The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
WHAT is PROSPERITY?

with considerable criticism by
the gold party who said we
ought to let the question alone
until 1900 so as not to ''interfere
with business At the same
time they are going on with
their fight for "sound money
and the executive committee of
the Reform Club in New
York are furnishing pages of
plates to all newspapers, who
will use them, free Of charge.
This matter is the strongest
kind of "gold stuff"
The Recorder received a letter
and sample page Of these plates
from the Reform Club" and
among other things the letter
says,
$50 long as a considerable
minority of our citizens are not
certain that our present stand
ard of value is superior to that
Iof Mexico and other silver
standard countries; while they
believe that we can, by free
coinage legislation, double the
price of silver, while they think
that fiat money or more money
of any kind will bring about
prosperity, or while they are
unable to see that by voting to
repudiate honestly incurred
debts they are cursing them
selves, their state and their
country, there is great need of
education on the fundamental
principles of money and cur
, rency. This committee pro
poses to continue the fight for
honest money until the ranks
of the free silver and f. money
forces are so thin that they will
, net be a barrier to industry and
prosperity"
There is a considerable mi
t nority of our citizens" who dc
not favor the present stand
6 ard of values" and never will
o unless there is a change in the
way things are going now
Where is the "wave of McKin
ley prosperity" that was prom
ised to arrive as soon as the
= question was settled?
All over this country old ant
substantial business houses arr
failing daily. Monday four bil
n banking institutions CLOSED
y their doors in Chicago and an
is nounced their inability to con
IS tinue payments. A dispatcl
e from st. Paul to the press says
o "The bank of Minnesota, tn
= oldest bank in the city ha
closed its DOORS" If a singl
, gold standard is best for tn
country why are times so har,
d and why does not the promises
le prosperity come on?
- 1t is one thing to preach goo
j. times but it is quite another :
r give the good times promised
2 The ranks of those in favor o
st free silver will never b
h "thrieved" so long as the pres
nc emit condition of affairs exist
Give US bimetallism; stop th
appreciating gold dollar an
:" place silver back in its rightfu
II place and prosperity will come
10 but until then there is no use I
C. look for il.
is We return our sincere thank
le TO the "Reform Club" for thei
kind" offer to furnish the stui
free but the Recorder will be ru
in the interest Of the masses
~ the great herd of common pee
k pie, who are suffering on &C
h count of this Internal gol
/. standard, and when we can ru
h. IL no longer we will close dow
with the consultations ~ know
ing that We have performed Oh
~ duty to the best OF our abllity
This committee, who propOs
u &" hin the ranks Of free silvel
0 ties, will ilnd that they are nc
III so easily thinned as they think
be IL is a fight to the finish an
~ four years more will only heI
n. 10 strengthen the cause.
=" THE TRINITY ARCHIvE.
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