The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-06
Garter, Blue Front Store, will pay
you one-half cash for your wool.
STREET CORNER FINANCIERING.

CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
AS l strolled down town to spend an
idle hour, | found the corner at the old
shop occupied by the usual company of
wise men, and as the subject of free sill
yer was being discussed | stopped to
listen The man with the broad brimed
hat had the floor, and he said in looking
over the country it WAS easy to see that
something was wrong. Men able and
willing to work We're idle; mills were
idle; factories were idle; bank cashiers
were running Off with the peoples
money, weekly. The cause of all this
is easy to sce-the decentralization of
silver; the cutting off at once Of half of
the money of the world, thus increasing
the burden of the debtor class, robbing
the many for the benefit of the few, i'll
creasing the purchasing power Of gold,
and decreasing the price of all prOduc-
ton, thus enslaving the laboring people
to the money power. You ask what is
the remidy; first the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver-these
two metals to be the redemption money
of the country; the silver dollar to be
the unit of value. Let silver be the
standard, and, if necessary, change the
gold dollar to bring both to parity and
keep both at parity by changing the
gold from time to time, as it is much
less work to coin gold than si]ver-both
gold and silver to be full legal tender
for all debts, taxes and bills; the debtor
always having the choice as to which
kind of money he will pay in. Silver
is the poor mans money, gold the rici-.
At present silver is Disseminated
against; it only has commodity value,
while gold is the money of the world,
and the measure of value for everything
Even silver is measured by gold as to
value. We would repeal all laws al
lowing notes, bonds and mortgages to
be made payable in gold; all should be
drawn payable in lawful money and no
discrimination allowed against either
metal, and thus give silver and the
people chance. We must declare our
selves independent of the Rothchilds
and Europe i'm financial matters. At
present England CONTROLS our financial
action; corners our gold and then takes
our gold bonds and binds us in slavery
to JEWS, brokers. The Squire said
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The man with the lame knee now
took the floor and said he was b-met-
alist and wanted gold, silver and paper
money, all good and worth 100 cents on
the dollar; he did not believe in fiat
money, neither in paper or silver, and
the only thing that Keeps our silver at
par now is that the government re-
deems everything in gold. If we had
free coinage the government would not
do it and we should be on a silver
standard, aid gold would go out of
circulation and we should have less
money than at present. Who would
be most benefited by the change-not
tine labOrlng man; labor would be the
last thing to rise and that after a hard
struggle. Talk about the poor mans
money (by cripes) ] never saw the time
but what if l worked and got my pay
it was my money whether gold, silver
or paper; and | don't believe in one
kind of money for the poor and another
for the rich. will tell you who would
, make the money by free coinage-the
Silver Kings and the banks. The banks
of this country hold on deposit four bill
lion, five hundred million of dollars
', which they could and would pay silver
dollars that cost them only forty-eight