Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-06

Of abundance and happiness instead of
want and misery
New bottles Tor new wine" There
fore, no course Seems possible but to
subordinate for the time being other
questions anu come together in new
organization TO fight the great battle
oil 1896 on the one great issue on which
the prosperity and happiness of the
people SO largely depends. II is be-
heVed that this cause can be won in
no other way and that to continue to
contend for 1t only within the lines
OF existing parties Is to court defeat
at the outset and to lose the bate in
the end.
The purpose Of this movement is not
to array section against section nor
class against class, nor to require any
body to give up his convictions on 9th
er questions, or to sever his party re-
Iatlons Tor any other purpose than to
unite IN common, There can be no
doubt moreover, that return to the
standard OF gold and silver will pro
mote In the highest degree the business
interests OF the entire country; while
the continuance OF the present policy
must necessarily be attended by a
further fall of prices. imperling bust
ness enterprises sim more and pro-
longing indefinitely the present and
m
dustry.
Better prices under existing condl-
tons cannot be expected. 4 debtor
nation cannot maintain an even Level
OF prices with creditor nations. The
single gold standard can be maintain
ed in the United States only by forcing
down the price level OF commoditIes
enough below the price level of other
countries TO turn gold this way or at
any rate TO induce our creditors 10
take commodities Of us for what We
owe them instead OF demanding gold.
ANY policy, therefore, that tends to
raise prices nessarily operates to ex-
pei gold. This condition OF things can
not be overcome by tariffs. much less
by free trade.
In the payment Of annual dues Ia
other countries we must compete win
other debtor countries with Argentina
with Egypt. with India with All the
colonies OF Great Britain and worst
OF all with Asiatic races, with indus
tries stimulated as never before by tho
low price OF silver. These conditions,
from which there is no escape as lone
MS the gold standard policy is pursued
intensifes the gravity OF the situation
IN thls country TO such an extent MS la
compel the serious attention of ali
patriotic citizens. How idle i'm tho
presence OF such conditions TO eNnsct
10 maintain the gold standard by nm
indefinite issue OF bonds: and how I'm.
wise, II not reckless such a policy must
seem TO thoughtful men every whore
II is estimated that already the rise
or gold by increasing debts has an
sorbed from forty to fifty millions Of
the worlds wealth. VI
The Inauguration OF a movement for
relief from these enthralling condIt,ons
must spring from the people. PolItil
clans never institute great reforms ana
u were idle to walt for them. This
cause is the cause OF the people ana IL
Us peheved that II more profoundly CON-
Germs the welfare OF the great body or
the neople than any question since tba
civil war IL not. Indeed. since our inde-
pendeace was gained; SO In its ultimate
outcome the question OF sudiolencv
or scarcity OF money is question ~
freedom or serfdom for the mass of
the people S Vi
While not unmindful OF the interes,s
or the people OF other countries in tb,s
question II is not an issue that CAV Ne
safely submitted to the decision, az for-
eign governments or be made Ia a.
pend on what other countries do or NAV
not DO. When our monetary systen
was established over a hundred wears
ago. with a population OF less thar
100000. our fathers did not walt for ~
invite the concurrence or other power
Nor did thu trainers OF the constitr-
tion contemplate any such action. Ths,,
legislated for the United States. ana 10
now as Americans must leg.slate FOL.
ourselves.
Beware of entangiinE alliances In