The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-10-22
DIR. MOTT ON THE
MONEY QUESTION
Depicts The Horrors That Would
Befall This Country Under
The Gold STANDARD.
TWO OBJECT LESSON
Terrible Picture of lis Workings In
Ergiand-And Predicts = Repetition In
The United states-Republicans Were
oeratic Party Have Split and Can Elect
Nnfhfur.


The effect Of the single gold stand
ard Is against a government of the
people, for the reason that the amount
Of money for circulation is not sufii-
cient to maintain the general intelli-
gence-tbe sense of information nee
essary for government like ours,
3 very large proportion Of the people
must be educated, or we'll Informed.
To keep this up-to maintain intelii-
gence and an independent manhood
among the people from generation to
generation, sufficient for their self
government, the people themselves
must be land Owners-the land must
be divided among them, and at all
times in reach of any who strive to
possess it,.
Such is the case now in this country.
The people own the land, and have
owned it ever since the formation of the
hundred years ago. Not
a special or preferred class own il, but
all classes. The great majority of the
lowliest cottages, the cOmmOnest huts
that dot the earth in all this broad
stand on the land owned by
the families who sleep inside of them.
So long as this continues the republic
will stand.
The single gold standard, which has
been in vogue under Cleveland's ad-
ministration since the repeal of the
Sherman lava Democratic policy so
popular with the leaders of the Repub-
lican party that they forced it into the
Republican platform at st. Louis IS
against thjs continuation of land orner-
ship by the people.
Ia the year 1916 number Of bank
ers, merchants and spectators in Eng
land had come into the possession of
large sums of money-Englard hav-
ing taken the start of the balance of
the nations in manufacturing and
shipping. All those engaged in such
enterprises grew greatly rich. They
made London the money centre of the
world and went on the gold standard
In 80 years three-fifths of the land.
owners of the country lost their lands
which were added to the domain OF
the nobility. The descendants OF
those who lost their lands are now the
tenants of the goltbugs, who own
farms as big as counties. The owners
sit in their castles on the hills and
take money rent per acre on such OF
the lands as they allow to be cultivated
Large sections of these estates are
left in forests filled with herds of wild
deer and other game for the use and
pleasure of the owners. Other sections
are left in fine parks, with miles O1
small roads and drives for these gent.
ry to revel' over. They have no neces.
sity to move foot or hand except fol
comfort and pleasure. The veriest
hog born among them, ever so desti
tute of heart or conscience, if he bs
the Oldest son on one of these estates
becomes the owner. Such is the law
The land can never be touched fOl
debt or anything else. 1t goes entail
ed from father to son, or nearest o
kin, one of family, down the tide o
time.
The conditions of the tenantry re
main as Interchangeable as the titles t,
the lands. The ratio of money to la
Dor is SO stringently adjusted that n
headway can be made in laying u
money. In fact any change is not ex
pected by the tenants, and indeed nev
er thought of except by few. Nov
and then, through the fortunes of af
fnity, an intellect is produced amon
them which sees outside of its sur
roundings, but the possessor has
turn his back on the land of his brit
| and the graves of his ancestors to graf
ify his ambition to own home.
The good standard, under the oper
alton now at work in our own cOun
try, will rapidly deprive majority Q
the people of their homes. If a farr
and the stock on it is all a man owns
and whatever he produces on the farI
is sold below the cost of production
as is the case now, the time will com
when he must part with his home.
| he and his family remain in goo
health and there are no accidents cal
ing for an extra outlay of cash, th
time may be prolonged. But wit
any such accident, the time will b
short.
Prices have been falling steadily fo
eight years. Since the repeal Of th
Sherman law, which was the only les
islation left friendly to silver, price
have sunken rapidly.
i The fight is on for change of tn
gold standard policy. The way
change it is to restore the free cOinae
of silver. A few months. ago the a,
vocates of the gold standard were a
most quite confined in this State
the Democrats. The free silver Leaf
, ers of the Republican party were a
for silver, and swore they would vo
for no gold standard man. The
were rot in Iredell county one doze
gold standard Republicans. WI
were these silver Republicans for fr
silver? Surely because they knew tt
! people were in trouble for the want
: money, and they knew that the fr
coinage of silver would increase Il
, amounted money. These Republican
! knew that if there should be an il
I crease Of money, that prices of pr
S duce and all property would rise.
: They said the Republican party "
the friend of the people and wou
q give us free silver. They said McKi
= ley was a free silver man; that
knew the farmer was not getting VIII
: it cost him for his produce, and th
? Mckinley was friend to the farm
e and laboEing man; that the banke
t could not control him, that the Repu
Il lican platform would be friendly
silver.
T. IN all these things they have be
), Republican platform as they wanted
| fOF QOtus y WI
s upon the platform and hurrahs
: gold. These Republican leaders
l. the State are in quandary. The bol
n est of them still say they are for {
: yer but the most of them say that s
r yer is not the question. They all {
4 they are for Mckinley, knowing \
= - Kinley is for gold. They have dec
- ed, therefore, to let the people sui
'e the untold horrors of a gold standa
"a The time will come if the gold star
le ard is kept on Us when they will
ID pent in sackcloth and ashes for stal
a ing with the rich against the poor a
Al friendless. The rich have rights,
the poor have rights also.
Object lessons in complicated ca
are always more convincing. As
X object lesson for the people of Ire(
u county I will give an instance of
operation of the gold standard. A
is publican county officer in the last
weeks has bought in farm at pul
~h