West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-05-14

much better of is he IN the great
markets of the land, o SILLY sound
money sophist? Your arguments
are tissues of sophistry and false.
hood. The SQUAD money fend
knows that n "sound" dollar in
these times of depression and fallen
prices will buv twice as much as a
dollar used 10 buy. lie is into the
death against the resolution and the
justice that would follow the return
To our former currency of bimetal.
lism. He knows that if the laborer
be paid two dollars per day instead
of one dollar that the laborer can
pay two dollars of debt. lie
knows that u will take two Of his
dollars to buy one days labor.
Why should he not gnash his teeth
and weep and wall over his precious
"sound money ?"
Again, the sound money fool or
hypocrite is thrown into hysterical
fit at the thought of free coinage of
silver, because 1T will drive the gold
to Europe. That would be the
tortois driving the hare. Tho gold
is already going, gone to Europe,
and bonds are issuing, issued to
hold gold reserve at home.
The protection needed most Of
all is plenty of money; that is, the
restoration of the silver half which
was legislated out Of circulation by
''sonnd money" friends OF the En-.
glish gold standard. Money is the
issue Money that will make the
days labor and its products all
sound. RECOMMENDATION OF silver is
tie protection needed by the masses
of the people. A protective tariff
for maintaining high wages is
dead issue while there is not enough
Sound money" outside OF bank
vaults to pay. Lazarus cannot pay
big wages when the money IS not to
be had. 1t is high time to give us
protection that protects; so, at
least, thought our Western Seua.
tors, when they attached the free
silver amendment to the protective
tariff deficiency bill.
Let me quote, in closing, from
DR.. John Clark Ridpath, the emf
nent historian. In the February
number Of the 1reRa in his article
on the "Bond and the Dollar" hc
says "Our money existed in both
kinds, and the system was bimetaI.
lie to this extent, that the debtor
might pay in either; but tho Unit
existed in silver only. TO abolish
that unit, to strike IL down, to can
eel it, aud to substitute another
therefor WAS crime It has
been rightly so branded by the
American people, and it will be 80
written IN history. 1t makes no
difference whether in the day or in
the night; whether by committee
or by the House in full debate;
whether Congress understood it or
did not understand it. 1t was a
crime all the same against tho
rights and interests of the Amer
ican people; aye against the Amer
lean people themselves, and against
all the people Of the world for it
was done against justice. against
truth, against the law Of both man
aud God"
Sound money" so mlscalled,
by the financial pirates, is tho ere.
alton Of roguerY and the instru-
ment Of robbery 20 silently steal
away wealth from those whose labor
creates it. II belongs to the regime
Of the Rothschilds, and is we'll
planned to perpetuate the greatest
despotism on earth. II makes the
poor very poor. and the rich very
rich. a new declaration Of inde.
pendence-Gnancial Independence
must bo proclaimed and main.
tained or else the American people
will sink into industrial euslave-
ment equally as degraded aud pitt.
able as the pauperism and serfdom
Of Europe ana Asia.
A. w. FREDBRICK.
Cascadol Cal, April %, 1896.
"There is reason to believe chat
a positive position taken by our
government az 10 the coinage OF