Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-05-25
Free Coinage.

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ton Of silver In order that the price Of
silver may be raised and maintained
At par. Primarily the statement is
correct. This WAS the first cause Of
the agitation, but a study Of the ques-
ton and its bearings upon all classes
Of society has convinced the people
that not only will II have that effect,
but likewise 1t will tend tn equsliz.
the conditions between labor and
capital and assist and advance the In.
forests Of all the prsiucing classes Of
ths United States. Hence, while The
silver States have first made the de-
msnd In order To help themselves and
save their industries from destruction,
they have struck the responsive chord
In all other branches of the producing
class, and their demand for assistance
IL being taken up and re-echoed bv
thousands Of people who never saw
silver niue, hut who see and realize
that the restoration of silver means
the removal Of the shackles OF seryi-
tuds from theie hands. No precspt is
more certain than this: THAT M pub.
lie measure can be successfully main
taiRsd and become permanent part
Of the organic law Of the United States
unless based upon sound principles ;"
IT upon test II is found wanting in
the right principle II is aeon altered,
amended or stricken out. Hence It
fellows that the movement tor free
silver must be based upon sound
principles, else it will not stand the
tsat.
The ssundness Of the bi-metallic
system needs ne further argument than
the statement Of the fact that both
metals stoSd aide BY side as the money
Of ultimate redemption Of the world
from it's earliest history, until 1878,
when Legislative action was invoked to
upset. the long established law Of GUS
tenn and usage.
One half Of the money Of the
werld WAS discredited that the other
half might be enhanced In value, and
the nscks Of the producing classes put
under the capitalistic yeks.
The demonstration Of silver brough
about BY Legislation and its consequent
evils came upsa the people gradually.
So gradually, In fact, tina, it took n
lsng time for them to fully realize
their position asd the cause. and the
Rehabilitation Of silver can only be &C.
csuplished by legislation, and must be
accomplished step by step 1t would
be uawiss 10 attempt to force the issue
Ut one swoop, else We might cause
what maay sound thinkers fear-a
great financial panic. and cause untold
suffering, misery and distress, which
BY reflex action would create u de-
Asad for the i'm nediate repeal Of the
offending legislation and set silver
back half = century.
1t follows, then, that this wrong
should be righted, and the underlying
principle being correct, 1t remains to
determine the pr"per methods 10 pursue
70 accomplish the result.
lat. 1t must be BY legislation.
Cd. II must be such legislation as
will accomplish the rehs Utilization Of
silver A. Money, in such q way a. not
10 ,njurs the country at large.
This In our opinion can best and
quickest be accomplished by clas,ns
our doors to fsrsign silver and throw.
lag our Mints open to The silver pro.
duced from eur own mines, and issu.
ing the coin or certificates fer same
which shall 6s alike legal tender for
oil debts, public and private. Action
Of this kind disarms the opponents Of
the resteratiaa Of silver Of their most
potent srgumeut-"ths food of foreign
silver" give, our people 4 sound cur.
rsacy, expanding with the needs and
requirements Of the country. and will
ultimately result In the full and com.
plsts reconciliation Of silver through.
cut the wsrld, For foreign nations,
dsdiag that We have closed the aoors
so that they can take no advantage Of
us, will DO compelled to figure out the
silver question fer themselves, and will
then be only tee willing to hold n
msnstsiy conference. which would
probably bear fruit. Until this Is done,
hswevsr. We must expect that any
monetary conference had with foreign
powers, will snly be considered by
then ~ ~ opportunity to secure some
advantage frem tho United States "a