The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-06
II CRY OF KANSAS.

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In New York paper last week it
was stated that one lawyer in Kansas
had n contract to close 800 farm mort
cages. The trouble affecting the agri-
cultural districts of Kansas is more or
less pronounced in many other states,
though elsewhere not so much atten-
ton has been drawn to IL. The Kan
sas farmers are bound that the world
shall know of their hardships, and no
one with the interests of the nation, of
humanity. at heart can find aught but
commentator for the course they are
pursuing. II is q cry from Macedonia.
The East hears it and is replying.
Mr.. J. w. Porter, of Virginia, is one
of the latest to raise his warning voice
against the enforced continuation of
the causes that produce the deplOrable
condition of affairs in Kansas. Thus
he summarizes the situation:
We have heard much Of Irelaud's woes for
years, and Of organized resistance Ia the eviction
OF tenants In arrears for rents they were unable
Ia pay for lands which they did not own. Tan
Il he that the great body 81 American farmers
will consent Ia this alienation ~ their homes
when they realize that is simply and solely be.
cause Of the changes In the monetary standard
OF the country, secured, as they now know,
by fraud and deception? This Is what the silver
question now means to the American farmer.
t;old-and all our money now IL on the gold
basis-will buy about ~ per cent. more 81 the
farmer's products than IL would before silver was
dishonorcd. II takes three measures Of grain or
other product Ia pay the debt contracted ON a
monetary standard which required but two
measures. Sooftaxes and all fixed charges. The
contracts have been improvised by the legisla-
tion Of is7s, which changes the unit Of ,alue-the
dollar. silver has not fallen. Gold has advanced.
II will buy more of all staple goods than
ever before since our government WAS estah-
lished. II will not do to trifie with these ques-
tions. II Is not Ia he laughed down the wind 10y
ridicule. That day Is past. II Is not n question
of making n market for silver. A money metal
seeks no market. Its market Is the worlds use
of IL, and the volume Of metallic money Is ma
lures supply. This is the true monetary law
now,a and in all past ages. The distress, the
anxiety, and doubt which now peryade the In
dustrial and commercial world are entirely due
Ia the wicked disregard OF established monetary
laws, which have had the sanction Of ages, Ia Sc
cure an advantage To the vast credit interests.
and this disregard Is rapidly resulting In The YES
titure Of wealth in the hands Of all who possess
the means To prey upon the wants and necessi-
ties Of not only farmers, hut of all the producing
classes.
The report of the royal commission
in England attests to the truth of the
statement that the decline in prices
which so seriously affects our farmers
is due to the appreciation of gold
meaning by this term all money valued
by the gold standard. TO quote Hon.
Henry Chaplin. NJ. r., and now a mem
Der of the British cabinet, speaking in
advocacy of bi-metallism:
This is a question of the interest of
the owners of gold this includes credits
payable in gold on the one hand and
of the interest of the owners of all
other kinds of property and commodi-
ties in the world upon the other"
The testimony of honest, thinking
men is well nigh universal. The BIZ
metallic standard must be restored.
There is grave truth i'm the assertion of
Mr.. Porter that lit is a question Of
vastly more Importance than navies,
for farms are worth more than ships,
and prosperous agriculture precedes
commerce in Importance, for IL comes
first in the natural order" IL the
present congress fails TO meet this
question one will surely be elected next
November which will execute the peo.
pies will.