The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-09-13

With hOWls, gnashlng their teeth ana
threatening vengeance dire.
Robbery of the people. . ooh, the
dear, dear people r Down with the
traitors r Hang and quarter the
traitor People, let the demaagogues
howl. You keep cool and don t make
fools OF yourselves because some OF,
hce-sccker chooses to make an ass OF
himself. Ii you will take the trouble
to examine the reports Of the director
Of the mint you will find that up to
June 30, 1883, the United States pro-
duccd in
Gold 49,. Isl 1857 ,Ol5, ,45O. A
Silver r.............. 46l, ,O49, 1884
Difference in favor
Of gold. .......S 9O5,965, $3.50
Of this amount of gold the South,
to-wit: Alabama, Georgia, South Car
olina, North Carolina, Maryland, Ten
nesscc, Texas and Virginia produced
over s33, 900, 900, while she produced
only s69, 178 in silver. The large sill
yer mines in the West, being now
worked at a much larger profit than
gold can be obtained, has increased
the supply of silver, and just as long
as the South will play cat for the
monkey, the silverites will have your
gold. then what will you do?
From the best sources that can be
obtained the stock of silver in the
principal countries Of the world, cx-
elusive of the United States, is near
1882, 900, 900, the commercial value
Of which is thirty to forty per cent,
except in the countries where it is in
terconvertable with gold coins. Do
you wish to see the flood ? Then raise
the gates. Wherever there is a free
market, thither will the silver pro-
duct go, and down will 60 your own.
You may dam up branch or creek,
and direct the water for your own uses
and needs, but you cannot dam for
food.
I would like to pursue the subject
further, but this article is already too
long. Except in France, silver does
not seem to be regarded as money in
any Of the strong governments Of Eu
rope. France retains the double
standard, Italy in name only, and she
is now houndering in financial dis
tress, wholly unable to maintain her
standard. History repeats itself Of
tener in finance than on any other
subject. We are not IN the hrst panic
the country has survived, and from
each financial panic the country has
emerged richer and more prosperous.
The September Forum has an ex-
cellent article showing our periodical
spells. We arc q spasmodic people,
and have our spells. First, lol4lS;
second, 1859 third, 1881 fourth,
l848; fifth, 1857 sixth, 1864 sey-
enth, 1873; eighth, 1854 ninth,
189O-93. In all nine attacks OF fnan,
cial collie. Don't heed the cry OF
"stop thief uttered by Republicans
and bowling Populists. The Republi-
can party insisted in doing business at
the old stand in 1890 and 1892. The
want of confidence in American securl-
ties commenced long before MIR.
Clevelands' election, and foreign inves-
tors preferred taking chances with their
gold in their own country instead Of
ours. am not a "gold bug" /
have not had dollar of the stuff for
many months. Silver is more familiar,
and few fractional coins now and
then enables me to purchase few
supplies from agricultural friends, yet
I am not silverite. Still I would
not object to q little more of the
article. We do not want money that
will take $1,000 of it to buy 25-cent
pocket-knife. Any money that is not
worth one hundred cents on the dollar
in any country is cheat and swim
die.
Our country should have a currency
sufficient for it's business. If the
currency is paper, it should be worth
one hundred cents on the dollar in gold
and silver. The silver dollar should be
Just as good as gold and vice versa.
It is utterly futile, nonsensical to talk
about running the finances of the gov
erpment upon any other than the
strickest business principles. If there
were s5. 900 900, 900 of gold or silver
currency in the United States to-day,
I would not be any the richer, the
farmer would be none the richer, nor
the mechanic, unless he had some pro-
duce of some sort to exchange for that
money.
But the poor debtor! That is what
causes visions of horror to arise in the
mind of the politician ! Who made me
a debtor /? Who made you debtor
Surely in vain is the net spcad before
the bird .Yetwe are asked to believe,
that the creditor quietly spreads his
net before our very eyes and into it
we walk. with less sense than the
birds Of the air. And the politician
wants to get us out. And what for ?
He wants office. He don't care any
thing about your dcbts-not o straw.
If he could get you out, he knows you
will be in again, heels-over- head, be-
fore the next campaign of education"
How grievously disappointed would he
be at the next stump-speaking should
he find the people free from debt.
The mullenium would be unhealthy
for his schemes. Do you not see that
he would not be in it. Let us remem-
bor thot ono wisor than the nolitician