The Mineral argus., 1886-01-28

from the Mining and Scientific Press ]

the Residents message relating to silver
coinae: If the Government of the United
StatesSonld positively (by enactment) say
thar El grains of silver shall have value
of 1Otcents when coined and stamped, Uy
the piper authority of the Government.
and nike it legal tender. for all dues,
publidnd private we may com SI00, 900 900
annuay; and would defy the combina-
tion o all our bankers and money shavers
of thi country, AMI the combination of
the sane class that is now controlling 'he
Government of Europe, to affect or depre-
ciate ar silver dollar, and thereby affect
the wsking and producing classes of this
county
II Eiiopean bankers and money shavers
want sw gold, how are they going to get it
withOstgiving us an equivalent for it? We
are notdeperident upon foreign Govern
nients our bankers for our gold and
silver. We are dependent upon our miners
tor it. ad for the gold and silver we get
from t'eign countries, we are dependent
upon or own mechanics and producers.
The roduction, under this Government,
of the tiling millions is the wealth of this
great cGntry.
Our resident; i'm his recent message,
seems Il have ignored this class entirely,
and takn up with the interest of the banker
and finacier, as tAe important factors of
this Goernnent. They have taken the
position of hguiehead to the ship and
claim tht they have brought the ship, with
her valuaDle cargo, into port. Our Presi-
dent is lie the boy who thought the figure
head brought the ship into port.
1t reqfres but a very superficial examin-
alton oi this gold and silver question to see
that the ISSUE is between the toiling mil
lions oiprodicers and mechanics that are
| making this country one of the richest in
| the wOid, and our bankers, and money
shevers md politicians in their employ.
1t is tine that our President and Repre-
| scnta;iy.s shalll know that the million of
producas and mechanics are the operating
power tlat is producing the great wealth OF
this country. Out of this element came
the cabin, the farm, the mine, the village,
the city. All the complicated machinery,
| the sus ,eisiOn bridges, telegraph lines, the
great railroads all the complicated appli-
| ances that give comfort to modern civilian
ton, come from the skilled labor of the
producer md mechanic. Out of this ele
ment cani. the soldier that made up our
great armies. For almost five sad years
did tley bittle for our country, in rain and
storm, sumner and winter. without shelter
laid down their lives by the thousands,
unit! the aggregate was hundreds of
Thousands. the wailing of the father,
mother, widow and orphans could be
heard throughout the land
For therank and tile, these men were paid
$40 per month. and that in grecnbacks.
They took il in a,od faith. Now. excuse
the cigression, b,r, wl,at did the bankers
do? The record shows they depIvciated
this hard-earned currency as low as 20 per
ceia. below its face value, and made it a
means of speculation by which they made
Lii ions lot protitsl off the needs OF the
solder. widow and orphans. The nation
is ashamed to read this record, and yet
tana,er with our Pr,,ident and Representa.
tive,. and ask them To lepislate for their
exclusive benefit by stopnjnr the coinape
@; our silver dollar. and have no standard
value for il. thereby Giving the banker n
chance to manipu.te its yalue mt th,i.
op,jou. This is a terrible thing 40 con.
trmpiate-tLa, our silver coin shall he sub-
iecl Ia derr.ci,ticn * or oo nor CON, ot m.
loptou oi a few bankers Say we bav.
Iabalt s2oo n,O 600 coined. n ienr,ciation
of Il n,,r cent means , loss of c..3 Opo Ooo
| IN our President and Renresonta,ives ash
i,bena,rie IN ,I,nv thisp 4, IL TINA .bay
sboiId know that tlr neople demand a sion
mn 10 sp,cuI,tiny On our yovernmont
nancy And IL /. time for them In know
ltb.i Tho nnonle demand ,L,, ALI Covern.
me,, Jn.s he raid i'm coin as ,er ,,,r.,e.
me,t and sucj, ~ ia rcceivaJ nv Tho 1;ov.
.rnuent Treasury II is time for them IN
rn,,v tha, thn nen,Le demand a navmont of
ali terest-he,rip,, debts of the Cnvern-
men II n takes the last dollar IN the
ITn;nd states Tre.snrv
| m. cause nf our t;ovarnmept loot;ny N,
bunIroIs of miIIinns nj doII,rS cn,,,.
from the manim,l,ting of our Renresont,-
five. Inv the hank,rs n il a very stran,,e
| Thin, RI At nur Rpn,esent ,tives viii Iock m,
hunjrad. Of niliinns of joIl,rs and elem
ask S,e neonle tu nav Interest on n saw
| ray tbase h,nkars otI a. lon, os ,bore il !,
rnid ar silver dol,ar iu th,. Tni,e,l sta,es
Treasury
AM then start mn all of tho u;n,s to
coi,,i,. ifit i sInn ,rp 1oo ,nnu,IIv N,ka
siIverie,,l tanirr ,rr ,li Jun. nnii;n am,
nrivaA To The miner oivn s;lvar anJ Iii
| ,.sr,;ti.,t.. fnr nj. LulIion. ,nin !, ,u nm,
nav d,a ,;nv,rumaut d,.hts ,r;,b !, Tbe
MINIS viii tole tLeir c,,t.,:c,f.s y.rv v'iiI-
inylv and not cb,r,, anv inter'st f,r so
doi,,, Where l. M, difference. IL, ,l,,, an.
! ve,,ie,,.a of h,vin., a ,bon.,n1 ,,nlI,rs i'm
! silver certificates and bayiu,, /, ,hnrs,nd
| doiI,r, In uold certiticn,eso n ourI I;ovarn-
| uent ,y,nis to nav amy for.iyn ,,n, tb.t
| III. ,n,,- ,,yn ,I,. nrod,,,,.rs ,,I ,,',cL.,i,.