The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-04-06

The following is portion Of let
ter from the Hon. Thomas G. Merrill
of the Executive Committee of the
National Bimetallic League (of which
committee Senator Jones CT Nevada is
chairman)
'Itis, in brief, a proposition that
the West shall take hold vigorously of
the fetching publication. "Coin's Fl
nancial School" and push its circula-
ton all over the country, and especial
ly in the West and South, and that
thorough silver organization be per
fected"
elbow can the present alarming
condition of affairs be changed, and
the utter financial ruin of the COM
mercial and industrial classes of our
people be prevented? There are but
two ways apparent. One by securing
an Administration and Congress pledg-
ed to change in our present financial
policy by the votes of the people, and
II the power of the money shall be suf-
tclently omnipotent to prevent this,
the other revolution, which, however
much to be deprecated and deplored,
will certainly come before many more
millions of the American people WHO
are reduced to hunger and want Can
we secure this change by the vote of
the people against the combined
moneyed interest of England and ibis
country? We can only in me way.
and that IS by educating the people Of
the entire country ON the financial
question. The people were never be-
fore so earnest end and anxious to
secure information on this subject rs
they are to-day. This question is not
so intricate and complicated q one as
the gold press of the country try to
make the people believe, bnt s so
simple than any one can understand
it, when the facts ar9 presented and
appreciated, The ail-nnportant q .,es-
ton of those who dosil tao retura of
prosperity to the people and who
thoroughly appreciate the vital necas-
sity of this education Of the voters, is
how can it best be accomplished. 1t
has been suggested by many who are
intensely intere ted IN this work that
the best means to educate tho people
is to employ public speakers, thorough
ly understanding the question, to de-
liver lectures or speeches on tho taan-
cial question, if possible, in each conn
ty, town and school district in the
country. This, if it could be carried
out, would certainly go q long way
toward educating the people, but this
plan is subject to some vital defects
Money can employ the best talent, and
the money power can well afford to
employ ten of the best orators and
smoothest sophists of the country to
one speaker sent out by the friends of
bimetalllsm, and wherever a meeting
was called and held for the purpose of
financial education, their orators
would be on hand and demand por-
ton of the time, and, with their So
phistries and false statements, endeay-
or, and in many cases succeed, i'll
confusing the minds of those who at
tended to get information upon this
question. Also, it is very difficult for
many to follow the thread of an angu-
ment in a speech from first to last, and
even at the time if the arguments are
thoroughly understood, they will soon
pass from the memory of many hear
ers, SO that in a few days they will not
be prepared to combat orefute the false
assertions and arguments of the gold
men. Then the money of the goldites
may be able t. reach even the bimet-
allie speakers. And again there is
the enormous expense Of getting and
keeping in the field speakers thorough
ly conversant with this question as
would be required to accomplish this
result.