Mohave County miner., 1894-08-25
The International Delusion.

There 10 nothing upon which the peo-
pie oi tho country are seemingly 30 unsni-
nous ss bimetsllism. They are ell Ia
favor Of Il. II 10 absolutely impossible
10 find anyone who will declare himself
against 1t. But there are some differ.
ences ~ to the methods by which II
should be brought about. The Eastern
statesmen sll assert sincere and de-
tesmined devotion 10 the cause OF bimet-
sllism. But they insist thai il shall be
accomplished by International agree.
ment. They declare indeed that il can
Do effectuAlly attained in no other way.
They assert that this country is power.
less to effect it by hersslf; that her IT.
tempt to do 80 could but result in failure,
financial confusion and dire disaster.
Now these persons are no sincere ad
vocstes Of bimetallism. They know,
ss do oil other intelligent people, that
II the remonetlz alton Of silver 10 made
= question Of International consideration,
England will be tho determining power
in deciding il. England is the creditor
nation Of the world. She has done gath
cred her w,sltn o. isyiiS tripus upIn
other countries. She hss done 80
through her supremacy on the water,
her monopoly Of the earring trade. and
her collection of interest upon loans.
The larger share cf her vast xccumula-
tions 10 In money. She hs. little in real
estate. She is too small for her lands
to be Of any great value. She has some-
thing IN building and manufactures.
But her great resource has ever been IN
commerce and money changing. She
has grown rich not by the creation Of
values. but through the exchange Of
values created by other nations, and
the thrifty taking OF tolls upon hem.
Thus has she become the great monied
nation that she IS With her wealth
90 largely IN money or its equivalent,
Whatever increases the price Of money
enhances the value Of her possessions.
Therefore she favors the policy which
makes money scarce and high She 10
q mouometallist. She is gold standard.
She has an additional mo.iv for con
tinuing gold as the sole money metal
Of the world. In S,uth Africi And Aus.
trAlia she possesses two Of the creates
gold producers. Thu, from all possible
sources 1,es she gather great increase
Of wealth from enhancement of the price
Of gold.
England has never made concessions
to other nations or to the rest Of the
world except upon compulsion. We,
with the aid Of France and sp lin. con-
quered our liberties from her in the rev.
olution. We force from her full rec.
ogn,tion Of our position among the inde'
pendent nations of the earth by our
victo ories over her by land and sea, in
the var OF 1872. We compelled her to
make restitution for injurie, d,ns our
CVmuctCo W. BtON Ctvh VAL 81 sbc poaps
Of the bAyonet. We will secure her
consent to the remonetiz alton Of silver
only As We compel it. And that We are
strong enough to d.. L,t Us make sill
yer money, at the ratio OF Is to 1, foI
the payment Of all debts, slloS wing nc
exceptions in favor OF foreign creditors,
and we will soon iorce EaylAnd to rec,g-
nize the wisdom and beneicsnce ol
bimetzlllsm. We will attack her in
her most vulnerable spot. her self.lnter
est. We will make it for her interest tc
keep the price Of silver coin even with
that Of gold; and at the same time VI
will abolish the difference in value oe
tween silver coiu and silver bullion
Mining Industry.