The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-04-21
The Leading Question.

OF 16 TO L.
This demand which briefly expresses the
leading demand of the peoples party, has
made its way to the front in spite of the most
strenuous efforts of the two old parties to
ignore it and keep it back, assisted by all the
power of the gold ring and national banks.
So irrepressible is the conflict for ''honest
money" that the tariff, the great hobby of
both old parties, with which they had deaf
ened the public ear for eight years, in the
yam hope of keeping out ofsight this silver
and money question, with the batteries of
the whole formidable army of the subsidized
daily press playing against it, that it has
turned and forced back every obstacle, and
is now admitted by the whole army of its
unscrupulous enemies, TO hold the first place
in the political discussions of the day.
There is no question but that three-f ourths
of the people are in favor of the uncon-
ditional restoration of silver to its rightfnl
place among the money metals ofthe world
When Congress meets this Will be the
question Of all questions which will engage
their attention, and if MIR. Cleveland per-
sists in his opposition he is as sure to he
overthrow as Bonapart was when COM
bined Europe found there would be no
peace till that was accomplished.
The clap trap of the gold ring papers
about the danger to farmers and laboring
people generally, by the restoration ofsiyer
to free coinage. falls upon the public like
water on a ducks back. They are not
alarmed and have learned 10 estimate these
elacquers of the money power at their real
worth. Their opinion on money matters
is worth very little indeed. The cause Of
free coinage gains strength every hour, as
the people, and especially the farmers and
people in all lines of buiness Immediately
depending on their prosperity for support,
acquire better knowledge Of the impor-
lance of the free coinage of silver to the
people of the United States.
One half the worlds annual product of
silver is mined in the United States, and if
this supply was cut off, silver would soon
rise to premium over gold on account Of
lis scarcity, the supply without our silver
not being sufficient to meet the demands for
that metal in the arts. If our minis were
opened 10 free coinage the value of bullion
silver would Immediately rise to its coin
value, for the simple reason that the open
minis would absorb all the silver, the de-
mand for it for coinage leaving no surplus
on the market at lower price than its coin
value. AS for the amount of silver mined
furnishing the country with too much
money, if it was all coined, is so prepos-
ferrous that people only laugh at it and the
subsidized daily press haye pretty nearly
grown ashamed of repeating that rot. Their
argument has been about reduced to that of
the Ephesians. In place of Diana they cry
great is gold"-the idol of The Jews who
gamble in that metal.
As soon as the United States minis are
opened to free coinage the English will
have TO stop exporting wheat and cotton
from India. No nation can compete with
the United States in these staple farm
products unless we make present TO them
of our silver at discount of 80 to 40 per
cent. If they have TO pay coin price for
American silver they cannot lay down a
bushel of Indian wheat in Liverpool for
less than 81 20 and our wheat and cotton
would then set the price of those staple
products in Europe.
Since 1873, when the bill demonetizipg
silver was bribed and struggled through
congress, our farm products have steadily
declined in price and all other products
have gone down with them. This cause is
two fold. The demonstration of silver has
made money through all Europe scarcer and
consequently dearer. Which means every
thing that is exchanged or sold for money has
fallen in price. In this country the fall in
prices. though heavy, has not beea 90 great
because We have made use of part of our
silver to add more money to the volume OF
she circulating medium. That the prices of
staple products are dropping lower in
European countries than here is proven by
our imports at present being greater than
our exports and this is taking place in spite
OF the high Mckinley tariff.
AS soon as We remonetize silver Euronoor
nations will be compelled to follow our lead
NO nat1Gn dare do so till We do if. Or At
least they fear TO dare to do it.
The first step IN our financial freedor
will be, must be, The remoueiization 81
sitrer. And this win also mark ,Le e.. "
step in our returning business proanaritr
Gold aeAd gold debts will immediatejy fali
from then lofty pinnacle, and cease to bny
double The amopnt of products which those
debts would when thag were created Tbe
contraction and making moncy scarce has
added 10 the value of every debt, exac,Iv in
the ratio that money has decreased n The
ratio OF the increase of business to be han.
died by money. Let every farmer. me-
chanlc and laborl9g man who wants 10 add
10 his meager income insist without Ia, M,
for the reconciliation of silver If tbf
cahdidates are opposed to free COINAGE on,
thea without mercy, no matter for VIVA,
'othce they are running. Free COINAGE som
'ilment must H. strengthened by every mean,
an The power of Tbs Glain people. War r.
knife against the gold rlus ~