The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1894-10-02

Idle and useless IN tnelr vaults
indeed has unjust averice DER
heaped itself. Justice, though
disenthroned, is receiving its
revenge.
Injustice never made a per-
manently happy or prosperous
nation. The obligations of our
citizens and governments, munic-
ipal, state, and general, amount
ing to many billions, were con-
tracted on the basis of our nation
al standard from the foundation
of our government, and it would
be manifest injustice to our cred
itors to coin our silver, as legal
tender money, at less, and equal
ly wrong to coin it at more than
sixteen to one to our debtors;
Therefore, We demand our con
stitutional right to have free and
unlimited coinage of both gold &
silver at ratio Of 16 to1independ-
ent of other nations. And we
further demand that no more in
terest bearing obligations shall
be issued by the government to
waste the substance of the people
either in peace or war.
We have the utmost faith that
our country can possess itself of
sufficient silver and gold for the
easy management of it's business
and commerce; but, if upon the
adoption of the full use of all the
metallic money to be acquired
by us, we find we lack a sufficient
amount to transact all with free
dom and ease; wisdom, reason,
and the past direct that our gov
eminent should issue for us it's
uninterest- bearing notes receiv-
able for all dues, public and pri-
vate, in sufficient quantities to
supply the demand.
But it is hereby declared by us
that it is not the right of the
people nor their hope to have the
nation give them anything. The
only request is that such finan-
cial regulations shall be made as
shall enable them to labor and
receive it's merited reward. He
who tolls either with hand or
brain to produce and develop
natures resources should be the
greatest recipient of her bless
ings; but he who waits and
watches to destroy the toiler is a
curse !
To this end-of rewards-we ask
that the precious metals of the
earth be admitted to coinage in
all our mints as they were in for
mer days; and that if our mint
age capacity be too limited to
keep pace with their supply that
it be enlarged that the Nicarauga
ship canal for the commerce of
the world be speedily construct
ed by our government, owned by
it and by it controlled, and that
such tolls should be collected for
it's use as will pay for the cost of
building and care of it in a limit
ed number of years, and that
thereafter the commerce of the
outside world pay tribute to it
for our national support; that the
rivers and harbors of our country
which are national in character,
be levied, locked, dredged and
otherwise improved by the gen.
eral government so that our
people may have the fullest pos
sible use of cheap water transpor-
tation; thus giving aid to agri-
culture and thrift to commerce.
That the waters of the portion
OF our nation requiring irriga-
ton should be stored and held by
the general government so that
as many homes as can be, may be
independent of any ownership
but Natures bounties, the same
as they are in the land of show
ers, and that it should, at once,
enter upon the development of
the arid region as a matter of
wealth to the nation and happi-
ness to the people.
And further, if such develop
ments do not put in circulation
an ample supply of exchange for
the wants OF our country, the
nation should enter into the con-
struction and build other ship
canals. especially one to connect
the lakes with the Mississippi.
This one would give us an in
ternal chain of water navigation
such as would surpass every
thing known to the world before,
and would be an advance to make
us eminently the richest and
most prosperous of nations.
But our improvements by the
government should be made ex-
clusively by our present citizens
where they are able to perform
the services, and, therefore, inn