Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-10-01
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Here are some slashing cuts
right from the shoulder that will
bother the goldites international
B; hum q q bug congressman to meet:
Frank Day, editor Martin Co.
Sential, called upon Joel Heat
Wole, editor Mortified News, to
declare himself upon the money
question, Whereupon the Editor
Heatwole accuses Editor Day of
never having himself declared
how he stands; that he. raves j
good deal about gold bugs. and
the crime of 1873, but does not
say at what ratio he would have
silver coined. Editor Heatwole
does say that he ..favors bi-metal-
lism under international agree
ment money that will be ac-
cepted the whole world over atits
face value Taking Mr.. Heat
] wole at his word, we enquire
: what he proposes to do about the
currency Of the country in the
meantime, while the internatio-
nal agreement is being agreed
upon. The present system is vi
cious; if not, why all this disquiet
and talk? international agree
ment has been talked about now
for twenty years, and it seems as
far off as when the talking began.
How long is it likely to take to
reach the international agree
ment" that Mr.. Heatwole is in
favor Of, and what it is to BECOME
of the people Of the United States
in the meantime? If he thinks
it of so much Importance that
our money shall be accepted at
his face value all over the world,
he ought to Be convinced that
there is some practicable way Of
bringing that about. Money
that will be accepted at it's face
value in the United States in ex-
change for property, in payment
of debt and taxes, and is in cir
culation in such abundance as to
give every person q reasonable
chance of getting what. will COM
pensate him for his labor or pro
ducts, will reasonably satisfy US.
Money that will be accepted the
world over at it's face value with
out exchange has no existence ex-
cept in the minds of Mr.: Heat:
wole and those who argue as he
does, and never has had. We're
our greenbacks accepted all over
the world at their face value from
1861 to 1879? If not. how did
this nation manage to exist in
that period and at the same time
successfully prosecute the most
gigantic war of modern times?
Gold is accepted at it's coinage
value all over the world because
it has free coinge at the mints Of
all the principal countries Of the
world, but as its amount is in-s
sufficient to perform the Office Of
money for the entire world, it is
poor money;-it is dishonest. mon
ey; it cheats labor; it cheats the
borrower; cheats the tax payer
and the wealth producer, while
it adds to the nnearned gains of
the money lender.
r If Mr.. Heatwole will introduce
in congress and push through a
bill that will afford immediate re-
lief to the people, while theinter-:
national agreement he talks about
is being worked up and brought
into actual existance and prac-
tice, we will accept his argument
as having force; but as an: inter
national agreement is, Judging
by past experiences and the pres
ent attitude of Great Britain and
Germany, about as remote an ev-
ent as the Outstanding Of China;
! we are bound to think that he is
talking through his hat, or mere
" repeating in his own words
what has been laid down for him
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