The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-05-12
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The Interstate Silver Conven tion
held at Des Moines, Iowa, March 21
and %, 1894, unanimously adopted
the following resolutions.
Resolved, that the present distressed
condition of the country is not the re-
suit of natural causes, but is the direct
and necessary consequence of self
imposed monetary policy under which
prosperity is impossible; it is the re-
suit of disturbance in the standard
of value which has destroyed all equit-
able relations between money and
property, debtor and creditor; it is the
result of the attempt to supplant the
bimetallic standard with the single
standard of gold, and SO long as this
policy is pursued, gold must continue
to increase in value and prices to fall
- condition which puts business en-
terprise in constant peril, restricts the
employment of labor and the product
ion of wealth, impoverishes the people
and ruins debtors.
Resolved, that this condition which
menaces alike all gold standard coun-
tries, cannot be cured by tariffs, or
by mere paliatives of any kind. The
only remedy is the absolute abandon
ment of the policy itself, and return
to the money Of the constitution as
established by our fathers, by restor-
ing the free and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver at the ratio of 16
to l; the coins of both metals to be
equally full legal tender for all debts,
public and private, as before fraudul-
ent demonetization of silver in 1873.
Resolved, that it is admitted as an
elemental principle in economic SCI
ence, that prices must rise or fall as
the money volume expands or con-
tracts, and we hold it to be one of the
first duties of the government to pro-
vide the people with a stable and suf-
icent volume of money, and that this
highest. of government functions
should not be delegated to individ-
uals or corporations.
Resolved, that an honest dollar is
the dollar of the contract, and that
the best dollar is not one that is con-
stantly increasing in value, but one
that holds stable relations to property
and preserves an even balance be-
tween debtor and creditor.
Resolved, that we condemn the in
crease of the national debt for any
purpose in time peace, or the sale of
bonds at any, time to buy gold.
Resolved, that for the purpose of
attaining the relief desired, we call
upon the people of all parties to de-
mand of all of their candidates for
elective offices, and especially candid
ates for Congress and other legislative
offices, that they shall pledge them
selves not to allow party caucuses or
political considerations Of any kind to
interfere with their. answering sup
port of the cause of the free coinage
of silver at its present ratio, and that
in case the election of President goes
into the House of Representative, that
they will positively refuse to support
any man for President who would
veto such a measure.
At the same convention the com
mittee on a plan. of operations report
ed the following recommendations
which were also adopted by the con-
vention.
Whereas. the terrible conditions
which now exist in our country are
due to the crime of the demonetiza-
tion of silver, which has increased the
value of all commodities, closed our
mines and shops and factories and
bankrupted our business men; and
Whereas; tkree-fodrths Of the peo-