The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-08-04

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we ftrate the oft repeated but Aiwsss
in the world urpn which to transact he Prid's
bpe1ness, anS shile Tho md ead Dop alton
are steadily Increase ~ I'D aSai1al1e for
coinage . stsadRy Aecfod5ine De 9TH Of
this sfeert50n q Bofne od& By 80 paa9o now
upon us There is plenty Of everything in the
money The gola . hroraes 1eeked Np = ~
vaults and treasure boxes q th6 e0untry.
while property Of all forms 10 rendered value
less, and checks and drafts NO longer per1osm
their accustomed functona It ID the knowi-
edge hat gold is scarce and insufficient In
quantity that leads to the scramble for II
among the nations and individuals, and II is the
withdrawing and boarding Of 1t that orings
panics And in this connection we call atten-
ton to this important fact. viz: That ut least
this country n the by-product Of the silver
mines, SO that the closing Of the silver mines
would reduce the amount Of gold available for
coinage TO this extent and thus further In
crease the danger and distress arising from .
scarcity Of gold.
Sherman Law Wrong In Principle.
ave concede tha, the Sherman law Is wrong
In principle because It degrades silver into .
mere commodity to be buneted about by I'M
principled SPECTATORS. At the same time the
treasury notes issued under the provisions OF
that law have been Of inestimable ben
eft in increasing the circulation Ut critical
time and thus preventing disaster.
ITO repeal this law Internationally would be
to destroy silver forever, nnd would be playing
directly into the hands Of the advocates Of
single gold standard, and contracted cur
rency. 1t would be the cruelest blow ever
struck At the rights Of the great mass OF the
people. and particularly at the debtor class, for
1t would enormously increase the purchasing
power of gold, and correspondingly lower the
value OF all products and every other form Of
property. The Sherman law was never ia
vored by the advocates Of free silver coinage,
but, bad as 1t is, 1t Is now oil that remains be-
tween the desires Of the gold standard men and
the contamination of their selfish ends and
must be retained In the interest Of the common
people until something better is conceded In it,
stead s . III
Favor Both Gold and Silver.
I'VE are in favor of both gold and silver as
moDey to be coined upon equal terms at the
ratio OF 16 to l. This is the money which the
fathers Of the republic beQueathed to us. 1t Is
tn0 money OF the CONSTITUTION FOR eighty
years we thrived and prospered with this cur
rency. It was destroyed at the dictation o
England and Germany through their agents In
this country and in the interests Of the creditor
class, those with fixed incomes and annuities
We now demand that it be restored again to
the place where the fathers left it. In the inter.
est Of the whole people.
1.-THE constantly repeated charge that the sill
yer dollar is cheap dollar is so manifestly
Illogical and absurd as to render it unworthy Of
notice among intelligent people. There are no
cheap dollars. A silver dollar will purchase as
much as q gold dollar or any other kind Of q
dollar. Equally untrue Is the statement that
the government has lost money upon its silver
purchases, because of the depreciation in its
price. The facts are that the government HIS
made profit amounting to more than 500, OO0,-
0oO on its silver purchases under the Bland and
Sherman laws, being the difference between
the market and coming value And this prof {
has gone to the credit OF the people because
with it the government has paid its current ex-
penses and obliga lions, and all their silver,
either OF itself or by its paper representatives,
is In circulation to-day bearing the burdens Of
trade, performing the functions Of money,
while the gold is locked up in the vaults OF the
money kings. 1t is gold that is boarded, not
silver.
Great Britain Blamed.
1--WE are filled with great and just indigna-
ton that our country. of which we are so proud,
strong in its credit and wonderful beyond ex-
preston in its rich and varied resources, is yet
so weak and unsettled in its financial system
that England can in a day, by the dishonest
manipulation of the currency OF far-on India,
bring upon the people Of free America a panic
which, without a moments warning, transforms
happy and prosperous people into communi-
ties OF comparative pauperS Such a condition
is humiliating beyond words to convey. 1t is
destructive to the pride and faith which as
loyal citizens We have SO long and dearly cher
tshed in our government We warn those in
this country who are waging this unjustinable
war on silver money that they are casting
boomerang which will return to crush them
They may destroy the property Of a great and
growing section Of our country and bring pow
erty and suffering upon some millions Of their
fellow citizens but the return tide will carry
with it hundreds of millions OF securities in
the form of railroads, state county, and NUM-
cipal bonds, made worthless by their narrow
policy and selfish greed The signs are not
wanting TO prove the truth of this assertion,
even.thus early, and. unless the gold contrac
tionisis are defeated in the coming session of
congress. we believe that within a year there
will not be a railroad west OF the Missouri
river that will not be in the hands of a receiver.
Last Appeal for Silver.
''One hundred and seventeen years ago the
patriots of the American revolution gave to ue
our independence In framing the laws and
laying down the principles which were to gov
ern US, they sought no counsel and asked no ad-
vice from their enemies Relying upon their
own splendid courage and wise craftsmanship
they inaugurated q system of finance based
upon the worlds previous experience and upoE
equality and justic We ask that the presen,
generation of American statesmen follow theiI
example; that they imbibe new courage from 9
contempla ton of the sturdy patriotism and
broad wisdom exhibited by the founders Of thii
government; that they will enunciate q second
declaration Of Independence; that they will re
store silver to its time-honored place Is q full
legal tender money, and thus give to the United
States-the grandest and richest in natural re-
sources Of all the nations Of the earth-a fnaI
cial system which it may call its own free from
foreign control SStanding to-day mid the
wreck and ruin of our erstwhile prosperity. q
condition wrought by selfish aims, by veal
policies, and unjust laws, the people of Mon
tana without regard to class, occupation
or political creed, inspired by deeT
sense of injury. and filled with . JUS
indignation, send forth this appeal u
the great masses Of producers and toilers
Of the United States. We ask them to ponder
well the statements herein made, and not to bt
prematurely biased in their Judgment by the
false utterances Of interested classes, and q
subsidized press To the tillers Of the soil. tc
the growers OF wheat and the planters Of cot
ton, we say: In this matter your interest is
our interest; and our interest Is your inter
est To the workingman Of the land we say
You. TOO. have . deep and abiding interest in
the cause OF free coinage OF silver and in the
movement for its restoration; for, TO throw Out
of employment avast army. of men. and precipi
tate them upon an already glutted labor mar
ket must work incalculable injury to the cause
Of labor
1--WE Their efore ask you. one and all, to join
hands with US and make common cause in
behalf Of the white metal-the money OF the
masses through all ages and IN all lands We
ask you to let your combined voices be heard
and to see to it that those who represent you in
congress cast their votes in accordance with
your welfare and ours. The people of Montana
are an honest people They believe in hard
money. They scorn all suggestions Of repu
distion They are progressive, energetic, cour
ageous and loyal They have always paid their
Just obligations and notwlthst landing that al
This moment they are overwhelmed by the
1reateat calamity that has ever befalleu them