People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-14

Silver is no longer the point OF least re,
sistance. A new line OF battle must be
formed and the onslaught of the re-
form forces must be made upon the
citadel Of metallism itself. Hencefcrth
the battle is between metallism AMI in
convertible paper money. The battle
Of Armageddon is at hand and the con-
tiict will be desperate, bloody and de-
cisive. Gold and silver will both be de-
monetized and money will be of paper,
absolute, full legal tender and incon.
vertible. Lift up your heads, oh We
toiiers, for the day of your redemption
draweth nigh.
Now don't call me a crank, a lunatic,
or dreamer. Already has Australia
led the way, by Matchmaking her bank
ing system and making inconvertible
bank notes full legal tender. Lead.
ing thinkers of all schools see from
afar the inevitable result of an effort
to force the single gold standard upon
the nations of the earth.
During the sessions of the recent in.
ternational monetary conference Mr..
Allard, director of the Belgian mint and
delegate from Belgium and Turkey,
said:
Il notice that in building upon fragile
foundations based upon simple denials
very singular systems are developed;
thus our honorable opponent and col
league, Mr.. Currie, told us that in his
opinion the system of the future would
be the gold standard IithOm gold circula-
ton, an idea well welded to the notion
that tie iacOnCertiJiHty Of bank notes is
one Of tie plaques clich zee should haze the
courage to contemplate calmly, an idea
which does not much alarm my honor
able colleague, Mr.. Weber" The italics
are in the official report, just as give
them.
Mexico. it is said, is already consider
ing the advisability of following Indias
example China, with her 500, 900, 900
in silver, will soon be forced to take
similar action. Soon we shall be face to
face with universal gold standard and
gold in existence amounting to only 50
per capita. If the United States were
upon gold standard to-day our total
stock of gold is in the banks and ma
tional treasury and-where are we at?
Up (old) guards and at them. The
enemy's ranks are broken and there are
gaps all along the line. Raise the
black flag and give no quarter. The
decisive moment has arrived and the
salvation OF humanity is trembling in
the balance. The toilers of the universe
expectantly hope for emancipation from
Shylock's calling bonds as result of
your prowess and valor. Storm the
citadel of ShylOckism, the temple of
the metallic god, and break into pieces
the idol of gold and silver.
Dropping allegory. Now is the pro-
pitious time for education and agitation
upon the lines of monetary reform.
The handful of fatists have become
mighty army and reason is asserting
her sway. The brightest minds in the
universe are now earnestly studying
monetary science and considering the
nature, attributes and functions of
money. The greater part of Senator
Jones speech before the international
monetary commission is devoted to an
eloquent plea for the quantitive theory
as applied to the standard of value"
This is the numerary system, pure and
simple.
A new line of battle is imminent.
The point of least resistance is the
theory of metallism. To obtain free
coinage ofsilver is simply to give metal
lism new lease of life and strengthen
the enemys line of battle. Let us
earnestly contend for the absolute,
full legal tender, inconvertible paper
dollar, which shall represent the uni
versal. conventional denominant-the
unit Of account-the figure l.