The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27
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The money problem, as public ques-
ton. overshadows al others. No other
50 interests the people. 1t is so mo-
mentous aud pressing that political
parties cannot control il. In calling
| for a solution it rises above not only
| every other political issue but above
| all parties. The tariff question has
| become a secondary one. Until the
| money question is settled that Of the
tariff. although it touches every mana
pocket, together with all other national
and international issues will largely be
lost sight of. The press Of the country
| is full of it. The great metropolitan
! papers in vain try to ignore its dis
! cussion. 1t will up. Scores Of books.
| hundreds of pamphlets and thousands
! of articles have been written and are
still being written in attempts to settle
this money question. 1t no longer mat
tiers TO the people whether the demone-
tization Of silver was crime or blum
; der 1t was demonetiZed and must
be remonetiZed or satisfactory reasons
given why it should not be. That act
has been followed by all kinds Of sub
terfuges and schemes, of enforced
coinage, of Sherman laws, of bond
dickers and the like, yet the question
but the more strongly presses upon
heart and brain Of the American peo-
pie every day. Men are begging for
employment everywhere, misery grows
apace and a suppressed murmur of dis
content broodS the continent. And be-
fore the whole question is settled the
American people will not only know
what money is but the status Of silver
and gold viii have been fixed for all
time. They will not only know that
money is coin, and that currency is but
the evidence of coin, but that money is
4 creation of law.
Among the many papers and pam
phletS reaching our table daily, deyOt-
ed to the elucidation OF the money
question, one OF the latest is from a
western man. 1t is a small pamphlet
entitled 1.-The Money Of Justice and
the Constitution, or Free Coinage and
Freedom" The author is Albert J.
Enright Of st. Joseph, Missouri. While
he treats the subject in a new way he
is courag eous to a fault. He declares,
as has the Eagle often declared, that
a great many of the princely fortunes
of this country, and large part Of this
accumulated wealth, was unjustly and
ingeniouSly seized from the people
through tn floating of bonds and
stocks of numerous railroads, street
railways and industrial enterprises,
over-capitaliZed by means of watered
securities, listed on the eastern stock
exchanges in order to lend them the
tensiyely with glowing prospects of
enhancement in value and of frequent
and liberal dividends, and other arti-
Giles known to the modern promoter
and manipulation of such affairs, then
adrOitly floated into the hands of cred
ulous and confiding investors with the
disastrous results known to all who
are familiar with these questionable
transactions of comparatively recent
years, according TO the Railway
Age, 1876 railroads, with $1,000 miles
and 4 capitalization OF $2,5O0,0oO 900
are now tied up in the hands of re-
ceivers and the courts. The present
pOsSeSSOrS of these vast fortunes, some
of whom are the descendants of pelt
dealers, bead traders, soap boilers,
candle makers, etc, have established
money ariStocracy in this great re-
public, and are apparently endeavor-
ing to develop their advantages into a
veritable oligarchy. These and their
kind are the ones who have the as
SHrance to attempt to dictate to a free
people, who have never tolerated or
preston Of known defeat, what shall
be the money and what shall be the
Of liberty, whose citizens have been
taught from childhood the doctrine of
free government, concentrated in these
words: Equal and exact justice TO
all, special privileges to none" The
money power is organized, strong. de-
f1ant; its agents numerous. alert and
sasacious; with patience it bides it's
time, permits the people to select their
national representatives, Democrats or
Republicans in political faith, it mat
tiers little; the power of organized
wealth. brains and diplomacy is
promptly brought to bear, the requisite
pressure applied, and the capture is ac-
complished. In order that the public
at large may not suffer further op-
preston, the silyerites demand a re-
adjustment of our national finances,
and the election Of men who viii carry
out the wishes of the people.
Mr.. Enright shows no hesitancy in
declaring for ratios. He SAYS the
oddities ask why the ratio OF is to l.
why not 10 to 1 or 40 10 /? l answer.
Almighty God through the silent forces
of nature established the ratio of 16
10 l. In His beneficence these Two
precious metals, gold ami silver vere
provided for our use and SO diStrihut-
ed in the earth in such places and
quantities as His divine wisdom aplic- |
ipated was best
BY careful calculation Of all the sill
yer coined into money, with all the
gold coined into money now in use and
accumulated since the world began ~
produce and use these TWO metals and
based upon all known records. the ratio
of silver in sight 10 that of gold is be-
tween l5le and Is ounces Of silver 10