The advocate., 1891-12-30


70 the soldier, while the dear gold dollars were
raid to the rich money lender. It is the fault OF
the treasury department II the best money Is
paid to the bondhOlders and deprecated cur
rency paid to the laborer, for the producers,
labOrers and farmers Of this country are willing
to accept silver provided the government will
treat 1t as money equally with gold. They knew
no difference between gold and silver coin until
the government made war on silver and de-
prived It Of It's money functions.
"wHY SHOULD WE NOT HAVE AN INDE-
PENDENT FINANCIAL PoLICY?"
Senator Stewart institutes the forego-
ing inquiry and then remarks as follows:
appeal to every patriotic citizen Of our COM
mon country to aid In the establishment of an
independent financial policy for this nation; to
disregard London speculation In Asiatlc farm
products and Eur0pean investors In American
securities. We require more money; we need
to enlarge the basis Of circulation and credit,
which can only be done by supplementing gold
with silver. Free coinage Of both metals has
been tried for thousands OF years. It Is no ex-
pertinent. The demOnetlZatlOn Of silver has
proved disastrous.
Shall the corner which the money kings Of
the world hold on the circulating medium be
maintained? Shall prices continue to decline
and money advance In value, or shall we retrace
our steps, rehabilltate silver, endOw It with all
the attributes which II possessed before It was
demOnetized, place lt alongside of gold, double
the basis Of circulation and credit, and relieve
this generation Of the evil effects of money
famine?
Let no politician be deceived. The question Of
the restoration Of silver cannot rest until 1t is
settled. Political parties and private gain count
for nothing when weighed In the balance against
the prosperity of the people. 1 appeal to the
advocates of gold: Change your policy, do
right, allow the country to prosper It will not
iDjure you. You have gathered your harvest
by the enhanced value Of money. Further con.
traction Is dangerous. You win lose more by
the bankruptcy and failure Of your debtors than
you can extOrt from them by further Increasing
the value of money. / appeal to Congress to
treat gold and sIlverali
The Providence Journal, formerly one
of the most influential journals of New
England, has this comfort (?) for the ma
tional administration:
Republican organs here in the east are re-
spectfully requested to note the fact that the
first free coinage bill introduced In the Fifty
second Congress comes from Republican mem
Der, and Is presented In the branch where Re
pubncans are in control.
How high an order of intelligence
must journalist needs possess, who de-
liberately states to its readers, "The farm
ers' movement has reached highwater
mark and is receding?"
At meeting of the Missouri State
Grange, recently held at Liberty, Mr..
]. H. Brigham, master of tie National
Grange, in his address said:
Agriculture is the most important Of all our
and upon It all others are dependent
When farmers are prOsperOus,a all are prosperous |
When the farmers come empty handed from the |
field, all industries are depressed and capital |
makes no return on Investment and hard times |
lie around the home OF labor. An industry so |
important to all should be protected and pro-
NOTED. We cannot expect business and proHes.
SloDal men to devote much time or labor to this
work. 1t is and must be the especial work OF
the farmer. We must organize. We shall be
able to accomplish everything that is desirable
and just, and we ask for nothing else We seek
not to interfere with legitimate business, but TO
correct some acknowledged abuses. We are a
body and advocate no doubtful
policy. We iavor political reforms but are not
rulei by any party. The Grange was never so
prosperous as now. Every good citizen is inter-
ssted in our success, as we aim to develop q
generous type of manhood among the farmlDg
clement OF our country.