The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-19
FREE SILVER FALL AoY
And Some OF tho Arguments Used to sns-
tain u Torn 10 shr-ls-1Ic "aIonty
Power" Cry Heal Cause OF Our Trouble

tain IL Torn 10 shr-I,-Ihc "Money
Power" cry-itrRi Cause Of Our Trouble.
To tho Editor OF the l%ntclllgencer.
Sllt:-Much has been sail md
written about tho purchasing
power of money Of the
United SUITES, IA compared with
mat OF Countries on n silver basis. md
everything points to our system, having
the advantage tho world over. But In
all we have heard or read from n free
silver standpoint. the aim appears to be
10 array the people" against the so.
Called money power" Now In what
loea that power oonsiat? VIII one dol
lar In the pocket OF tho capitalist buy
any more In the open market, or at the
store, thnt the same amount, (Ono dol
lar)t IN the. pocket OF the laborer2 No,
smphatlcallly no: because the purchns.
ing power 10. under our present System,
tGual.an made 30, not by the stamp OF
the government on the coin, or It's prom
Use to pay on the paper. but by the lcglS-
latlre action OF the people. requiring the
| 100000 gold reserve to DO kept entact
Tor the purpose OF meeting all oblIgu-
lions AZ they mature or may be present.
ed. such aS legal tender, bonds, &c,
What produced tho Immense wealth
lmoney power) of today, Labor.
What furnishes the many channels for
labor to-day? Capital. Can capital do
without labor, or ran labor do without
capital to-day? No. All wealth IL and
a been produced, first from the power
OF labor. second, by the careful man
agement OF the leader or director OF the
labor, whereby capital In accumulated.
so as TO Increase the production Of labor
NJ the same time Increase the con-
sumption OF the product.
To-day capital gets together and
starts the plant, labor works up the
material Into salable goods: wages go
20 buy up the productions OF the farm
nnd then comes back again 10 the manu-
facturer, for his goods. to be again re-
turned to the worlingmnn In wages,
thereby forming the wheel within tho
wheel" that brings happiness and pros
perity 10 all, no long as the money thus
distributed, Is looked upon az being as
good to-day AZ Il waS yesterday and
Will DO in the days to come.
But IL you are going 10 upset the true
commercial value OF our money stand
ard. then you are going TO destroy ON
fidence. limit the purchasing power, re-
duce the opportunities OF the wage
Garner. u down the sales OF the farmer
and do the same for the manufactured
- %AN'Nf 10 llC NAhNblg ANsbI bEIlIk
sta2natlon, depression and discomfort.
To-day we are all sweating under the
lash OF depression and hard times, at
trtbuted by the silver party to the
"crimc OF 1873" The majority OF this
same party. on Its W record, promised
-four years ago, a great revival OF busI-
ness In oil lines, and also an increase In
the price OF all farm products. and bet
ter wages to the workman. all OF which
was 10 be accomplished by a new tariff,
which sane was to be n tariff for reve-
u only. (Cr!mc OF 1892 and 1890.
They came into power In 1899 and after
n hard Tough. battle on lines OF free
trade, succeeded in producing an pass
ms n tariff bill that was not In harmony
with their platform, nor did It meet
with the approval Of the President. but
It did succeed In increasing the total OF
Imported goods, to the detriment OF our
home Industries, and largely decreased
the amount OF revenue, from the fact
thnt on such articles ns Increased In
volume, the duties fell or to an alarm
ing event, forcing the administration
to Increase the public debt by M Issue
Of bonds. to meet current expenses.
Now with Immense importation of
foreign goods followed the closing UP of
a large number OF factories throughout
al PARIS OF the Unlteu states, because
the people could by cheaper nhrohd
than Mt home. Has Il been cheaper,
M. because from depression in manu-
featuring interests, wages have fallen
on and the masses have not had the
money TO buy with.
Farm products have declined in price.
from wan OF consumers, as well as from
over production, yet the over-production
would have cut but r small figure. had
the w"agc-earner been at work. gaining
thereby the ability to purchase from the
farmer in turn from the manufacturer.
The wheel within the wheel" has al
most stopped. This has been the result
from a free trade tendency as prescribed
by the doctors OF the Democratic party.
Do you like the result? IL the remedy
good enough TO allow you to accept fur
Their treatment Mt their hands and ac
cept a free silver dose? W.
Wheeling, September IS.