The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1895-09-21
WHY FREE SILVER WILL DIE.

| Ou can lOOl SOiut VI Cue peO-
pile some time, you can fool some
of the people all the time but you
cannot fool all the people all the
time.' 1t is quite probable that if
the immortal author of this eter-
nal quotation were living he would
repeat it in stentoriant tones to the
lagitators of free silver. But this
we think would be unnecessary !;
it is unnecessary for any great
man or men to make speeches
against it, as it is unnecessary to
tell people drum contains moth
ing but wind--they find it out
soon enough for themselves. This
free silver drum is now in the
hands of the people, il is true in
their examination of 1t considera-
BILE noise is made, but the hand
ling of the old patcn.-a up drum
has been too much and It must soon
burst. 1t might cause Caesar to
turn in his grave and say, "Wbat
a collapse there was ye gods!"
Free silver is destined to die as
have oil previous fallacies that
have been introduced which were
incompatible with real prosperity.
Free silver is not late invention
trying to be forced upon us as an
experiment, indeed, if it were
the advisability Of putting it
to test might be admitted; but
we repeat again that free silver is
not new invention but an old,
old imbecility, SO old in fact that
our forefathers knew of it and
treated it with contempt.
| We are told we are advancing
IN the science of government and
in all matters pertaining to the
advancement of the human fami-
ly would this be so under free
coinage? While our government
cannot of its own accord say what
metal we shall use as money nor
can it regulate individual pros
perity yet it is looked up to for
protection and an adoption of o
ruinous monetary system by il
would certainly not bespeak an
advancement, but rather sound
the keynote of retrogression.
: The silver fanatics are constant.
ly comparing the prosperity Of
the silver using countries of the
world to that of the United States
they urge that the wage earners in
the different industries of silver
countries are in a better condition
than are the wage earners in the
gold using countries. All thi:
would be we'll, if true; and if i,
were true The Echo would this
day desert the democratic party
fall in ranks with the populite
and shout with all its force AMI
might for free silver. But it i.
not true! Popular conditions in
countries using silver may have q
tendency to create spasmodit
prosperity; but even with all the
boasted prosperity of these silver
countries if we are to determine
the condition of the wage Garner
by their relative position in life
it must readily be admitted that
: the laboring population of the
United States is better cared fol
than that of Mexico; and fol
that matter the laboring popula.
tion of all gold countries are bet.
ter proyidedfor than are those of
silver countries.
Quantity is the catch word in
free silver argument, but to offset
the quantity theory we quote an
opinion expressed thereon BY
Secretary Window, he said: "The
quality of circulation is even
more important than the quantity
Numerous devices for enlargine
ccedit may, and often do, avert
the evils of deficient circulation
and q redundancy may sometime:
modify its own evils before their
results become universal, but fol
the baleful effects Of a debase d
and fuctuating currency there il
10 remedy, except by the costl,
and difficult return to Sound
Money, AS poison in the blood
permeates arteries, veins, nerves
brain and heart, so does a debased
fuctuating currency permeate ali
the arteries Of trade, paralyze al
kinds Of business and bring disas.