The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-07-21
DEMONETiZE GOLD.

The Gold Men Have Taught Us What
Silver Is Worth, Let US Give Them
Some of Their Own Medicine.
France carries the heaviest load and
has the largest debt Everywhere in
Europe, even among the smallest states,
nothing is spoken of at present but
armies, the increase of war materials,
and of course, new taxes. = Paris
(France) Figaro.
Yet in the face of such utterances of
the French press, the champions of the
free coinage of silver dare, with un-
blushing cffrontery, to pratc of the pros
perity of France ascribing that pros
perity to the bimetallism obtaining in
that country. 1t seems to us that the
friends of silver are rather unfortunate
in their illustrations by which to evi.
dence the benefits to be secured by tho
free coinage of silver.
1gnatious Donnelly, an ardent advo-
cate of the free coinage of silver, has,
in the last issue of the Representative,
Il group of ffamine-stricken Indian ryots
or peasants: it is a heart-rending scene.
Mr.. Donnelly commenting upon it, CEN
sures the spectators of that unhappy
people in scathing terms. Well, India
has. a silver standard. Now, if tho
hardships, the poverty, the distress in
this country are largely due toath ma
lignancy of the gold standard, must wo
not draw the analogous conclusion,
with reference to India, that the miser-
les of the people in that country are
due to the relentless exactioDs Of the
silver kings? How, now gallant
knights of the white metal? Evident
ly. the owners of silver are no more
considerate of the wcll-bcing of the
people over whom they are dominant
than is the gold oligarchy where it pre-
walls. The dollar of our daddies. for
sooth, why not the fail of our daddies,
the stage coach of our daddies and tho
spinning wheel of our mammies? Tho
great mass of so-call-d reformers ap-
parently has its eyes located in the
back of its head. and. for that reason,
perpctually look backward. IL seems
never to have occurred to these gentle
men that there may be such thing as
going forward, that there is a better
dollar than our daddies. ever dreamed
of.
Our nation is not going back to the
flesh pots of Egypt; no, no, a thousand
times no. The desert in which we find
ourselves to-day is drcary and desolate,
entailing hunger and want, but our
weary pilgrimage is nearly over. We
stand almost upon the border of tho
promised land. Courage, comrades!
Forward. comrades. not baclwards!'
Follow the guiding star of promise.
We oppose the. free and unlimited
coinage of silver because it is no rem
edy. One thing is certain. if the de-
monetization of silver resulted in a ic-
probation of silver, it is reasonable to
conclude that similar action taken in
regard to gold will dcprcciate gold.
Give the gold-bugs dose OF the medi-
cine they have given to the silvcr-bugs
and see if that will not ,scttlc' their
predatory habits. Tho depreciation OF
gold means an appreciation of all SER
vice, and the reduction of the price OF
all products.
This reminds us of little story:
Once upon a time there was verdant
granger who had planted a patch OF
potatoes. In the course of time the
vines grew and waSed apace but, sad
to relate. they were infested by potato
bugs. The Industrious farmer was in
sorry plight. for. if something WAS
not done he certainly would have no
'taters In this dilemma he went to
his peighbOrs for advice. The firstaone
said to him: "Well, old man. that is q
guld-bug; if you don't get "a silver bug
to go with it. you're ont of luck" An
other told him if he didn't get some lc-
gal tender or governmept-fiat-b bugs,
right away. he would be a goper. sure.
Finally he met "A man who told him to
! get rid of the gold-bug and every other
parasite that infested his crops. The
| farmer took the last advice and had
big crop not only of potatoes butaof all
the other good things that grow in
field and garden; and he lived happy
| ever after.
The moral of this little tale is: De-
monetize gold.-Carl iGlc.ser, in flam-
| ing Sword.