Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-10

| on to 1894 about the time that the raid upon
begun Il had ncSease 81 to ~nlsR oS eS TINS
state, was the coin that was in circulation
certain how much of this was gold we have
only to subtract the total silver coinage
up to the last mentioned date-1S94-which,
| according to Republican authority, the sta
tisties of WHICH do not have at hand, was
toned aggregate of 8. 252 o00.eOo and We
eoiS in the I1ifed SfafeS in 80 a. CONF
pared to S1o2, 10000 of both gold and silver
in 1slS when the silver demonstration law
Instead of driving gold away, it can with
Certainly gold has u come 90 and has has added
with us through all these years OF silver
the claim that silver has driven it away.
Of equal Value would have to Be snrrendered
for it. Some Indebtedness due from US to
or something of theirs which We needed
would have to be sent over to us And
with it2 Put it out of circulation? Hide it
away? Or send it back to us in purchase ,SI1 Of
to buy? Internationally the last
We are the greatest producing and ex-
porting nation on the globe. The countries
tural products for their daily bread
A Few Words the Tariff.
'I have heard the claim made that under
the operation of the Wilson tariff law as
f6 Pbaenc wit of Tade EunnnF largely
against and in favor of the other coun-
pudent falsehood. 1t is not my purpose to
discuss the question of tariff, but l simply
by the government in the form of what is
called the statistical abstract an6 which
Magazine, show that with the close OF the
sc our ysa favor S9lg for the three years
past the amount of nearly $io0, coo, 600 and
Kingdom of England. ireland. Scotland and
Wales Were our debtors to the extent OF
more than one-half- The States OF the
Upper Mississippi valley. including its
great tributaries of the Ohio and Missouri,
DGaRn count Country OF the globe. and this
means meat-producing countries as we'll If
be c or TO return it in payment for the
very necessities of her daily life.
But il is stated that silver can not be
maintained at a parity with gold except by
estimating the money value of sdlYeG at its
silver money in the United States not one
but is now and always has been at a parity
much any gold dollar will: What has
chasing ability? 1t is the sustaining power
nothing else There is no law making silver
redeemable in gold There is no law which
base But there is a law that every dollar
of this vast volume of silver money shall
obligations due to the government, due to
the various States and to the various cities.
and there is law that every dollar of it
can be used by individuals in the discharge
Individuals. EXCEPT where a private Contract
between such individuals directs to the con-
always will.
Silver Dollars Good mt Home.
But you say you want a dollar that is
good in Europe. and that our silver dollars
and not at their money value answer
you by asking you what use you have for
sir, you are one of the plain. common, |
every day American citizens You never /
there ai Your Widest dreams of future
wealth and ease have never carried YOU |
resorts of the Alpine mountains or the |
German watering spas. Neither do you |
Europe, nor are any effected by others in |
Europe, and which, therefore, has 10 be |
paid in dollars that are good in Europe. |
the cotton OF the plantations of the South. !
You consume bread that is harvested and t
valley. Your farming utensils and all the |
machinery or appliances of whatsoever kind |
labor, are of American manufacture and |
aiT %ai,s VIII ILL., be; You have no more use for
TT is estimated that of the entire volume |
of commercial transactions carried on Nv |
the people of this country, more than S5 |
and less than 5 per cent with the people |
of foreign nations Is it necessary then |
suit the caprice and humor the seIfishness |
of the people with whom you transact only !
assertion without the fear of being contra
dtcted by any merchant other business
amount of goods exposed for retail sale in |
this city, and you may include them all |
clothing. hats. caps, boots and shoes hard, |
ware, dry goods, and wet goods too. gro |
ceries and drugs, not per cent of them in |
value are of foreign Importation L will |
state the proportion even less than that |
If there be on the shelves of the merchants |
chants, a million dollars of goods-there |
may be more than that, but 1 use those |
not to exceed $25.O0O of them came from !
eign countries, not $1,000 came from from the the
gold standard countries of Europe, but the |
using not even a bimetaIlic. but a single |
silver standard. Your tea comes from |
Your coffee comes from Mexico, Brazil. |
venezuela, the Central and South American |
countries until recently as / have ss'h Tead
the little republics of Chill and Costa Rica |
glish creditors. have adopted the gold |
We Need No Dollar Good in Europe.
1T is not extravasance to say that Eu-
rope Te b night be sunk in the bottom of the
the eject of its loss upon the 5afIV liVes |
Of the American people would not be felt. |
republic of Mexico and the Central Gem aq Am ns
can states and the West Indies an insur- /
balance of the woodland live so far as /
clothing. food and all of the Injuries and |
to ourselves We need dollar good in
Europe or good any place else than the
United States of America.
THE only use which we have for dol
lar good in Europe is in discharge of such
of our obligations held by European cred
1tors as are payable in gold How much
these may amount to, and what their pro- |
portion may be to debts payable in legal
tender money generally, not be told:
perhaps large sum, but by means great
when compared to the aggregate, because
until in recent years il did not become fash
iona bic to demand and execute such obli-
cations. he s-orc ,.f&
our railroads and other large Institutions
after first wrecking them to squeeze out
the holders of small interests and reorgan-
izing them with additional amount of
water in their stock and fiction in the con-
of their bonds. have made their
securities payable in gold Perhaps some
municipal securities and private obliga tions
issued by and held in Europe are like
wise payable in gold But none of the ma
tional obligations that now recall
able in such coin AS free American. and |
one who has the interests of his neighbOrs
and fellow citizens, the plain, common,