Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-14
NIWER COINAGE A REMEDY.


NeCoId are TWO Wcll-knOWn wall Street news
papers, being devoted to financial matters, and
having large calculations among the business
men in New York
Harvey Fisk & Sons are el-known brokers
of New York. and they have been unusually
active in behalf of the single gold standard
The firm is mailing circulars and documents to
all parts of the country, painting in glowing
terms the beauties of the single gold standard
and these circulars are sent regularly every
week to hundreds of newspapers throughout the
country. short while ago this firm of brok-
ers sent circular letter to newspapers, evident
ly addressing the letter indiscrninately to ad-
dresses obtained from newspaper directories.
This circular sent to the daily Financial
News and the Financial Record, and the reply
sent to Messrs. Harvey Fisk & Sons is we'll
worth reading. The letter appears below and
following it is the answer of the two news
papers
"New York, July I6, 1S96.-Dear Sir:
Will you be good enough to advise us, in view
of the platforms adopted by the St. Louis and
Chicago conventions, what position your paper
has decided to take in regard to national politics
for this campaign
"Wc are led to make this inquiry on account
OF the changed attitude of many of our leading
newspapers, all example of which will be found
i'll the New York Sun, in their leading editorial
OF July TO- copy of which we incose.
owe would be Obliged also, if you would
send us copy of any recent issue of your pa
per i'll which you have announced the position
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for paper requested also stamped and directed
envelope.
'An early reply will be greatly appreciated
by inclosure. Yours truly,
HARVEY FISK & Sons
"P S.-Wll you also begood enough to give
us your estimate of the probable outcome of the
November election in your state, so far as the
national tickets are concerned ?"
"New York, July IS, 1So6.-Messrs. Harvey
Fisk & Sons, rs Nassau street. Gentlemen
Your esteemed favor of the 10Th inst, asking
us, in view of the platforms adopted by the St.
Louis and Chicago conventions, what position
papers will take in regard to national pol
itics, is at hand.
NCpIylllS " yOul
'Both tho Daily Financial News and The
Financial Record are Wall street papers.
They have no politics and take side, except
in SO far as politics directly affect finances, and
particularly the value and safety of securities
based upon debts of the country, public and
private, incurred in developing our energies of
production and exchange of commodities.
''For seven years past both of our papers
have steadily advocated the full reconciliation
Of silver by restoring it to free and unlimited
coinage at the existing ratio with gold. Such
policy has seemed to us clearly and abso-
lutely essential to restoration of general pros
perity, to return to surplus earnings for produc-
ton upon which the safety of all securities de-
pends that we have held to our course, though
standing alone in this city and though encoun-
tering opposition often unpleasant and always
injurious to our bank account. Now that the
cause of bimetallsm is rapidly growing through
out the country, we, of course feel hopeful and
encouraged to persevere.
''Not to inhict upon you any large amount
of reading matter, in response to your request
for something Ill our recent papers to show
their course, We cut paragraph from yester-
days paper, from the discussion of the preced-
ing day market by the Daily Financial News,
in which we said:
"'Wall street deals in debts. The phioso-
Concluded on editorial page