The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-11-04


for the extra trashy trash issued to
them on that day, that would be
$4,000 per week to devote to the
upbuildiDg and maintenance ola grand
peoples paper that would help them to
be really free. Could movement be
started to get this money diverted to so
useful purpose, or DO the people love
their masters whips and chains too
much to pay II cents week to be
free ?-F. ScRIMsHAw, in The People,
The Silver Conference Deception.
The international Monetary Coufer-
ence was agreed upon by New York
and European bankers, while the silver
bill was before Congress two years ago,
and the intention was for our govern =
ment to call it for the purpose of delay
ing action on the silVer question at that
time. At the request of a "prominent'
official of our government, the effort to
secure such conference was delayed
until the present term.
These facts were known. and are
known to many New York bankers,
and to at least one London banker and
the editor Of the Industry was acquaint-
ed with them year ago. We know,
too, that among some at least of these
bankers there was no expectation that
any agreement to restore silver to it's
old position could or would be made in
an international Conference. They
looked upon it only as movement to
delay action upon the silver question,
or sharp political dodge.
When Secretary of the Treasury
Foster made flying trip to London
early in the year the last preliminary
step necessary for the call OF the con-
ference was arranged. When he lett
the United States the Industry, weeks
before the President called the Con-
ference, announced that it would be
called, and that its object was to make
a pretense of doing something in aid Of
free and Unlimited silver coinage. That
information was based upon information
obtained from a London banker.
We charge that there is general
understanding among many capitalists
that free and unlimited silver coinage
shall be defeated by any possible means.
We charge that the Conference is a
pretense, which was called for pc
litical purposes only. We charge that
some at least Of the capitalists who are
so loudly declaring that the United
States cannot safely adopt free coinage
without the aid Of foreign governments,
do not believe what they say. We
charge that these capitalists largely
own and control the leading journals OF
the east, and shape their editorials on
the financial questions. We charge
that many of these leading journals
refuse to fairly open their columns to
the free silver side, aud have refused
to publish articles from free silver
advocates of national reputation, even
after having invited such articles.
Notably among these journals are the
New York Tribune and the New York
World. We charge that it is impos-
sibe to get fair or free discussion of
the silver question in any of the lead
ing journals of the east. At least two
of those journals, which are owned by
men who believe in the free coinage oil
silver, do not advocate their owners
sentiments, wholly because their owners
say that such advocacy would meet
with boycotting to their journals and
ruin.
These are rather singing accusations
to make, but thay can be defended and
proveu,-Denver Mining Industry.