Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-24
He Gets Mixed.

Recently editor Rice, of the Sedalia
Capital. said that Free silver would
drive the gold from this country. As
a rejOinder we asked him if he could
suggest any method by which gold
could be made to leave this country
faster than under the existing gold
standard, and if it was not leaving us
about as fast as we could borrow it
back; and if it was not owing to the
fatherly protection of Eastern and
foreign money changers that another
bond issue has been averted?
To all these questions our neighbor
finds no answer, but worms through
three-fourths of a column space in
which he tries to enlighten US upon the
tariff. 10 him the question of finance
seems to be matter of little impor-
tance. He don't like to argue it. He
prefers to tell US of the glorious pro-
lection of our farmers and producers.
Although he did not mention it, we
are surL rised that he did not tell US
that no Englishman could ship wheat
into this country and come in competi-
tion with American farmers without
first paying a tariff of twenty cents per
bushel.
But Editor Rice did not dodge the
money question altogether. He dwelt
long enough to tell US that There is
no gold standard in this country, in
the sense which Mr.. Hafner uses it,
for be meant single gold standard. "
Will Bro. Rice please explain what
sort of gold standard we have, if we
have not single gold standard? Is
there any other measure of values in
existence? Does not the Republican
platform tell US that 1.-the existing
gold standard must be maintain edP"
mo party ever declared for a gold
Standard" shouts Editor Rice. That
is true-with the single exception OF
the convention of national bankers and
Administration cuckoos that assembled
at Indianapolis and nominated Palmer
and Buckner. All other declarations
foe gold have had string to them to
the effect that silver would be best for
the country provided We could coax
England into the notion. Your st.
Louis platform tells you that your par
ty is going to set up O. nights in an at
tempt to give US free coinage OF silver
by international agreement. The on
ly material difference between the st.
Louis and Chicago platforms is the
methods by which restoration of sill
yer is to be brought abont- The DEM
ocrats contend that We are big enough
and old enough to run our own affairs.
while the Republicans contend that We
dare not sueeze unless England takes
snuff.
Like all advocates of the gold stand
ard. Editor Rice never "opens his
mouth without putting his foot in it,"
ln his issue of September 10 he tells
US that 1.-The money resulting from the
free and. unlimited coinage of silver
would be coined for the individual
owner of the bullion, without the faith
of the government behind il"
Well, we'll, Bro. Rice. it has always
been our impression that the ''honest
money advocates were bent on sin
trinsic'' or ''bullion" value, and that
they sneered at ..faith. credit or fat
It has always been our opinion that
they wanted dollar so sound that you
could naelt it and it woud still be worth
dollar. And now you give the whole
snap away By preaching 1.-THE faith OF
the government. "
Possibly you do not understand. We
will explain. You admit that our
present silver dollar is worth fifty