The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-08-10
now expect to take q turn at the crib
of favorable legislation.
The FLY IN THE OINTMENT.

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1t is curious how timid some people
are about the most trivial things, the
most harmless incidents and projects
sometimes throwing them into hys-
terics, while they viii again face the
most terrible without 1inching.
Fiat. irredeemsble paper money and
free silver is the "bete. noirs" of the
Republican party. It scares them to
death to mention them. They never
look on any other side except what
their party leaders deign to show them
Let's look into these terrible terms
and find out their meaning:
HFiat' means a command or decree;
to make. So Stat" money would be a
money decreed by the government to
be money and used as money. Nothing
terrible about that "Irredeemable'
paper money, as the term is used,
would not have the same amount of
gold held in reserve in the United
States treasury as the face value of the
greenback, but would pay all debts,
both public and private, and when
worn out would be re-issued, and go on
performing it's functions as money as
before. Anything terrible about that?
"F,ree silver" would mean that all bull
lion metal could be taken to the
United States minis by the owner
where it would be coined for him, the
government deducting so much for the
cost of the coinage. Nothing SO very
terrible about that either, is there?
What the Republican party, as the
representative of the banking and
money interests, is really afraid of is
that the money volume would be in
creased, which would do away with
high interest and minimize the power
of the wealthy classes over the poorer
and laboring masses, and that is the
fly in the ointment. They know that
as the circulating medium is increased
the power of the dollar is decreased.
They know that if our financial condi-
tions we're as they should be prosperity
would rule the land and the virtual in
not only end, but their emancipation
ensue. They know that scarce dollar
is dear dollar. They know that a
dear dollar will buy more than a cheap
one, but will not pay one cents worth
more of debts or taxes. That is why
they are opposed to fat, irredeemable
or silver money. They want dollar
that the poor man cannot afford to
have, but which he must have and at
the terms which they dictate.
Can you afford to help out this bloat-
ed aristocratic, purse proud money
power at the expense of yourself, your
family and your posterity by putting
in power a political party that has al
ways showed itself to be at the back
and call of the shylocks and money
lenders of Lombard and Wall streets?
Can you afford to pay usurious rates of
interests on public and private debts?
Can you afford to pay tribute to trusts
combinations and monopolies? Can
you afford to half-starve yourself and
those dearest you that these parasites |
may feast on the choicest morsels of |
the universe? Can you afford to wear |
rags and see your family dressed in
the same manner that these snobocrats |
may be attired in purple and fine
linen? Can you afford to live with |
your family in howell that these ma
bobs may dwell in palace?
Didn't ever look at it in that light, |
Ell? Well you had better get to look
ing at things through the lamps that |
bountiful nature gave you, and quit |
peeping through the many-colored
prism that the old party "pantatas"
have deluded you so long with. You
have been hyptonized at election time
with the many promises they have
made you, and your memory is so short |
that you have forgotten their failure to
fulfill them. You have been to sleep
and they have robbed you while you
slumbered. Your life accommodations
have gone to enrich others, and your
existence, during this terrible financial
winter, will depend upon the charity of
the robbers which will be meagre in
1oad