The weekly tribune., 1893-05-05
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.

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days is the clam-like silence of the pres
OF the silver states on the silver ques
tion. They seem, as rule, to be 8,
tightly mLzzled that they dare not ute
word on the subject. With the excep
ton OF the Salt Lake Tribune, the Den
YER News and this paper, few of these
papers have said word about the sig
nificance of the gold bug demand for
new issue of bonds and the action o.
Wall street in relation to gold.
g. s. Thomas, one of the leading free
silver advocates of Colorado, in an article
filling three columns of the Denver News
exposes the conspiracy which has been
so skillfully worked, and his conclusiore
are precisely the same as set forth by
this paper from the commencement OF
the present agitation. Going back to
1873, Mr.. Thomas shows that the con.
splracy of the gold barons began at that
time and has been carried on success
fully ever since. Referring to the ex.
odus of gold, he says:
That school of financiers, which for the
past fifteen years has insisted that the
coinage of silver would inevitable drive
gold out OF the country, see in it's pres
ent deportation long delayed fulfill.
ment of their prophecies and with ILL
concealed satisfaction declare that the
departure OF every consignment marks
our passage Of another milestone on the
road to national bankruptcy. They as
sociate the disappearance of gold
with the approach of "silver
basis" which would come so much
the sooner should the government exer-
else its undoubted right to pay some of
the demands upon its treasury in silver
coin. They assume that gold, being
endowed with some attribute of con-
seriousness, is fleeing like distracted
human being from great impending
danger, intent only on escape, and in
different as to the future. They ignore
the fact that gold like every other thing
of value. goes where the demand for it is
general, and that every dollar of it which
leaves the treasury is obtained only by
the payment of full equivalent there
for.
lie then points out the actual causes
which have led to the export of SO large
a quantity of god from this country this
year:
The causes Of the preseni exodus of
gold from the United States arc easy to
perceive. The primary one is the recent
reputation of silver and the adoption of
a gold basis by ustra-lIungary. The
secondary ones are the organized efforts
OF the enemies Of silver to force its com
piuie characterization and to prolong tho
life Of the national banking system by
the issue of new series of government
gold interest bearing bonds. The exis-
tence of the first cause made the oppor-
tunity for the creation of the others, and
they are now all in full and sympathetic
operation. If they can be kept in the
background while powerful press at
tempts to stampede public sentiment by
a vigorous use or scare heads and rhe-
torlc, perhaps congress may be dragoon-
ed into sullen but effectual compli-
ance with the policy of Wall street.
When Austria Hungary went into this
deal with the Rothschilds in January
last the Australian government bound
itself to convert certain silver and paper
loans, amounting to nearly 5OO,OOO,OOO
fiorins (about $240,OOO,OOO), into a per-
petual 4 per cent non-taxable gold debt.
The old securities we're exchanged at
par for new bonds at 81 per cent, that
being the price at which the Rothschilds
take the new issue. In addition to this
new gold loan the Rothschilds also un.
1ertako to supply all gold necessary for
the redemption Of the state notes and
the notes Of the Austro Hungarian bank
The bank note issue aggregates about
100000 FORMS The state notes ag.
gregate about 345,OOOOOO forine, of
which Hungary is responsible for 30 per
cent. With this scheme in full working
order the gold barons went into the mar
zet to secure gold. They bought plenty
'f it in England and in continental coun.
'ries, but came here TO complete the
quota, taking the occasion to give this
country such scare as it has not had
or several years.
1t is nice move for the Rothschilds,
'ut the people Of that wretched nation
lad their burden of debt increased at
east slOO,O00,OOO by this corrupt manip-
llation Of their affairs, while the ever in
'reasng strain to pay the interest in
'old cannot fail to have the direst effects
n the near future.
There is no earthly reason to doubt
hat the gold conspirators have set out
o enslave the world, and to place all
mankind IN the position of helpless
lebtors. The plot is asimple one: "Con-
'ert all the debts of mankind into gold |
lebts. Then increase the value Of gold, |
md the earth is yours. Follow this up
~ opposing ali efforts to restore the old
ystem of finance by denunciation Of
and charges of 'repudia-
ion,' subsidize the press and keep con-
rol of tho executive departments of all
and the rest can be safely en-
rusted to an all wise Providence
These leeches have fastened them
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