The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-22

has done nothing with II for the gooi
~ man. can now withdrax il from iss
hiding olace. ana with II he can com
mand twice as much Of the products OF
other mems toll a. he could when, In
his avaricIOus fear. he laid II away
We submit that a monetary policy
which must necessarily produce such
result il a violation Of every princi-
pls OF natural justice And We say
furrher that the gold dollar OF thar
mi.er-,he honest dollar OF which
ve hear so much-is not only dis-
hone<r extortionate dollar. but the
vorst instrument OF oppression ever de-
vised TO sap the prosperity OF eountrs
and destroy the liberty OF its people
Aside from any question Of mora =
the effect Of such a policy cannot De-
other ise than disastrous in the nigh-
est degree. Never in the history OF tne
world has there been such a destruction
of money values in the same length OF
time as since 1873 Never IN the his
tory OF orr country have there been
business depression and hard times. so
widely extended and 80 long continued.
and never since the first glimmer OF
civilization lit the horizon OF the east
has there been such a massinz OF coio--
sal wealth in the hands Of few men
In rhe great money centers OF the ~oFli
In our country the weight OF deo
has increased through a fall IN M
prices Of the products out OF which al
debts must Be paid. until now the az
, eregare loss exceeds the total wealth
of The greatest empire OF the eart1 ana
production in all the more important O
the nations Industries has ceased 'o
yield a profit This has so reduced ne
employment OF labor that the iann J.
oiled with idle men and despair nar
settled upon millions Of hearts. and u
mu~h longer continued viii mean the
transfer OF all the worlds wealth into
the hands OF the few who compose tne
!, creditor class
To the people OF this country tnes'
/, unnatural and undesirable conditions
have been literally created since 1919
We believe that the prime cause. over
!. shadoxing all others. was the gre1
y monetary revolution. BY which ever,
struggling debtor in the land was com
peeled to pay his debts by that goide'
measure that was all the time 10
= creasing in purchasing power
We demand that the monetary sy'
tenn that Was born with the repuoi
W itself Be restored Every objection
u this demand comes from the same cla'
e OF men at whose instance the cnanf
se uas made. and those whom they col
troll
e Every argument employed against
le is either a mere technical quibhle
ye an absolute missratement OF facts
e one breath they say that the enect
in free coinage will be to enable silv'
sr miners 70 get 81 for 80 cents worth
K silver. in the next they insist that
or viii food the country with 80 cent dc
IN lars-,xo arguments as directly
on p0= TO each other as are the poles
ut the earth The only way the MIN
liz. can get one dollar with half doiial
on worth OF silver Is for the metal 10 n
zen TO mar The moment that takes pa
1re the dollar must also Be at par
By They argue that II Is dishonest
ION coin a dollar from silver Snicn can
ice bought for 80 cents In this they
- .uue that the market price OF bull
the excluded from the mint and cons
sss cuently from use. Is fair test OF
az value with the mint opened and pr.
ex- ,tcaily unlimited demand for IL
inx They constantly invoke the Law
wzs supply and demand but complete
hat ignore il in dealing with silver
,r~- gold
- They tell rs that the value OF g
~ - 6xed and unchanging. in the face
,,.a the fact that IL xi.l nox exchange
,hs almost t~ice as much OF everythl
-, else a. il would twenty years ago. u
Ishoxing that they do not even kn
xhaf the word value means
- Thev proye that the gold dollar
"a, honest and that it's value never cnans
=. nv pointing to the fact that II Is al~
a. 1orth los cents In gold
The illogical character OF this ar
nent xiIl appear al a glance when
consider that " all the gold IN
xorld xere 10 be destroyed. except
~. loue dollar. that one lonesome 90
- xould still BE- worth just leo cents
-, gold but its value q Its fortunate
Isv -a<Sor would b inesimable-
- While stoutiy insisting that the
lins a-,ees OF which we complain are o1
10 increased production OF eomm
the -ies they not only fail to account
rise -his tnereasc teginning Just as 81
ecies "a. demonetizpd but they fail TO =
fail INV increase AZ all greater than tina
lace 0rmer years
upon We declare that the ratio OF incr
d in sas a. great from $50 to 1873 a. "
con- .een since that time and Se char
ut Of ,rcof to the contrary And yet
busi- The former period. prices eonsta
dol 60 While dusing The latter they
rise -nna tAiae a. rapidly as they
price nsrlv vent - Instead Of over
pay tuc;ion il Is lear case OF under
Z ad- .um,t.ou Tfa money supply has
the .pt Dace Eif-l other things the
injury ~ have bsen 100 poor 10 buy ana
,oiler e-uIr 4 surplr ~ been left upoi
.resui ,ar..- ~0 4.rnEzcr proof cohi