The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-02-24
silver Bricks.

United States IS one ounce OF gold 10
sixteen of silver, and not one to ten,
as published.
Why should the United States, as an
Independent nation, care what the ma
tions of Europe do about double or
single standard of coin? Is this gov
ernment tail to the European kite?
Practically you might just as well
and some other transatlantic nations
can't profitably raise corn, cotton and
other products; that we should defer
to their prejudices and not raise them
in this country. We have had too
much toadying to European, and es-
pecially English prejudices the past
thirty years, and it is time that Ameri-
cans should assert themselves and this
government take its proper place
among the nations with big N)-of
the earth. Through Anglomania,
fraud. bribery and natural cussedness,
generally, this country has refrigerated
until it is, except in name, nearly at
the point where it stood when the De-
claration of independence was pro-
mulgated. Then the people rose as
one man to protest with their lives
against the extortionate levying of
taxes and curtailment of individual
privileges. Today, we are swallowing
the same pill-only sugar coated-and
paying far heavier tax through tru-
culent legislation and executive toady-
ism. Anything English, you know
For instance, "the best banking sys-
tenn in the wolldG)" copied after the
English system, which gives all to the
capitalist, while the laborer, the me-
chanie, and the farmer, pay the bills
and are unctiously told, if they can't
'earn more than 81 a day to live
within that income.'' The national
bank notes are based upon United
States bonds; large proportion of the
bonds are held by English capitalists.
sufficient amount of stock in bank
can be taken by five Anne; leans to Sc
cure charter, and, as stool-pigeons,
rather than as officers. plumber their
countrymen.
Another ''for instance British
capitalists, in 1873, with more fore
sight than our talented ID Legislators
in Washington, saw that with our in
exhaustable silver mines we would be
able to pay off all of our Indebtedness
and then have money to loan if the
double standard was continued. and
although 1t, silver, was at premium
over gold, they, as ingalls, remarked
''hypnotized congress, the cabinet and
| the president, SO successfully thai
the dearer money was demopetized
and the cheaper retained as the only
standard, or legal tender coin in this
country. Ingalls, calls it ''hypnoti
zed," we, the people, not being so APP
in smooth phrases. think and call it by
the harsher name of ''bribery.'
British gold, and British influence
caused the national legislature, the
cabinet, and the president to commi
crime against the people of the
United States that overshadOws anC
blots OUT the treason of Benedict Ar
noln, even as thunder cloud observes
the sunlight.
A third for lnstance-If congress
had the power (not to say the right,
to demonetize silver and make tn,
baser metal (gold) a legal tender anc
the standard of value in 1873, thu
legislating against class of our citi
zens engaged in the arduous mining
industry, and the whole nation in 81
far as their business and commercial
relations were concerned both in the
loss such legislation occasloned thos,
holding bullion and coin, has it no
the right, and is it not its duty, tt
reverse such legislation, and if not de
monetize gold, at least, rehabilitate
silverP The cry that it would be dis.
honest to make debts incurred under
the gold standard payable in silver, a
the option of the debtor is no more
applicable now, than it was in 1873
when men were compelled to take
gold, instead of The dearer metal, sill
yer.
Now, as to the claim that the re
monetization of silver would cause 81
the gold to fly away to Europe. How
Is this going to be brought to pass!
For years the balance of trade ha.
been in our favor-United State.
bonds held abroad are only small
matter as compared with this large
shipments of produce of all kinds sem
TO Europe-the imports to this ceun
try are u small matter. for we can and
do, to use republican agreement. pro.
duce everything necessary to supply
our own waits and luxuries. If Eu.
/ roman countries yvOn'f accat,r ,,.7r. ell