The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-02-13

"The value of gold and silver which
they now bear are purely artificial
| believe that the time will come when the
people will learn better than to waste their
time digging holes in the ground to obtain
metals to stamp their nations fiat upon"
Walter Price.
When Mr.. Price wears his jacket over
alls and plow shoes to church, to parties,
to weddings; when he buys a road cart
without varnish and stripping; when he
bitches his horse to it with ropes; when
he ceases to pay more for that which
gratifies his eyes than he does for that
which does not, we will believe he was
honest in his statement until then we
shall not so believe. In the Encyclopedias
Britannica we find the following on gold:
The color, luster and power of resist
ing oxidation which this metal possesses
have caused it to be valued from the
earliest ages
Yes, Mr.. Price, it had value long be-
fore it was used for money. just as the
people have improved in their productive
machinery and business methods, just so
given weight of coin money has more
and more become the measure of value
and the world is not moving backward
like craw-tish.
Il challenge any man to show WHEREIN
land certificate based on 200 per cent. of
value Of real estate is not as valuable as
any money in the world. Price
That is not an honest statement of his
partys position. They propose to issue
irredeemable and declaratory bits of paper
at an actual cost of or cents each and
stamp them 81 and 81, 900. etc and then
they propose to loan such unsecured, cost
less and valueless so-called money at its
stamped face on 200 per cent of value of
real estate" They will loan out to the
farmers what cost them only cent for
100 cents or 100000 cents and call that
issuing money at cost. Great guns what
would they ask for the stuff if they pro-
posed to make a profit. One would
naturally suppose they might rub along
tions
Mr.. Price complains of the gold held
in the treasury as an earnest of the ability
and intention to redeem greenbacks on
demand as per promise and wants it put
into circulation. What would one think
Of the man who would raise money on
chattel mortgage and then dispose of the
chattels? Before such deposit was made
the greenbacks were at a discount. With
out any enlargement of their legal tender
ship, the said deposit pared them. Uncle
Sam has the the ability to rake in more
coin If needed and his reputation for in
tegrity enables him by deposit of 90 per
cent. of coin to give us 100 per cent. of
good money, good without legal tender
clause, good in Liverpool, good in Paris,
good everywhere.
The report of Secretary Foster for Feb.
|, 1899, shows per capita of SEA. 70 in
actual circulation. The net increase of
money for the past month was $l5. .O73, 800,
and the increase of silver money or it's
substitutes since our late silver legislation
of July IA, 1890, is $lO6, 367, ,892, and vet
the Independent liars talk and write about
a contraction.
Without exception the Republicans de-
nOunce the the illegal work done in Pleas
ant and Grandview precincts. but the In
dependents cover up half of the Rad work
done in Grandview and excuse the other
half Their anathemas are all shot over in
to Pleasant precinct, and even then they
fail to inform their readers and auditors
that one of their own candidates received
the largest vote OF any-three more than
the legal vote of the precinct.
Keep it before the eople that the Oko-
boio TINES. one of Dam O, gans, says that
the Fl. Sully vote was the little joker that
defeated Faust n. O'CONNoR.