Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-23
LAf1F-s0BE LEFT TO TILL THr TALE.
tSpeciAl teleErsra TO the Dispatch.I
An Interesting Lcitsr-SiIvcr Must
ne RestoTeH.

ne RestoTer.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Tho farmers Of Virginia have reason Il
thauk you for your Effective words IN theiI
behalf &c such tire az tas nTeseHt.
Could tsey generally realiZa the causes Of
the p.t-ent general depression Of the great
agricultural ist.rests Of eur STATE and cou1-
try thew weuia rite in thsir majesty and de-
rssnd relief in scses that would rs heard.
That tsey are net Informed - 10 the trne
csngcs * due % the TACT that the great TSetrO-
pslnAn duly journals. while giving MS sur
feit 81 clInSal sswS ir0m all parts OF onr
country AND NJ Europe, viii not even enter
unoa subject 80 vital 10 cur RRtioaal in
teregtt a. tnis silver question 40 FAR even ~
10 publish tbs report Of The Royal C0mmis-
sion, rsccutly given 10 The people OF the
United klAgsem through the London
Eeos0mist. Rer even refer ~ tho very i'm
psrsnt evidescs taken before that csmmiS.
sisp-a few pointed and pertinent extracts
irsm wick you published or tho Ism.
Nor Save they giVSR sny information TO
The .estrsl puzzle regarding the powerful
st}erts in tbs Iinued States senate last win.
Ter bv Sesttsrs Beck, stewart, and Teller,
sxpesing the nature sf the werk cOne n
1873. ifs surrestitisus character, and the de-
ccpasn rrscticed 70 secure the dropping eut
Of the Aaericss dollar iTon The list Si csins-
by whlsh silver was, 10 fact. demsnetizsd.
Is It any wonder that the people srs cot in
To- sitd az 10 the rsAEsSS why doubt sns
aaxicty porysde the great commercial and
inGusfrial Interests VI tbs country
II would not be safe fer the shn. 81 the
foreign seHsAslders 10 psrait lac whole
tru,a 10 be known regarding tire svdesce
given b-fsre that r0ysl esn 0isslon m Eng.
lad. IL weuid ATSuts kEsricsa ieeilag
ard Americas pride 10 nsdo The unholT work
contaminated in tse interest OF The bend
holders
sad Ar. DsHiel WeTtney. testiIyiny be,
fere thsi commission: 81 Cannot SuDpssc
u,at everyday 10 Tifc. jus, thiEk OF the
follv Of tue Uaitsd states when they were a
debtsr nation in Adopting Eold standard
Thsv tseW ueihisE tboul currency maiier'.
They DID net ksSw lkat Il was g0iag 10 IN
creSss ttsir 0sbi sEorlneuSly.'
AuSthn freis tks fssI rsPsrs Of tho COM
RiSs.sn GaAs 10 the Briltb Parliament:
ell aust he rsssnssred. tsO, that this
cousGrv 10 lGrsely creditor country Of
dests payable ~ told. snd any ehauEe which
entsilea rise IN ths price OF commodities
sessraly-that is to say, dininuliOn OF the
surchssisg PsWsr OF seld-would be to our
dkstVsutsEs.'
Ana Sir r. y. Fowler before the British
AID Celeais Chamber OF Commerce In
Losdsa is reported % have ,aid: THAT
he eject 81 IN, depreciation Of silver must
snailv bs tue ruin 81 tse wheat and cotton
issu,lrits Of tss UHltsd state, ard he the de-
vclopueEt Of India "A Tia chief wheat aud
cotton exporter Of ths World
Yet that Cssnber Of Commerce. perhaps
re. most eminent COMMERCIAL body in the
kinka7u, IN view Of to- distress prevailing
A. hsrs, bv aveie al 2s to 10 voted fer BIZ
metallic currcBcY
where il the American who, knowing
those facts, will fail 10 resist the cOu'iAuance
~ a pslicv watch ls so destructive 10 the
vital interests OF our country! Here the
pesne arc in theory. at lesst, the controlling
power.
Taeir representatives must obey the public
will or he people Will know the reason why
thew do not.
Therefore. il is easier for the American
people 20 usdO this great wFOng-thls
"erestest crime OF the sgs." as some OF
the men called 1t ia their testimony before
the ptval Commission II - for the
peopls Of Europe. woo are tied. hand and
fOst. oy governments which exist only ny
tho favor OF the men who hold tie purse
strings.
As was well said by Senator stewart IN his
able speech in the senate JaDulry ,. 1889:
- The great mass Of tIc people view with
alarm .nd Indignation the power exercised
by The Hsney changers Of New YORK. over
the Treasury Department. The number OF
clerks. servants, ana agents Of the gold
standard csntrsctiOnisis and monev ma
ntpulstorS OF New York who have e. ID and
row hsd higo pisces in that dcpartment
and the brsZen e6rontcry witk which they
uss the funds Of the Government for their
tsvorltcs ultsout interest has shocked the
InArSl sense oil the nation aud tame Bubmls,
.isn TO WIil.street ruls is AZ an end. The
psople Of tho United States will be repre-
sealed is the great I'm ncial department Of
The Government or tncJ will know the Iea-
son why"
From the last report OF the Comptroller Of
the Currency it 1. stated tsst thsy held S2lS-
lt4.s zoe Of U0ited states bonds. ana yet bat
S., $40. 2sS baat -n0tee sutslandins!. A fear.
iui costrsciies Of ths national bssk clrculs-
ten. Then wesss By the rspsrte Of Treasurer
Hyatt 81 June 30, 1883, that sG3.e2s. oe0 Of
Urisd States Treasury sesss were redeemed
durisg TIE year, 'tsey being sisphcsd by
gold aud silver certificates csntrsry TO law.
Tor tss act Of MAJ, 1878, provided that no
Treasury ss.ss .hsuld be retired, and the
hnttsS sllvsr.esissxs act u thst yeer SD the
~ ssssusst leg isisuss providing fer the issuo
OF silver cerkl sates was tshsdsd 10 add 10
tue vsinse OF eurrsacy whsch the growing
business interests Of the Country denandct.
This contraction OF the volume OF our CUE