The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-22

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So called ..crir,e Of % was snug
pled through Congress. Whether
it was or not it was more the less a
crime by usurpation. No great party
had a.ked for such law. No po-
litical platform had suggested it. No
discusslon in the public prints and
AZ the hu-iings preceded it. No
great emergency demanded it. Yet
this most important piece OF legisla
tion from the fountatl0 OF the GOV
ernment was enacted, somehow.
without the kno wledge Of the people.
IL it a government ''of the people,
by the people aud for the people,
when such things can be done with
cut submission to the people!
By this usurpation of the people 8
power one half the peoples full
power money was destroyed. Have
the people grown wealthy because
of euch destruction!
1t is a strange belief that to de.
stroy one half Of anything will make
the other half 10 deare:. We know
that for each dollar now we must
give twice as much of the products
Of our toll ~ when dollars We're
more plentiful, And one of these
dollars goes NC farther in paying our
vast debt abroad than one of the
old dollars Does not the change
of standard enrich those with many
dollars who are lenders, at the ex
pense Of those debtors who by their
toll produce the things they must
exchange for dollars!
The destruction of silver made
gold more valuable. Increase the
demand for anything and you in.
crease its price.
We all admire siken raiuent.
Shall we, because ''slk is not too
good for the laborers wife," close
all the cotton milie? What would
be the price Of silk thereafter? Who
would be apt to get the silk dress,
the laborer wife or the millionaire (
wife?
Wheaton loaves are better thar
corn bread. But destroy all the corr
and would we have as cheap wheat
en- loaves?
Brick houses are generally better
than wood, If we build no more
houses of wood, or if we destroy th.
old ones, think you the poor ma,
can get brick house more easily?
When Lee gobbled our cattle, die
we get more pork, or less meat?
When we refuse to coin silver, dt
we have more gold, or less money?
When horses, or houses,or clothes
become scarce, we must pay mor'
for them. Why is not the same rul'
, good as to dollars? And is it no
wrong to make us pay more for dol
lars than we ageed or expected t
, pay?
6 There is another reason why gol(
dollars are growing in price. New
! nations are constantly adopting th'
gold standard. japan comes next
China and India are being forced
that way. This new demand is 60
ing to make the gold dollar more ant
: more valuable and harder to get.un
, less this nation a7erts the danger b,
, changing our system to bimetallisn
I You ask if I would debase GU
coinage. say no Let US 60 bac
= to the system we had. It was SCUM,
i then and is sound now. By Juggling
4 laws they have made the dollar wort
too much. The eagle on the col
8 dollar is shy bird. Wall stree
y traps have made such birds scar,
You and l are not as agile as W
g were thirty years ago. We can't fl
4 our game bag as we could, whe
half the birds arc driven away, an
!. the other half fly twice as high,
You have been shown lately th;
. American dollars are worth twice
g much as Mexican dollars. and al
20 asked if you would reduce our dc
W lars to the Mexican standard. | WI
ol in Mexico thirty years ago. and loo
a ing over late Mexican papers I fl
~ prices there now much the same