The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-13

a lpseu,y plea 81 ths mendicanA but upon the
6ahatanltal dsmaud tor justice. There Will
- w. legtttmate domain for discussion q
syssysains snst pertains to mn , Inn II y
tion which aaitates mot only the national
oonarese, but the whole country, the free
d sunlimitsd coinage Of silver. With dis
tinguished representatives here from every
NsoSion " ths country, II II not improbable
and plausibly maintained. 80 far % I am
ooncornsd there have been times whom il !
had been In Warrington I believe ! could
have made = FREQ silver speech, but here at
homo, In this presence, whore ! have never
laling medium to make Z rattle. confess
shat / am not regarded % an Acknowledged
authority upon finance by intimate friends;
81 least there appears to have been no wide.
spread demand for my opinion. lLauRhter.
desire. however, 70 express the hop
Will % suggested, and that the present in
euuaiity between the metallic moneys OF
che constitution will be speedily corrected,
that the inaufisient volume of money per
capita shall be increased TO meet the de-
msnds of : great aud growing population.
that The scarcity of the volume Of money. Ia
NOT in fact a real difficulty, but that the
trouble lies In the scarcity OF the volume
OF collateral. We will know more of this
asths business Of this congress- progresses.
Another point which calls Tor discussion
and which will interest not only our peo-
pie, bat the people OF the whole country IL
the charge that II free and unlimited COIN
are obtained In the United states that the
whole Of Europe would proceed with energy
and dispatch TO dump its entire product OF
IL made by distinguished people. high in
authority, and with such seriousnsss and
eolemnity that IL is taken as confessed by
people In many quarters.
IL 10 relsted that Charles II OF England.
with great %seriousness, p~ropoundsd to the
philosophers OF the Royal society the quos-
ton. why d dead fish was heavier than a
live one, and the loyal saRes believing that
tho dictum Of q monarch, even upon ques-
tom OF science was necessarily true, hast
ened to adduce reasOns which appea'ed 10
them to DO a satisfactory solution OF the
difficulty. After a while a shrewder thinker
said, lis il really true that a dead fish 10
heavier than a live ons?" whereupon the
monarch replied. Nov, sir, you are on the
right track"
Distinguished and learned gentle men
here will tell US whether il is true or not
that il is practicable or possible for Europe
10 give up its silver product, and If II 10,
whether the silver which we would receive
would increase the volume of money. per
capita, to more than is necessary to meet
the demand OF our population! Directly
connected with this 10 the problem how to
bridge the widening chasm between capital
and labor? how to prevent the growing con.
dict between 20 cooperative combination and
individual freedom? There is a prevalent
political philosophy that all OF these evils
will right themselves in due course OF time.
Let us hope that the wonderful elasticity
OF our composite race will Justify the pre-
diction, but I am oredulous enough to be-
lievs that a. long as less than three per
cent OF the entire population possess more
than two-thirds of the wealth Of tho world,
that this struggle will go IN growing in in
iensity and gathering momentum until no
power can resist the fury of the contention.
There 10 no method BY WHICH
wealth, acquired unosr
the forms of law. can be difused
through the channels of trade and COM
except by the consent Of those who
it; but there is q palpable and easy
remedy in my umh opinion by enlarRing
the volume of currency so that the average
man will have An Incentive to labor for
more than a mere existence.
I maintain that with the present re-
vtricted volume of currency, and lodged
where ii is, in the hands of a few, relief is
if not impossible by any
other method. However this may be, these
and kindred questions a,e submitted for
consideration, discussion and deter
mination. Wishing you a harmonious
session and having full confidence in your
I predict that your action, what
ever it may be, will sooner or later be vindi-
GATED by the whole people. l renew the
welcome already extended to this hospita-
bic state.