The herald., 1894-09-16

traction created for the very purpose OF
decreasing prices.
Upon Mr.. Curris's admitting that
the fall in the gold price OF silver bullion
had been one OF the cauaee OF the fall in
the price of wheat, he was asked the
question
"rhen we have arrived al this on
your own admission, that there is one
industry whicn has been injuriously af-
fectsd by the fall in the price OF silver"
To this he aswsred:
There is one commodity the price OF
which has been lowered by the fall in
the price OF silver"
A few further words from his testi-
mony will give his cumming up of the
situation. He aaid: II believe in the
inherited preference for gold. &.
! know the feeling of the class to which
belong, and know that any change
is diametrically opposed to our feelings,
and that whichever change ia made, to
whatever extent we can we will be clear
oil il. III we lend q man ole thousand
pounds We will say to him, Understand
We are not to be paid back in this new
stuff; we must have gold.'"
The matter have quoted is sufficient
to show the temper of the gold stand.
ard bankers :and their allies, whether
in Great Britain or elsewhere, There is
no doubt that Mr.. Curris Thoroughly
understands the feelings OF his class and
candidly sets it forth. That the govern
ment of Great Britain was in full accord
with the opinions expressed by him aa
above quoted, is evidenced by the fact
that it sppointe him delegate to the
Brussels monetary conference OF 1892.
! His remarks before the conference were
in line with the testimony he had given
before the royal commission, but ac-
companed by the extraordinary declRra-
tion that bis monetary ideal was "a gold
standard even without gold currency"
| This is the answer OF the banking classes
to the demand OF the producing masses
for bimetallism. 1t is proposition not
to have more money but to have lese-R
proposition evincing the monstrous and
cold-hearted determination to further
despoil the maeses OF mankind under
the forms OF lava proposition to pro-
duce a maximum depression in the
prices OF property and maximum re-
dnction in the wages OF labor in the inter-
est solely OF q small coterie OF money
lenders-a proposition for the weighing
down OF laborers until, as in former
periods OF history, they may receive
wages OF half a penny day, while the
owners OF national and other long time
bonds may, for every penny Of debt,
receive in wealth. or the products OF
labor, the present equivalent OF dollar.
The advocates OF the gold standard and
so.called International bimetalliets are
entirely safe in protesting readiness to
leave to this arbitrament of European
governments the question whether the
people of the United States shall have,
and continue to have, q sufficient guam
tity OF money with which to carry on
the processes OF industry and enable our
people to exchange the products of their
labor among themselves without loss.
Are the people of this country willing to
wait for the free coinage OF eilver until
they obtain the consent thereto OF the
class of pereons represented by Mr..
Crrrie?
If not, the benefoisries OF the stand.
ard of contraction PROFOUND to US the
question: "What are you going to do
about it7
A change OF party affiliations is not
to be either advised or commended ex.
cept in obedience to the imperative
demands Of principle. But, submit to
my frienas and all who believe with me,
that in this great emergency the none
tary issue ia, and ofright ought to be, the
supreme. il not the sole iesue which
should now be deemed to be before the
country. That being 60. ask whether,
with the principles which they really
entertain, they are not doing more vio-
lence to their consciences by remaining
In the old party organizations than they
would do by joining party which,
though new. has the courage OF its con-
victions-the courage to treat this great
question as it deserves to be treated,
namely 40 the leading question of the
age. Do not the people OF Nevada and
advocates the free coinage in every state
believe that the monetary question 10
more important than the tariff? IL
there Republican or Democrat in the
| state who does not believe that the
question OF money is the most supreme
| ly important OF all the QneBtiona that
can affect the welfare OF the people.
And 10 1t not reversing the natural order
OF thinga for political partica to treat as
subordinate and oolateral-to treat as q
mere aide issuo--a question which in
fact towers above all others? Both the
old party organizations persist in treat.
ing this most i'm periouu of all questions
as a mere tail to party kite. After ths
passage of the nefarious law of 1898, BY
means with which the contrary is tamil.
lar, Will not the votera who continue to
act with old parties. find themselves
more untrue to their convictions than il
they placed their ballots in repository
in " hich they would stand for those con.
victions?
So far as Nevada is concerned IL is not
a question as to who ia friendly or un-
friendly to silver. Il is well known that
all the people of Nevada, without dis.
tinction of party, are advocates OF free
coinage at the old ratio. 1t is only O
question as to how best to accomplish
the purpose which the people OF Nevada
hold moet dear.
The supreme purpose OF the bene-
fciaries and advocates OF q gold stand
ard, not only in the United States but
throughout the world, now havs in view
ia to keep what may be called the silver
vote in this country 80 divided out
among the old parties that it cannot
assert Itself; 30 that it cannot even dis
| cover its strength.
In the ranks of the Republican and
Democratic parties in every state in the
union are large number of votera who
believe that the free coinage of silver at
the American ratio is indispensable to
the prosperity OF our people and to the
maintenance of our industries upon a
level which shall invite tho productive
Investment OF our idle capital. In the