The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
SOMEBODY SAY"
To The Editor of the EagIc.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
Under the above caption I noticed in a
recent issue of the EAGLE an ''acrostic"
by William Flavius Green. I think it is
unfair, and almost sacri-polltical for
FIaylus to jest on so important and SER
iouS subject as finance at such a time
No, he should HE away without, delay,
to Gables gray, near Buzzard's Bay, and
lay his schemes of finance before Grover.
1t is important, it is selfish, for your
dear William to be moving weeds on the
Sam Evans farm down on Gypsum
creek, while the country languishes in
the Ihroes OF financial crisis.
eff the single gold standard is the
proper thing for this country to adopt,
it certainly" says Bill, would apply to
any other nation as wlel; and if this be
true Canada under this plan. if adopted
tomorrow, would be without dollar"
Flavius you may be laborng under the
hallucination that Jerry" had bought
Canada. But not SO. Owing TO some
dilatory motion the joint resolution
authorized the payment of mile
age has not yet passed both houses,
and hence Jerry has been unable TO close
the deal But then Canada is hot a ma
ton, flave. 1t belongs TO Great Britain
and for more than forty years has had
the single standard-goid. And all its
provincial issues of money have been on
gold basis. You say the dominion has
never produced an ounce Of gold and
perhaps never viii. Are you not liable
10 be mistaken on some of these propo-
sitlons? Remember it has been over
fifteen years since you returned from
there. And if it produces no gold, what
does that signify? Apply that rule to
you or me, dear Bill, and we would not
be ''iu il. ~
To show you how much your assertion
is at variance with the facts, read the
following extract from description by
Mr. j. II. Beadle OF the Canadian exhib-
1t at the worlds fair. He says:
1T is quite surprise to learn that Can
ada has produced 500, 900. 900 in gold. of
which Nova Scotia contributed IS 900. Goo
that the Industry has lately revived, that
Ontarlo's quartz mines now yield 81 .000.-
QUO year and that sanSuine projectors
firmly believe the dominion is to be the
great source of the worlds future supply.
But some of the worlds leading experts in
the principles demonstrated by past ex-
perience, practically inexhaustibe quartz
veins may be looked for in the rs yet IN
prospected sections of British Colum bia."
You must be careful, my dear Bios
som, or i'll some unguarded moment YOU
may make d ridiculous ass of yourself.
vi course you are regarded i'll
this community as great
financier, but few blunders
like the above will "knock YOU
entirely off the perch" Your acrostic
somebody say" give it up; can't i'm
agine what you mean 10y it, and have
not been able TO find any one that would
attempt 10 solve it. 1t Is good che.
favor the gold standard, but also
favor Tie coinage by the government OF
all the silver that can be kept IN circul;.-
ton: am opposed 10 free coinage or tue
purchase by the government OF the COM
modities produced by any state.
Say. Flave. on the quiet, how would
you ike to discuss publicly the subject
of finance with me at some time in the
near future eh: | know YOU are
regular forty-horse- power search ligh;
on this question but Will stand defeat
for the benefit of the community.
j. ID. CALDWELL.