Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-09-08
tits self-evident that the Am

erican people desire to be as. in.
dependent of the manipulators of
the bourses of New York and
Chicago as they must be absolute
~ free OF the conditions that gov.
crn speculation in Berlin and
London. So-called silver fanatic
ism, of which we hear so much,
is really. but q protest against
shady bourse manipulations that
threaten the small man year in
and year out.
The American silver party, if
it means to dots fully duty, must
not be content to break the gold
monopoly, but must also put an
end to the fluctuations of the
value Of silver. This should be
accomplished as follows: In
mediately after Bryan resumes
his office the government of the
United States should ask the
powers Of Europe whether they
desire a mutual understanding
with reference to free coinage.
The poWners will not be long in
formulating requests and sub
hitting propositions, by whose
adoption all contracting parties
will gain. Thus it may come
about that international bimetal-
ism and the best possible solu-
ton of the financial and econom-
ical problems Of the day will be
the ultimate results of Bryan S
and the peoples victory.
But how should it be should
Mckinley be elected? Nothing
could act more disastrously on
the American standard. Only
Bryan CAN save the American
standard by an international
understanding.
The honest money purity over.
looks the fact that the present
American standard is endanger,
ed more by causes emanatine
from itself than by Bryan. It is
true that the banks are just now
heaping up the coin of the treas
ury, and, contrary to their usua
ways without compensation.
This may proceed for some
time, but should Mckinley be
we'll installed, they will remem
Der the nice little profits Of the
Cleveland bond issues and "ge1
even.'
Does anyone believe that Wal
street gives up it's gold sc
unseltishly? The aim is to keel
up the single standard, for should
November pronounce it's doom
silver would, as money, be de
cidedly 'sounder' than paper
with q gold premium.
How will Mckinley seek te
com bat the chronic standard
crisis? With a protective tariff
In case protective tariff shall
be enforced, the income of the
government will be lessened
since the i'm ports will be reduced
Look, then, also, as under Cleve
land, for another syndicate which
will be asked to play the guardian
angel role over the standard, and
the American people will con
tribute more millions for the re.
demption Of currency, thus play
ing into the hands of the money
lenders and lowering the prices
of all product
Bryan has a money program,
but how is Mckinley? With
the simple promise to maintain
this gold value Of the standard
nothing can be effected. BY
what means can this be done?
Mckinley and his party must
confess that tho only means &C.
ceptable to the American people
would be international bin ettll-
ism.
The sound money party, there
fore, cannot Save the gold stand
ard. II Mckinley be victorious,
it is doomed. Unless prohibitiYe
tariff bugaboo will bring Europe
to terms with US, the alternative
is Mckinley tariff or Bryan free
silver, in America it is Mckinley
coercion or Bryan silver. I'm
edith Scyllam qui vult evitare
Charybdin.
This is silver revenge!
Its really edifying to see how
our European capitalist1c free