The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-22
Continued on page 4.
Ignorant and Deceptive Journal


The following from the Minneapo-
lis Norwegian paper, Folkebladet, is
now couple of months old, but
send it to the REPRESENTATIVE as
an illustration of the ignorance and
want of fairness and honesty dis
played by the editor, of what is re-
garded as one of the leading papers
in the Norwegian language in this
country:
ION the 1st inst. the national con-
vention of the American Bimetallic
League assembled at Chicago in or
der to influence the assembling con-
greSS on the question OF silver coin
age"
"Ignatius Donnelly was also a
member of the convention and laid
before it a proposition for platform
which was adopted without any great
changes"
Gin this platform was mentioned
that gold and silver is mentioned in
the constitution Of the United MATES
as the basis of the money of our
country. But this fact of course was
not liked C). therefore some wished
to have it struck out of the platform.
So it was at last agreed to substitute
standard of value for basis"
1t is plain that the editor of the
Folkebladet knows one thing He
knows that as editor of the Folke-
bladet it is his business to attack the
bimetallists. But he does not know
that both the expressions mentioned
are in the bimetalist platform, and
that the terms are synonymous.
The editor continues:
"Governor Waite, from G dorado,
was the most courageous of all the
speakers. He thought that free
coinage of silver must be fought for,
even if they should have to wade
through blood to horses bridles.'
This they liked. There was tumul-
tuous applause"
The editor is again in a muddle.
He has COMPOUNDED rights and liber-
ties" the words used by Gov. Waite,
with "free coinage of silver"
In another article in the same No.
the editor says:
"There is complete disagreement.
however, as to what is to be the rem
edy (for prevailing d stress). Some
desire that the part of the so-called
Sherman law which provides that the
government must coin four and one
half million dollars each month must
be repealed and thereby all coinage
cease, consequently bring the coun-
try to gold basis.'
For single sentence the foregoing
containsag cd many mis-statements.
The editor says further:
"Others desire precisely the oppO-
site thing; they are are not satisfied
with only four and One-half millions
Il month, but want free coinage of
all the silver which may be offered.
| In so far it is the old conflict about
single and double standard revived. :"
The editor then talks about the de-
probation of silver, and says among
other things that in the time of C8-
Sar the ratio between gold and silver
was too.
"The cause of this continual depre-
| CIdUIVll. uc SdyS, III U1t price VI Sill
yer is simply overproduction, and no
law-making in the world can change
them any more than the price of
iron, copper, or wheat"
"They who demand the free coin
age of silver go to the extreme of de-
manding that the old ratio of 16 to
be retained in spite of the fall in the
silver price; in other words, that a
lump of silver Of the value Of 70 cts.
may be sent to the government and
stamped by the latter as 81, or 100
cents, to be regarded as legal ten
der"
AS the editor has, in the foregoing
remarks, stated that an ounce of sill
YER costs 70 cents, it is evident that
he thinks a silver dollar weighs an
ounce.
He further says:
I "In that way the owner Of silver or