The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-02
HONEST MONEY.

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more "hnnesty" 90 the psnple must
mt into Their silver dollar to make it,
anal 90 the capitalists gold dollar.
| Another thing Ia b9 looked ~ is, that,
~ far az ina g0ls capitalists OF the
| limited States are concerned, this
fictitious value OF their gold Ess not
vet been recognized by Congress.
sious al legislation, aud, as shout %
mar cent. difference Is claimsd to exist
ketyaen silver aud gold, When, there
fore, Congress Increases the wsight OF
the silver dollar 20 cauts worth, il will
beyirtusly sdding 20 per cent To the
prssent wealCa I aii tine gold capital
is,s, by 90 iirming and leg ,llxing tbs
| srtiueiai value which they, by COM
. blnation. have fixed upon thar gold
money. The alleged superior value Of
| gold in the United States is bssod
| upon its value in Europe, and espe-
| cislly in England aud Germany; and
| il seems TO as IT. would be extreme
| " hak srdcu. for the United States 10
. allow two nations That had demone-
tiyed silver entirely, To compel it to
recognize or snstsin such demonetixA-
| ton by Increasing it's silver money To
meet the new gold standard. Eng
land Germany, and the Uniteu States
are recognised n tho three great COM
merelsl nations of the world, bus their
commerce 10, to great measure, Iegu-
lated BY the capitalists who con
troll the money markets. The
great dancer Il en- of setting up y gold
standard for MONEY IL, what is 10 pre-
vent the gold-holoing capitalists from
demandiug iesdj ustment OF silver ~.
often ~ they choose 10 increase The |
price OF gold? Tho production Of gold,
it's also known, d0ss not correspond |
with hat Of silver, aud ~ large qusn.
titles OF god ave consumed annually |
IN the arls and manuiactUres, lis vol. |
ume, IN the absences OF new mines. viii |
gradually diminish, and there
fore, with gold standard
| Get up, the readjustmeut
OF silver might have TO ne made with
periodical regulsTiiy, anG each timr
| Increasing The wealth OF the holders of
' gold. When ENGLAND and Germany
Temonetixe silver, thus making II
money agsin, then we think it vii! be
| time for the three nations 20 try to
regulate or equalize tho metals used
| Us money. As Iohg As silver and gold
are 90 par IN tho United States, one
buying as much as the other, we can
| not see ANY harm that ia likely to re-
suit soon 10 the public. - Fair field Re-
Corder.
DON'T cox TRACT THE CURRENCY.
The fine spun theories of mouomoC.
alisEs are too dsep for US to penetrate.
We see nothing in tho schens save
the further enrichment of tho wealthy
and oppression of the massss. A. III
yer dollsr buys to-day, ia tho channels
in which 1t WAS intended 10 circulate,
as much 10 gold one, and tho loud
talk about their bulk aud iuconven-
ienco is Ihs yeritss b0sb, and we are
truly surprised To hear il from suoH |
highly Iespectahle sources az we
DO. Tho increase OF coinage will not
effect, deleteIi0Lsly, any man who hes |
bis capita inyeste0 IN produclDg en-
priaes. TIE value of his property, Ct
iimaied IN dollars aud cents, mny fluc-
tuste with the clrcnl Ating medium,
bn! 1t alwey 3 remains, relatively, tie
sane. The money lender, wo admit,
Will not be able TO secure as lsrgs rates |
Of interest rs heretofore "For this, |
al thank" Another view OF t is
Question, which appeals individual Y |
10 Our people, 10 this: A large |
potion OF them are IN debt. |
Ing their country hey bsve speculate d |
Oh credit. Their contracts with their |
eretitore were made on the basis OF ex
isting c@ioage laws, and ~ Chsnge |
them would chnn.e thu whGla relation |
ofdebt0r to creditor. Directly or in
directly contract tie circulating |
medium and you, just IL the proper
ilsn 1t II dininishe1, increase the bur.
den OF the debtor. The East Ia the !
creditor, ana the South and Vest are
inc debtors. MuBometAlism would |
prove tedesth kneil OF tho South and
ler raprcssutalvo in tho National
Leglslalure. Wa ha'lave we will zee
~ GNnesyllle Re sisier.
REDUCE THE GOLD DOLLAR.
II tho gold dlllr contains TOO much
metal, as Is claimed, let the weight be
rsducsd so that its iutrinsic value will
correspond with tho Gold reliable" sil
yer dollar OF our father. All our
financial legislation for tho paat quar-
Ter Of century has tented toward
making money scarcer and OF
Greater purchasing power. The
result is that tho man that
owes money-on debts contract
60 yoarS aRo-hnds that h. has 20 pay
aouole vaine nov. He pGye thu sGmo
number Of dollars, but tho Il ,liar5 hava
oeen made scarccr and dearer by leg
sialion, and IL takes double tn
AMOUNT OF corn or wheat or cotton to
pay the debts as whom fist contracted.
me CREDITOR IL made twice ss rich and
The debtor twice AZ pour by this one
sided legislation. The bondholders
nave had their riches doubled by such
legisiation, while the people who
must pay the debt are Elado twice as
poor kaufman Sun.
CONTENT WITH THE DOLLAR or THE
paddles.
Inc South and Weat being, rela-
lively saking, tho debtor aud bor-
rowing section, are vitality Interested
IN the perpetuity OF the aos OF 1878, that
made silver equal money with gold,
while the clamor against the law
cones from tho East and North. 10
ss.of tho cjinago oil silver, and repeal
.ne law making it legal
ssnuer, Will nbridge tho circulating
meelum at least one-half, create n
MeN ueinaud for money, augment tho
ssuoi interest on lOsns, oppress tho
common people and build up tho bust.
. .ess OF mon v lenders, and truly make
me- me- rch richer and the poor poorer
Ine people arc content with "dollar
VI thb daoles,n and when II shall be-
monhv no more, will DO u Waterloo TO
W,9elrnnancial prosperity. II Palo Pluto
DIFFICULT TO DECIDE,
what to do with tho silver dollar
'eem' to DO ditlicdlt question for
s"se'men ID decide. Most people can
readily decide what TO do with nil they
Ssn ~, hut whether or uot the num-
Sero' dollars Is no great as TO make It
M pr the interests Of the couutry TO
uspind the coinage OF silver dollars,
soestot seem 70 DO y matter oi such
S'1Itettiement.-- williamson County
WE MAKE THn CHANGE.
Wi worry good friand rnr DAtIAg