Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-08-23
BIMETALLISM.
MRS. HELEN NJ. COUGAR DISCUSSES THE MONEY
QUESTION.

We clip the following from the Daily Review
OF Decatur H.:
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar addressed large an
enthusiastic audience on "Bondholders and Bi
metalism.' The address was an eloquent pie
for the reconciliation of silver. In part, sh
said:
We should congratulate ourselves that we ar
becoming educated OH the knotty question G
finance. In this discussion, | will not vast
time i'll the discussion of the history OF bimet
allsm. What we should remember is that go
and silve- have marched side-bv-side as none
for years We should remember the marVelou
progress which we have made under a bimetal
lie standard We should remember how it car
ried us through the bloodiest war recorded il
history, We should remember the condition O
our people under the gold standard. Burstin,
banks, panics and industrial disturbances wer
abundant. Our farmers are growing poor Th
land is going from the hands of many into TIN
hands of few. Wealth OH every hand is bein!
concentrated. When Mr.. Horr tells ME of OIL
country's prosperity under the gold standard,
turn back the pages of memory, and | SCI
strikes, lockouts, closed factories, starvin!
mothers and children crying for bread. I've
been in the waste lands OF Ireland but neve
have | seen the condition of humanity as I saw
it in the mining regions of Pennsylvania.
Every day it is harder for young man tc
have all equal opportunity in entering proies
sons and vocations, Why is IL II is because
of vicious legislation by corrupt political par
ties---legslaton of class against the masses
The time has come for Che United States TO leg
islate for herself more and for England aud the
Rothschilds less
in 1867, gold and silver marched side-by-side
At this time, our government issued money
known as legal tender, based on the wealth
of the nation | hope that the next
step in finance will be to demonetize both golC
and silver and issue money based on the credi
and wealth of the government. Our foreigl
trade is only per cent, our own trade, 90 pc
cent We have legisated long enough for ths
per cent, and it is time TO legislate for 90 pc
cent Let us legislate for Uncle Sam and LEI
Johnny Bull take care of himself.
The money that is good enough for the farm
er and laborer should be good enough for the
bondholders. 1t is time for national banks tc
90 out of government business, aud have the
government issue money directly to the people
With the interest on bonds payable ouIy III
gold it puts gold in condition SO it can be
"cornered."
would like to see a law passed that foreign
ers could not hold American bonds. II is the
money power of England that OWNS our facto-
fies, Mills and saloons. We have too many
men who vote for old parties, no matter what
their views on the great social and economic
questions of the day are.
The Sound Money league is sending out cir
culars headed by the caption of "Sound Money"
This Sound Money league is sending out free
plate and editorial matter to every paper in the
country that will use il. The press OF the
country is corrupted 10y bankers, brokers and
foreign capital, and they are making great head
way in deceiving the people on the money
question. The Chicago Tribune, a gold-bug
paper, whici l.; largely owned by English cap
ital, did no. even report the Harvey-Horr de
bate correctly. The cry OF Mexican silver
coming into our country and flooding ii is like
the same cry about orr foreign trade being in
iured by free coinage. 1t is only a cry to de
ceive the people. Under free coinage we would
lose a greater foreign trade. We can take all
Mexican silver, and Mexico car take our pro-
duce and our manufactured articles. The bond