The herald., 1894-03-25
MANS COLUMN.

America, though ostensibly OF admit
age and striking out for herself, has not
in reality attained her majority, but lie
still the ward OF England. Now it is q
libel upon that noble word, mother, to
ever apply il to q country which has
played the selfish aud overreaching part
toward us that England has played ;
or, il Ignorant and good natnred and
easily duped' Uncle Sam must use the
word mother in connection with Eng
land, let him see to it that he prehxes
the word "step," 80 as to be within
range of reality. In this matter OF
money famine, which is go sore in our
land, England has, as usual. played the
part of shrewd, greedy stepmother, and
docile Uncle Sam, in the person OF John
Sherman, whose portrait she has hung
in her great bank, has been her dupe
| As George O. Douglas has put the mat
ter neatly in q nutshell, we take the
liberty o! quoting his exact words:
"England's superior financial wisdom
IL oommeHded to US for imitation. But
il should be borne in mind that only
after she had become thS great creditor
of foreign people and nations, did she
favor q restricted volume and high
priced money. Only after she had more
moEey than her restricted area and re-
sources could find employment for did
she adopt the single gold standard, in
the interest of her m oney. losning classes
and, as is demonstrated, to the great
detriment of her producing interests.
Her foreign credits exceed SIC, ,00O.-
100000. and presumably her foreign in
terest $500, 900 900, all OF which is aug
mented at least 90 per cent in value by
the general characterization OF silver and
would be pondingly deprecated
from it's present value by a general res
toration of silver to money OF ultimate
redemption.
''The people of the United States owe
in foreign countries nearly or quite as
much, and are losers when England
gains, and gamers when England loses.
England is the importer OF natural pro-
ducts, and the United States the ex
porter. The natural resources of Eng
land are largely exhausted. Those OF
the United States undeveloped.
John Bull is shrewd and selfish
Uncle Sam ignorant, good.natured and
easily duped. Exhausted old England
may choose to deem her monetary cred
its her most important interest. 1n the
United States the producing interests
are certainly of most Importance. Eng
land may be wise in allowing the money
interest solely to dictate her financial
policy. In pursuing like course tbs
United States has been supremely fool
ish. England is the worlds broker.
The United Statss should be the thrifty
pr oducer and merchant"
Mr.. Douglas quotes this tell-tale bit
from The British and Colonial Cham Der
of Commerce: "Sr Richard W. Fowler,
the London banker and ex-lord mayor,
said the effect of the depreciation OF
silver must ultimately be the complete
| ruin of the agricultural export Interests
of the United States, and the develop
ment OF India as the chief wheat and
cotton exporter Of the world"
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This honest confession of the lord
mayor and expert English banker is an
other insight into the tricks of the step.
mother, usurper and tyrant over hsr
wandering children. Failing to bring
these overRrown, sbstreperous youths
back to her fold by the bayonet and
gun, che still has her lions claws shak-
ing up tho monopolietic crucibles in the
United States congress- with a hope OF
crystalizlng this western annex OF her
children on a gold basis. Our mother
our atepmother country, | mean, lis
abolish ing hereditary tenure ruling at
home, and increasing military rule in
India; and the golden rule in America.
Reduction in the consumption Of besd
in this etepmother country-raally the
result of her golden rule, but attributed
by her to the coal strike --has lessened
! the amount consumed by 81 per cent on
/ 100000 families Scientific discovery
has demonstrated the impossibility of
crystallzed gold as a circulating me-
dium sufficient to flow freely enough in
/ to wages OF strikers to fill the stomachs
Of the growing English-Irish peasantry.
| A decreasing, contracting currency ie a
strange economic phenomenon to
an increasing, enlRrging population.
And this maternal English lion
| has yet to adjust the complex problem
of supply and demand. Plenty OF food,
| plenty OF people, here's tho connec-
tion P-the medium OF its exchange.
Russia has had her famines, England
has had her's-America' is coming, not
| for lack of food--whest, corn. potatoes,
beef, pork, 'fsh, fruits of all kinds-have
| these broad western fields yielded up to
her children's demand; still, our nation
is sick, faint, feeble; gold bacteria has
entered the blood and strong men,
women and children are becoming it's
victims. The nation needs heroic treat.
ment. This gold asphy1ia may be re-
moved by healthy application of the
white metal. Remedy for gold poison,
free coinage of silver; or. in the words
of the homeopathic, similia similibus
curantur.
"Mahomet has gone to the mountain
for the mountain would not come to
Mahomet." The Industrial army has
Rono to Washington, the seat of relief
Here the executive, tho leg sletivs and
the commsndsr.in-chief OF the army
reside. Something must move; action
ia life; etsgnation, death. II govern
ments do not evolve fast enough to keep
pace with the growing people, the peo-
pie must revolve to keep the wheels of
progress in motion. The machine in
the power house must be reaGjusted,
the ropes are in a snar AMI this car of
government is running behind time.
The passengers on board are asking
"What is the matter ahead ?" "The
Commonweal" needs new machinery,
new laws, new modes, new running
gear and an entire new schedule. The
old constitution of our fathers, grand as
it was as the offspring OF inherited
aristocrscy, is now faulty IN adaptable
itv to the yiporoua growth and comnlex