The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-05-17
GOT EN- ON THE RUN.

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GOLD STANDARD SHARKS FLEE
FROM FREE SILVER TRUTHS.
rhs Game Of the Pro.nritish rolIey
Exposed By the Author Of Gains
Financial school--Ask Gold Advocates
to Answer This.
SIX months ago the general impress
Sion among the people was that silver
was demonetixsd because II was 10
plentiful. Last summer the statement
was made In more than one metro
politan paper that silver has become
so plentiful that It has ceased to be a
precious metal" The facts were that
the worlds production Of gold In 1873
1.-THE year silver was demonetiked) was
$S6, 200. 900, and the worlds production
Of silver was ss1 .s0o;0 dess silver
than gold; 1874; gold. Sg67oo.-
900, silver. S7i.5oo.ooO (again less
silver than gold. with the
same result for many years following,
VIZ, an tinderproduction Of silver as
compared with gold.
In the last few years by statistics
produced at Washington" the worlds
production Of silver has been greater
than that Of gold. and yet there has
only been all told for the last twenty
one years 8 Ter cent overproduction II
silver over gold In coinage prices.
Those believing the restoration Of
silvsr (tAs peoples money! recently as
qQmed{ Il aggressive and have since
!. RA.Gl11fs goid-standsrd
t1.,S 0si''on to en-
In tina meantime. however. much
prejudicd has been aroused among
otherwise patriotic men against the adj
vocates Of sound bimetalllc currency.
This prejudice is to be accounted for
by reason Of such men having been led
ostray by misinformation and supposed
facts that they accepted as truths.
1t would ba amusing were 1t not
traught with the peril Of the country
to see how the other sid6 strdddles.
prevaricates. and jumps from one posi-
ton to another. All this is made pos
sible by reason Of the question having
been regarded by the people as OBJ
scure. but tho United States Ia now
Zig schooi-room; lie people are study;
ing this subject and they are going to
get at the facts and they are going
to hold responsible the men who
they find have deceived them.
They are going to find cut another
thing I'm. ..
It is. that we are financially indie
pendent OF Europe. Our forefathers
sought to erect government here that
would be free from the class legisla-
ton Of governments that we justly
term plutocrats. Over there the many
are the slaves Of the few who rob them
by legislation. We had expected TO DO
free Of that, hare. II IS NOW claimed
that we are perforce compelled to ADOPT
and maintain the financial legislation
Of Europe, the worse form Of class leg
lslatlon that waa ever intended to en-
slavs 'thr Nsohlai Tteee n no Aucb
thing as m international money. The
biggest business we ever did with Eu-
rope WINS at the time when they had
one thing for money and we had an
o,her-isCa 10 1870 balances with for
eign countries are settled Id tho
metals by weight at their commercial
value Bars Of the metal are principal
ly used. Four per cent Of the business
OF the United States Is foreign and 90
per cent Ia domestic. What we want
is money adapted to the ss per
cent
Wnut the pcopfo mood now 4. sd.s~-
tlon. Partisanism must be thrown
aside. Let It be country FIRST. with
desire sor ,p'sllirert, pnd pRHl-ilptlc
solution. What we want is 4 sufficient
quantity Of primary or redemption
money on which to transact the busii
ness Of this country. and VIC want 10
free It NJ nearly ms possible from MI
Influences that tend to It's being hOafa'
ed and embarrassed rs measure OF
values and n medium Of exchange,
The campaign 10 now on and we are
driving those men who have wrecked
this country 10 tho position they have
Intended all along 10 occuepr- the
English soiisstandafd policy. THEY
have for twen,y-one years cheated and
deceived the people by etating things
TO be facts whIcii WAR; not 'acis:, bs
controlling and wording the piaticrmO
OF political parties that promised the
restoration OF silver. and by asking
| the people to wait for an international
agreement Now comes Mr.. William
C. cornwell. president Of the Now York
State Bankers association. who. speak
| Ing for hin side Of the question. In an
address, to the bankers Of Chicago says
1T is time to tear on disguise. In
ternationai bimetailism ~ n traitor In
III, camp. It Is a false fraud. n caii
never be accomplished. II is will o.
the wisp' dancing above the deadly
marsh. II Ia ms Elusive rs dream OF
magic. ~ id,a IN tho pursuit OF per-
petuai motion. Ms dangerous as tId ~
lrium OF fat money
lie admits what the wise have all
nlong known. that they were masqucr-
aiding In disguise. That they have been
leading the people for the last twenty
one years by fraudulent practices. That
they have thus far won by disguise. llc
now think. II " time W thew thai
| "dIsruluc" IN and stand out IN the opel
md fight for single gold standard