The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-18

| cent or d pIt OF paper, n dollar, You VIII
have more dollars, but not more wealth-in-
deed, great deal less chance for wealth, for
| you will have far, less credit, because far less
honesty. We shall then have learned again
| that the wit of man cannot-aithough insanity
tries very hard-invent an economic system
| under which everything you have 20 sell will
| be dear and everything you have 60 buy will
be cheap. And having got hold OF these very,
very simple truths, the American people will
then in sackcloth and ashes repent of this in
sane free coinage debauch. They will then
| recognize how wise the great civilized nations
| Were in adopting the only money in our days
| capable of being the money OF the worlds
| commerce IA their own money. We shall then
| be sufficiently cured of prejudice To observe
that under that monetary system those ma
tions have ON the whole prospered, notwith-
| standing serious evils and drawbacks under
which we do not labor, and that the rate OF in
terest Is lowest where the gold standard has
existed longest. We shall then understand that
IL Is "a good thing to have the necessaries OF
life In plenty and cheap; TO have wages rising
and payable in money that does not deceive;
TO have capital inspired with confidence in the
value OF money, and therefore eager to go out
In Investment or enterprise We shall then
readily acknowledge how foolish We were
from the very beginning OF our silver expert
ments in throwing away our gold for silver.
by which we list confidence, credit and pros
perity. Chastened by adversely, we shall then
no longer be tempted to repeat such nonsense
but with laborious and painful effort we shall
work our way back TO that money standard
which will insure stability and confidence at
home and enable us 20 trade with the nations
of the world ON equal terms.
lt Is not my habit TO boast OF a warm heart |
for the poor and suffering But my sympathy |
Is no less sincere because | do not carry my |
love and soli-itude for the common people /
constantly at my tongues end II there be /
those who are satisfied with everything that |
exists, / am not one of them There are few, If /
any, who abhor that which may properly be /
called plutocracy or detest the arrogance OF
wealth more heartily than do. know, also,
that the industrial developments of our time
have brought hardship 10 some classes of PEG.
pie which only the more sagacious, active and
energetic among them have been able 10
counterbalance probably with its benefits. |
There are laws and practices which, had the |
Dower, would promptly change, in the inter |
est of common justice and equity. But be
cause am so minded must oppose TO the
utmost policy which, am convinced, will |
aggravate existing evils. also
know full well that large majority Of those
who support free coinage are honest and well |
meaning citizens, wishing 10 do right. But |
because j know this my blood stirs with in. |
dignation when see the inscriptions efforts
made TO goad them ON To their destruction. |
| have witnessed in my long life ten presi |
Dental campaigns, but never one in which the |
appeals TO prejudice, passion and cupidity
were so reckless and the speculation upon as.
suined popular ignorance rascality 50 an. |
daclous and wicked. Some of the silver ora |
tors actually speak II they believed the |
American people To be- born fools or knavss |
Or both.