Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-28
THE cAmrAlsn FOE s,LvEs
Anaconda Standard.

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and so persistent in the East when
free silver is mentioned, is due solely
to the ignorance Of the people Of ,
the Atlantic and Middle States in
regard to the white metal. The
eastern people read eastern newspa-
pers and from these papers form their
opinions upon current topics. II Is
patent fact that the eastern press il
uncompromisingly opposed to any
concession to the silver men, much
more to any movement toward free
coinage. These papers control the
cables and the associated press and
all dispatches pertaining to the coin
age question are subjected to : strict
censorship from the representatives
Of these gold bug organs. No report
lie allowed to 60 out that is in any
way encouraging to silver, and the
result is that very general impress
sion is given that there are no friends
of the white metal outside the mining
centers.
It is to counteract this impression
that the Bimetallic league has ,nau-
eurated what It calls its campaign Of
education in the East. The league
proposes to send to the readers Of
eastern newspapers silver litersture
that will present the situation truth
fully and enable these people to form
their own opinions, after having con-
sidered both sides of hr qur>' on.
The plan is = good one and worthy
of the support Of every man in Mon
tana. The citizens of this State
, should at once enroll as members of
the league and do all that IS possible
to promote the circulation of its pub
, lications. This State ranks first
among the producers of silver, end
its efforts should be correspondingly
strong and earnest in the work OF
restoring silver to the position OF a
coinage metal.
But it is not only the negative ar
gument of the eastern gold bug or.
gans that the league has to meet
These papers are constantly and per
/. sistently assuring their readers thai
the free coinage campaign is an at
tempt of the "silver kings that is
the miners of the West-to UNLOAD
their product at an enormous profit
. They assert, falsely, that the purchas
i, ing power of silver has declined
= They state that the silver men are
crowd of thieves, who are endeavor
ing to pull the wool over the eyes Q
" the mechanics and farmers OF tn
East. They fail to explain. however
~ ~ why the prices of farm products hav
:. declined steadily since the demons
tization of silver and they conceal tn
!, fact that gold is at a premium of 4
per cent. They try to explain tt
uniform decline in prices by attrii
uting it to overproduction. But tn
is manifestly erroneous. The mann'
- in which this anti-silver campaign h,
r been managed is uncontrovertib
proof that the editorials of the Time
~ Tribune and Herald of New Yor
. as we'll as those of the Herald,
:. Boston, and the Record, of Philade
=. phia, have heen inspired by the ma
-, mates of Wall street and their safe
lites.
What needs to be demonstrated
.L the fact that neither gold nor silv
49, has an intrinsic value, but that all t
-, value which they possess is Great
bv the demand for these metals, a
~. that is exactly what the Bimetal
Ii. league proposes to accomplish. II
done, the establishment OF the par
=. of gold and silver will have be
effected in the logical method. M1
os tana papers and Montana men sho'
-; enter the campaign in earnest.