Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-05-24

silver miners, the world is begin
ming to SEQ that 1t is not. Ii
fostering this idea lies the hope O
the future, | regret every move
ment made "a the part Of the en-
thdsiasts of Colorado to force th
Issue from their rostrum. Let tn,
rostrums be set in the cast, anl
let us add our support to tn,
efforts there making to settle the
/ question Of bl-metalhsm in th,
next presidential campaign. AS
stated at the outset, ii is not neces
sary for us to put in cur oar very
often in these waters, / have not
done so, but to-day forbesrance
ceases to be virtue, after reading
in the Globe.Democrat an editorial
from which the following is an
extract:
"One of the most mischiev1us of
current fallacies 10 the contention
that Il large increase of currency,
either In the form of free silver or
some other kind of initiation, is
necessary TO the proper transaction
of the business OF the country.
We are constantly being told by
certain order of agitators that
a sea rcity OF money is the princi-
pal cause Of hard times, and that
general prosperity would at once
succeed doubling of the amount
Of circulation"
should perhaps rather Offer an
apology than reason for making
ANY reply to this wretchedly
threadbare stuff, which has been
appearing in bankers magazines
for the last hundred years. But
as briefly as possible we submit:
1t is not claimed that a larger
Per capita tax circulation is need.
ed to day than We have if silver
is maintained on parity with
gold.
To say that we have a per cap
ita circulation Of perhaps $25 in
the same breath that it is said
TINT silver is no longer good mon
ey, is the contradiction which the
goldbug is persistently and per-
versely enuneiating.
The editor of the Globe Demo
crat is not being told by GER
tain order OF agitators that scar
city Of money is the cause of hard
times" lie knows better than
this. He tells an nntruth. This
sort Of agitation has not lately
been heard of, The old tenets OF
greenbackism, which were only
partially understood by the people,
may have elected some wide
teaching of this kind of doctrine,
hut he knows if ha is not toe
stubborn to recognize the fact, that
it is not more money the sensible
people of the United States want
in the way of doubling the per
capita circulation; that is not
their primary need, but what they
want Is that the ultimate standard
in which ell debts should be paid
it required, should be of metal
or metals which it is not possible
for dozen men to withdraw from
the hands OF the people, ss they
have done in exactly the same
manner ss q corner IS run on
wheat or provisions. And l don't
mind telling you the people of the
United States are going to legislate
the gold plntocrat out OF existence.
There are many things about the
money problem that ought 10 be
taught the people; but il you can
show them:
Firsi, that gold is stas1ily grow
ing desrer; and
Second, that because that II
grows dearer il is boarded,
Third, that only the rich can
hoard
Fourth, that the poor are the
debtors Of the rich.
Fifth, the rich purpose to make
the poor pay in gold they cannot
get, because they have themselves
boarded IT,
| say il you teach the world
these five simple propo sitions