The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-15
MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE.
10 the Editor Of the FagIe-

Inc times are dS lull Ol ulOiu6IilOul
issues today as they have been since the
declaration of American independence.
The question then was can we live with
out Great Britain? The next was. can
we live without slavery: The question
now is, can we live without gold-can
this country be a free and independent
nation 80 long as gold has so much con-
troll over it. Let us try reformation and
avoid revolution. Reform ourselves, our
city, county, state and government; buy
only what we need and can pay for,
raise what we can and hold the surplus
or exchange it for something better;
dispense with everything useless and ex-
travagant, dispose of all unnecessary
officials, elect them by the direct vote OF
the people, seek the man for office an fix
a Just compensation for the labor per-
formed.
Now the man seeks the Office for the
influence, gain or money in it, and each
party elected to office distributes the
spoils like the victors in ancient wars.
We need no such political parties. They
are curse to this country. They exag-
crate, misrepresent, deceive and lie TO
one another and the people. They set
one man against his neighbOr. We
ought to be brother Kansans and Ameri-
cans, all working for the common good
of our state and country, and not for the
success of ourpolitical party only.
We admire the man who can stand
above all parties and as true, faithful
and conscientious citizen advocate the
whole truth, regard SIS of party or
! money influence. No party or nation
can succeed long unless it includes the
! precepts of the Almighty God in its plat
form, constitution and laws.
/ All the wealth of this country was
made by the people, through the divine
| benefits, including the wealth of Wall
street, and we ought not to bow down TO
! them nor listen to the silver tongue Of
/ the shylocks, who would exact 500
worth of property if they could for even
one of gold, when forsOoth they know
/ there is not enough gold in the world to
| represent one-hund edith part of its value,
nor enough in Wall street to pay for
what the west has TO sell, even at de-
preciated prices.
There is one way to make it better,
simple, just and true: stamp a dollar on
every dollars worth Of property that
can be used for exchanges by the people.
There is no improperly or injustice in
It, The people want the free coinage Of
gold, silver, nickel and copper and if
they can get 1t, something better than
sordid gold, as Senator Ingalls, aptly eX-
presses it. we have lost all reverence for
gold. We are tired kneeling to the
golden calf. Our supplicatiOns to it are
in vain. They are returned to us void.
Let us put our faith and trust in some
thing better. that can help us in time of
need. Let us put our confidence in our
country and issue legal tender paper
money in the payment of its debts to be
returned ain in the payment of taxes,
instead of exorbitant tariff duties. |
do not believe it is necessary to put
dollar of gold back of every dollar in cur
rency. A dollar in gold is only a
dollar because it IS made so by
law. Why not make it paper!
The image and superscription IS there,
and the whole government back of it.
Is not this equal TO gold, and can we not
make it better than the currency of Wall |
street, which is contracted in a depreS-
sion and expanded in bOOm-just the
evil we wish to avoid? We want cur
rency today, tomorrow, and forever, the
same in value, and for quantity must
conform to the wants of the people, !
made interchangeable for government |
Understanding bonds. or back again /
into currency at the will of the holders, |
to meet the demands of business, there !
by avoiding the objections to currency |
on gold basis. which Secretary Win /
dom Justly called a Cast-irOn currency, |
and | say unSui ed TO the wants Of the /
American people. Under the present /
system of maintaining the government /
it costs over 81 10 get 81 for rev !
enue ont of the unjust tariff bill 4
and $1.10 for a gold dollar, including ,
the coinage, wear and loss: but for |
legal tender dollar which IS intrin- |
cicallv better, only a penny.
Nothing but the selfishness of the gold /
bugs stands in the way of the people in
securing Just what they need, the best /
currency the world ever produced, the F.
measure Of all our values. And F.
when the tariff is adjusted to protect all .
American industries as it should be there .
will be no foreign demand for gold /
except in the payment of bonded in
debtedness, which we would be too /
glad TO pay in gold to get .
rid of it. \ free currency
like propose is as much
part of the freedom and independence of
America as the gold is part and parcel
of European monarchy. The dollar of
legal tender money, though costing the
government but a penny, viii not be
paid out for less than 100 cents on the
dollar, because it will be repaid to the
government again. The advantage to
the people is in safe and convenient
and the gain is TO the govern
ment, of which we will all receive our
-hare-that which the gold bugs now re-
ceive, the interest on the supertiuous gold.
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