The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-15
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.
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money OF the world, leaving tn
other half to bear alone the var
mountain Of credit upon which tn,
worlds business, Is conducted, in
viting more frequent panics an,
rendering them more DESTRUCTIVE
and enduring.
ut is idle to hope that reducing
the value Of silver to the loves
stage will force Great Britain I,
seek An international solution o
the dilemma, The home of tn.
single standard is in her islands
il members fully anticipated
- the low degree to which silver
would descend: they have discount
ed is disturbance of her Indian
trade and steeled their hearts
against the crime it would be
against her Indian subjects. A
power that could plot for ~ years;
that could force the yoke on Ger
may, tho Latin union, Austria and
tn United States; that could
gain the aid of the daily
pres Of the country; that could
control for twenty years the nat
ion9l conventions Of the great poll
Teal parties, granting in their plat
form professions Of bimetalism but
always securing presidential can.
dtaatss unalterably opposed to II;
that could change the overwhelm.
ing sentiment among the people
IT bimetalism, to q feeling Of en-
nifty Or indifference, can never be
Induced 70 relent for it has count.
q the cost and learned its power.
~ Tie charge that bimetalists de-
msnd that 60 cents be made . dol
lar 10 . Ne. II was ! trick Of tho sin.
a. standard conspirators that les
sened the value Of silver. Had.
eold been demonetixed instead Of
silver, retaining for silver its great
ct use and chiefest function, and
dspriving gold OF its greatest and
ohiefest function, gold today would
not be worth IS an ounce and sill
ver's value and purchasing power
would b increased largely above
it, former highest figure. What
timetables ask and all they do
~, is that the law relating to
tho coinage as it was for IS years
u the country's greatest glory shall
be restored without the addition or
expunging Of a syllable.
The Sherman law was not the
work of the silver producing states;
il was forced upon the country
against their will. Their constant
demand has been that Of the agri-
cultural states, west aud south, and
the working masses Of the whole
Couhtry. They have not sought to
Impose on the whole country some
new financial nOstrum, but asked
simply for the restoration OF the
coinage laws a. they were from the
the 6rst year of the federal consti-
tuition until the furtiye repeal OF
1873 The Sherman law was a
trickiby which restoration was de-
feated. It was accepted by the oi-
metalists as pledge that the old
laws should be restored. and they
now demand, not that the Sher-
man law shall be retained, but
tAet the hostage shall be redeemed
by re-enactment, in its stead, of the
coinage laws under which the coun.
try grew and prospered for more
than three quarters of a century.
.'If with the law re-enacted and
fair trial had, silver shall not,
without the purchase of an ounce
Of the metal by the government re-
sumo its former relative value with
gold, himetalists will cheerfully
submit to any legislation exper-
fence will suggest AS necessary TO
make every dollar Of the United
States equal in intrinsic vslae to
every other dollar bearing it's
stamp. They urge the old law
with supreme confidence borne Of
the unassailable truths Of history,
that it will Immediately place
every coined Americansdoliar upon
. parity Of value, both as coin and
bullion, restore the bonds of weak
cned love and confidence. and set
in happy motion the wheels of all
the country'ss magnificent indus