The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-10

Gus metal through oul the coun,yy irFr.
without any value received Tor H. Win
The free coinage Of silver dollars by the
Government, mon whc get them will have
10 work Tor them just ~ ihe> do now
II certainly means that tho wicked &C, Of
The false Republican party 81 1873. de-
Imonetixing silver. shall be repealed, and
the white metal. which had been recog-
lnized al over the world from Abra.
hams time iii 1873. a. . valuable medi-
lum for money. % exchange for pr0ducts
lof labor Of al kinds, should be fully re.
stored 10 iss ancient position. ia which II
had always served the masses OF the peo-
lple so well.
He asks. Il Il - speculation for rich
lmonopolies ~ We answer no. but II IL
an attempt 20 break the power over la
Dor and business now held by rich mo-
lnopolies
! With the free coinage Of silver there
lean be no monopoly o. the product. no
more than IL Ia possible tor monopo ~
Ito control nil the corn or wheat OF the
world. Silver Is natural product, and
the hills and valleys which contain II are
open 10 the labor and enterprise Of ev-
Iery citizen. rich or poor, aud with the
law permitting the poor man to take the
product OF his silver mining To the mint.
and receive for il the number of coined
dollars II Is worth, speculation In II, -
now encouraged by the Republican In "
|of 1890 would be utterly DESTROYED At
once. because II would have a fixed value
In accordance with lis fineness, no mat
ter in whose hands it is.
Certainly, with this condition. II IL 10
be hoped the energy and labor OF our
people would produce more silver. and
consequently more money. A TO there
being too much Of II, no man has ever
vet seen the time when money OF in.
trinsic value was too plentiful. The
talk OF 10 or so cent dollar IL the
sheerest kind 81 nonsense. No one has
ever seen the time when legal tender
"dollar OF the dsddies" would not pur-
chase as much Of the necessities or com
forts OF life asa gold dollar, any where
Ia the world.
Neither has there ever been too much
wheat or corn raised for the people OF
the world. who bad II to buy. But un-
jrst and oppressive interference BY tariff
laws with the natural couree Of trade
and transportation have prevented west
ern farmers from getting fair
prices for abundant crops. from parts Of
the human race who were actually
starving for part OF these crops, and
ready to pay well for them, il govern
|ment Interference had been taken away.
Before 1873. when the Republican
party wickedly and deceitfully destroy
led half Of the money Of the country at
The demand Of the coupon clippers OF
Wall streas. in New York, and Lombard
street, IN London. the people were grad
|ualiy getting out OF debt, and many
mortgages were being lifted of 81 home
steads. This destruction Of the money
of the people TOR the benefit Of the cred
itor class, who derive their living from
interest received on government bonds,
railroad. county, city, town and town
ship bonds, and from notes and mort
cages given BY manufacturers, mer-
chsnfs. trading men. farmers, mechanics.
and Others. made Il just twice as hard
for the debtors to pay their interest, and
almost destroyed their power to pay
any Of the principal, while il doubled
the value OF the money OF those who had
q fixed income from such investments.
Prices went down for everything. and
those who produced nothing. but lived
on the interest Of their loans, had an easy
time and increased their wealth. Hence
the large increase OF millionaircs in this
AMI their Willingness TO pay for
Republican success. and the increase OF
homeless ttamps and extremely poor
men.
The farmer who had bought his land.
and m0rigagcd ii for money 10 build q
house, and Tor farm implements, was In
many instances compelled 10 let II sell at
|sherih7s sale, because be could not meet
his interest, aud the merchant who bad
credited him was compelled 10 lose, al
$50, and often the loss extended to the
wholesaler and manufactures. This law.
which compelled this, was great
wrong, for committing which the perpe.
traitors ought all 70 be driven from pow
Ter and everlastingIy remembered at the
polls. The wrong should be righted as
soon As possible, but never will be by
llhe Republican party, or creatures oi
Wall street speculation like Grover
Cleveland, DaNd u. Hill, and their
Icoicrie Of Wall street spectators In the
necessities OF the people, and the money
lot the masses. "Turn the Rascals Out
nF The Minneapolis Convention Is
not likely 10 nominate before to.mor-
row or possibly some time next week.
Too many outside boomers prevent calm
sideration, and the convention IL not
likely TO get dow to business iii these
fellows get tired and leave. Up to
Thursday morning nothing had been
done Is to credentials. upon which the
final decision Of the convention a. to it,