The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-10

comes from the demonstration ol
silver. The act of Congress which
contaminated that unspeakable
crime totally changed the relation
between the owners of money and
the owners of property from le-
gitimate to . fraudulent relaion.
And, since that time the Jew
banking fraternity have been. in
the constant practice Of fraud upon
the entirecommercial and product
i've interest. It is the same kind
of fraudulent dealing as would be
that of a grain buyer who in deal
ing with the fsrmer should use
scales which would take from the
farmer bushel and a-half of grain
for every bushel paid for: The
bushel in that case is the unit OF
measure in estimating the guam
tity of grain, and by just as much
as the measure is larger than a le-
gitimate measure should be by SO
much is the seller defrauded. The
dollar is the measure in the valua-
tion of all kinds of property. By
an act of Congress it has been made
fifty per cent, or one-half larger
than its normal legitimate value as
unit Of measure and thereby the
owners Of gold have silently and
clandestinely transferred to their
own pockets one-half of the value
of all property. of every description
from the possession of the legiti-
mate owner. That is, property has
apparently and commercial pur-
poses shrunk in value to the extent
of FIFTY PER CENT. The -shrinkage
isin constant operation and at an
acceleratihg ratio. This is the rea-
son why prices are constantly tend
ing downward. 1t is not because
of over-production or excessive tax
alton. There can be no over-pro-
duction as long as any legitimate
human need is unsatisfied, and ex-
ccssive taxation would not trans
fer the value of property from its
legitimate owner to the Golfers of
the banker.
The cause of the financial lean
ness and decline in the country lies
in this arbitrary and excessive value
given to the dollar by adopting the
single gold standard at the behest
of the Jew bankers of England and
Germany. Let this generation right
the crime of the last which took
from every farmer half the value of
his farm and transferred it without
compensation to the Golfers Of the
banker. Then keep honest men at
the helm of state and in the halls
of Legislation and all will be right.
After third of a century of riot in
crime and jubilee in knavery the
day of retribution has come. Ev-
indicates that a consum-
nation has arrived.
The vast majority of voters are
producers, farmers or wage workers.
The single gold standard alone is
responsible for the low and con-
stantly declining prices of products
and wages. No combination of
producers can avail to keep up the
prices of products. Labor organ
izations have succeeded in a slight
measure in keeping up the wages
of workers, yet only by an unceas-
ing fight for it. At best it is only
a temporary and abnormal make
shift. It cannot be depended upon
as permanent state of the rela-
tions of employer and employe.
The affairs at Homestead brings a
crisis to this condition of things.
The country will not tolerate its
continuance. The cause and the
remedy are now clear to the minds
Of the producer and the workman.
knowledge is power. Having the
in their hands through knowl-
edge, its application at the polls is
The next move. The restoration of
silver is foregone conclusion. The
party which represents that issue
s the party of the future.-M. w.
Waterman in Ft. Scott Kan. Lam
,ern.
When Buffaloes Were Plentiful.
"While Buffaloes were still plen-