The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-08-23
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and cotton Went up 2 cents, and ali Cur
stuff found ready sale, and I guess we'd
better trust Cleveland and all them 9th.
eT fellows who know. You see they are
ali case lawyers. They all 90 on that.
What is it you fellows call that argu-
ment that when two things come along
close together the FIRST is the cause Of the
seconds"
81 believe they call it the post hos
propter hoe argument"
Well, no matter what the hoo is,
they have got it in Alabama. and got it
down fine. Why, even the nlggers are
talking about Cleveland raising the price
Of cotton, and whenever they point out
to you how things are better, there real
" is no answer you can make that they
understand I remember there was q
deal Of this talk in 1877, and we played
it then on the niggers. We told them
that the Democrats had carried the
country and that Hayes had takeH away
the soldiers and business got better right
away. Darkies that had been getting so
cents a day soon got 20, and when the
cotton crop came in some of them made
50 day picking, and we made some Of
them believe it was all because all the
southern states had become Democratic.
Well, to be sure, the Democrats will
play the same game all over the south. "
As to the division among POpulists, /
have lately talked almost entirely with
those from Maryland and Virginia.
They are Of q decidedly more yeligiOus
cast than the Populists in the north
west. and their talk runs into Scriptural
phrases a little. "By the leadings Of
Providence''-this is the gist of their
talk-"the money question is now at
the front, far IN front Of all others, aud
silver is in the front of that Now.
wouldn't it DO foolish, and, in fact, a
sighting Of Providence, to neglect an
opportunity which is SO plainly put in
our hands? And Wouldn t it be treach.
cry to turn away from our new allies,
men who have come to meet us that far}
Here is a tide which taken at the full
may lead to fortune, but if we stay di-
yided we know that the monopolists
will sweep everything next year, and
we know just what use they will make
Of their victory. They will never take
chances again. Should they get the pres
ident and congress they will carry out
the policy Of Cleveland S message. They
will fund the greenbacks and silver
notes in bonds and nullify the use Of
silver somehow. Gold and national bank
notes will be the money, and they viii
/ tie it up so you cannot get at it in the
next 20 years "
To this they add all the arguments
with which we are familiar-that we
must fight the money power anyhow;
that no matter what special reform any
particular branch of the Populist party
seeks it finds the money power in the
way; that tue people won't listen to
argument Oh anything else till this ques.
ton is got out of the way, and, in short,
that this thing is to be settled anyhow
before anything else can be done, and
we may as well tackle it while we have
help All these men are quite emphatic
in indorsing the Kentucky platform,
which reaffirms the Omaha platform in
a general way, but lays particular stress
on the money question, and most of all
upon the free coinage Of silver. 1t is all
very we'll, they add, to talk about stick
ing to the middle Of the road, but q
party must gain converts in order to
carry elections.
There is nearly always a deal Of hug
ger mugger in the national debt state
ment for July and August, and this
year the thing is harder to understand
than ever. Out of the confusion and
contradiction, however, appears the GER
tainty that the debt during July in
creased $38, 435, 938, which was duo to
the delivery to the acknowledgment
syndicate during the month Of $Sl, 49,,
700 in per cent bonds and to a de-
crease of $1,000, 622 in the available
cash. It also proves that during July
the expenditures exceeded the receipts
by 50, AIS, S66. Gold exports have begun
again, and all the treasury officials are
declaring just as they did before that it
signifies nothing that it is mere trife,
and that the tide will turn the other
way as soon as we begin to send of our
wheat crop. Just the same, a cold shiver
runs through the country every time a
little handful of gold is exported, and
straightway stocks 60 down, and wheat
takes a tumble.
Isn't this a beautiful spectacleg A
great, free. strong, rich nation Of TO-
600, 600 people, which has twice whip-
ped England and put down the greatest
rebellion in history, shiyering in every
nerve every time foreigners call on US
for a little gold! That one fact alone. il
every other point could be justified,
would show that our whole financial
Eyclcu AZ Va g AuA1o banAs ts4u uAoozluA
clear through Consider these facts:
There are in this country %, 600, 900 Ia
boring producers, about $50, 900, 600, COG
worth of property, some 1000, 900
square miles Of fertile land, some &c.
600, 600, O00 Of internal exchange that
creates profits in transportation, Prob
ably 81 200, 600, 900 in money other than
gold, and al the materials reason coald
ask for to make more wealth, and yet
the export Of 4 metal. a mere metal, g
product Of American labor. to the vaius
Of 0ne-fouTth Of 1 per cent Of cur annual
; exports, throws the whole business Of
the nation unto financial jimjams! Is
there one man in the United States who
VIII pretend that the system Of which
that can be said is founded on expert
ence, science, common sense or patriot
ism. OF that it ought for one moment 20
satisfy any fFse born ana independent
American citizsnf
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