The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-08-16
MONEY OF THE MANY.
ooLb-sTANDARp SUPPORTERS
ARE FEW.
how Laws Have Deprecated Silver
Hhe Enemies OF That Metal and Thor
way Of Controlling Coinage Through
Government officials.


Government officials.
wv. II. Linn in Chicago Record.)
ohaii we abandon silver and adopt
single gold standard for the benefit Of
.he lew who do business with and are
~ a,rect correspondence with England,
VI shall we have gold and silver at
rates liked by congress, constituting
the legal standard of value in this coun-
,rs' and in, which the interests Of the
whole people are considered!
can readily understand why any
creditor nation wants to and can main
taii' single gold standard. But the
United States is not creditor nation,
ana except in finance does not care
whe,her Its policies are pleasing TO
i,hsiand or not. Indeed they are often
SHIPPED purposely to be in opposition
10 england. 1t is little strange that
.ne greater number of tbs,sse who now
favor a monetary system that will con-
tar ~, 70 mat eI>sngland are men who
an thirty years have been
p9RtC destroy all commercial rela-
H.ns With England except when we
@srr the sellers and the English were
the buyers. We always have had. and
always will have. n disturbing element
in this country to interfere with it,
prosperity. 1t is the result of insatia
Bile greed.
The so-called Industrial states,
through their representatives. have
fastened their fangs In the agricultural
states and have been sucking their life
blood. They have not only shaped the
revenue policy of the government In
their interests Int the financial policy
ms well. md ma n result ,bcy have ros-
sessea themselves of nearly nil the
money wealth of the country. II our
revenue and financial laws are inst and
equitable, how is II that nearly all the
money earned has found its way into
the hands of tho non-producerg? There
has been n great wrong here. and now
the question arises; Shall we submit
10 this diciation any lonrery Shall we
assist In perpetuatinp their mower or
\ Snail think and Dpt for nltrEpIVp2Y
wall street the bankers brokers
money -lcpdors aud srccu,,tors vbo
b,,,o ,,,,ooa ,,,a,,,aoi,.os Ia II,n ,o. ,
si,c,e COLA s,onaora hos found In our
Iato ,resiaort, ni,tir, odyocnics a, Ne
scba,,os mi, naa 40 1o,,h, r,dor-
s,ooa r,h,, M. tnaIi,aHs ,,o,h,ds an
r,r n,., s,r,o,,o,, dor,,, In Is7q i, vos
understood Whom wal, elreot soupdod
mo o,,rr, -, rario yhuo NJ cIoye-
Iord u,s n,Irr ,,a natronogo ~ tho
roror,r,o,t al h,,,,'In, congrossnor
I,,o ,ho .,,rnor, -, a. rorooI -, tho
sborm,n .c, Tho Sartors wore calling
In io.,s mi ,,o,tIrg "a, ncti,,o,s IN
c1,rross 4, mo ttro ~ ,ho,r in,orost
III ~, aa,ta 90, hoyord con,r,i and
81, -. ,I,.,s,,i 80 st. ,,lO, tho
-, IN ~, ~, 80. iao,s,o,io, ,ho,
was IN ht once restore coincidence, Dur-
i,r ,to dr., rIno ,no,,hg n, iso2 proJ-
g,r,e, .Iyos tho liabilities from failures
n, s97t 7I5 .QG ogaIns, 600 IGi ila dur.
inc tbe same norIod in 1909 wall street
snread It's nets so Wide that many bank
,.rs got tangled In tho meshes SO that
they had 400 failures. with liabilities
of ,s,s5 .e5s 1928. against seventeen fail
urep. with liabilities of sG.bOI. 500. for
the same period In 1892. Did Mr.. Cleve-
laud and his ndherents on this question
believe that they could close mp the
minns In dozen states and territories
that were producing precious metals,
glving employment to thousands of men
and giving a market for all kinds OF
merchandise and farm products. with
out paralyzlng every other Industry In
the land? Were they fools or selfish
knayes? There is still dearth OF buHi-
ness. The people are still waiting!
They are waiting for somethlngl They
are waiting for tho prosperity promised
by tho president and his ndherents that
} was to follow the unconditional repeal
OF the sherman act
am anxious to zee this country re.
stored to lis normal condition. Hence
an, in favor of the restoration OF sill
YER. will be satisfied with the free
, coinage plank Of the democratic plat
form of 1892 with an honest man upon
, It who will construe and execute II ms
was Intended. II this plank means
nothing, then Mr.. Cleveland helped ID
: perpetrato fraud upon the people. II
Il mtans what ia on It's face he was
untrue to himself and false to his party
Had his present policy been outlined
before the election he would not now
: be presldent The "robber tariff" was
: the major Issue OF the campaign, but