The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-08-16

ONL~2O VI u SO1u SAdS14S anu UCOG-pdy
and silver without dis ing power of the dollar,
either metal or Charge lrs Shall "a BEAT at al all R times
for mintage, but the equal. The interests of
| dOlIer unit of coinage the producers of the
of both metals must be country, it's farmers
of equal intrinsic and and its workingmen,
eXchangeable value, or demand that every dol
be adjusted through in lar, paper or coin, is
ternatiOnal agreement, sued by e govern
or by such safeguards ment, be as good as any
OF legislation as shall other.
insure the maintenance We commend the
of the parity of the two wise and patriotic
metals and the equal steps already taken by
power of every dollar at our government to Sc
all times in the market cure an international
and in the payment of conference to adopt
debts, and we demand such measures as Will
that all paper currency insure a parity IF value
shall be kept at par between gOId anu Sill
with and redeemable in yer for use as money
such coin. We insist throughout the world,
upon this policy as es-
| pecially necessary for
farmers and labOring
classes, the first and
most defenSeleSS vic
Tins of unstable money
and a huCtuating cur
| renCy.
WE DENoUNcE. What? The demone
tization of silver in 1878? No, sir, not
a bit of it. We only denounce the
Sherman act of 1890, says Democracy.
The law which was modified by the
Sherman act required the coinage Of
from two to four millions Of dollars
per month. The Sherman act so modi-
fed that law as torequire the purchase
by the government of four million dol
lars worth of silver bullion, the same
to be paid for in coin certificates.
Oh, no, the great Democratic party
no longer "~DENoUNCEs the "Republi-
can crime of characterization, but turn
their guns upon the poor little Sher
man act of 1890.
In the Democratic convention quite
a tight vas made by the West and
South for free coinage of silver. In
the committee, Mr. Patterson, of Colo.
RADIO, and Mr.. Daniels, of Virginia,
submitted a plank with the word
free" before the word coinage; this
was promptly sat upon by a vote of so
to IS In the convention Mr.. Patter
son moved ar amendment to the silver
plank by inserting the word free {"
before the word coinage. He tried to
speak to the question but was jeered
and Kissed and yelled down and the
motion was lost amid a storm of jeers.
Such was the fate of free coinage at
the hands of National Democracy in
convention assembled.
1t will be noticed that the Chicago
platform endorses the Republican Ben
Harrison idea of consulting aristocratic
Europe about the kind and amount of
money used by the American farmers
and mechanics. The Republican plat
form endorses a parity" so does the
Democratic. That means more silver
in a silver dollar. The change of
standard means gold to the bondhold-
ers, as their bonds obligate the govern
ment to pay in coin of the ~"present"
weight and fineness, so when the weight
is changed they are at liberty to de-
mand gold? See. Neither of the plat
forms are for free" coinage. Democ~
racy declares that all paper currency
shall have a coin basis, so does the Re
publican party. This is a direct rebuke
of the honest greenback treasury note
idea Of the common people
Oh! these poor Farmers and labor
ers," who are such "defenseless vic
TINS Of unstable money and a fuctuat-
ing currency" poor creatures, the
great big heart of Democracy went out
to you at Chicago, but that was all, it's
hand was not extended. The tears of
sympathy rolled down the brassy cheek
of the g. Q. p, but that was all. The
very least of our requests, "free sill
ver," has now been refused, Grover
Cleveland was shouted through at a
midnight hour that the people"
might have a championO Your Uncle
Grover on that platform is as happy
as a small boy in a green apple tree.
The after result will be equally as
awful. Cramp will surely follow.
Now what7 Where is the peoples
hope? Thousands halted to see what
the 148 majority in Congress would do.
They have long since become convinced
of what their duty was. Other thou
sands have waited to see what the
National platform would say and it has
said. Do you e still a hope2 No.
you cannot. Then meet duty likemen,
throw off the mask and shout three
cheers for the Peoples party.-Ten-
messe ToiLer.
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