The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-22

Ta.v argue that lOw prices are o.
aeneLt 20 the poor man because ne o.
.,,,v "a rnuch more with the dollar But Il
Stel as a result Of falling prices. half
-hp mills factories and mines OF the Il
.anatry are c.cs-d. and millions OF o
corkmen have no employ ment. and q
.,rS.nuenrly no dollars. how much con
-o,at,or Is il 10 the honest toiler 10 tell q
aim thar things are very cheap nd he a
~, hux % much with a dollar when ne 4
-ers IL ,
they tell us that free coinaR Will +
.-,-p n~ 10 q silver basis. and place us .
\, level With the half-civilized ma
,,o,s ~ re world In this they assume
o,., 81 the main points OF dispute. vliie
ne CONCLUSION - utterly prepostercas
They have never attempted 10 demon
srra,e rhst The free coinage OF silver
will bring NJ 10 q silver standard. or 10
show how il would iniure us. II. by se-l
eident. We should happen TO get little
more than our proportion OF the ~oriH
silver.
They contend that demonstration in
the United states did no harm because
we had only coined about s.vvo-vvy
standard dollars We answer that this
,s not an honest contenrion- While We
had only coined about s.coo.ooo standard
dollars we had also coined about $liv.-
Oco. 900 in smaller denominations ana
up TO the year 1853 all mat had been
minted was full legal-tender- Besides
We had actually used q very large
amount OF Spanish mille1 dollars Mex
lean dollars and other foreign silver
I coins made legaI-tender by law The
, amount Of our actual coinage Is imma-
, terial. There xere many 5ears during
which we coined but little gold-in 1916
and 1917 none at all. From 1850 10 1873
: We were doing our business almost ex-
i. clusiyeiy with paper. and there was no
/, more reason for the demonetizstion OF
silver than for that OF gold We did not
do IL because xe had TO send the most OF
!. our precious metals abroad TO pay our
: debts.
We had just emerged from a great
! civil war. The whole nation was load
j. "a down with debt We were strug-
: Cling toward a resumption Of specie
l. payments
n II made an enormous difference 10 u
J. whether we resumed on the basis o
both metals or only one
= The opponents OF the silver move
ic ment. after exhausting every argumen
TO agains, it and in favor Of the gol
: standard. almost invariably declar
ge that they desire an international agree
n ment 10 restore IL Here they ebso
Iutely surrender their case upon ever
u question OF principle II we were al
or wrong upon this question. why shoul
In they want to restore silver by inter
OF national agreement or in any othe
eF way.
oi But. they say. we cannot do 1t alone
u How do they know, Wherever IL ia
d. been tried IL has proved magnifieef
" success
when driven from their ground upo
- every point they have the effrontery
insist that we must be in accord vii
the monetary policy Of England Wh'
an argument il that for patriot
American citizens TO make, And 1t
70 As weak in Its logic as IL is in its patrio
ism. To argue that because the 60
standard is good for creditor Engiar
'oA is must be good for debtor America.
10 confound all distinctions
Our interests ere directly the revers
I, is high time for US to establish
American financial policy We are
favor OF a new declaration of indepen
ence. The soil of the American cs
onies was drenched in the lifeblood
our sires in the great struggle for ps
sonal freedom We appeal TO the peoE
VI Of this country TO emulate the spirit
~ their revolutionary ancestors. and
ss solve that as no nation can subjuga
80 US BY military power. no nation sh
subjueafe us by the insidious power
!. wealth.
We wish to remind our fellov-cou
- ,rymen that we also are citizens OF
republic. proud Of its past and soli
sous for its future We have no des
10 force a policy upon II that will thre
- en- its stability. injure its prosperi
or tarnish its fair fame II an attz
- - Of that kind is ever made II will co
!. from the money kings Of the east. ap
- the ways and courting the favor OF
ropean mobiles. princes and king
-, never from US We are :or Amer
against the world. and fer the inters
OF the common people above every OF
for consideration
Iyer We believe that the complete resto
how ton Of silver will place us In close g
l, in mercial touch with the silver-using
tions OF the earth. without In any
ease injuring our relations with those co
has tries that adhere 10 the gold stands
enge That II will enormously increase
dur foreign exports. arrest the ruinous
,ntly OF prices. restore values. build up
have invigorate the country - every
for OF industrial development and o'
-pro- back the prosperity that was lost
con the vicious and unca;ied-:or iegisia
, not of 1873.
peo- we have no confidence iha; any
- ,ernational agreement can Be reA'
4 the within a reasonable time We are
"A be aIterabiy opposed TO letting the g
and