Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-08-23

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avail nothing; that he must unite
with his neighbors in the common
cause or all hope is lost. This must
be done by the people without the aid
of money. The money of the world il
! pooled; the combination which con
trolls it commands the government ol
every gold standard country in the
world, and every nation of Europe, as
well as the United States, is COM
PEELED to ask protection of the colossal
gold trust which absorbs the fruits OF
industry and brings dismay and want
to the tireside of every laborer and
wealth producer in the land. The
history of the struggle Of the American
people for liberty and equal rights
shows that they are not made OF the
stuff that submits to tyranny main
tanned by the divine right of kings OF
the combination OF userers and money
changers. When they get together
in their local capacity, in their neigh.
borhood or school districts, they will
soon feel the power they have and will
exert it rs old. The spirit of union,
which made three millions free in
1776, will liberate seventy millions in
1896, and restore the government OF
the United States to the people for
whom it was ordained by the fathers
OF the Republic. The people must
not wait for politicians, they look to
the money powers, which have been
successful against the people for the
last twenty years, they cannot realize
that there can be any success in serv-
ing the people. The reason is that
party trammels have divided the
masses and made them powerless.
The gold trust now controls the politi-
clans, and to follow them is to do the
bidding of the enemy. An American
citizen who loves his country is as
much out OF place in following the
gold leaders of either of the old party
organizations as Union soldier would
have been during the war in the ranks
OF the Confederate army, or Con-
federate soldier in the ranks of the
Union army. The forces of the old
parties have been commanded for the
last twenty years by officers appointed
by the gold trust with the same
regularity as the forces OF great army
are commanded by the government
they serve. The only hope is that the
people will unite and select leaders
who will serve them and not an alien
gold trust.
The hard times, which afilict all
gold standard countries, we're produced
by cutting off the supply of new money
by demonetizing silver in 1873. The
only remedy within reach of the people
is the restoration of the statutes of the
United States AS they existed from the
foundation of the government up to
that time. No experiment is suggest
ed. The laws OF Hamilton, Jefferson
and Jackson gave prosperity the laws
of Sherman, Cleveland and Harrison
have destroyed that prosperity. 1t
was the most radical and revolution
ary financial scheme of all the ages.
twenty-five years Of profound peace
and abundant harvests cannot be the
cause of universal distress. The only
cause which can be assigned for grow
ing misery and want in this land OF
boundless resources is the stoppage OF
the money supply by the secret and
clandestine manipulation Of legisla-
ton by bondholders and money
changers. The people must undo
their wicked work by re-enacting the
law as it existed prior to 1873, provid-
ing for the unrestricted coinage OF
both gold and silver upon terms of ex-
act equality at the old ratio of 16 to l.
Let unrestricted coinage of both
metals at the ratio of l6 to l upon
terms of exact equality, be the motto
of every man who is in favor OF liberty
and prosperity.