The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-06-16
A LARGE MANUFACTURERS.
He Is For Silver and Shows Up tho Real
Dishonesty In the Currency Issue,

- HNh1E MANbfRC OhEH.
He IL For Silver and Shows Up tho Real
Dishonesty In the Currency Issue.
One Of tho foremost citizens and cap
italists Of the Champion City is Hon.
John W. Bookwalter. He is vastly
wealthy and n leader in manufacturing
IN this great community of manufac-
turers, owning and operating great ma
chinery shops, employing thousands of
hands and possessing large investments
i'll real estate and other enterprises. He
may safely be placed in the category of
millionaire manufacturers. Yet it would
be hard to find man who is more ar
IDENTIFY devoted to the cause of silver than
this successful millionaire manufactur-
or Mr.. Bookwaltcr is well known
globe trotter, and has made an invcsi-
cation of the commercial and financial
conditions i'll almost every known coun-
try on the great, round earth. No man
is better versed III prGctical political
economy than he, and when he gives
expression to any set Of views they are
worthy of consideration.
II suppose Wall street will make an
other attempt to bulldoze the Democracy
of Ohio on the financial question" was
the terse and vigorous fashion in which
Mr.. John w. Bookwaltcr opened up on
the silver question.
81 was in New York last year whom
they sent out man stepped up to the
ears III wild and dangerous speculation
and whose every business act for years
has been far from proper TO teach the
doctrine of sound and honest currency
to the people Of this state. Just think
of it-a wild cat speculator teaching
sound money. When he succeeded in
having the miserable straddle Of 1892
adopted by the convention the Wall
street agents that sent him out clapped
their hands and said: That's good
Ohio, thank God is for honest money.
eyes, they have declared for it,
said l. but mark my words, the Dcmoc-
racy will be fairly wiped out of exist
cncc.
''I am for free silver, and am willing
to lend every effort on my part to fur
ther the cause. Iseek no political prefer
mcnt myself-wouldn touch position
of any kind-but stand ready and will
ing to help any man who is for silver
say to you that the country stands in
u most perilous condition, because Of
the danger of single gold standard.
The consequences are fearful even to
consider They talk of English gold
having been poured into this country to
farther free trade. If free trade was to
Englands interests the gold standard is
immeasurably much So and she could
afford to send far more to bring about
such result, if any is to be or was ever
sent. Take the writers and authorities
on economies of Europe and you will
learn that gold has appreciated from 20
to 40 per cent in the last 90 years. That
brings us to point that should be well |
inculcated into the mind of every voter.
"The charge is made that the friends |
of silver are dcsirous of repudiating their |
obligations-thcy want to pay 100 cents |
of debt with "a 75 cent dollar. This is
an insult to every mans manhood, and |
many are deceived. Now, do not ac-
cept any such statement. No honest man
desires to do any such thing. He wants
to pay i'll the same money for which the
debt was contracted. England has many
obligations incurred at the time in mixed
money-gold, silver, paper and even fiat |
money. If she can be repaid i'll gold
only, the dearest of all, will not her OBJ
legations be enhanced that much? No,
no, the dishonesty is all on the other
side, if morals arc to figure in this ques-
tion. The creditor class is endcavoring
to get 1876 cents or more for every 100
cents worth of obligations it holds, and
they will admit that this is true.
"Dishoncst themselves, they charge
theft against others. In this question it
is the cast against the west and south,
for the east is using the same policy
against its creditors that England is
using against the whole country The
conflict is rs ilroprcssible as was that
against slavery, and the outcome will
be the emancipation Of silver. -
Springfield (O) Cor Cincinnati En-
Quirer