Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-06-28
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
What Our Citizens Think of the Sill
yer BiIl----InterVieWs With the
Business Men of Wa-Keeney
----They Are Practically
Unanimous.

AN~A OHASS' NJ Vic od11C GlAlC ShCy
are noted for attending to their own
business and do not talk politics
much on the street corners. We
have thought for some time that the
live issues of the day centered in the
silver bill and as matter of curios-
ity, with no idea of influencing legis-
lation thereby, we conceived the
idea of interviewing some of our
representative business men, with
out any regard to their politics. We
found that nearly all of them were
well posted and all interested in the
disposition to be made Of this ques-
ton by the present congress. We
can only give the salient points ad-
vanced by them and have endeavored
to give the exact ideas and, in most
instances, the exact language en-
ployed. 1t shows that our citizens
are almost unit, although differing
slightly in some instances upon
some of the features in the unlimit-
ed coinage bill. 1t shows that the
people of the west understand their
own interests and that a political d.
vision cannot be made upon this
question. There were no farmers on
the street, and therefore they
are not represented. We take it for
granted that 90 out of every 100
farmers in Trego county are favor
able to the free coinage of silver.
If we discover that we are mistaken
in this, we will make the. correc-
zion, or, if they will come around to
our office, we will endeavor to show
them the error of their ways. Let
us make it unanimous.
n. w. Shuler says: II am in full
sympathy with and most heartily
endorse the silver bill as passed by
the senate. | believe that it will.
in a great measure, afford the relief
that the present financial crisis of
our country demands. In my opin-
ion larger circulation is absolutely
necessary for the relief of the mass
es. An increase of the circulation
would probably operate prejudicially
to the interest of money brokers and
capitalists, but as a rule they are
capable of taking care of themselves.
What we want is a measure that
will help the masses, and the farmer
in particular. Give the farmer two
dollars where he has one to-day and
it enables him to pay off his mort
gage Indebtedness at about fifty cents
on the dollar and increases the
market value of his farm proportion
ately. 1t is true it would at the
same time decrease the value of the
mortgages in the hands of the brok-
ers and capitalists, but, as before
stated, they can take care of them
selves"
j. Word Carson says: "The senate
silver bill is, in my Judgment, the
most important of all Legislation
now contemplated by the American
congress. First, it is in the interests
of the industrial masses of the
country; second, it stays the legal
lied robbery of the producer, who
since the demonstration of sill.
vcr in 1873, has been pauperized in
the interests of domestic and foreign
gold bugs; third, it augments and
vitalizes the blood of commerce and
gives activity to all functions Of
the body politics fourth, its results
are not only present incalculable
boon, but widespread and perpet-
ual benefcenee to tbs whole coun-
try. Too much cannot be said in its
favor"
G. w. Marshall doesn't endorse
all of the provisions of the bill but
thinks it is the best thing in sight,
and certainly better than no legisla-
ton at all, and therefore favors its
passage. Thinks it hardly fair to
all concerned to raise values by d.
rect legislation from eighty-four
cents to one hundred cents. All the
silver bullion presented must, under
the provisions of this bill, be coined,
no difference by whom presented,