The advocate., 1895-02-27
wANTED-INFORMAT1ON.


OF the Farmer By writer's Upon agriculture
and kindred subjects, moro specially in
line with it's character and objects, he has
handed 10 TO the ADVOCATE. .-EDITOR.
EDITOR KANSAS FARMER;-Why is it that
the gold in the treasury Of the United
States has been on the decrease ever since
the present administration came into
powerp Are not che laws the same now
that they were under the preceding admin
igtrRtionP Is it because the tariff laws
have been changsdp Why was not this
gold reserve, about which there is 80 much
anxiety manifested by our statesmen, iso-
pardized under former RdministFabionsp
By whom, and how, and for what purpose,
is million dollars or more taken from the
treasury in a single dsyp Is it for duties
on imports2 If 30, this country will soon
be full Of imported goods; or is il for both
the goods and duties thereonp Is ID fscb,
40 the president states, chat the 500 million
dollars in greenbacks have been used to de-
plete the gold reserVe2 If 80, why were
they never used before for this purpose3
Are the gTeenbacks redeemsble in gold
alone, and then reissued by the treasury
Department. It has been my impression
that only the frat issue called gold notes
without any exception on the back of the
notes, were EedeemRble in gold coin. II,
as the president states, the redemption Of
these greenbscks has been, and is likely TO
continue to exhaust the gold reserve, why
could not congress authorize che treasurer
to pay for them in silver instead Of gOldP
Il seems from the presidents message
there is over 60 million dollars in the treas
ury for current expenses Of the government,
then why all this fuss and furry about the
gold Feserve2 II il was totally exhausted,
what then2 Would the country be bank
rupt, and all Of us 60 TO Gshenns3 dOn't
think 30. Who is doing all this bowling,
anyhow Nobody but the president. Who
is il that wants 500 million dollars worth Of
bonds running fifty years, payable interest
and principal in gold, instead Of the 500
million dollars in grsenbsoks now large
part of our Ciroulation2 Is it the people
those who work on farms, in factories, in
mines, railway employees, or any other class
Of wage workers? Most certainly none Of
these. Then who is itp The bankers and
monsy-loaners. They are the fellows, and
they are not confined 10 the East alone, but
are everywhere. What is their objsObp and
for what purpose do they want these bondsP
Is il for the perpetuity Of the national
banking system? If not, what else could IL
bep Is Cleveland bank president, or is he
the bankers PRESIDENT Was not Clevelsnd
elected on q bimstalliC PLATFORM Is it
not fact that all his utterances, since then,
on the financial question, have been toward
a single gold Standard Will he succeed
with the aid Of congress, in the oonsummR-
tion Of this most damnable scheme to fasten
on this country the single gold standard
curse2 This threatened calamity, il made
permanent, would be far worse than the
shareholders rebellion. All the evils,
scourges, pestilsnoes, that have ever visited
our beloved country would not equal it.
Wellington, Kas. G.. W. BAILEY.
Although the writer Of the above
interogstories says he wants infOrms-
tion upon the subjects to which they
relate, it must be apparent to every
reader that it would not be a diff
cult task for HIM to answer all of his
own inquiries. They are evidently
presented for the purpose Of eliciting
facts.
Yes, the laws are the same now