The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-10-08


which [ think all will admit is al
most hopeless of being accomplished
The other is for the United States
to adopt free coinage alone and in
dependently of any one else.
Suppose this last is done, then il
what way can we keep the parity Of
the two metals and at the same time
avoid buying the worlds stock o
silver? I claim that this can be ac
complished through the circumstance
that the natural course of events the
balance of trade is very largely il
favor of this country. All interna
tional balances are settled by com
parison with the English pound
sterling, or in other words, gold in
variably. The present tariff laws o.
the United States are we'll calculated
to secure to us large balance O
trade in our favor. Therefore i
naturally follows that if we adop1
free coinage and maintain our pres
ent tariff system we shall eventually
be able to bring about universal free
coinage through the fact that in ad
dition to our own production Of GOLD
we shall be constantly drawing gold
from abroad. AS soon as it becomes
positively known abroad that free
coinage and a protective tariff are
the settled policies of this country,
and it becomes apparent that in
spite of everything, we shall eventu
ally accomplish the restoration of
silver it will restore confidence and
make foreign silver as valuable to
keep as it is to sell to us; our object
shall have been accomplished and
Bi- Metallism will in the future be
unassailable.
The United States is the largest
producer of silver in the world;
therefore, it is greatly to our interest
to protect and preserve that which
adds SO greatly to our annual pro
duction of wealth. On the other
hand England is the greatest creditor
nation in the world and it is to her
direct interest to increase the price
of money in every way that is in
her power.
now propose to show that
a vote for Weaver is more than
half a vote for Cleveland. Not one in
ten expects that Weaver will stand
any show at all Of being elected.
Furthermore, this has been well
demonstrated in the elections that
have taken place this fall. 1t mat
ters not at all to the democratic party
whether Cleveland is elected by
electoral votes or not 50 long only as
Harrison is not. All that democrats
desire is that Harrison does not Sc
cure a majority of the electoral votes
and the House of Representatives
will ''do the rest"
The Republican Platform is the
only one that comes out sQuarely
and fairly for protective tariff.
Let the tariff be repealed, and it will
be an absolute impossibility to ac-
complish free coinage and with it
the proper benefits therefrom. But
it is not only in regard to silver that
republican success promises the
greatest measure of prosperiety to
the country. Gen. Weaver is rag
money man as is we'll known, and
does not believe that it is necessary
to use coin at all, at any rate that is
the platform upon which he ran for
president twelve years ago. 1t is
customary to accept political plat
form as representing the views of a
majority at least of the party. Such
being the case we may assume that
when the third party comes in
power they will practice the Sub
Treasury scheme Of the farmers
alliance, or else at least some simil-
lar one. Only consider the avenues
of bribery, robbery and corruption
which such plan would open up.
The inevitable end would be the
utter collapse of the system and
chaos resulting, which OF course
would be the most severe on the
poor, and for argument supposing
that it were really practicable, why
should real estate owners be favored
at the expense of others. Why
should not the miner. stockman,
merchant or manufacturer be entitled
to this same motherly care of the
government that the farmer is? In
short what is fair for one should be
fair for all Only imagine the result
Of such suicidal experiment. Again
in order to control the railroads the
government would have to own
them. What would be the cost