The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-13

their side.' He was not standing forth
in their Defense Cheap coats, cheap
labor and dear money. He the sponsor
and promoter of these, protesting to
stand guard over the poor and loWly
WAS THERE EVER MORE GLAZING INCON
sIsTENCY OR RECKLESS ASSUMPTION? H9
believes that poverty is a blessing to be
promoted and encouraged aud that q
ehrinkage il value Of everything but
money is national benefaction."
In his letter Of acceptance Nh. Nc
Ktnley says, near the beginning and
under the subject mo benefit to
Labor" referring TO silver, as follows:
"It would not make labor easier, the
hours OF labor shorter, or the pay b8t
ter. It would cot make farming lc3s
labori0ug or profitable. It would not
start a factory nor make a demand for
an additional days labor. IG would
not add t. the comfort Of the masses,
the capital of the people OF the wealth
of the nation"
II Mckinley was right then he ie
wrong now, but the syndicate made
him take his medicine and his bench
men here who went to St. Louis for
silver gladly say me too" and went
what was LETT o. this medicine.
How about Senator Prjtchard's rec
ord? In a speech in Congress, he said:
u am a friend of silver and believe 1t
should be restored to its dignity Els g
precious metal" And he signed q
paper with Senators Teller, Mantle.
Dubois and ether Republican Senators
declaring that The unlimited coinage
of silver at Is to 1 by the independent
action of the United States" is the only
method possible Of securing the people
of the United States from the impend
ing danger OF the difference of exchange
between gold countries.
Senator Pcitchard further seid: II
have proved my Loyalty TO the cause
of silver by my vote in the Senate. Ny
record will parallel Senator Butler's on
that great aad vital question. TAey
reflect not only the SENTIMENT OF THE
PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT, but they
EXPRESS MY HONEST convictions and
my honest PURPOSE To SECURE AN
AMERICAN SYSTEM Of finance.
But the Senator also said October II,
1895: 4 consider that free trade and
gold monometQllism are twin brothers,
and he who court gold monometaIlism
Invites the disasters which must FOL
low in the wake of free trade"
The Senator might now add that the
Mckinley plank now tavoring a con
tinuance # civil service is another trao
trade idea imported from Eogland.
But when was the Senator ccnscien
tious On the money question-thon, or
now when he is trying to switch off on
the tariff, well knowing that 30 tariff
brings employment in the protected
cotton factories to a single one Of the
JOG, 600 North Carolina negroes. The
Senator's views Oh the money question
have likewise been shared by Pearson,
Russell and others who are for McKin
ley, and elso by Walaer who ~untortun
ately occupies a ~straddting attitude on
the co operation ticket in the hope Of
foolipg both R pubIlcans and P0pulists
OUT Of an Office.
I have shown you not only the incon-
s;sUencies of some of the 80 called lead
ars, but also that they have been very
favorable TO the So cent dollar until re
Gently. But as to the So cent dollar
was it not amenable to !he same charge
in 1858, when Mckinley voted for free
coinage, and wasitnoSOn same grounds
equally to be discredited in 1892 when
Mckinley 80 able defended silver?
What became Of this charge only g few
months ago when Pritchard, Pearson
and Russell SO gallantly espouged the
cause Of the white metal? They claim
TO be Republican leaders, now what
sort Of a devious lead is this2
The fact is demonatizltion alone has
caused the decline IN value Of silver
bullion. When that Infamous act was
surreptitiously passed the silver dollar
was worth more than the gold dollar,
but since then it has been steadily de
clining, and now, when silver has been
discredited by the government, refused
mintage and the law for it's payment
of government obligations openly
violated, the demand for it has de-
creased and the bullion he's value only
for use in the arts-it is no longer a
money metal.
Remonetiz9 it, admit it to the minis.