Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-03

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ready for currency, costs about
cent. Nov that lie good operation.
To make il ont of gold or silver, II
| will cost Us bushel Of wheat or
days work, but this cnsts only the
one hundredth part Of DAYS work
or of Il bushsl Of wheat. That is
good operation. We will do that :
We will do that But stop. IL is
best? Let US see. WHY. it don't
cost any more TO make that two dol
lars' than 'one dollar daughter. ]
Then wero we not q little hastY
| only 70 make il one? Well we will
make It 'two'aud II costs only q cent
Now my friends don't you see that
We made only ninety nine ceats on
il before; now We make dollar and
ninety-nlno cents? But if we would
undertake TO make two dollars out
of gold and silver, it would take two
days work, or two bushels of wheat.
But stop arc we right? Why. it Is
| just IS cheap to make that ten dol
lars Let us make ii ton dollars,
then, and mako nine dollars and
ninety-nine cents in the operation.
Instead of paying for It ten days.
work or ton bushels of wheat, we
will give just exactly the one-hun-
dreth part of days work for our
ten dollar bill. We are doing well
but not wise for we might just as
we'll make it hundrod-it will cost
no more. or thousand--it viii cost
no more and now we will pay off our
whole national debt with it, and that
10 wha, we want. tboy tell us Why
stop at that9 Why not pay all the
expenses of our government with it,
and not tax tho people at all ?Tlaugh-
ter 1t only costs cent for hun
dred dollsrs or thousand dollars,
and then Mr., Senator or Mr.. Repre-
sentative, we viii pay you easy,
[laughterl and somebody would turn
on me and say, yes sMr President.
and We will pay Won off easy ton
Amusement. Now, my fsiends,
doesn't it begin to dawn upon the
simplest mini that there is some
mistake about this2 That that is
imitation and that initiation is noa-
sense? The real thing is what we
want no sham But the friends
say 1T will sta at home. it won't
go abroad good here; good nowhere
else therefore it will stay hore.'
Is that good? Let rs see about
that Let us have tho United States
act upon this principle none of our
money will bo taken abroad-and SO
we will keep it, IF that is good for
the United S.atas, would it not be
we'll for Wisconsin. Wisconsin sends
her money TO New York and to New
England and tho big cities East.
Why not keep it at home? Let
Wisconsin make her own money 10
the same way, then now if that is
good for Wisconsin, why is it not
good for Madison--not be sending
off 10 Milwaukee or Chicago, and go
on let Madison make her own mon.
ey /; if it is good for Madison, why is
it not good for John Smith, the gro
cec? Lot him make his own money
"IhiS is one dollar. JOHN SMITH"
He will never spend it $; he can
keep it; it will stay at homo. TGreat
laughter.
No, no, my fellow citizens, the
mon who made tho constitution of
The United States said congress
snail have power to coin money.
Gold and silver are tho money of the
world and have been over since the
days of Abraham, and you cannot
change il by legislation. Either that
or paper that will command that, ia
q sound Constitutional currency.
Hearty applause.1 Then my first
obi sction to this my friends, is either
TO get your currency you have got
to change the Constitution Of your
country or violate the constitution
OF your country. Change II. When
will you change it? Gentlemen have
introduced resolutions into Congress
to change it, thereby admitting that
under the Constitution as Washing
ton and the Fathers made it they
cannot do this land 50 thoy want
to change It.
Now, long before they can change
it, the march Of events will bring
again tho wheels of industry every.
where in motion and a prosperous
and happy country. Then my friends
let us remember that with every day
moro and more our products of the
shop are going to Europe, connect.
ing Us with The commercs Of the
world. We should conduct our f
nancial System, then, on principles
and instrumentaities, such that the
experience Of the world and the gen.
eral Judgment of tho commercial
world Will sanction our principles
and our instrumentalties, and we
know what that is. We know how
the commerce OF the world is bound
together, We have the good fortune
my friends, ID have here the gentle
man TGen. Myer, chief of the Signal
Office1 who, under tho laws of the
United States, has charge of the
weather Of the United States, aud he
tells ua that this air that enwraps
this globe is unit, and that any
great disturbance, any great commn-
ton, anywhere on any sea or CONT
mont sooner or later is felt or every
other sea and every other continent;
and so it il with the connections and
the disturbances ia The commercial
world. Anything seriously affecting
any great nation, soon affects all the
Others. This panic that has afflicted
us has afflicted others also, clear
around the globe,
Now my friends, let me say the
true need is, whom We are marching
steadily on TO the threshold Of bet
ter times, to DO wise and let well
enough alone. Applauss-1 What
wo want is restoration Of conf
dence. Al restoration of confidence
comes only with stability in legisla- |
ton and In conduct. Let us then
try 20 new experiments, but march
in the path marked out by the faith
ers. Let us say orr restored fnan-
cial prosperity shall rest upon ma