The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-03-19

ing them, us he hats most surely lone
II this case, we must let him have 1t, |
suppose, for | believe that he needs il.
But let us consider this article of
Trotter's II little, and see what we
make of it,. First, he begins 10y throw
ing some unintclligiblc abuse III the cd
itOr of the lNTELLIGENCER, and finally
comes up with this most absurd and
ridiculous assertion alt is not the
amount of the money in the country
that determines the prices It is the
relation OF supply and demand at home
and abroad" and he adds that, ssif
every court house in the country was
was filed with silver it would not en-
nance the prices of or add one-tcnth
part of Il cent to the value of II buShcl
of wheat, II hog, Il steer, or anything
the farmer raised to sell.
Now, then, any MAJ with ordinary
Intelligence knows ut II glance nj this
assertion that the writer is either an
|ignOram0us or II tool in the hands of
the moneyed kings, that have used
every means to keep the people gullcd
on matters polite for the past twenty
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censurc of every honest citizen in the
country, for. if he knows better, he
should keep such bosh to himself, and
q insult the intelligence of the few
that chance To he readers of the News.
And the editor of the News also de
serves the cenSurc of every reader for
allowing snch bosh in its columns.
Though such publications are not
worthy of notice, yet, rs a ''hayseed,'''
for whom this article was Intended,
will inform the worthy gentleman that
we hayseeds are not the numb-Skulls
we were ten years ago; and, notwith-
standing the fact that we have been adj
vised To ''keep out of politics. we
have been studying and we will give
the gold bugs something To think
about ut y November election.
But, IT the amount of money in cir
cllatlon does not determine prices.
what is the use of money or n medium
OF exchange What good wonld there
be in a demand for any article of pro
duce if there was no money to supply
that demandP Does not this statement
alone prove the fallacyo of his assertion?
Money does determine prices or value.
and that being true, the amount of
money in circulation, or the ability to
pay, determines the amount of price.
This Trotter belongs TO the same ilk
that shouts cover production when
prices are low. As if there could be
such q thing in existence when thou
sands of American laborers are suffer-
ing from a want of this produce, but
have not the money to pay for it; as is
always the case when prices are low.
But just rs long as farmers or laborers
will support papers that publish such
rot, just SO long they will continue To
try to keep them gulled.
Again, he says: Early i'll the sixties
congress made II law giving n piece of
paper with the Endorsement OF this
great nation on it, the value of n dol
lar. He says he can remember that
this dollar sOon became worth only 40
TO 80 cents. But let me tell yon some
thing he does o remember:
The exception clause.
The first issue of greenbacks of sixty
million dollars.
That this sixty million dollars never
did depreciate one-tcnth of n cent.
That this first sixty millions did not
have tins Internal exception .clanse
ON them.
That all the greenbacks that did de.
preciate had this exception clause
printed on their backs.
That tins exception clause was the
| cola onl Ant., ~. 90 tI:. lIx.,n.,-
ton.
That the same ilk he is writing in
the interest of now is the same gang
Of banditti that used their money and
influence on our American congress
to get this exception clause printed IN
our statutes and III our greenbacks.
These are facts that this T'rottei
does not remember; but we hayseeds
will remember them at next Novem.
ber's election. II is curious how these
mouthpieces of the gold bugs can re.
member anything to their masters
interests but cannot remember any.
thing in the interest of the people.
But what was this exception clanse;
some one asks. IL was an act of con.
gress in the year 1868 to provide fol
n clause that was printed on our green
banks which read ms follows: .'Thi,
is a legal tender for all debts, public
and private, except duties OF import.
and interest OF the public debt" This
had the gold bugs desired effect; i
created a demand for their gold to pay
duties, and of course they could charge
what they please for their gold; ant
they sold this first issue of sixty mil
lions of greenbaeks at par with gold
! See?
Again he says; Surprising n ship
per at New York should send a carg,
of wheat 10 Liverpool, which cost hin
a dollar in silver here and sold 1t for
dollar on a gold basis, would not h,
get 81 90 in silver tor his wheat if til,
difference in gold and silver was 30 pc
cent and would he not be tempted &
bring hat silver back 10 America ant
, exchange it for gold? Let me stol
here and ask, who would exchange hin
d, the 90 per cent difference between golC
and silverP Some more of your gol'
bug manipulations, hey! Are You go
ing to depreciate silver by some in
t famous act Of legislation, as you di'
, the ~greenbacks in 1863? Not if til
!, people can prevent it. We are gettin,
l our eyes opened, and the more we in
. vestigate, the more we feel like kickin;
ourselves; and those that are trying t
gull us had better watch out, for some
D thing is going to crash soon.
9 But Trotter puts the cap sheaf o
when he says; If you should presen
' a draft to n hank for ten thousand dol
lars, and the teller should count it OH
e to yon in silver, you would stare a
him. Yes, and if he should count
out to You in gold we could shave yon
{ eyes off with u grape vine, they woul
stick out so ut the sight OF so niue
gold. Who has ever been surprise
: by being paid in paper currency, eve
in a national bank note, which is not
Y legal tender at all but has taken tn
place of something that was II leg;
tender?
oh! consistency thou art n jewel
/, More anon. Il. j.. VAN ARsDALE.
e Cleveland Writes u Letter.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, March Liter
eral Edward $. Brag, author of I'll
famous phrase, eve love him for tn
enemies he has made" has been urs
ing ex-President Cleveland to max
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