The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-10
SILVER Bricks No. 3.

HI IllV previous = AsS'~ N--S-
RELY spoken of the demonstration OF
silver. Now, wish to make few
remarks in regard to the remonetiza-
ton of silver, the obstacles which have
been, are. and will be placed in the
road to its accomplishment. These
may all be grouped under the general
head Of "bankers'' and their satellites,
but that which will appeal to the un-
derstanding of the people is the modus
| operandi used for the furtherance of
their objects. AS soon as the fact be-
came generally known that silver was
no longer mOney-as previous to 1873
there was a general clamOr OF in
dignation went up from all class of our
citizens without regard to politics at
the wrong done. and the perpetrators
of the outrage, fearing the cyclone
effects of the storm. cast about them
for some equivocation by which they
could appease the people and at the
same time play into the hands of the
bankers and capitalists. This they
succeeded in doing to a great extent
by denying knowledge of any personal
hand in the passage OF the bill of re-
peal. and a promise to remOnetize sill
yer at the earliest practical moment,
giving the people to understand that
it could only be reached "by degrees"
as the immediate representation of
free coinage would cause business
complications wide spread and DIS
astrous over the whole country. As q
| ''sop to ccrberus." however, the con-
gress authorized the coinage of the
trade dollar, and thus for time put
off the supreme moment when they
| would have to either ceneede the de-
mands of the people, or have so boil
stored up the money powers that they
could say in the language of popular
(?) eastern statesman, "the people be
damed." But like Banquo's ghost it
would not down." and the Bland srl-
yer bill was passed; then the Sherman
silver purchase bill; still the people are
not satisfied, and they are at their
wits ends, what kind of ''sop' to
offer, to stay the tide of popular senti-
ment in favor of the dollar of the
dads.
The last move of the monome talists
TO hold the sllverites in check, is like
q two-edged sword, liable to cut both
ways, They have claimed that the
free coinage of silver will cause all the
gold to slip away to single standard
(gold) countries, i. e.. Europe. In
order to prove that they are right, they
commenced ii short time ago to export
gold and shipped SO much they nearly
over-did the thing, and came near
creating panic which would have
hurt them more than anyone else.
Our gold bug United States treasurer
had to deplete the gold in the treasury
until even he became alarmed and
was going to float some 100000 of
gold bonds. The popular storm raised
on this move being intimated, caused
him to hastily recede from this project
and the bankers hustled around and
secured enough gold to tide over
events, and traded them to gold bug
Foster for greenbacks.
The claim that this gold was needed
to balance accounts and settle Ameri-
can liabilities in London and otner
European centers, is all humbug, as
the larger part of it shipped, was coin
whereas, the usual method is to ship
bullion. These shipments are for a
two fold purpose; to make people be-
lieve that European investors afraid of
American securities and are realizing
on them and taking their gold home,
because they anticipate legislation in
favor of free silver. and second, they
send it to European ports of embarka-
ton so thai they may realize on the
exchange, when the tide of travel sets
in, from visitors to the Columbian ex-
position.
To people, and especially legislators
who have the good of the country at
heart, the very fact that the shipment
of few millions of gold will demora-
lie the business of the nation, should
be an unanswerable argument in favor
of the restoration of silver to its proper
place, In the currency of the nation.
Then if the bankers and brokers wished
to gamble in anything, let it be in that
metal or coin which is least plentiful.
1t has been bull doing game from
the start by the gold bugs, as they
knew if it ever came to a test, that the
demonstration law of 1878 was I'M
constitutional, and would be declared
SO when properly brought to the notice
OF the supreme court. For one, am
glad to notice that the people of Colo
rad0 have taken step to get decision
of this kind. and as soon as the OBJ
stacles thrown in the way can be sur
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