Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-08

= cd the west. Their wealth and greatness hav
:. been mutually built up by the Harmonious &
! operation Of their brawr and brain and none
J Just as the blood of the east and the Yves
mingled on the common battlefelds Of the r.
public And now comes this young man, a. |
we had not suffered enough from sectiona
strife, and talks Of "enemy's country"
They seek to excite what they call 18th
poor" against what they call "ths rich''-i,
this land OF great opportunities for oil, where
now as ever, so many OF the poor Of yesterda,
are among the rich Of today and 90 many d
the rich Of today may be among the Door OF to-
morrow. Their candidate for the presidency
presented characteristic spectacle when some
time ago he was kindly shown over the farm
OF the governor of New York, who Is himself
an example Of the poor country boy risen by
able and honest effort to affuence and distinc-
uon' and when that candidate then straight
way In public speech drew invidious COM
parsons between the elegant houses on the
hudson and the poor cabins in the west
teaching not the true American lesson Of sue
cess won by honest industry, thrift and enter
prise, but the lesson that those who have sue
ceeded less should hate and fight those who
nave succeeded more-a lesson utterly un
American, unpatriotic and abomipablel
They tell the farmer-most cruel DECEPTION
-tnat he must and will be made independent
OF the world abroad, while year after year
from soU,OO,O0 to S00,0OO,0OO worth of our
agricultural products must seek the foreign
market TO ind purchasers and while nothing
VIII nurt tne farmer more than serious inn.
palrment OF the great home market by a bust.
ness crisis '.'''
False Friends Of Labor,
They proclaim themselves the special cham.
pions OF the toiling masses, while their policy
would rob the laboring man Of half Of his saw.
inss and grievously curtail the value Of his
wages Am | asked, IL the silver standard
Will relatively reduce wages, why 90 MANY
employers OF labor are opposed to III The
reason Is obvious, because, aside from all con.
Siueratlons OF sentiment, the prudent employ.
ers OF labor know that they would lose vastly
more through the disastrous disturbance az
business sure to be caused by free coinage
victory than they could possibly gain by The
cheapening Of labor. And would not the toilino
masses suffer most from that disturbance ~
pusinesss He is a traitor to the laborinO man
who tells him that he can profit by the ruin
Of his employer.
/, ihe agitators denounce the gold standard "a
Ine device Of rhonarchs and aristoorats
Rhile the history Of the world teaches that
rom time iinmemorial 1t was fayorite trjck
u INSCRIPTIONS despots to fleece their sub;ects
y debasing the coin Of the realm. and That
nose VINO out Of the monetary confusion
vowed liked standards Of values and money
nav would not cheat have always been rank
among the most meritorious benefactors OF
'a "a, and especially Of the poor and weak.
lhey seek to infame the vanity Of the Amer
IAN people by telling them that we are preat
nu s1rohg enough to maintain any monetary
's'em we like and to keep up the value Of
ar money without regard to all the world
oroad-while our own history teaches US that
century ago the American people were
rohg enough to shake off the yoke OF Great
rltaih nut not strong enough to save their
nsinental money from declining in value to
''hihg' That in recent times the American
ople We're strong enough to subdue ppan.
rebellion, but not strong enough to keen
indefinite issue of greenbacks at mar and
az ,nis republic may be able to conquer the
'ria put IL Will not be able to make twice
o nve or to make itself richer by watering
currency.
lney speak Of the silver dollar as the money
.ne constitution, while they must know
~ there Is not one single word in the con.
'usloh which, honestly interpreted could
tlfy such claim.
hey invoke for their cause the names NJ
lerson ana jackson, while every reader OF
tory knows that Jefferson and Jackson
u'u nave stood aghast at their wild scbema
'iea.ing oy law false value and would
- kicked out OF their presence as public
sance any one seriously advocating ii.
uch things the free coinage apitetors toll
american people, assuming them TO he
=, hout intelligence. Far worse are the an
y, Il; y. uney address to them, assuming them to
Without moral sense. w
Immoral Pleas.
1ey have been teaching the people that
'use the prices OF wheat and other tbings
fallen about one-haf since the 80 called
onetlzation year, 1891 have shown whv
o prices have fallen-it Is not eoutabla
debtors should be held TO pay more than
the amount Of their debts in gold. that
should be released in correspondence
the decline of prices, and that il would
efore be right to reduce by free si,va,
ne.ho,s ""' VI 'i'e ueo' paying money
h HI ne, ~.
tra". wv sl princlple 10 simple test. When
r .aaoo uepe, owe what 1t is mutually
, is.oou .nal am to pay. Our whole bust
-, mie anu social fabric, all human inter.
~ st" ios.s upon the binding force Of such
is'ahdlhgs. Unless it be expressly under.
l. has the debtor the slightest RIGHT n,
n 10 demand that the creditor shall he
led wi>Sl less amount in nav 'a"a, 1 ~
or cotton or something else 1 bad I, masn ~
declined in priceS If So would not the
TOR also have the right to demand that
oo'or should pay more in proportion il
OF COTTON or something else meanwhile
, l, IN prcef If neither of them had
nj OF proposing or of accepting so adyen.
!, contract how can such claims be JUS
II based upon mere secret mental res.
on or an arbitrary afterthought2 Is ii
onstrous that an assumption should
en as a warrant for the reduction At
weep OF all debts by debasement of the
'rd OF valueS
YET he who has watched the free coin.
ltatlon knows that just this appeal 10
8 Is one of its main allurements I;sto,,