The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-22
AGAINST FREE COINAGE AT IS TO /

Tine FaTmerS National Congress, IL
session at Atlanta, Ca, mas voted square
Iy and Overwhelmingly against ohe FREE
coinage cranlns. The farmers in the con
yention expressed themselves In favor o
real "bimetaHIsn," but showed they dC
not want the bogus article. which really
would be SILVER recommendation, and thai
on a badly deprecated basis. They asked
congress to use both gold and silver on
"a parity. and favored the calling Of a
national conference on the monetary
question. But they refused by vote
0he proportion OF which was TO to
indorse the cal for conference ito
unite In the equal use of both god and
silver at a ratio not to exceed 10 to L."
OF course the so-ca.Ied "silver states
voted In the minority" but the repre-
sentative farmers OF the East, North,
and South voted almost sol.dly against 1t.
This action shows that tine Cheap
money" cnanks a1ave no ground for their
assertion that the great majority OF the
farmers In the United States want free
coinage at 16 to l." 1t tends also to favor
the conclusion that Senator Chandler OF
New Hampshire was lin error when me
STATED that the people who want that
kind OF blmetalllsm-viz.: silver mono-
,metaLlsts. "outnumber uhe gold mono
metalllsts by a hundred to one" The
truth Is, nhe farmers OF the South, as we.i
as those of the West, have been thinking
over the 5O-cent free silver dollar matter
In the last few months and many OF
those who at first were attracted by the
false statements OF the free silver cranks
have changed their minds on the subject
They prefer to have the best kind of
money they can get in payment for their
crops and cattle, mony that win not
depreciate white In their keeping, hut viii
ibe good to buy about as much of the
things they wish to consume a few years
hence as 1t rs today. They reflect that
uhe fellows who falsely claim to be ''bl-
metaJdstS' openly state that they desire
change to silver monometal.lsm be-
cause dt would give Them cheaper mon
ey," meaning by that money worth less
by half for the purchase of goods. so
THAT W they should carry their point
the farmer would dIave to pay twice as
MANY dollars" for his piowls and mar
vesters, wagons, 1umber, nails, Clothing.
boots and Shoes, sugar, coffee. tea, etc.
as he has to pay now when ne buys the
Same quantity and quality OF goods. The
average TANNER fails TO see, on mature
consideration, how such change" to
debased money would benefit him; but II
rs not difficult for (him to understand the
truth OF the declaration made In the Ma
tionaf Democrtic platform OF 1892 THAI
"rhe tarmers and laborers are among
lthe first and most defensaess Victims OF
unstaboe money and nuctuatlng curren-
cy.'
The SILVER cranlts have played them
solves out with the great majority of An.
teaigent people Their movement Is a
fiat failure, and TO keep up the Hglt
WIFI not hep their bad cause. They have
railed because OF Claiming too much,
Taking The ground THAT they would ac-
cept nothing short OF free silver coinage
at "a ratio not wider than 16 to /, when
tpe commercial ratio an over the civGiz-
ed word exceeds 80 to l. they have DEM
onstralted their mIschievous purposes as
we1 as their extreme folly and invited
ltEhe contempt for their scheme OF every
rational being who has listened to them
long enough to know wtIat they are Irlv-
ing at. because It rs evident they are
the grcatcst enemies of 'true international
blmetaAlism. THAT being possible only at
ratio which Is very near the relative vac.
ues of god and silver