The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-20
GROVER ANSWERS CHICAGO
Cleveland Uncompromising on the
Money Question,
The Prosperity of the Government Threat
ened by the Free silver Eailacy
1t Must BE War 20 the
Knife.

speaking on finances. In reply to the
he has written Il letter which
the conditions that exist n
gives his views upon the remedies thai
should be applied.
The invitation was sent out by a COM
of the business men of Chicago,
and was as follows:
las business men and citizens of Chi
irrespective OF party affiliations.
we respectfully invite you and Mrs.
to a public reception to be
rendered to you in this city, to express
our desp sense of appreciation of our
s~tatesrnanlike and courageous action in
maintaining the financial credit of our
government and your uncompromising
in favor of the preservation of
a sound national currency"
The reply of the president IL n letter
to Hon. Henry S. Robbins. 1t
reads:
Executive Mansion, Washington,
April 13,-To Messrs. Baker, Smith,
Roche, Harvey. Kelly and Robbins
Gentlemen: am much gratified by the
exceedingly kind and complimentary
invitation you have rendered me on be
half of many citizens of Chicago to be
their guest at a gathering in the inter-
est of sound money and wholesome f.
nancial doctrine. My attachment to
this cause is 81 great, and I know so
well the hospitality and kindness of he
people of Chicago that my personal in
clination is strongly in favor of accept
ing your flattering invitation; but my
judgment III my estimate of the pro-
prieties of my official place oblige me
ta fpraern f;,a a,insrrontt nF ,ytini,a =
ing in the occasion you contemplate.
II hope, however, the event will mark
the beginning of an earnest and agrees
sive effort to disseminate among the
people safe and prudent financial ideas.
Nothing more important can engage
the attention of patriotic citizens, be-
cause nothing is so vital to the welfare
of our fellow countrymen, and to the
strength, prosperity and honor of our
nation.
tontrovert spccious Arguments.
Tine situation confronting us de.
mands that those who appreciate the
importance OF this subject and those
who ought to be the first to see impend-
ing danger should no longer remain in
or overconiident. If the sound
money sentiment abroad in the land
is to save us from mischief and disaster
1t must be crystalliHed and combined
and made Immediately active. 1t is
dangerous to overlook the fact that a
vast number of our people with scant
opportunity thus far to examine the
question in all it's aspects have never
theless been ingeniously pressed with
specious suggestions which in this time
OF misfortune and depression find wilt
ing listeners, prepared to give credence
to any scheme which is plausibly pre-
scented as a remedy for their unfortu-
nate condition.
Simple Statements Needed.
What is now needed more than any
thing else is a plain and simple presen-
tation of the argument in favor of
sound money. In other words. it is time
for the American people to reason as
of a great nation which can
promise them a continuance of protec-
ton and safety only so long as it's SOL
vency is unsupported. its honor unsul-
lied n the soundness of its money I'M
questioned. These things are i'll ex-
changed for the Illusions of a debased
currency II the ~groundless hope of ad-
vantages to be gained by a disregard of
our financial credit and commercial
standing among the nations of the
world.
"tf our people We're isolated from all
others, and If the question of our cur
rency could be treated without regard
to II relations to other countries, it's
character would he a matter of ompar
atively little Importance. If the Ameri-
can people Were only concerned in the
maintenance of their precious life
among themselves they might return to
the old days of barter and in this prim-
iIive manner acquire from each other
the materials to supply the wants of
their existence. Bat if American civili-
cation We're satisfied with this it would
abjectly fail in It's high and noble mis-
sion.
Products and Prices.
In these restless days the farmer is
tempted by the assurance tina though
our currency may be debased. redun-
dant ana uncertain, such a situation
will improve the price of his products.
Let us remind him that he must buy as
well as sell: hat his dreams of plenty
are shaded by the certainty that If the
price of the things he has to sell is
NihibiiN't iN tpSl. " lbe
things he must buy will not remain
stationary; that the best prices which
cheap money proclaims are u~nsubstan-
tial and elusive and that even If they
were real and ~palpable he must neces-
sarily be left far behind in the race for
their enjoyment.
Effects of Unsound Currency.
ut ought not to be difficult to con-
vince the wage arner that If there are
benefits arising from a degenerated cur
rency they will reach him least of all
and last of all. In an unequal stimula-
ton of prices n an increased cost of
all the needs of his home must long
be his portion. while he is at the same
time veXed with vanishing visions of
increased wages ana an easier lot. The
pages of history and experience are fun
of this lesson.
An insidious attempt is made to Gre
ate a prejudice against the advocates
of a safe and sound currency by the in
situation, more or less directly made,
that they belong to financial and bust
ness classes and are therefore not only
out of sympathy with the common peo-
pie of the land, but for selfish and wick
ed purposes are willing to sacrifice the
of those outside their circle.
II believe that capital and wealth,
through combination and other means,
sometimes gain an under advantage.
and ii must be conceded that the main
tenance of a sound currency may in a
sense, be invested with a greater or less
Importance to individuals according to
their condition and circumstances. 1t
Is, however. only a difference in degree.
since it is utterly impossible that any
n in our broad land, rich or poor,
whatever may be his occupation. and
whether dwelling in a center of finance
and commerce, or in a remote corner of
our domain, can be really benefited by
a financial scheme not alike beneficial to
all our people. or hat anyone should be
excluded from q common and universal In
terest in he safe character and stable
value of the currency of the country.
I'm our relation to this question we are
all In business, for we all buy and sell:
so we all have TO do with financial oper-
atoms, for we ali earn money and spend
1t. We cannot escape our inte~rdcpen1ence.
Merchants and dealers are in every neigh
boihood. and each has It's shops and manu-
factories. Wherever the wants of man ex-
list business and finance in some degree
are found related in one direction to those