The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-12

error on this subject know they are not
true. No great arguments are needed
among the denizens of the west to prove
the rightfulness of bimetallism. There
are but comparatively few of them who
contend to the contrary. 1t IS the eastern
population that require education on this
important matter, and they will only be
confirmed in their transformation by the
wild statements and incorporate denun-
Citations of silver fanatics.
That few large capitalists who control
the credit of the world are pecuniarily in
teressed in depreciating silver and main
tanning the supremacy of gold, cannot be
fairly denied. Aud that they are behind
the important movements to Danish the
White metal from the sphere of money
and make it merely a commodity, IS
doubtless entirely true. But it is a great
mistake to say or imagine that they and
their journalistic supporters are the sole
formidable opponents of silver coinage.
Journeying eastward. as soon as the
Ohio river is crossed the observing
traveller will find change of public sem
timent in regard to currency. He will
meet with great majority of monomeS-
allist. Gold is declared to be the money
of advanced civilization. Silver as d
metal is regarded as s'relic of barbar-
ISM" The most progressive nations are
said to be committed to the gold alone
system. 1t is contended among the
masses that the restoration of free silver
coinage would depreciate the value OF in
vestments, and that the people OF mod
crate means and small savings would lose
heavily, in the fall OF values of stocks and
bonds and shares and similar interests.
Now let it be understood that we have
no sympathy with these sentiments. We
do not mention them with any
idea of citing them as ar
guments. But they briefly present
the silver situation in the east
among ordinary people. Ii those hun
dred bankers and that handful of news
paper men who actually work against
silver were dumped. into the sea there
would still be host imbued with the
gold idea and the prejudice against Gun
limited silver
These are the people who must receive
enlightenment. They are the voters OF
the eastern states. They sincerely be-
lieve the silver sentiment of the west to
be wholly selfish. They have an idea that
silver can be shoveled out of the mines
at nominal cost for labor, and that the
clamor for free coinage comes from men
who are making minis of money through
| the enforced purchases by the govern
ment, that keep up the price of metal
which they think has no more right to be
bought in that way than has copper, OF
lead OF iron. Such people cannot be con-
verted by statements that only few
gold-bug bankers are against free silver
coinage.
Il it were not for this widespread
heresy of recommendation shared by read
of the common people," the stratagems
and influence and opposition of the selfish
few could more easily be overcome. The
work before the silver men of the west is
to pour in hot shots of silver truth, with
out invective or recrimination or charges
of wilful wrong against believers in the
gold only theory. The needs OF the ma
ton, the requirements OF the world, the
absolute necessity of silver as well as goli
! for money must be made known, anC
though victory may not come in day
the victory of bimetallism will bt
achieved, and the east as well as the wes
will rejoice in the relief that will bs
afforded in the general prosperity thai
will ensue.