Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-01

ness, many which nave no douDt
been prompted by pure motives,
but the largest part have been writ
ten by men who desire to hoodwink
the people and divert their thoughts
that the true cause may not come
under their coDsiderstion-all have
been delusive. This fact would
not seem 30 vicious was it not for
the reason that the worst has not yet
been reached; that prices must con
tinue to 60 down; or that the pur'
chasing power of gold must become
greater under the present system,
is a law of cause and effect as i'm
mutable as the law Of grayitation.
believe it is the duty of every
newspaper in this county to do their
best to arouse the people and post
them on this all important question.
Show them the true inwardness of
these gold bugs who are so earnestly
busy in their efforts to console and
quiet the restless spirit of the people
with their halcyon songs of "bcttcr
times at hand" when vampire like
they desire only an opportunity for
blood. Tell the people the plain
truth, that there is nothing better
for them in the future than there has
been in the past without some legis-
lation looking to the immediate
restoration Of the Silver Standard.
Germany is clamoring for it and
France is now agitating the question.
Each of these nations was driven
to monometalism by the vicious acts
of our Legislators at Washington and
now firing of its disasterous results
are DESTROYS for the rehabilitation of
the Silver Unit. So the excuse of
many that we would stand alone on
the silver question were we to adopt
the bimetalic policy looses all it's
force.
| regret very much that our
county should adopt such wishy-
washy resolution on the silver ques-
ton. The resolutions submitted to
the convention on the question of
silver were well framed and should
have been adopted as read. | have
no pleasure in criticising the actions
of my friend Giddings but must say
that his amendment only created an
opportunity for the evils he desired
10 avert.
Should we rehabiitate silver with
. provision that the coinage should
be confined to the products of our
own mines we would create at once
an opportunity for speculation in
silver which would be taken very
quickly and instead Of warding off
evil we would become the dumping
ground for the silver Of the universe.
This proposition seems plain, that
when We create parity between
gold and silver in this country and
contine the coinage Of silver to the
output of our mines, We invite spec
ulation and fraud. Because outside
Of our border the commercial value
of silver remains the same as under
the present system, viz, about "a
cents on a dollar. But you say we
will prevent the importation of this
Lot Inc ask why we do not
prevent fraudulent importations of
other articles of merchant disc after
the efforts to do so for a century?
Why did we not prevent the sale of
under the local option
law? Was it not besause there was
money in the evasion of the law?
Would it not be very much better
for us to advocate and work for the
restoration of the Silver Unit with
the unlimited coinage of the same
and thereby make foreign silver
as valuable at home AZ it would be
here, less the cost of transportion.
This would leave no inducement to
bring it to our shores and we would
thereby reach the desired object.
/ would like very much to read
the opinions of others and particu.
larly that of c. II. Chase of the
st. Louis Republican Leader OH this
point. a.