The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-10-22
THE SILVER WAR.
What It Means ard What
Is It's True Inward
ness.
L Il Not the Material Of Which Noncv Is
Made, but Its Valu,, Which Consti-
tutes the Gcldites' Target.
from the Chicago Express

A recent issue Of t. liTester3s Riiral
contains q icy - .sin.c al well-writ-
ten article, from is STANDPOINT, on the
silver question row .sitat.ng the coun-
try, but it fails IT, 20 t. tie bottom of
the subject, 50 as to ,hu,. the true in
wardness Of the opposition to further
coinage.
The Western Rurd, thoroughly ex-
poses the futiliiv OF tho arguments put
forth by the golates in iusti.ic stion of
their war upon silver.
In reply to Wall street clamor that
"silver canno, - .e-c | MO rircula-
tion." that ITS CO ttnse,; eoiaage Wi
drive god irofa ti.s sua trv,' et,.., it
says:
The Government All ut the begin
ming of AUS, IN ! words Of the
Secretary al lite Ii aspry, total avail
able for the reduction II the public
debt, Sau0,2 D,3,i. -; aud tho Treas
ury contained the onor4.ou balance on
hand" of ;.sIes. IL ,as-.io. Vow here
are plain statements by the Secretary
Of the Treasury. 1t is not always an
easy matter to get ut the real condition
Of the public Treasury from the Secre-
tary's report. It usually requires So
we're brain wo. To unfgyel tie compli-
Gated form which is used Ivy the de-
partment. But III tais report We have
found the wor and figures which We
have quoted. We Lave found that the
United States Treasury, by the ac-
knowledgment of the Secretary, con-
tains total available for the reduc-
ton Of the public debt OF $50, 3d.
397 SO. Therefore we Ii We the right to
expect that the debt viii be reduced
by that amount, have we not? If III"
! No'einnio''' 10. sum which 1t can
nse for the reduction oi the debt-and
It saws it laa--it ought 70 pay that
much on account and lsut that much
money into ereiii ton, should It mott
Certainly. I.rt What as 1t done! Iht
report saws 4 - uur!ag the month
there was de -.ss Ci the debt to the
amount Of =, ,.s.9o. That is to say
while the Government had s,-o0,2 %,
80. H.. which X coIiesses could DO useC
for the payment OF It's debts. It oni,
paid tie comparatively insignificant
sum of IS, G6aa. 5s9.36. And yet every
farmer III the count is suffering be
cause the amoat.t Of moIey III circula
ton is limile,.
sThere vii. be. i'll fact, no danger O
admitting silver to free coinage. As
matter Of TACT, it is silver we must de
+ pend upon for coin money il the masse
J are to escape bondage to Wall Street
r It is all perfect nonsense t. talk OF de
pending upon sola. ILes> IS lot gol'
| enough III tie world to make it
5 money. ST ee there has not beel
gold enou.h produced for consumptlo
| in the arts, !, Il rom t,lis date to Isl
, the gold production went down and il
consumption II, the arts increased
> From Isl the production has some
/ what increa. =, int not enough t
; meet the consumption III the arts.
! is clear-cut ma,ness. therefore. fC
this country to consent to be tied dow
: to money that is made OF materli
!, not produced IL u sufficient abundance
: to satisfy the demand even Of the il
: dustrics. Hut i. the people can !
brought to consent to tat they will |
lust whre the moneydca.ers wal
: them. II IS what " II street is afte
and if it ceeds it iasseis It's clatc
up IL ever 4rm and npon every il
dustry III .,ie Rat on.
"rlere is not an intelligent man
the country who does not know TIL
d the s.'vgT dol III mas answered eyel
! Oh. c.;.n taat Las It.ea made again
c it. i; MI, sud sesole lis coinage WI
o aut o. ii that i. would drive go
l. out # the country. And yet it
Is the well-knoWu TACT that there is