Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-01

extract the gold. For this reason the god
sDecu,ator controls the gold ana II Is not
I'm circulation only for the purposes aDoVe
stated II is the discrimination against
silver in its use for final payment OF depts
and disregard of all law bearing upon 9uI "a
pavments. that depresses It's Na!ue. -
should redeem green1acks anu az S,o IL
notes. pay bonds and interest," On 9OiuS'
ard any debt gold pays, but mat Is Hot
FCrrl3rd's idea of finance. They buy more
of our commodities than we sell any otHel
three natiors This policy enables thein
10 get them at half price. This is proved III
Mexico and japan They are the most
prosperous nations on earth. Every COM
maditv is double ours. Labor has 0OuDieu
I'm the past five years In these nations;
while here Il has deprecated one-naI anu
would have gone lower only for the per
sistert efforts of trade OrganlZ2lloils-
JeDan and Mexico are both On a silver ba-
sis and nave but little use for COLO Every
country to-day on a gold basis Is distressed
just as we are. Distress Is the hrst oDJecL
lesson taught by every country Ism -
silver and assuming gold as the S'i -,
standard of money for flEAl payment. lue
nation gets into extremes and there must
be a division Of the people. The rlcn must
rule the masses. The masses mus -
sent to pay the taxes and abide an iesls.a.
ton In the interest OF those CONS ltu1i.-9
what Us termed mere TIC DuSitltsf -
England In 1916 when she adopted the sV!u
standard, Immediately passed through S ms
ordeal Within six months after us duoP-
ton property began to fail In price itoyl
and all its products deprecated oAe-lI.. ~,
gold doubled in value, lbuto lahu
were reduced to 10000 and one-seVenh on
the entire population was forced 10 acStpI
aims. There is to-day more acute SURE
ing and misery among the masses OF Ills
land than any country on lne ldce o. ti.o
earth. Thousands homeless DreduleaS
fri5ndless without shelter, ralmeLt' ai@
hope I'm this world, millions untducated;
half fed, and driven 70 crime ana AZ! KIM
OF vice which ignorance and cesttutI9Il
bring in their train, 10 an extent eruIeiI
unknown 10 the less enlightened, the IesS
free, the less favored. This was not 20
before 1916. When she had the douD.e
standard the farmer ard lahorer were pros
porous far beyond what they are To-Day
In Great Britain How was IL lu tHe
United States Immediately after the oe-
m0netizatiOn Of silver & panic peSaH,
syndicates were formed TO control the COLO
OF the nation. prices began 10 go down ~
all commodities. real estat. TO depreclate
In value Money became s,arce ana men
who owed only a few dollars could borrow
none. The banks began 20 call IN their
loans ard distress became fearful. Fac
tories were closed, shut down, business
was dcm0ralz5d strikes vs. re the order
of the day. More railroads went into the
hands of receivers and Wer sold IN 1910
and 1877 than ever before. More people lost
their homes and more property was solo
by the sheriff in 1877 than al. put together
from the beginning Of the government.
Soup houses were fOrmC. IN every city
whore thousands were fed, many OF whom
but few years before were prosperous and
had good homes The tramp came up out
Of the ruins. and to-day thousands are In
this business because Of this terrible cy-
clone Of destitution that followed in the
wake of the striking down ~ One-halt the
money of the nation. Land to-day Is NOT
worth. anywhere for farming purposes
one-half Il brought before 1873. Mckinley
and Carlisle both are on record on TINS
question. In 1873 they both voted for me
Bland bill ard pointed ont the fearful
wrongs that had resulted from this down
fall Of silver No fruer i'clcuohs were
ever made. But Mckinley has been winedl
and dined hv Mark Hanna and the gold
clement Of this country ard Europe, and
so has Carlisle, and thsv snake hands ana
say good bye old associates and oid IDEAS
we have formed a new nome in the house
of the rich where we can fare sumptuouS-
ly every day. Get behind me, satan,
know you not.
Revenue from high protection. dla L
hear. would heal III wound? We'll Nc
Kfnlev's tariff was in force October H.
1891. and was the right bower In the hands
Of the gold bug to bring on this dlsJress'
to aid and abet II. stone wall around lhe
nation TO prevent foreign imDOrtatiCns and
aid the manufacturer 10 squeeze the last
dollar out Of the laborer for his product
10 force down wages as Carnegie did az
Homestead I'm 1890 just after the passage OF
the Mckinley bill, and then free trade to
the world for cur god In the treasury. a
rise mess. indeed. Why that Mckinley
i'eis.rositv. from some cause left the
treasury $1,000 000 I'm debt. and that after
spending $130oo0.o0O Loft over from C'eNe-
lands first administration. il it was rev
enue gstter and high protection Is neees-
sarv. why did the above state Of 9Iaius
exist AT the wind up Of the Harrison e3-
miuistration? The whole fact OF the mat
ter is Mckinley is a fraud. both o. $40
tariff and the money question ard failure
as n statesman. and the party VINO stands
by him and his views upon these questions.
and who endorse him and his measures VIII.
In theend find all his theories false and that
the people are no longer to he hoodwinked
with such policy and doctrines as he advo-
Gates and such men. -
VIM. W. KINCAID.
Cameron, ". Va.