The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-23
SEATTLE. SUNDAY. JUNE "a.
RHoDosfONTADE REBUKED.


This country rs capable of governing
itseY without foreign dictation. and we
hope the time is not far distant land may
God speed the coming) when any man who
Is willing 10 place our dearest interests In
the hands OF. or TO make them subservient
20. the viii of any foreign government,
shall be considered disloya, and he treated
as an enemy 10 his country and 10 his race.
This is a government OF the people. for the
people and by the people. And by the
Eternal the people of this country will
govern IL notwithstanding the attempt of
the golditcs In this country and on the
other side OF she Atlantic 20 make Il but
province to the monarchies of Europe"
This reads very well. 1t is taken rom the
Spokane Chronicle. formerly a Democratic
paper, but now given up 20 the promulga-
ton OF Populfstic ideas. But az applied to
tho money question " IS absolutely with
out an atom OF logic or a grain Of truth.
1t could be said OF the tariff. or the price
az wheat. or the fares on ocean steamers.
and mean as little.
The reason b!-motallists advocate inter
national agreement il that thy desire 90
avoid for the American people the mis-
chief which silver recommendation would
undoubtedly bring. Roaring .at England
would not make that country take our sill
yer dollars II they were of less value than
gold dollars; and shouting defiance at all
Europe would not prevent the calamity
which must bssfall this country IL It's cur
rency were deprecated.
Patriotism means a regard FOR the inter-
ests OF this country. not bombastic and
meaningless rhetoric hurled at other ma
tions. The coinage question is one of cold
commercial calculation. not of fervid SEN
timcnt.
Bi-metanists are anxious 20 force other
nations 20 n maintenance OF the parity Of
the metals because tho experience of the
last hundred years shows that any eoun-
try which attempts 20 do IL alone will cat
the worst Of it. Doss anybody in France
now richer than ever declalm thar tho de-
monetiEatAon. as IL is called. OF silver in
1872 was a crime? or the other parties TO
The Latin union? or Germany OF conrse
not, and for the reason that the peonle ~
those countries realized then and do sim
that they could not continue 10 uphold sill
Yer without the concurrent action OF fho
other great nations. In view OF its declin-
tng price.
The need OF a moro liberal supply OF
money is felt in all the great nations: not
among tho capitalists. FOR shore was never
time when 50 much gold was boarded at
the great money centcrs. nor when AZ
those places. money was 80 cheaplv rated
Tor 81 long a period. The Bank OF Eng
land rate has for some ttrne been less than
: per cent. and win probably be u before
long. But the need OF more money il being
felt among tire masses just as A IS here
Between the two extremes. on the safe
medium between mono-me,allism Of either
kind. tie Republican party has taken is
stand. Cheap money is not a blessing
rake. for instance. the rate Of interest in
tho Bank OF England. tho Thermometer OF
the worlds condition Taking its figures
Cor tho past hundred years x viii ha seen
Tha; whenever the rate Of interest IS ex-
cessively high or excessively low there Is
stagnaion tn business. 4 very high rate
aimonishos as that fever1sh panic IL al
hand very low rate Is a sure indication
THAI confidence IS wanting and business IS
al n s,anfsasli. \ moderate rate 81 inter.
e., IS never-fairing proof of prosperity.
The same rsa'e applies everywhere. but the
figures and Facts are not - readily avail
abba for conra rsson.
Fngland's refusal - legal tender rsws-
90 silver makes gold mlono-suetalllxYn. with
the evils which follow monopoly. Nexse,'s
free coinage o. silver makes SILVER mono
n1etalliszf. with tho attendant disasvnu-
ssgos OF low price, Tor labor. wealth % The
foreign trader and so-oent silver dollar.
Bi-meta'lism Is the condition IN The
Unttea States. where every dollar. eold.
silver ana paper. - 81 the same value A
s'ye-acllar god piece will buy 10 more ta
shts country than a fve~deilar hlli or Eve
silver dollsrs We And 70 fault vita oar
money here. - 8 only when Ne deal Win
foreign nations We realize that only gcld
wsn be accepted. 10 man need no afrabd
IN America OF not getting al Shs silver ne