The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-18
is the situation to which the single
gold standard has brought us. How
are we to get out of it.:
BIMETALLISM THE REMEDY.

"With bimetallic standard the
case would be different even should
gold go to a premium. 1t is admit
ted by all who understand the ques-
ton that that itself would operate
as an incentive to exports and pro-
lection against imports. But have
given reasons for this elsewhere and
it would be overburdening to 90 into
the subject now.
"But we must get out of this con-
dition in which the gold stand
ard leaves us. The only way out on
earth is by the restoration of the BIZ
metallic standard"
THROUGH ALL PARTIES.
''But how ought that to be brought
about? Through what party?" was
asked of the general. "The will of
the people has SO often been thwarted
by party manipulations that the most
devoted partisan must sometimes
lose faith in parties"
"Thls issue must be decided with
IN the next three years." replied
the general. 1t must be decided in
the coming election or in that cleo
tion and the one of 1885; or it goes
over beyond this century with conse-
quences that no man can foretell. I
believe the only way that this battle
will be won or lost will depend on
whether party interests are subordin-
ated to this issue. | believe the only
way to win the fight and make the
victory sure is to make the silver
question the paramount issue in all
parties, and say that any party that
stands in the way of the advancement
of this result ought to be broken
down and shall be.
"The time for argument has gone
by. The battle has been won in the
forum of debate. With the econo-
mists and at the bar of public Judge
ment the gold standard theory stands
condemned, and the bimetallic theory
ls everywhere sustained and justified.
1t is action that is wanted now, and
to that end silver men must organize.
WE HOLD THE KEY.
81 believe the key to the situation
is held BY the mineral producing
states of the west. | believe if these
states will band together and form
an alliance in favor of the restora-
ton of the bimetallc standard and
make this issue paramount to every
thing else the cause will be won in
side of three years. But if they al
low everything to 90 slipshod there
is great danger that the battle will
be lost in the end.
81 am asking nobody, you will OBJ
serve, to leave his party, but simply
to elevate this cause above party in
terest. ] believe that if the states |
have spoken of would unite they
might determine the action of parties,
and it is very doubtful, in view of
the platforms of both of the leading
parties of the east, unless this is
done, which way the battle will 60"
INTERNATIONAL BiMETALLIsM.
"Do you advocate the United
States adopting bimetallism indie
pendent of all other nations?"
81 fear the road to international BIZ
metallism, even if that is possible at
all, is long one. There can be no
action without England. That was
made manifest in the utterances at
the Mansion House meeting in Lon
don on May Sth. AS a creditor ma
tion with great investments in other
countries, she receives an annual in
come in gold of something not less
than five hundred millions. Between
this sum coming in and the two hun
dred million going out as payment,
which is the United States situation,
there is vast difference. Besides.
the United States is the largest pro-
ducer; England producing none and
her colonies very little. The bond
holding aristocracy now controls the
British government, and some go as
far as to say the United States gov
ernment as we'll. But however that
may be, England will assent to the
bimetallic notion when she becomes
satisfied that her losses will be
greater through the bankruptcy of
her creditors on the gold standard
than by return to bimetallism, and
not before then. The United States
must act on this question as it's own
interests dictate without askinU or