The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06

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Lively Business For the sheriff
"So class OF society VII 5e spared z1e
destructive. Consequences. StAL. there are
sa.r,e v.go under these circumstances viii
DO a .lva.y and prosg,e ro1s business 1le
shsris. he gs-rer AM rAs r1oneyec man
WHO zas rea - useacs 20 buy real esta.e
o. 81 reg sossis for Sorg al forces sa4@s
la part 81 re money power wA.l -lS-
t3.y Largvs o. ne In-sEoTSuIar5 o. tle PEG
sss.
oar silver friends may say tha, the "a.
IN prices Of socks and bonds VIII rot
trouble them, and that -. more the mon
- changers OF Ws.i street come % sT.sf
the better. Indeed. 4 * were only TIE
money Changers of " all street thai sur
lesea He su.ga1 easily console ourselves
Rut me BONDS of lae [ aited States and OK
states and municipalities. and 1hs bonds
and stocks of our railroads, OF street. ral--
NAYS. and OF indastrla. corporations, are
als0 he'd largely III tnis country. not
neEely ~ big capitalists out by people
OF small means-isrnlers, wage earners
wao haVe invested their savings IN them
-aud by savings banks, lie insurance
com paales and trust funds In which many
millions of poor people are interested IS
their loss also matter OF indifference?
The catastrophe n Wall street caused
bv the election 0f Mr.. Bryan aud the
running d. some Wal street men would
nos mean the destruction OF what the Pop
ul.-t underst Ards by Wall street; It would
only mean some b!g fish swallowing some
li5tle nsh. the ois fish growing still bigger
by the operation. Il would not weaken
oGt more strongly concentrais the So
called money power.
Every sensible person trust VIII now
admit thai free silver coinage in the
United States alone Wili make b.-msi-
alllsrn, the eqGal Use OF both gold and sill
yer Is money. utterly impossible here as
We'll as abroad. IL Will confirm Europe
in gold nono-rletallissn and condemn Us
10 silver mon0-meta allism, the exclusive
use az silver "a money and OF paper based
upon silver No doubt this is what the
silver Men are really aiming al. Ii there
is ans body IA the Wide world who should
fght 10 the last gasp for a money OF true
value that does not lie 20 him. and who
should curse and spGTn "a his worst en-
eny the demag que seeking 70 beguile
him With deceitful currency juegles. IL
j. the man who earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow. This is emphaticaliy
the wage earners' hattie. Alas for him X
be should desert his Own cause.
Fraudulent Bankrupt Practices.
Among rhe farmers of the West and
South there seems 10 be al impression
t1at these embarras sments Of the banks
woHid be Of small concern 10 them. l
would advise them TO well consider how
the sale OF their staple products depends
upon the ability o. tho banks 20 advance
money for moving the crops. Do the
farmers want TO have the experience Of
lse3 repeated IN tenfoli aggravated
FORM Then they have only TO 90 thai
which always d,siurhs the functions of
the banking system more disastrouslv
than anything else-threaten them with
deba asenent Of the existing standard OF
value. Mr. BryanS election would do the
work SO thoroughly that the psralyzlns
effects would keeny be felt on every farm
in the land He who has watched the free
coinage agitation knows that the appeal
- debtors * one of its main allurements.
lAsten 10 their speeches. real their ltersa-
tuTc. ana YOU meet ever recurring-nOw IN
soft spoken ciUcumIocutiou. now in sly
suggestion. now ia the language OF brdZe1
cynlcisul-tbe promise that free coinage
viii enable the debtor 10 get rid of his
obligations by paying only part OF them.
II IS a scheme of the wantOn reputation
og private ~ well as public debts-not as
If We could not pay in full. but because
we would prefer not 10 pay in full-the
practice resOrted % hv the fraudulent
bankrupt. And this sanctioned by Law.
s. 4 part of oar national policy.
An I-n-peakable Insult.
"F4llow citizens. think this olt. !; is
q grave mattrr-a matter Of vital lnnor-
t4.lca n the existence of this nation. Tire
father who teaches such moral principles
10 his children edlcates them for fraud,
dishonor and the penitentiary. The pIblic
nan Who teach such moral principles 10
the people educate the people FOR the con-
tenlnt and abhorrence Of mankind The
nation thst accepts such moral principles
cannQt live I, will rot 70 death IN the
1ra- ~ -os.a efay4 ~ ia nWv rr~raY~s{nr II