The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-11-17
Let the Battle Begin Against Gold.

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1.-THE people of the United States have
met and overcome all opposition and re-
moved all distractions to their grand march
of freedom and higher civilization. They
must now grapple with the most dangerous,
the most insiduous, and the most relentless
foe with which humanity Is compelled to
conten0-the power of concentrated capital.
1t is the most dangerous because its weapons
are cunning, the most insidious because its
methods are secret, and the most relentless
because it is soulless and deafto the groans
of its victims. Concentrated capital must
be dethroued. The life blood of civilization
must cease to slake the thirst of avarice
| The normal circulation must be restored.
| The British pump must cease to drain the
circulating medium of the United States
into the reservoir of London syndicate.
An independent financial policy mus. be
established"
Thus spoke Senator Stewart at the close
of the tragedy which ended in the demone
tization OF silver by coalition between
John Sherman and Grover Cleveland and
half the democrat party in Congress, which
delivers the fruits of the toll of the Amer
lean people into the hands of the British
gold ring and American national bank ring.
| 1t is time the American people were
preservation, for that which robs the people
oftheir subsistence robs them of their liberty
and life. Now that these conspirators have
succeeded in making American silver almost
yalueless,. the American people are warned
to rise up and make an exterminating war
on British gold. The boards they have
succeeded in accumulafing of this metal is
their strength and the engine of their
mighty robberles-a system of plumber by
which the people of the old world, as we'll
as the people of America are despoiled of
the fruits of their labor. Let this engine of
power of the arch enemies of mankind be
destroyed by destroying the power Of gold
as money TO Cypress mankind. Let US raise
the standard of revolt against gold as
money. Silver has been destroyed as a
money metal in America and Europe for
the purpose of doubling the value of gold
and the value of debts, interest and salaries,
for the purpose of adding to the overlooking
wealth of the rich and extracting more from
the measer stock of the poor. The people
of the United States should prepare without
delay to establish financial system made
strong and stable by the wealth of the
products of the people.
| Mr.. W. G. Cornwell, one of the bank
presidents who attended the meeting of the
Chicago on the 18th and 10Th Of October,
laid down this basis as the proper one for
| financial system for this country. He said:
"The products of the labor of the people
| represent all there is of financial value
wealth-in nation"
This banker uttered great truth. Then
why should the American people want to be
hampered by British "gold standard"
with their immense wealth of products
representing call there is of financial
yalue?"
Let the American people declare war on
British gold and their gold debts as they
and their hired emissares have declared
war on American silver, which should have
made us the most powerful financial nation
on the earth. Let gold discarded as a
money of the United States and the gov
eminent make legal tender paper money
10 exchange the vast wealth in products
which their industry creates. The working
people grew rich during the great war by
nsing the governments paper money for
all the uses none is created, and discarding |
gold. Let them do the same in time of
peace and their wealth will multiply four
fold with the waste ofwar eliminated. None
grew rich by the use of gold during that
period but the gold gamblers. All have
grown poorer since except those same gold |
gamblers. Ii is time the American people |
set about demonetzng gold. Let the battle
be joined. Gold is Concentrated capital"
the enemy of the laboring classes.