Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-03
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, THURSDAY NOON, OCT. 8, 1925

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I'm April last the West and South
seemed to be IN "A stampede for free
silver. 1t VAS a wave of passion which
swept down the Mississippi Valley and
verspread the south. Inc literature
was iDhammatOry and extremely dem
agOglc. The tap root of the movement
was in the popular ignorance Ut Tit
gold purchase contract, and advantage
WAS taken OF the perplexity aud mis-
apprehension following the publicati0,
of the terms of the contract 10 O1fel
free silver as 4 sort Of patent medicine
cure hard times and break ths grip
of the owners OF the gold Of the world
upon the throat Of Uncle Sam.
1.-The agitation WAS conducted with
rreat energy and much political SIKH
While the public mind was under Lut
influence Of the appeals tO passion ant
emoL on it VAS hard work tn propagate
sound money ideas Ii the American
public, however, once gat a clrar-cut
Statement of Tho facts Its conclusions
may be depended upon 10 he Il tile least
sane and sensible.
ut has bepu lnterps ing to watch
progress of popular though, aud tilt
triumph of the idea that iheje must Oe
q standard of value in uss when has
full value in itself, and that this vaiue
must be fixed and stable. The ques
being in debate AT every cr0ssrOad. SET
people to stndying aud thinking. The
crime of 1872 WAS tried again and
again, hut the recurring inquiry was
what has that got to do With 1895?
WHAT A SILVER STANDARD MEANT.
"The people asked what is to br
done n Nv? aud the answering prop $ =
tlun III 1t this country SHOULD write Il
put 0 all Of the silver Of the would
at Sl2)an ounce in face Of mtrke'
value Of 63 cents an ounce fell Hat, I T
it was evident that this meant AT 0nre
silver standard like China, Mexi o
and INDIA, partialrepud alton OF debts
the h diving of wages and revolution
in values of all kinds, preceded by n
panic to which that CT 1913 would be as
u gentle summer zephyr
The silver agitalors pictured the
gold standard rs u great glacier sweep
ing over the earth and crushing prices,
bu, they We're answered by improving
prices in every staple, by increasing
wages and by numerous evidences Of u
wave eff prosperity f0llwlng the return
Of conhdpC[e in our linancial system.
They tHRed OF lack of money, OF ultl-
mate redemption, when any man
spending dollar Of any Kind anywhere
IN the country felt that the moment
ne spent that dollar it had all OF the
redemption in gods or service To
which 1t was entitled, aud AL because
ii was as good as gold. they urged
that money WAS scarce, when it was
l0aninS cheaper than az any time III
our history.
so one by one, every prop has been
knocked out. aud the leading silver
men have admitted that they eau
make no progress in Their aLi'atlOn In
face of good times 1t mast be Il lame
proposition in economies which can
only get ahead in pad times.
There is no danger nov that either
great party will split over the silver
lQnpstiOn. There may be silver party
IN the field. but it will cut no figure
The agitation, formidable ~ it APP
lpeared for a few weeks. did not bring
out a single new advocate of lmpcr'
| tance and prominence on tie silver
side. the crusade has forces many
trimmprs off the fence, aud it has
made some veteran Politicians choose
"a nal pusition on the sound morpy
itjo
1T nms that tie great Common
,erse Of this country has conculad
-hat If ,hara IA n silver rr1lyam IN the
,,.,.,l If ia NOT rv,.l,,.iysly orr Or b,eln
md ,b,ttnis country has done more
,"I snrg.rei mnrs ihaq any other na
f,on In ,rymr ln 5alvs il. we will slv4
me and gain pro8ptrlfy by accepting
'ur natural place among snIH standard
Da'i0nS, and attending 10 lht idu"s
which affect our currency s!Stfn''
Ihe chmb-rol GOnm-tce co u NJ
zee VIII continue us WORK along lHls
line
WHERE SOUND MONEY IS STRONGEST
,,o,,,ar mamhnr os ;l,p chamber Of
,,.nn ,~,, committee waicb h,s bpe q
,.,lI,,,, nm tb,. FREE silver oups
'nn aiyas in dnta,l Tie Situation in
bn ssver1l states and sections as fol-
."Ws.
Tho tventy seven concressmrn
sror, tSs NV r ,g,,,n., s,otes grr s1lia
49, sonrI n, nav so Far "a r-nnrted
s"i,,wav of.Naw ll,mnshire il cred
led witi fyse silver tendarcirs. but i,
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