The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-07

/ ID Is gratifying that the weekly papers
T Of Georgia and Florida arc taking SO
I deep AIN interest in the silver question.
and stiu more gratifying that so many
/ of them age standing squarely for sound
money. As educators OF the people they
i occupy "a very responsible position. fully
i as responsible as that Of the daily papers.
They reach thousands OF readers who
never see "a daily paper. Their utter
auces have as much influence with their
readers on political and financial ques-
tons MS the utterances Of the pulpit on
religious matters. They understand this.
and thar is why they are studying the
silver question: question which pro-
foundiy affects the material welfare Of
the whole people.
a good many Of the weekly papers ia
vor the free coinage of silver at the
present ratio. and we have no doubt they
are thoroushly honest in doing so We
feel confident. however. that the great
majority Of them viii change their views
as the discussion goes on. because free
silver coinage cannot stand the test Of
frank and fair investigation. Many are
misleI at first by false statements. err
roneous conclusions buster and abuse.
hut truth Is mighty and viii eventually
prevail
II Is worthy Of notice that the silver
ties continually assert that the gold dol
Tar is not am honest dollar. because. as
they say. it has appreciated. and viii
purchase great deal more now of farm
products than IL did I'm 1873. but when
asked 20 name tine articles OF which it
win purchase more they name only wheat
and cotton. Why is il they DO not name
corn. oats. pork. lard. beef and many
other farm products? Simply because
gold dollar will not purchase more of
these products than il did in 1873. Ac-
cording to their argument. therefore. a
gold dollar is dishonest only when meas
ured by wheat and cotton. and is honest
when measured by corn, which IS a great
err product than either wheat or cotton.
And as for labor, which is a better test
than anything else as TO whether or not
gold has appreciated. not nearly as much
Of II can be bought now for a dollar as
i'm 1873 because wages are much higher.
Measured by labor. therefore, gold has
deprecated rather than appreciated.
Everybody knows what effect free sill
yer coinage would have on wages. 1t
would cut them down one-half pract-
cally. Even the proprictors of newspa-
pers would suffer, because they would
have 90 pay silver prices for all their
material. and &c would be virtually inn
possible for them TO get better adver-
Using rates or a higher subscription price.
OF course on a question like this OF sill
yer. il does not DO for the people to
blindlS follow the politicians or those who
are trying to bring themselves into prom
inenOe. Too many politicians seek to get
on the side they believe is the stronger.
They think of their own interests. not
those of the people. and noisy dema-
gogues struggle for notoriety, hoping that
in the general excitement they may be
able to grab something
This silver question is one that every
intelligent man must settle for himself.
He viii have plenty of time 10 do so,
and the means for getting at the truth
will be abundant. And much depends
upon the weekly press as to whether the
people win decide right when the time
FOR deciding the question comes.