The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-17

discovered that there W4S
radically wrong. He
found that the location had been ig-
norantlv made upon an immense field
of stealthily moving ice and not on
the continent. To make observation
on the present status and ignore its
primal cause is simply to take your
reckoning from shifting base and
ignore the continent.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSPIRACY.
Second-Such 4 conspiracy further
manifests itself in the purposes sought
by the present agitation.
1t has been apparent from the be-
ginning of the present movement OF
ruin in financial centers that the pur
pose of the agitators was to decrease
the stock of the worlds money and
increase the premium cNacted for its
use.
To this end they have determined
first to iemouetiz, silver and make
gold, the scarccr metal, the only
standard money. After months of
successful manipulation Of the ruling
powers of the public opinion and gov
ernment :hev succeeded in closing
the mints of India to silver.
Their next NOV ement was against
the money of America. They de-
manded the repeal Of the silver pur
chase clause of our present law.
And they demanded its ''uncondi-
tional rcpeal-that is, that gold
should for the time be only recog-
nized as fully money. They forced
the president Of the United States to
call congress together and recommend
this.
By all means let it be done. The
law as it stands is confessed failure.
1t satisfies no one.
Repeal it ut once for a more impor-
tant reason. 1t is the price Shy lock
demands. You have no choice. lie
has you on the hip. You must. lie
will make his billions in the transac-
ton, manipulating his gold, and busi
ness will then resume its normal
sway
Let this be done at once that Shy
lock may be satisfied for the moment
and we may breathe easier for 4 brief
season. But let the masses of the
nation understand it clearly. To es
tablish gold standard for money Is
to deliver the nation, bound hand and
foot. to the money hucksters. Colo
is the easiest commodity to cover. |,
has never served the needs of great
people and never will. 1t is the mon
ev OF the rich man. 1t is the enem,
of the poor. 1t always has been SO
1t always will be so. Better demon
etize gold than silver There is rca!
ly no intrinsic value to either.
MONOMETAL ISM \ CRIME.
The masses of the people will ncv
er he emanclpated from the dominion
of Shviock until both gold and silvc
are demonctized and relegutcd to til
arts and sciences. where they belon:
in a condition of true civilization
Both gold and silver are utterly mad
euuate to the needs of commerce tC
day as mechanism of exchange
The worlds commerce has long ag
outyrown their combined capacity
and more than so per cent. of til
transactions of the present CONNER
cial world are consummateu with =:
per not recognized as currency.
Himetallism is utterly inadequate.
Monomentallism is a crime.
1t is conspiracy against the mas
>es of mankind. | care not what Il;
ton practices it.
| The aggregate stock or gold in th
world to day is $685., 100000. Th
aggregate stock of silver IN the worl
rs s4.O42,70O,O0O. These combine
are not more than drop in the ocea
of the worlds trade Let us remem
her that in the present crisis, wit
both gold and silver us money, yo
paid premium. OF } per cent, o
silver dollars on some days Tier
is not enough gold and silver in ,h
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