The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-11
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current fr every product OF our land,
pGoplo knowing them TO DO protected
aud secured by tho honest products Of
labor. aud think Of the great benefit our
government would derive from the
idle labor thus employed, in the COIL
struCtiou Of pubIichiphw ways from ocean
to ocean, from tho lakes TO the gulf, the
irrigation OF acrcd desert land in tho
west and turning them into !crtilo
fields. Tho harbors to DO built, tho
public buildings to be erected,
the water ways to BIO mndo navigable,
tho construction OF grand canals con.
Meeting and utilizing tho large bodies oil
water that nrc dispersed through our
lands. and above all tho introduction oil
the electric telegraph into our postal
81 stem. This can all DO done and not
M ounce OF silver or gold necessary.
Each days labor security for the bond
or certificate issued, TO DO used MS our
medium OF exchange. Such security ia
tho basis OF all individual wealth and
business undertaking, for real estate
and in fact all profit producing human
labor Is tho only sure and safe security
in our promises to pay. This plan
adopted would not OF necessity deDre.
ciate tho truo aud proper value oil gold
and silver"
TIE ONLY OBJECTION.
"But how about u International
Standing"
That is tho only reasonable objec.
ton to my labor plan. And yet il is
easily answered, and could as easily be
| overcome il We would only have cont.
dence in ourselves. Is not tho larger
| share OF our railroad bonds, trusts
stocks. corporation securities. mort
Cnre loans, and millions and millions OF
acres OF our best agricultural lands, and
| blocks and blocks OF the best and most
elegantly improved CITY property held
bv foreign Citizens2 These securities or
promises to pay arc not gold or silver;
their value and profit producing ica-
lures depend absolutely upon labor.
Why would they not as willingly accept
OF bond and securities OF our govern
ment, secured by the same product?
Gold and silver we know has no worth
or value absolutely in itself, only as the
money Ioauer has made it sustained by
corrupt legislation, its destructive
power upon our country. retardiug its
| development, bestowing all powersupon
liz possessors, controlling labor at will,
absolutely owning it's product, using 1t
Mt willard lettering it in the slavery OF
idlcuess, when fearing au over produc-
ton.
.'ul fares TINT land 10 Fastening Ills prey.
Where wealth accuInulatcs and men decay
THE encouragement OF reciprocity is
an important consideration.
With tho product OF our country eN-
ceediur in variety and quantity any
other. would it not il properly con-
duc,ed make the balance OF trade with
nil foreign countries always in our
favor? This particularly in the neces.
sites, letting the luXurics take care oil
themselves" -,
well how about western politicsP'
"a Republican presidential victory is
assured, and reasonably should DO so,
after what our Democratic Congress
and Prcsidcn. has done-or rather did
not do"
"Who is the Republican choice in
the west?" =.
"Well, as Il local our western favorite is
Allison, OF Iowa, but Harrison is surely
the man, with q possibility OF our own
statesman, Elkins. And let me tell you
Elklns is strong in the west; in fact
thcv claim him, for he's from Missouri
Ms Il boy and New Mexico as 4 man.
But a Republican sure, no matter who
1t u.s."
chow about crop prospects and cat
tlo?'
Now You arc talking business. With