Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-11-29

the nation was not bankrupted under
| absolute free coinage. These and all
other questions honestly asked by us
were derIded by the gold standard ad-
vocates and the cry for repeal kept up
until at last the only tie that bound sill
yer to our monetary system was sever
ed and the country was placed on a
gold basis. With passage of that act
came the assurance that confidence
| would be restored and all would be
well. We waited patiently for that
condition of things to come to pass hop
ing yet never believing such would be
the case. The first intlmation of good
times to the farmer was the cent
drop in the wheat market, inside Of
three days after repeal had carried;
the first intimation to the planter was
a cent drop in the price of cotton and
the miner was encouraged by a two
| cent fall in the price of silver bullion.
The number of business failures is in
creasing each week according to COM
mercial journals, Notwithstanding they
are braZen enough to assert that ICON
fdence is restored" Dun's report for
the week ending November 18th says:
The decrease in the volume of business
| through clearing houses continues about the
| same, and for the past week was 1876 per cent.
| The failures for the week have been 324
against POS last year. Present prices compare
| favOrably with similar quotations in 1892.
Yet the standard press has the temer-
ity to publish in the same issue with
such statements as the above, editOri-
ais telling the people that times are
easier and confidence restored. DO the
the people have to read those sheets be
| fore they can determine whether their
pockets are empty or not? In the daily
papers not long ago appeared the fol-
lowing dispatch:
New ORLEANS, Nov. 12.-More than LOCO
| men are encamped in the open country just
! outside of Gretna, on the other side of the
| river, and the camp is constantly increasing
| in size. AS each freight train of the Southern
| Pacific arrives punches of men numbering
from ten to forty alight and hurry off to the
open country. This is the advance guard of
tho vast army of unemployed persons said to
| be enrouto to the south from all points In Tex
as, Colorado and California. The greater part
of the mon are not of the tramp order. Many
are carpenters and skilled workmen, while
| greater number are miners. Their stories are
alike of lack of money and business in the
| west. and their inability to earn their living.
The rigor of the weather there has induced
| them to come to the south in droves. The po-
| lice have intimated to the hordes in camp at
Gretna that if they invade the city they will be
arrested for vagrancy, and this fact has pre-
vented them from crossing the river In any
numbers.
And at the same time most of those
papers told on their, servie editorial
page how loyal to the government were
the gold standard men and how the
country is prospecting as result of re-
peal. Are the people to be treated as
ignorant hogs by a venal system of as
sociated liars, who disgrace editorial
sanctums throughout the country?
With all the promise of good times af
ter repeal and the abuse of those who
oppose such an unAmerican action, the
| facts are that markets are lower and
business depression greater than before
repeating the little silver law of 1890
| How can any man remain longer de-
ceived by Tory press and hireling
politicians? Even after the depression
continues at greater ratio of increase
since repeal the subsidized press stig-
matizes in contemptious any effort at
undoing the wrong. a sample from
that sickening sycophant of Cleveland,
the Kansas City Star, will serve to il
lustrate how such papers treat the
question. Regarding Mr.. BANDS pro
posed attempt to reinstate silver in the
coming session, SAYS:
Mr.. BANDS proposition TO obstruct the work
of congress this winter with a revival Of efforts
to secure legislation in favor of free coinage
will not meet with the favor of the American
people. They got enough of congressional
wisdom on this subject last summer and there
is no possibility of his ideas being enacted
into law, the time in considering the subject
will be then wasted. Congress has more i'm
portant matters to attend TO- The way must
be kept open for tariff legislation and after
that revision of the currency system of the
country on lines which are acceptable to the
president are In order But it is simply a farce
for representatives and senators TO epend
weeks and months discussing and celebrating
and adopting measures which are absolutely
certain to come back to them with the presi-
dents veto. The duty of congress this win
ter will be to transact business, not TO fritter
the time away in efforts TO secure impossible
legislation.
Other papers of that character have
similar remarks to make on the subject,
many of that specie known as republi-
J can being even more pronounced in
support Of she presidential policy than
the Star. After the GebilitSting effect
of repeal upon the country il eoEclGs-
lively demonstrates to the people that
for brazen affrontery in opposing the
welfare Of the public the subsidized
press is q decided success. 1t would
seem to us conclus i've evidence of the
falsity OF their position to hear the
gold standard advocates still main
tanning that the Sherman law itIespon-