Mohave County miner., 1893-08-05

/ from the mlnts ana TeuuctS " H""'
money metal TO d commercial commod'
ity. nevertheless Its repeal, without the
restoration Of free coinage, would stop
the expansion OF our currency required
4 by the growth in population aud busI'
ness; widen still further the distance be-
tween the two precious metals. thus
making the return 10 bimetallism more
difficult: greatly increase the purchasing
power Of gold; still further breaks down
the price OF the products OF the farmer,
laborer, mechanic and tradesman, and
plunge still further all commerce, bust
ness and industry into such depths of
wretchedness as to endanger peace, the
dignity Of free institutions and the very
malnl enance Of civilization.
We, therefore, in the name Of the re-
public and OF humanity protest against
the repeal oi the said act Of July Ia,
1899, except by an act restoring free
bimetallic coinage AZ IL existed prior TO
1873. We suggest the maintenance OF
blmetalIsm by the United States at the
ratio of 10 10 ], which will Increase our
commerce with all the silver using eoui.-
tries OF the world, Siihou, decreasing our
commerce, 23 nations OF which buv cur
raw materials, and will sooner compel
the adoption OF blmetallism by the
nations oi Europe than any other means.
We assert that the unparalleled cal
amities which nov sfhlct the American
people are not due 10 the SO called Sher-
man act Of 1890, and in proof thereof
call attention 10 the fact that the same
acts conditions now pre- iai over all the
gold standard world We are convinced
that bad as II is the State oi affairs in
TINS country it would he sIill worse but
for the Sherman act, by which the nation
has obtained To come extent an ex.
changing circulation TO meet the de-
maEds oi the continent in the process
oi the colInizttions Of business exigercies
OF the most energetic and industrious
race that ever dwell on the earth, and
insist upon the execution Of the law
without evasion, so long ar II is upon the
statute books, and upon The purchase
oi the iull amount Of silver each month
that 1t provides ior, and that the month
ly addition 10 III. circulating medium
the law secures shall ne maintained.
We would call the attention Of the
people to the fact that in the midst OF
all the troubles VI the time, the value
OF national banks and national legal ten
der money, whether made Of gold, silver
or paper, has not fallen particle. fhe
distrust is not 10 The government or Its
money, but of the banks which have, as |
we believe. precipitated the present
panic In the country, in ill-adyised ef.
fort 10 control the action OF congress on |
the silver question and issue bonds. |
We invite the bankers 10 attend to their !
legitimate business and permit the rest |
oi the people 10 have their full share in |
the control Of The government. In this
way they will much sooner restore that
which Is SO necessary to the
PROSPERITY oi the peop.e. IL must not |
be forgotten that While boards of trade, |
chambers oi commerce, bankers or mou.
ey dealers are wealthy aud valuable men
IN their places the republic can more
safely repose upon the great mass OF its
peaceful 'oilers and producers. and that
this "buslness mans gain IL rapidly ex-
the business men of this
country"
The time has come when the politics
of the nation should revert, az far as pos
sible, to the simple, pore condition ont
of which the republic arose. We suy.
sest for the consideration of our fellow
;lilzens that the refusal Of the opponents
oi bmetallism to propose any substitute
or the present law, or elaborate any
plan for the future, indicates either IL.
norance Of our financial needs, or un.
Willingness to take the public in their
aud We denounce the nj.
empt to Internationally repeal the
act rs an attempt to secure gold
nonometallism in fiagrant violation of
he last national platform OF all the 10.
itical parties
The resolutions were unanimouslv
'dopted and the convention adjourned
zine die.
ihe drill has been started on we'll
or o. f. Kuencer.