The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
DESPERATE GOLD GAMBLERS
The Disparity of the Money Metals
Acts as Premium on the Ex-
ports of Silver Using
Countries.
ENGLAND is FRIGHTENED BY
JAPAN'S PROSPERITY.
(By John Davis.)

(By John Davis)
In the New York Forum for March Mr..
Edward Atkinson, the acrobatic attorney
and statistician of the gold gamblers,
says
'One of the most potent influences
brought to bear by the advocates of free
silver-coinage, is an appeal to the su-
perficial animosity against Great Britain.
One can hardly refrain from loss of dig
nifty on characterizing the combination of
folly and fraud which is exhibited by
these inconsistent promoters of free sill
yer. Actuated by animosity against
Great Britain they yet propose to sustain
a policy which would enable her to pay
for our farm products in bad money, re-
tanning to her own use and benefit the
gold, of which we hold the command,
whenever we choose to exert it,
There is dignity CO falsehood and
deception for you. If downright lying
and the grossest fraud does not work a
''loss of dignity" the gentleman need rot
fear of losing it by anything he may say
in "characterizing" the silver men.
American farmers exports are never
paid for by England in money, either
good or bad. but always with some sort
Of commodity, or credits on the billions
of monetary obligations held in that
country against this.
Every gold bug with any "dignity"
to loose knows that. But suppose, under
free coinage the farmers wheat should
be paid for with silver, it would not be
silver money but silver bullion, and it
would be rated at bullion price. Then,
what next? The silver bullion under
free coinage would be yorth as much as
gold bullion and the farmer would lose
nothing; or it would be worth less than
gold bullion, and by coinage into dollars,
the farmer would gain the difference. Do
you ee? 1t is this gain on cheap silver
when coined into domestic money which
has awakened the energies and promoted
the prosperity of Japan, during the past
20 years, until England is now in panic
of fear through her industrial and COM
mercial rivalry. So then, come on with
your cheap silver bullion. Under free
coinage it will appreciate to par with
gold, or, we will enjoy the difference as
a premium on every product we export.
England knows this, and, hence, every
professor, scientist and attorney who is
worthy buying and can be bought is en-
ployed in the work of binding Young
America to the car wheels of British
finance and brutal servitu1e. They are
frightened out of cir wits at the oppo-
sition of Japan and the increasing pros
perity of every silver using country.
AS to this country holding the COM
mand of gold whenever we choose to ex-
nrf ho hoe hot iC
dignity and veracity All we'll know that
the interest and dividends paid by us
on the various forms of stocks and bonds
held in England against this country,
actually consumes the entire balance of
trade which accrues to this country from
the annual shipment of cotton and food
products of England. Not only that but
large portion of the annual products
of our gold and silver mines are consum-
ed in the same way.
Not only does the gentleman know all
this, but he knows, also, that those bonds
and stocks held in Europe against us,
came into existence either by the destruc-
tion of our own money in order to reach
the English gold basis compelling our
people to borrow English money; or. by
absolute fraud and forgery thus creating
monetary obligations against our people
by creating what is known as s'watered
stocks and fraudulent bonds" No
equivalent was ever received by this
country on such paper. 1t is estimated
that not less than three billions of dollars
of such obligations CD are held against lis
in England, and are used to draw from
us annually our entire supply of gold.
Just think of a mendacious attorney for
the gold gamblers, in the very act Of ply
ing his trade, trying to refrain from a
loss of dignity" 1t is enough to make
the devils laugh with glee along the cor
ridors of hell! The American people are
fast learning the mendacity of those peo-
pie, and that their best interests are uni
formly promoted by d.sobedience to their
teachings.
AS to the luminosity" against Great
Britain, let us see whether it is deep and
just. Or merely 'superfcial?"
When we were colonies she claimed the
right to bind us in all cases whatso-
ever" with no liberty of thought or action
on our part. And for eight long years
she devoted all the available forces of her
army and navy and all the intrigues of
her diplomacy to enforce her unnatural
and :uhuman tyranny
Beaten ira her first war against us she
provided another, on her claim to stop
American vessels en- the high seas, in
time of peace, and to take from such YES
sells, by force, all of our best Sailors under
the pretense that they were, Or had been
British subjects, because they spoke the
English language.
Beaten again at her own brutal game
of war, she bides her time, and, during
our late civil war she did all in her power
to divide and destroy us.
Beaten every time by the sword. she
now tries the power of her purse; and
through her system of gold standard
money she is riveting upon us and our
posterity the chains Of financial slavery
forever And through the power Of money
and her oapitalist:c management Of our
railroads, founded on fraud and forgery
she causes British goods to be carried on
our American railroads cheaper than