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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
True Test OF Real Money.

I do not think that fat money will
answer just as we'll as fiat silver. The
latter'is at least worth so cents on the
dollar. But the suggestion d1scloses
the intimate relationship between the
greenback craze and the silve move
ment. Nor do I agree that the true
position of either gold. silver or paper,
is as redemption money"-or as the
free silver advocates are wont to say,
''the money of ultimate redemption"
There is no such thing as money being
used for redemption except where
good money or valuable money is used
to redeem poor money or promises of
money. The use of money is to stand
as the medium through which ex-
changes of commodities can be made.
The value of money consists only in
the facility with which it is itself re-
deemsble in the things that it will
buy. That, and that only, is ultimate
redemption; and, just as in the ex-
change of poor money for good money,
SO in the exchange of money for
goods, that ultimate redemption is
most successful which redeems it by
offering for it the greatest amount Of
goods in exchange, and thus vindi-
Gates most thoroughly the quality Of
the money.-Hon. John Dewitt War.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
Unappreciated Silver Leaders.

Not many months ago ''Coin" was
waxing wealthy by the prodigious sale
of his fantastic tsSchool," and wher-
ever he appeared to make speech
there was concourse like that evoked
by prima donna. A few nights ago
he was to speak In the Opera House at
Ashland, Wisconsin, provided that not
less than 200 tickets were sold. When
the time arrived not nearly that small
number of persons had bought tickets
to hear him demolish the 'tgoid bugs,
and the few who we're present were In
vited to step up to the box office and
get-their money back. A free silver
meeting lately called for town in
Alabama was not held because no one
went to it, and it is reported now that
Senators Morgan and Pugh are con-
sidering with other Democrats Of the
State the propriety of stopping the
free silver campaign they instituted
only afew days ago.-Journal OF Com
merc0
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
COiOradO's Prosperity.

The State of Colorado appears to
be more prosperous than ever before,
and the consequence is that people
have to large extent stopped talking
about silver. The Engineering and
Mining Journal takes notice of the fact
that at the recent Festival of Mountain
and Plain" in Denver there was no ref.
erences in the banners and placards to
the legend of 16 to and none to any
phase of the silver question as polit.
ical issue. "rhis," says the Journal,
''was the more striking since the pa
rade OF the first day was intended to
be an allegcrical representation of the
development of Colorado and its in
dustries. The fact of the matter is
that the silver question is as dead in
Denver as it is in New York. We do
not mean to say that the people Of the
Western city are no longer interested
in the price of silver, for the metal is
one that they produce in large guam
titles, but, with the exception of the
demagogues, every one has come to
the conclusion that the cause of indie
pendent free coinage is hopeless, and
no one pays much attention to the
demagogues.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
ORATOR SHUKKS'S REVENGE.
He Was Loaded for Anything. and
the First Game He Sighted Was
a Burglar.

He Was Loaded for Anything. and
! the First Game He Sighted Was
Burglar.
. It was an inclement night, but the
gloomy-looking man who stood in the
doorway of the little Town Hall and
looked out at the pelting rain did not
blame it entirely on the weather.
! The gloomy-looking man was Web
ster Shukks, leading citizen and prom
inent' debater of Bainbridge Township.
He had come to Spiketown, pursuant
to announcement, to deliver an address
on the "Crime of 49," and only three
persons had turned out, one of them
being the ianitor of the building. The
other two had heard the orator once or
twice already. It was decided to post
pone the meeting. The lights we're put
out, and Mr.. Shukks, buttoning his
overcoat about him, turned up his col
lar. and, pulling his hat brim down all
around, went forth into the storm.
Oppressed by the burden of an I'M
spoken speech, he wandered aimlessly
about the little town for hours, re-
gerdless Of the rain IT, It soaked his
garments and the mud that spattered
and stopped as he wendell his devious
and uncertain way through streets
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
The Prosperous Southern Farmer,

Are the farmers complaining this
year? If they are we do not hear
their complaints. The reports that
come from all parts of the South are
that the farmers are unusually pros
porous. They have raised an abun-
dance of food crops and they are get
ting good price for their cotton.
And the money they are getting for
their cotton is sound money. It is
not ouch money as they would receive
if the financial views of ex-Speaker
Crisp, of this State, and Senators Nor
gan and Pugh, Of Alabama, should pre-
vail. A dollar now buys great deal
of the necessaries Of life. If we had
free silver coinage the dollar that
would be in circulation would buy
only about half of what the dolla: will
now buy. - Savannah News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17

Sharp and clear came the answer.
The people were aroused and there
was no doubt as to their position.
They were asked by the silver mine
owners and their agents to elect men
who favored the unlimited coinage of
all silver brought to the mints. at a
ratio of 16 to l. They were told that
the country was being ruined by the
gold standard, anG unbounded wealth
and prosperity was promised if the
dollar was made worth only fifty
cents. On the other hand the advo-
Gates of sound currency urged the
rejection of the silverites and their
scheme; pointed out all the evils
which must certainly follow the adop-
tion of free coinage and demanded
the maintenance of our present honest
dollar. Wherever the issue was made
the popular verdict was overwhelming
~ against free silver and for sound
money.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
Credit and Money.

s'To the question, Is there gold
enough in the world to do the worlds
business?' the unhesitating answer is
Yes The real currency Of a coun-
try is not limited by its gold. Its
circulating medium is in the forms of
credit, the many devices--notes.
checks, drafts, bills Of exchange
designed to replace the use OF other
money. This is the real volume OF q
country's currency. and by this meth
cd of National and international book
keeping, is carried on ninety-five per
cent Of the worlds commerce. : 1t Is
inadequate only when credit is dis
.turbsd, and credit is disturbed only
when the silver men threaten to over
turn the stable foundation on which
all these forms OF credit are based,
and without which their circulation
would of necessity be largely i'm
paired. Joseph Dana Miller in Dom
ahoe's Magazine. Nov. 1895.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17

the arbitrary: 'the King wills it," So
long as men were foolish enough to
believe in kings there was no question
about the right to issue money. But
when the thirteen colonies declared
that Governments should proceed
from the people, and the source OF
power was recognized as in the 1ndl-
vidual citizens of the country, the
founders of the new Republic prscti-
cally repudiated all the pretense Of
the kingly power. That they retained
as functions of the new Government
some of the features of the monopoly
which it replaced, only shows that
they could not wholly escape from the
influence Of centuries of mistaken
ideas.
The effect of these mistakes is found
in the widespread belief that the Gov.
eminent should maintain monopoly
of the currency issuing powers, and in
the ciamor for fat paper money or sill
yer currency of which the nominal
value would be one-half fat. The
central principle of the Populist party
is their advocacy of an issue OF Gov
eminent currency of at least $50 per
capita of the entire population. All
sorts of financial vagaries are favored
by the advocates of "cheap money, !"
their point of agreement being the be-
lief that bank issues should be sup
pressed, and large amounts of cur=
rency issued by the Government.
To be consistent, oil who believe in
true Democratic principles, or in Re-
publican institutions, should oppose
the interference by Government with
the business of supplying currency.
Paper money is merely a representa-
tive OF wealth, and should be issued
by those who own the wealth. The
Government owns no property but
what it gets by taxation from the peo-
pie, and should not issue one dollar
of paper promises to pay. The peo-
ple in their collective capacity have
no right to prevent individuals from
circulating a form OF currency that
other people are willing to accept.
The doctrine of fiat greenbacks Is as
much opposed to the true principles
OF republic as is State religion OF
hereditary titles of nobility. Like
those rapidly disappearing institutions
of the Old World, Government paper
money ought in this country to give
way to a more sensible and democratic
currency.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17

whose broad sidewalks and well-built
crossings were yet in the future. Bit
ter thoughts of the apathy OF the
people he had come to enlighten
surged through his mind, and at times
he felt an almost Irresistible impulse
to let them slide on to their ruin
without any further effort to save
them.
Finding himself at last opposite the
village hotel, where he had engaged
lodgings for the night, he went in.
Climbing the stairs softly. in order not
to disturb the slumbers of the other
guests, he proceeded to his room.
Through the partly opened door he
saw a man slipping about with dim
lantern in his hand.
Webster Shukks grasped his heavy
cane firmly, slipped noiselessly inside,
shut the door behind him, and spoke
in low tone:
''Stop right where you are! If you
make a single movement I'll brain
you!'
Taken by surprise, the intruder
threw up his hands.
''Now, you scoundrel," said the
statesman of Bainbridge Township,
with the same low, tense utterance, II
don't know who you are OF where You
come from, but 1 know what you're
prowling about my room for. You are
here to steal -
OIL" began the bafhed burglar.
'sThere is nothing you need say" in
terrupted Webster Shukks, with a
CLEAN of vengeance in his eye. open
your head again and I'll drive you
down through the floor! Listen to
me. We have met this evening, my
fellow citizens, to consider as calmly
as we can the great crime committed
against the people Of this country in
the year 1878, at the bidding OF An
organization composed of few Lon
don and New York bankers-a crime
so dastardly, so iendish, so monstrous
in it's conception and heartless in its
execution that humanity may we'll
stand appalled, at the mere contempla-
ton of it! Let us go back to the be-
ginning. In 1892, my fellow citizens,
Congress passed mint and coinage
law by which gold and silver. when
coined, were declared to be the pri-
mary money of the Republic. The
unit of value was the silver dollar OF
Sill grains of pure, OF 416 grains of
standard silver. The Leg. ratio was
declared IN this act to be, until other
wise provided for, Is to l. It was en-
acted that any person could take either
of the two metals to the mint and
have them coined into money, free Of
all charge. In its sovereign capacity,
fellow citizens, the founders of this
great country laid down the broad
principle of the free coinage OF sill
YER"
There was hoarse. gurgling sound,
and ths helpless villain who had been
standing in corner of the room with
his hands above his head, sank in
heap to the floor. Nature had come to
his relief. He had fainted.-Chicago
Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
When it was seen that some deluded

When it was seen that some deluded
people were taking the joke seriously,
and that candidates were running for
Office on platform OF reputation of
debts, debased currency, and financial
chaos, thu mild federation OF the sill
yer heresy suddenly ceased. Sensi-
BILE men stopped laughing at the antics
of the free coinage clowns, and plain
~ declared thst the comedy had gone
far enough. Business had already
been injured by the threats Of a none
tary revolution, capitalists refusing
to invest their money SO long as there
was even the slightest danger of the
silver standard replacing gold. Pub
lie sentiment demanded prompt re-
pudiation of all unsound money
schemes and the endorsement of the
gold standard on which the country's
business and financial interests are
based.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
The United States note was
q forced loan from the people

The United States note was
q forced loan from the people
to the Government, which the
Government promises to re-
pay in dollars; but the free
coinage of legal-tender silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1. or at
any other ratio not CORE
spending with the commercial
value of the two metals,
would be a forced loan from
the people to the owners of
silver mines and silver bullion
without q promise OF repay
ment by anybody. One loan
was forced for the benefit of
the Government in a time of
war, but the proposition of
the advocates OF free coin
age Is to force another loan
for the benefit of private in
dividuals and corporations in
q time of profound peace
John G.Carlisie, Nov. 10, 1895.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17

According to the Populist and sill
verite press the farmers and working
men were all in favor Of the ffty-cent
dollar, and were eager to get chance
to show their faith in the white install.
But wher Election Day came the
boosted hosts Of the silver army were
nowhere to be found. Candidates
fsyoring free coinage were nominsted
by the Populists in nearly every State
in which elections were held, and the
robber bankers and gold bugs were
denounced in the good old style.
Strangely enough, from q cheap
money point of view, the dear people
did notrush to vote for the silverites,
but cruelty ignored their existence.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17

So long as free coinage was merely
. matter of speculative discussion con-
corning questions upon which go called
authorities differed, it was tolerated
by many persons who were too lazy or
indifferent to oppose it. The belief
that free silver was huge joke, like
perpetual motion or the elixir of life,
made it good subject for newspaper
wit and country store argument. Peo-
pie said: ''There's nothing in this free
coinage agitation. but the fellows
that's talking it up are amusing cusses.
Let 'em spout" So they spouted and
they shouted, and they wrote many
articles, all to show that ffty-cent dol
lars were the only thing which could
save the country from calamity and
ruin.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
financial ills to which the country is
NAM

financial ills to which the country is
now subject.
The circulation Of legal tender
United States notes and Treasury
notes hes tendency to drive out of
use and out of the country the very
coin in which the Government is COM
PEELED to redeem them; and it has ex-
PEELED millions of dollars from our
borders. Although the Government
and our people are compelled to re-
ceive them, they will not discharge
international obligations, and gold
must 90 out to settle all final balances
against Us.
No other Government in the world
is required to supply gold from Its
Treasury to discharge the private
obligations of its citizens, and no Gov
ernment ought to be required to do
so. But the maintenance at par OF the
United States notes and Treasury
notes compels the Government OF the
United States not only to furnish gold
to pay the private debts OF it's own cit
liens abroad, but to furnish it to every
foreign Nation and to the subjects OF
any foreign Nation whenever they
want it for any purpose, and, in order
to procure it for them. we must from
time to time increase the public debt
by sales of bonds.
The fact that the Government is re-
quired to borrow money for this or
for any other purpose is an injury to
its credit and the credit of its people,
but the injury resulting from this
cause is insignificant in comparison
with the ruin that would follow an
abandonment of the reserve while the
notes are outstanding for all our cur
rency would thus be reduced to the
silver standard.
But the United States legal tender
notes will remain to complicate the
currency system and embarrass the
Government until the people, through
their representatives in Congress,
agree upon some plan by which they
can be retired and some other form OF
currency substituted in their place, at
least SO far as the necessities OF the
country may require such substitu-
ton.
In my opinion legislation in this d.
rection at the earliest possible day is
imperatively demanded by every sub
stantial interest in the country, and
its postponement upon any pretext OF
political ezpediency, or upon the as
sumption in advance that no satisfac-
tory result can be accomplished, would
be. to say the least, very grave mis-
take.
There is no other single subject
upon which there is SO little real con-
fict of interest among our citizens. In
TACT it concerns the material welfare OF
all the people, of the men who work
for wages and expend their earnings
for the necessaries of life no less than
the men who live by trade or on the
profits of invested capital.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17

s'Gold." shrieked the army of office
seeking orators, ''is the money of the
rich. Silver is the money of the peo-
pla" Considering that the great ma
jority of the people voted against
more silver money, it is in order for
the free coinage advocates to explain
why the money Of the rich was pre-
ferred to the cheaper metal. Can it be
possible that Americans are go lost to
all the traditions of their country, as
expounded by repudiationists and en-
emies OF capital, that they are willing,
even anxious, to get rich? If this is
really the case the cause of the Popu-
lists is hopeless. Their gospel teaches
that poverty is virtue and wealth o
crime.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
The variety and abundance

The variety and abundance
of our resources, the skill
and enterprise of our people,
and the character of our So
cial and political institutions
fully justify the belief that,
if we had assured financial
stability, the surplus capital
of other countries would flow
in q steady stream to our
shores, and we would soon be
in o position not only greatly
to increase our domestic pro-
auctions and trade, but to ex-
ert a controlling influence on
the trade of the world
Hon. John G. Carlisle. Nov.
10 19Q5
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
Furnishing " Honest Money" Men.

"The cause OF silver is Indefinitely
postponed" sadly comments the pro-
silver Salt Lake Herald (Dem.) in its
review of the returns. The Salt Lake
Tribune (silver Rep.) Sincerely de-
plores" the result in Kentucky, s'be.
cause it is not a legitimate Republican
victory at all. It was brought about
by an unholy alliance between Repub-
licaas and Cleveland and Carlisle Dem
ocrats. It was not intended to uphold
Republican principles, but it was to
punish scme honest men who believe
in, honest money"-by ''honest
yc| =, ling free silver.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on q tutfet,
Eating curds lad whey;
When long came a spider
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Mufret away.

The farmer and the me-
chanic must be free to USE
the very best tools and i'm
plemenss, and the merchant
and banker must De free to
use the very best money and
instruments OF credit. An
honest and stable measure of
value is just as necessary to
both as are honest and stable
measures of weights and
qualities, and it requires no
argument to show that with
out these it would be impos-
sible to- transact the ordinary
business of the country
Hon. John G. Carlisle, Nov.
10, 1895.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
SMALL CHANGE,

The ssdollar of the daddies" is in a
bad way since November 5. The rag
baby of the greenbackers will be
knocked out just as neatly when it
gets big enough to go to the polls. The
American people want neither the out
of-date silver standard nor the fat
money founding. Gold is good
enough for them.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
Silver Prices and Weddings.

"Come around next week Saturday,
Hawkins. My wife aud I are going to
celebrate our silver wedding" "Sl-
yer wedding? Why, you haven't been
married more than twelve years. 81
know it, but silver has deprecated.
It's only worth twelve where it used
to pe twenty-five. Life.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
The proposition that a

The proposition that a
promise of the Government
to pay money is money is
just as absurd as the PROPOSE
ton that a promise to de-
liver a horse is a horse, and
yet there are eminent men
high in the public councils
who believe that the United
States promissory note is
actual money and that the
statute which compels the
people to receive it as actual
money is Constitutional and
ought to be continued in
force.-Hon. John G. Car
isle, Nov. 10, 1895.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17

The sii7e.ites are now more than
ever convinced that the tail cannot
gag ths dog.-Louisyille tKy.) Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
THE TROUBLE LOCATED.
CARLISLE AGAIN DISCUSSES FINAN-
CIAL LEGISLATION

Legal Tender Notes Menace to
Prosperity-They Sap the Life Of
Our Treasury-Alwave Being Re-
deemed In Gold But Never Re
deemed-Can Be Gotten Rid Of
Only by observation-disclosures
Never Intended for a Bank.
Decorah-posten., 1896-10-27
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