The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-26
DEMONETIZE GOLD.


Silver Is Worth, Let Us Give Them
Some Of Their Own Medicine
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 I'M
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 last issue of the Representative,
a group of famine-stricken Indian ryots
or peasants; it is heart-rending scene.
Mr.. Donnelly commenting upon it, cen
sures the spectators of that unhappy
people in scathing terms. Well, India
has silver standard. Now, if the
hardships, the poverty, the distress in
this country are largely due to the ma
lignancy 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 the 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 oligarchy where it pre-
walls. The dollar of our daddies! for
sooth, why not the fail of our daddies,
the stage coach of our daddies and the
spinning wheel of our 'mammies? The
great mass of so-called reformers ap-
parently has it's eyes located in the
back of it's head, and, for that reason,
perpetually look backward 1t 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, a 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 it 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 a 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 a little story:
Once upon time there was verdant
granger who had planted patch of
potatoes. In the course of time the
vines grew and waxed apace but, sad
to relate, they were infested by potato
bugs The Industrious farmer was in
a sorry plight, for, if something was
not done he certainly would have no
Eaters. In this dilemma he went to
his neighbors for advice The first one
said to him: ''Well, old man, that is
gold-bug; if you don't get 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 governmental bugs,
right away, he would be goner, sure.
Finally he met a man who told him to
get rid of the gold-bug and every other
parasite that infested his crops The
farmer took the last advice and had
big crop not only of potatoes but of all
the other good things that grow in
field and garden; and he lived happy
ever after
The moral of this little tale is: De-
monetize gold!-Carl Glesser, in Flam-
ing Sword.