Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-22

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dsat Hairless, IL socunulntiua a d.
hE6o seook On IL nar1st md IL m
frisndly astioa e 1ssign eo.ntziss h.d
Tho eject toag.n reduce tie price. To
repohdlnen eaa8FeR. IN the law Which
now sfands O Tie statute books, uads
IN important step n Tho direction a tie
rs1nonstizntion Of SILVER. . step which
cannot faii to Be appreciated by CON-
merciL natiocs IN the face of the fat
that the coinage Of fun legal tender Sill
yer COINS has been practically stopped
by civilized eouEtries The mints OF
Europe for more than fourteen wears
have been closed 70 sueh coinage. And
yet tins government By strict partv
vote OF republican members of the
house and senate. placed upon It's
statute books Law which declares that
1t stands ready to absorb IN It's currency
system two and one-haH times tho
amount OF silver which It bad purchased
annually during the prior thirteen
years: and further. IT declared, IN the
same Law, that It Is the established col
icy OF the United States to maintain the
two metals upon parity with each
other upon the present legal ratio or
such ratio as may be provided by law.
This Is the law which the democratic
platform of 1892 demands shall be re-
Pealed- Undoubtedly public sentiment
IN the United States favors the use Of
silver as money, but none the less
strongly does public sentiment. as well
as public necessity, demand the use of
gold, or Of legal tender money re-
deemabie IN gold It IS the concurrent
use OF both metals as money which Is
desired BY our people. Let anyone
openly advocate the use Of silver e1clu-
sively az a bass OF our circulating M
dunn, and he viii find few intelligent
supporters in the United Stat.a The
republican party stands committed by
its Legislation and its platform to the
full use of silver az money in the United
States. and it stands committed to
every effort which promises success for
the restoration of bs-metaIism. No one
IN this country, certainly no one of any
prominence in the republican party has
proposed to discontinue the use OF silver
as money. Secretary Window, IN his
first report to congress On the silver
question. said:
1T Is uniuestionably true that in
this c7untry pablo sentiment and CON-
mercial and industrial necessity demand
the joint use Of beth metals as money.
1t is not proposed to abandon the use
of either gold or silver money. The
utilization of both metals as a cIrcu-
Iating medium and as basis for paper
is believed to be essential to
our national prosperity We cannot
discard either if we would without in
voking most serious consequences"
The great mass of the republican
party u in favor of the use OF silver as |
money and Of the restoration of BIZ |
netalIsm.
The republican platform of 1892 de-
.lares:
Tho American people, from tradition
md interest favor bi-mstallism, and the
republican party demands the use Of
10Th god AID silver al money"
The republican party. In its platform
md BY its Legislation, subscrbes fully
% the declaration OF the silver men that
would be wiser to place the money Of
he world upon the basis Of both gold
md silver instead of gold alone The
'nlv difficulty is how to reach that de-
irable end The republican party is IN
avor Of reaching j. by conservative and
afe methods Already two International
conferences have been held. one called
y France and the other by the United
states. for the purpose Of taking steps
or the restoration of bimesalIism- It is
fact well known throughout the civil
Eed world that the United States stands
eady at any moment to enter into an
agreement for this purpose.
nd such an agreement would be hailed
nth joy BY the great mass Of tie people
{ this country.
Representatives of this country favor
bic to the restoration Of silver have
cen in Europe ever since this admins
ration came into power. serving with
ut compensation or expense to the
earnestly using every effort
D secure favorable sentiment for the
estoration of silver. II the remonetiza
ON of silver as full legal tender money
} evsr to be accomplished, it can only
. done In the same manner as demon
tizatson took place. by the action of
atoms of sufficient commercial import
ncs to maintain some fixed ratio be-
.een the two metals IN coinage
Whether that ratio Is Is to /, the ratio
this country, or 15.5 to the ratio
I Europe il a matter q no particular
,00ent; he main point 10 to secure IA
os.bie action on the part Of nations of
ndicient commercial interest to main &
I'm whatever ratio may Be found most
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