Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
1t Will Not Down.

: The most recent attack on the money
and property Of the people Is the boy
colt of the New York banks against
silver. If this is not constructive trea-
son, what as it? 1t used to be that an
attempt to discredit the coin of the
realm was treated as capital offense.
and heads have fallen for just such
thing. The silver dollars are by law
legal tender for 100 cents, and TO do as
the banks of New York are doing is TO
discredit the coin of the United States.
No wonder John Sherman says that
business has no Substantial revival
and no promise of return of general
prosperity under present circum-
stances" No man knows better than
MIR. Sherman that restoration of any
thing like general prosperity as matters
are now is one of the things against
natural causes.
But this boycott is not all-for in
money affairs, rs in all else, whom the
gods wish TO destroy they first make
mad. All over the country and in every
gOldbug newspaper the revival of bust
ness is heralded, and the press dis
patches die edited to spread the word.
In some directions. as Mr.. Sherman
says, business conditions have i'm
proved over what they have been'-for
the very good reason that in some di-
rectiOnS TO do business at all was to
improve. But there is one fact that
runs along witt this improvement that
the gold press does not mention at all.
That is that these ''revivals" in bust
ness follow the rise in the price of sill
ver-as surely as high and low barom-
eter tells the state of the atmosphere.
Silver has been steadily going up. and
is now in round numbers selling at 40
cents-or exact quotations were on
Thursday 90 Is and 90 cents. Holders of
silver bullion are expecting Il to go 10
T5 and SO cents. The rise of silver GER
tificates was very seriously discussed
in Wall street on Thursday, and hopes
were expressed that 40 cent silver
would start up low grade ore mines
and keep the price from going higher
1t appears that the confidence game
of the gold conspiratOrs is not disposed
" itl INT real ttlSc VI tne llHDION
business" become known if they can
help ii, as the result of the discussion.
We are told, was this: THE committee
on sound financial legisla ton of the
chamber OF commerce met in secret to-
day. 1t was announced after the meet
Ing that the members were entirely in
accord on the decision 10 keep up The
light against the silver movement
throughout the West and Southwest"
So Ii is a tight" these heightened peO-
ple are engaged in against silver. 1t
Is not the divine nature of gold that
makes il the only fit money metal. but
1t is a fight" against the one metal
that prevents its monopoly of values
and the logical ownership of the worlds
productive energies
Business is improving simply because
silver is rising-from Oh cents to 40
cents is a big rise in the face of 4
fight by the money power OF tie
world Ard why the Iise? Simply De
cause the business oi the silver ustps
nations fcur-fifths Of tie human race
has began to rally from the stagna-
ton Drought upon :. ~ the fight 10
destroy silver in the United STATE.
They need the silver, ard 10 supply this
want advances the pre- of silver IN tie
market. The conditions of trade ar.
becoming normal again in those coun-
tries and the consequent call for silver
has even improved business in our own
country This is the truth. Mr. Gold
bug, as plain as the nose on your face.
-KansaS CITY Journal.