The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-05-10
The Money Question.

The Money Question.
Kansas City Journal: The cuckoos
shouldn't condemn Senator voorhees, too
severely. He may have taken the side
of silver this year merely in order to be
on the other side next year.
Pittsburg kansan Pop Fiat money
land the cheaper the material of it the
better) is the only honest money. Intrin-
sic value money is u fraud. is simply
barter, is pure barbarism.
Reed County News: Benjamin Har-
rison intimates that, If the United States
should adopt free coinage of silver, the
world would follow our lead. This Ia
probably true, aud it will be tested in
side of two years.
Lyons Republican,: Kansas republic
cans are for the fullest, freeest possible
use of silver, but don't propose to get it
under the Peffer-Lewelling gang ct al.
Neither do they propose to reduce the
American lab0rer to the level of the
Mexican peon.
Winchester Star: Some republicans
give as reason that they are not in fav-
or of silver is because the populists are In
favor of free silver. This Is a mistake.
The stalwsrt pops are not in favor Of
either silver or gold as money, but what
the leaders want is to get hold of a gov
eminent money stamp and and make
money out of paper, old rags and the
like.
Emporia Gazette: A farmer contract
ell debt five years ago when corn was
10 cents bushel. Every dollar of in
debtedness stood for six and two-thirds
bushels of corn. 1t came due this spring
and he paid it with two and half BUSH
els Of corn. This outrage can be direct
~ laid to the crime of the demOnetiza-
ton of silver in 1873 and the discovery
of America in 1902. Down with the
plutocrats.
Osawatomie Graphic: The Republic
an party is the party of bimetalism and
everything silver has ever obtained in
this country has come from the republic
can party. Harrison, Mckinley, Reed
and Allison have all declared themselves
for international bimctalism and one of
these statesmen is pretty sure to be NOM
mated for president in 1896.
Newton Republicans: The gold bug
cuckOOs pretend to believe, which they
do not, that if the country goes back to
the coinage laws in force prior to 1873,
there will be nothing but series Of dis
asters following such policy. Ii such
dire disaster is to follow now, why was
there not reminder Of it in tile cOndi-
ton of the country when it was formerly
under bimetalism. The best reply to
such cuckoo clatter is citation to the
history of the past. There is no better
criterion than that for the future.
Brown County World: TO get money
you must work, sell or borrow, and free
coinage at 16 to l, 20 to /, or to won't
give you another cent. More money in
circulation will not get you anything If
you loaf. Ninety eight per cent. of the
business is done with checks. Every
business man and every farmer is using
checks. The check answers two pur-
pOses-it pays of debt and when
cashed or deposited is returned and be-
comes receipt for money paid. If there
wasn't a cent of money in circulation
business could be transacted BY this ex-
change of paper.
made silver cheap, then the remOnetiZa-
ton of silver to its former place in the
money of the world would restore its
value. This would be aided by the fact
that the production of silver as compared
with gold is not as great as prior to 1873.
The reconciliation Of silver would no
doubt stimulate the production of that
metal, but not likely to such an extent
as to cOunteract the rise in price. Were
this country to adopt the free coinage of
silver it would influence Germany and
France to do likewise, the sentiment in
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