Willmar tribune., 1895-10-01

elm 1inneapolis There IS not
the slightest .dou bt bout this.
Now what has caused this scar,
city of liars il the world
Legal enactme ents is three.
countries 5depriYiin silver of the.
Of the money unction. and thus
throwing the whole money func-.
tion on gold alone, creating .,
greater demand for gold and
hence making it dearer. These
countries we're: India stopping
silver coinage Austria going onto
agold basis, and the United States.
making token. instead Of stand dard
money Of its whole supply Of sill
yer MONEY ..
81 The action Of the United States
was the main and olling fac
tor in this move. Without the
concurrent action of the United
States, India would not have
stopped free coinage, and Aus
tria could not have gone to a gold
basis. Hence the United States
government is justly charged as
as principal in the unspeakable
crime, Of changing the m oney
standard to the utter ruin of the
producers not only our own
country, but of the world, at the
behest of the Rothchilds.
This crime perpetrated in 1890
by the party then in power, sur
passes anything in the annals Of
history for sleek cunning and
wholesale deception in law max
ing. It leaves the demonetiza.
tion of 1873 as at best clumsy
trick. - ccz:
The so-called Sherman law of
1890 was advocated as measure
to increase the use of silver as
money, and to add a needed en-
largementof the currency for the
ever-increasing growth Of the
business of the country. Why
what could be more popular and
appropriate? There is no doubt
that many intelligent congress
men voted for it., fully believing
it to be a bill for such a purpose.
But that was only the bait. II
was the sugar coating hiding
the poison in it's interior. While
the great John Sherman was
talking glibly about giving the
people more money to do bust:
ness with, he had without much
notice this little clause inserted
lit being the established policy
of the United States to maintain
the two metals on a parity with
each other upon the present le.
gal ratio, or such ratio as may be
provided by law, = and BY it de
prived the people of this country
of $500, 100000, one half, of it's
standard money: BY making
silver redeemable in gold, what
the parity clause has been inter.
preted to mean by the Secretary
Of the Treasury, he made all sill
ver money token money, a silver
greenback. This was not o5
course at first understood out
side of the ring Of leaders In the
game. But about one year after
ward the Secretary of the Treas
Jury settled the meaning of the
parity clause as evidently intend
ed by it's author.
As soon as that decision be
came known and understood
things began to tumble and have
been tumb bling ever since. It wa.
the fatal blow that worse thai
! pestilence, famine or war has de
Evastated this unhappy countr,
for the last 5 years. And the ef
/ feet has just begun. WHAT'S th,
use Of crying peace when ther,
is no peace. Brainless politica
I mounte ebanks may talk about til,
!. good times coming, because the,
] wish to talk soothing words t,
! please the people, but we canno
afford to. speak anyt thing but til.
] truth, let the consequences Is
what they may Under our pres
4 ent money policy we are all O
], the road to the poor house An,
if we tamely submit 50 sue
whole sale rob bbery our. and Oh
i child dren's final lot will be lik