The Van Buren press., 1895-07-27
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- . community or 70 nation = long =
II \ . just representation of The ability
cf slthe9 of fhess 10 redeem Il. Il &
also of value 20 long - It l. IN active
medium Of exchange among people. To
b valuable per se It must necessarily
have IN iutrinsic value. That h It
must have . market valus without the
stamp or name Of IL owner upon Il.
Witkcut either one Of these quali6cs-
tioas, H. power and utility - . medium
a exchangs b lessened. and without al
At thsss quah6cations Il ceases 70 BE-
moasy. Any nation can issue any hind
of moaey, Of - much Of Il - Il sees
proper 70 do. 20 long - that nation =
able 10 redeem IT. money upoA the basts
q IL issus. The more active money b.
the greater good It dos 10 the greatest
number of people. Both gold and
silver havs IN intrinsic value = precious
mstals, and up TO dats thsy are both
considsred ths bsst metals out Of which
% mAks money. Il = IN historical
fnct, / claim, that silver hes been taken
q unit upon which rests the monetary
system of this country. Gold. being
considered the moro preci0us Of the
two metals. makes Il tie money Of the
rich and The miser1y, while silver.
consi6sred 1eD precious. makes II .
money of tbs poorer and greater number
q u people and . moro acttve mo0ey.
lWhensvef money II high everything h
cheap, and whenever money b cheap
Isvssything b high. Gold being the
most precious money renders money
high and leaves & mostly In the hands Of
| the rich, while labor and the products
/ of soil arc cheap. Silver - money
readers money cheap and puts Il Into
| he handD of The greatest number of
peop}e and raises the value Of labor and
the products Of TIE soil. The more
ceaffnlised power becomes the moro
spocial laws Il demands and tries 70
Gnact for IL own protection. hence in
eu1d monOmetal1iam We see and have
fhis csutralisa&ion Of power.
Now, am for free silver because to
hsve free silver will render money
cheaper, win render II moro active,
win make Il accomplish moro good for
the greatest number Of people and win
lessen the centTalixAtdon Of money
power. Free silver existed fn this
country until the year 1873. and barring
the civil war, which was slave issue,
no country was moro prosperous. The
great strikes and industrial wars Of this
country came after this date. Az these
strfkes and industrial wars have
occurred both under Republican and
Democratic administrations We must
eliminate politics from them Altogether.
don't believe IN the 20 called wild
ca&'' money, but free coinage Of silver
Twin not give u that kind OF money. It
| d claimed by tie goldbuQ that those
who own and mine silvers are the only
parties who would reap the benefit Of
| FREQ silver. This h not true, for II
deal 10 mine silver, just - It costa
or anything else. The only difference
between The silver product Of . mine
and TIE wheat product Of feld y that
The silver being precious metal can be
coined into money the other. vege.
table, cannot be coined into money.
But with It to buy wheat wheat would
b worth more and the wheat producer
could soon get silver for his wheat.
would greatly prefer to give y for . hat
and have plenty Of money to pay for It
with and have . little left than to get
Tie same hat for 81 and have NO money
Left after buying II. The American
people arc not in any condition yet, Il
they will ever be. to entertain mono
metallism or . single gold standard Of
money. We have, practically speaking,
An undevclOpod country yet, and 6rst
Of al things TO promote It's development
we need . good, cheap, active medium
Of exchange or money. To illustrate, q
certain section Of the country needs q
railroad; II has the required teams and
implements to build II, has the Labor Ia
build II, 1t has the supplies Of every kind
ON hand for building the road, but nc
money. IT. promoters 60 to capital
ist; he replies that he can get better
paying investment for his money nearer
homo. II money was cheaper and more
plentiful there would be capital nearer
The neld Of operation for the promoter
TO seek and obtain upon easier terms.
Gold b beautiful to look 1t, and u
money people naturally like to keep It
but q IN active developing medium
does this make Il the best and most use.
ful money! Ill am correct the output
of silver does not exceed gold In thu
ratio Of dollars.
Because we advocate free silver thil
does not make ~ monometallists fol
silver. ! claim to be . bimetallist,
only asking an equal right for silver
to that which gold has. We need bott
Of these metals for money and should
have them. There arc at least twenty
poor men In America to one ''well. to.
do" man. This one "well to do
man spends more money than one pool
man, but certainly be does not spend q
much money ~ ten poor men or ever
i've poor men. The natural resources
and advantages Of America are too great
for % not to be able to have free silver.
Where men do not inherit money OF
have 1t given to them they are compelled
10 work for Il.
With free silver they could hnd mort
work 10 do and get better pay for theil
work. This in turn would betteI
enable them 10 pay the advance In prices
for the necessities Of living that free
silver would bring. It b. after all. the
"breadwinners and wage earners who
spend the most money: Unlike the
capitalists, they can I hold their money
for investments. Tho reason England
can afford the gold standard and seek \
is because It is an old country in thu
highest state Of development, and d Z
money lender. She doesn't need I
cheap money any longer. Most all
bankers and money lenders arc mono
metallists for gold-whyi Because they
do not want cheap money. Like thu
English money lenders, they want
money to sell higher In the markets.
Until this country grows old In money
wealth and attains the highest state ol
development, and not till then, can VI
desire . single gdld standard.