea. and whom the imitation
bubble broke there followed the inevitable depression,
which most severely affected the "protsctsa" indus
tries, which had been expanded by double initiation.
Hence the distress in the iron and coal regions and
hence also the great distress In the Cities to which
mutitudes were drawn in the flush times who are
stranded For all THE the remedy Is resumption
OF specie payments giving US stable currcncy and
therefore encouraging new enterprises and . re.
vival OF business; sachI . modification Of the
Injurious tarlG laws az will allow foreign com.
merco TO revvs and, make a market for our
surplus products, and large pigssuon from the
cities to tho country, srearranzemsnt OF industry on
q natural sndpornanent basis, which alone can cure
the evils inscsed the working people by the hitn
aud 80 called ''protcetivs'a tariff.
These are the only remedies Tor the hard times--s
sound currency, redeemable In coin on demand, and
a moro moderate and liberal tsriH, mainly for rsve
nue.. With these tho country will at once become
prosperous. without them will drag along ~
misery. To secure these the people must b.
made 10 understand their necessity aud this rsquirei
skill persistence and sound sense IN public speakers
Thsro scarcely any district In the country In which
these measures, rightly and boldly advocated, would
not at got The support OF considerable numbss
Of people; and IN many parts OF the country they
would get general consent Tho party hacks lack the
courage and ability TO assert them. and the nsd IL,
therefore, open to independent mso. We advise our
correspondents TO try hand but let him remember
that courage, audscisy dsssrmnation and tnerough
knowledge Of tho questions ere needed