Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-10
The Ieader.
THE GoLDBUG CONSPIRACY.

THE GOLDBUG CONSPIRACY.
Twenty-seven years ago the people
financially speaking) were on the top
round of prosperity. Money! the life
blood Of commerce) was plenty, every
body was fully employed at good wages.
and farm products brought good prices.
Yes, another thing; a few men had large
amounts of money accumulated during
the war. This money must be invested.
No matter how much man has he wants
it to be earning him something. They
could invest IN lands, mills or railroads.
Yes but such investments would require
looking after. No an investment must
be found that is safe, reasonably prof.
table, and that required little attention.
And then the imps Of hell were commun-
ed with, and bonds were suggested. The
greenback, the handy, convenient paper
money everybody liked and would take
from choice today if they could get it,
was taken by the vampires and Shylocks
to Washington and exchanged for in
terest-bearing untaxed bonds. And the
government, at the dictation Of these men,
actually burned the green backs.
This wholesale destructionof the best
money we have ever had went recklessly
on till at last the lndolenJ blood-suekers
were all supplied with bonds. No, hold
ON, few more remained to be supplied.
No, they did not do such an infamous
thing as that! Yes they did. These de-
mons actually burned up the fractlonay
currency in order to get more bonds.
And to day thousands do not know why
the fractional currency that was so.handy,
in every way, especially to send through
the mails, was DESTROYED. ."The people
be damned; we will have our bonds
though the heavens fall" The people as
though hypnotized, stood like dummies
and allowed their money to be destroyed.
Emboldened by their success and the
apathy Of the people, the pirates discov
cred the silver dollar. With it out of the
way our bonds will be doubled in value
and their paym made impossible. Yes
the silver dollar must, so; and go 1T did.
Then down went prices, and on went
mortgages, and out went laborers and up
went gold. But now, in spite of the
most Infamous legislation, the bonds are
gradually being paid off, and. we'll, the
gold bugs are in y panic. Yesterday it
u1 f01o 10
road bonds. But for fea- this willnot
materialize silver coinage must be sus-
pended: and strange as it may seem, the
democratic party, which has been the
under dog al these years, now that it
has the power, is joining the ranks Of the
gold bug party.
Silver today has no worse enemy than
Grover Cleveland. He is completely in
accord on the money question with the
men who have brought this country to
the verge OF destructlon. The fall in
prices has been continuous since anti
silver legislation began. Stop the coin
age Of silver now wheat will drop to
fifty cents bushel, and all other prod
ucts in proportion. No tariff legislation
will stop the downward trend in prices.
The great and burning issue before the
people today is the money question.
There is not one-half of one per cent.
enough gold in the world today to do
business with. Then what folly to re
duce this country to Chinese conditions
in order TO maintain a gold basis. AS
VOORHEES, once said in the senate: ''The
people are sovereign. They, can bind,
and they can loosen Yes: and let us
add, they are studying existing conditions
as they never did before. They are
being educated faster than the gold bugs
have any idea they are.