The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-12

radiation OF silver began with
a speculative war on it when in
1871 the German reichstag resolved
to suspend silver coinage prepara,o.
~ to adopting the gold standard
Large amounts of silver were thus
thro Sn upon the markets of the
world, much of it going to France
where free coinage existed. France
became frightened and called a con.
terence of the Latin union. Through
fright and the scheming of German
and English manipulators the union
adopted the mistaken policy of
limited coinage. Now the conspira.
tors turned their attention to Amer.
lea Having succeeded in enlisting
or tricking Germany, France and
the rest of the governments of the
Latin union in the war on silver
they crossed the ocean, and with
the small sum of half a billion dol.
lars absolutely bought up sufficient
number of American congressman
to demonetize silver in the United
States in 1873
In view of these now we'll estab-
lished historical facts, is it strange
that our great American product,
silver, has been degraded to one.
half its real value, and is it not
plain, even to ordinary minds, that
if the present congress follows the
policy outlined by SO called demo
cratic administration, the pride of
silver will be forced down another
one-half, or to 25 cents on the dol
lar of it's real value? VIVA. shall
be done? Shall petty differences
and squabbles over relatively unim-
portant issues keep the people apart
when thus threatened by an ava.
lanche of financial and political cor
ruption? In this crisis we give it
as our opinion that the State
Grange, repeating and emphasizing
the deliverance of our national Or
ganization for nearly twenty years,
should now and here put itself upon
record as demanding, in the name
of the people of Texas, especially
of the farmers, that congress pass
law for the full and unlimited
coinage of silver, said law to take
effect within given period, and
that all other countries be invited TO
co operate with this government in
giving back to the white metal the
good name which financial trickery
and bribery have stolen from it.
Such an invitation should be especi
ally rendered to those countries
which use or produce silver in large
amounts, for we believe if neces
sary, our government can do with
out the countries pledged only to
the gold standard. AS an expedi-
ent only, we recommend that this
State Grange publish to the world
it's approval of any retaliatory
measures which this and other sill
yer producing and using countries
may adopt against the governments
making war against the white metal.
We suggest that it might open the
eyes of such governments if we
would put an import duty of 100
per cent upon their shipments to US,
while admitting free and otherwise
encouraging trade with those in
agreement with us on silver.
In a word your committee believes
the time has come for America to
assert her right of commercial gu
premacy. We are the richest gov
eminent in the world in both de-
veloped and undeveloped wealth,
and our conditions are the most
favorable of the nations of the
world to MAINTAIN such supremacy
Why not claim and take it: Oar
one financisl weakness is in what
we owe foreign countries, debts
made by war and trickery and kept
upon us by Wall street as Earope's
agent, national administrations that
are Wall streets tools coupled with
the national banking institutions OF
the government to maintain pub
lie indebtedness upon which de-
ponds the issue, control, contrac
ton or expansion of volume OF
paper money.
Your committee feel that they
oonro+ ton hiohlv commend that