Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-06-07

Aggregated wealth is a big bully, but
like the physical human bully. it is al
arrant coward. So long as its roaI
frIghtens the timid it will roar. 1t is t1
is the handspring of its action. To il
and it's representatives the public good
or patriotism is al unknown quantity
With it's vast possessions and unuer the
peculiar SYSTEMS it has dominated and
controlled the governments of Europe
and has sought and is seeking to get d
United States. Taking advantage of the
e~Xigencies of the occasion during the
war of the rebellion it loaned us money
at IN almost r%uinous discount, and at
the same time and subsequent to the
cessation Of hosfilities it appreciated
coin to such An extent that the nation
was at its mercy.
When the people tired of this and de-
manded d return to specie payment the
money power told US that it was impos-
ible-tbat an attempt to do so would be
the cause of national ruin. The people
with faith in themselves and the re-
sources of the country insisted, and in
obedience to the popular will resump-
ton became an accomplished fact with
out even causing d ripple on the tinan-
cial waters.
In the meantime capital cunningly
caused one-half Ii money to be demon
etized and Is now profting by the effects
of that procedure, and the people are
pie have been aroused. They are de-
manding the restoration of silver to it's
rightful place in the money Of the coun-
try. For ID time the money power
laughed, then it resorted to bluff and
sOphistries, all its immense power backed
by official patronage was brought INTO
play to prove that "A return to bimetal
lism could not be accomplished without
at least the concurrence of tie nations of
Europe, aud there was an ever recurring
appeal to cease the silver agitation and
avert what capital alleged would be ma
tional diehonor- TO these appeals the
masses are now making answer in tones
are saying, we are the country, your sys,
tenn has Impoverished US and enriched
you, and there must and shall be a
change; there must either be common
prosperity or common poverty; there must
be no temporizlng or subterfuges, we
decree that the United States can and
will establish and maintain it's own finan.
cial policy. This is the position assumed
by the people of the country and capital
has finally discovered that they are in
earnest. As an evidence Of this senti-
ment we need only quote the following
from the New York World: In response
to inquiries as to their status on the
silver question out of ZIG members of
the next congress who responded So gave
unequivocal answers in favor of free
coinage, "A favored b%imetallisnl with an
international agreement, and only II
favored a gold standard. OF course
this is only about one-third of congress.
but it is fair to believe they are the
average.
In the light of the temper Of the public
capital has ceased to bluff and is on the
retreat. 1t has been called and has
become alarmed. Beyond doubt its
greatest representative in the world is
the R~othschilds. Up to a very recent
period the spokesman for that house
were sure that the business of the world
required a single gold standard, but they
have changed their tune and now de-
clare in favor Of international bimetal-
lism. This change of base is significant
and is cheering news, for it is the fore
runner OF an admission that the United
States car force an international agree
ment and will do so.
In commenting upon this the New
York World says: THE truth is that
men who deal in world-wid loans are,
more than anybody else, anxious for the
world wide stability Of exchanges. And
some of them are beginning to think
that the recent business depression ex-
tending over the world was largely due
to the disturbance produced by making
gold payments a trade barrier between
| Europe on the one hand and Asia and