Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-09-06


should be glad to accept 1t, for we
have entered Q troubled time and
We need mutual counsel and support.
but Whatever l am to say can be said
only In writing.
This IL not moment for stimulat-
Ing bitterness or innsming passions
We need all the powers Of forbear-
sncs aud self-control. Let US give
credit to our opponents ~ least for
good sintentions. even though they
give NO credit to uA
On the Ddgs Of Revolution
ALI Europe and all America are in
trouble. Every one admits that the
world stands on the edge Of revolu-
tion-sociai end political-but every
3ns shrinks from II. Neither, north
nor south, esst nor west, neither capt.
talist nor laborer wants to create
.ssts or classes. or 10 spread misery.
oppression or violence. We all sec
danger before Us. We all want to
avoid It. Our only dispute 10 about
the path.
+. To those Of us who have had chiefly
In mind the struggle between silver
and gold, this Is the question that for
the moment presses hardest The
single gold standard seems o US 10 be
working ruin and violence. II Its In
= l6usnce isAto continue for the future
~ the rate of its action during the
twenty years since the gold standard
took possession of the world, some
generation not very remote will zee
In the broad continent OF Americs
only half q dozen overgrown cities
keeping guard over mass Of capital
and lending 1t out to population OF
dependent lsborers on the mortgage OF
their growing crops and handiwork.
Such sights have become common
,nough In the worlds history, but
against It we all rebel. Rich and poor
alike. republicans. democrats, Popu-
lists. labor. capital, railways, churches
and colleges--all alike, and all In good
isith. dread such . future as that
Nins-tenths of mankind are hostile
to the single gold standard. Our TO-
700. 900 people are unanimous against
Il. Most Of the great European coun-
tries and their governments are
against It South America rejects it.
The whole Of Asia knows only silver
and India, which contains five-sixths OF
the subjects Of the British crown, is
o. hostile TO 10 - ourselves Yet the
London bankers say We must submit
and We have submitted.
A. Asssaishins Power
So strange . spectacle has never
been seen In our history, and the ar
Yument, and even the conclusive
proof brought by worldwide ruin
seems to be helpless against such q
power What IL the use Of argument
whom we are convinced, and when at
least nine tsnths of the civilized world
agrees that Eugland holds us to the
single gold standard by the force Of
capital alone. more despotieslly than
shs could hold US TO her empire in
IRA Tho mere threat Of her dis.
pleasure paralysis mankind.
We want real money-coin-carry'
Ing intrinsic value. Yet II England
,uccesds In her obstinate effort to de.
stroy the value of silver for coinage
uethIng can save Us from paper. Eng
land may we'll succeed; she seems nj
ready 70 be on the point Of success
greater than her government wanted
and In that case, irredeemable paper
ast money-stares us in the face
Somsthing, then must be decided
and quickly, for delay itself is likely
70 bs decision. The republican party
must either AZ the single standard o.
the nation or reject It. This tune W.
can no longer escape the issue, ant
Whatever we do must be done openly
When . great policy Ia to be entered
upon the straightforward path 10 thu
best.
The republican party held powe
for 8 whole generation and has In al
that thine made only one fatal ut
tempt 10 hinder the influence of tn
banking interests. acting then in whs
WAS believed 10 be the true interest
of the country. the party fell into tn
foreign conspiracy Of making singh
gold standard, and, what was worse
did IL with the foreign air Of con
,piracy. N..-
We cannot afford 10 repeat that q
ror. The time has come for dscisio
and the decision must be open. 70
can act with confidence that you
judgement IL Ut least ~ good - this
Of any other man Neither the bsnl
ing interest has for the time . RICH
to claim superior knowledge or vii
aom. In view Of the ruin they hav
wrought and the vaster ruin whic
they threaten, no risk that In thei
,->s,fon vou NAV seem 70 run CO