Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-26
DEMONETIZE GOLD.

The Gold Men Have Taught Us What
Silver Is Worth, Let Us Give Them
Some of Their Own Mediciue.
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 effrontery, to prate 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 evil
dence the benefits to be secured by the
free coinage of silver.
IgnatiOus Donnelly, an ardent advo-
cate of the free coinage of silver, has,
in the lasb issue ef the Representative,
a group Of ffamine-stricken Indian ryots
or peasslnts; it is heart-rending scene
MIR. Dtnhelly commenting upon it, CEN
sures the spoliators of that unhappy
people In seathiag terms Well, India
has silver standard. Now, if the
hardships, the poverty, the distress in
this country are largely due to the ma
Hgnancy of the gold standard, must we
not draw the analogous conclusion,
with reference to India, that the miser-
les of the people in that country are
due to tho relentless exactions of the
silver kings? How, now gallant
knights of the white metal? Evident
ly, the owners Of silver are no more
considerate of the well-being of the
people over whom they are dominant
than is the gold eligarchy where it pre-
walls. The dollar Of our daddiesl for
sooth, why not Sac fail of our daddies,
the stage coacli,Nf our daddies and the
spinRing wheeTQf our mammiesP The
great mass of so-called reformers ap-
parently has it's eyes located in the
back of its head. and, for that reason,
perpetually look backward. It seems
never to have occurred to these gentle
men that there may be such thing as
going forward, that there is better
dollar than our daddies ever dreamed
Of
Our nation is not going back to the
flesh pots of Egypt; no, no, thousand
times no! The desert in which we find
ourselves to-day is dreary and desolate,
entailing hunger and want, but our
weary pilgrimage is nearly over. We
stand almost upon the border of the
promised land. Courage, comrades!
Forward, comrades, not backwards!
Follow the guiding star of promise.
We oppose the free and unlimited
coinage of silver because 1t is no rem
edy. One thing is certain, If the de-
mOnetiZation of silver resulted in de-
probation Of silver, it is reasonable to
conclude that similar action taken in
regard to gold will depreciate gold.
Give the gold-bugs dose of the medi-
cine they have given to the silver-bugs
and see If that will not settle their
predatory habits. The 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 time there was verdant
granger who had planted a patch of
potatoes. In the course of time the
vines grew and waxed apace but, sad
bugs The Industrious farmer was in
a sorry plight, for, if something was
not done he certainly would have no
'taters. In this dilemma he went to
his neighbors for advice. The first one
said to him: well. old man, that is a
gold-bug; if you don't geta silver-bug
to go with it, you're out of luck" An
other told him if he didn't get some le-
gal tender or government-fiat-b bugs,
right away, he would be goner, sure
Finally he met a man who told him to
get rid of the geld-bug and every other
parasite that infested his crops The
farmer took the last advice and had a
big crop not only of potatoes but of all
the Other good things that grow in
field and gardeH and he lived happy
ever after.
The moral Of this little tale is: De-
monetize gold!-Carl Glesser, in Flam-
ing Sword.