Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-10-15

uttered still more plsinuvely by the
holder of the legal tender note and
of the national bank bill, by the PEN
sioner, by the day laborer, and by the
countless host of the poor, whom We
Lave with US always, and on whom
the most disastrous effect of inferior
money will be Immediately PreciPltat'
ed.
1--WE NEED BOTH GOLD AND
SILVER, AND WE CAN HAVE
BOTH ONLY BY MAKING EACH
THE EQUAL OF THE OTHER. 1t
would not be difficult to show that, in
the nations where both have been full
ly recognized, the most widely dif-
fused, the steadlest and most contin-
ued prosperity has been endorsed
that true form of prosperity which
reaches all classes, but which begins
with the day laborer whose toll lays
the foundation of the whole super
structure OF wealth. The exclusive
gold nation like England may show
the most massive fortunes in the rul-
ing classes, but it shows also the most
helpless and hopeless poverty in the
humber walks of life. The gold and
silver nation like France can exhibit
no such individual fortunes as abound
in England, but it has pleasantly
that with their silver savings can pay
war indemnity that would have beg
CARED the gold bankers of London,
aud to which the peasantry OF Eng
land could not have contributed a
pound sterling in gold nor a single
shilling i'll silver.
The two metals had existed SIDE
BY SIDE IN HARMONIOUS,
HONORABLE COMPANIONSHIP
AS MONEY. EVER SINCE INTEL
LIGENT TRADE WAS KNOWN
AMONG MEN. It's well nigh forty
centuries since Abraham weighed to
Ephron the silver which he had nam.
ed IN the audience of the sons of
Heth-four hundred shekels of silver
current money with the merchants.
Since that time nations have risen and
fallen, races have disappeared, dia-
lects and languages have been for
gotten, arts have been lost, treasures
have perished, continents have been
discovered, islands have sunk in the
sea, and through all these ages and
through ali these changes, silver and
gold have relgned supreme, as the
representative of value, as the media
of exchange. The dethronement of
each has been attempted IN turn, and
sometimes the dethronement of both;
but all in vsinl And we are here to-
day, celebrating anew over the prob
lem which comes down to US from
Abraham's time; the weight of silver
that shall be current money with the
merchants
Lincoln once said that he could
see disposition on the part of party
leaders to so legislate that there
would be great agrandisement of
wealth by the few at the expense of
the many whereby our government
would be on the brink of bankruptcy;
and his prediction has come true and
no one can deny it.
If the gold standard is good
thing why is it that in the panics of
1873 and 1898 it was the countrie.
having that standard that were dis
turbed. Bimetalic and silver stands
ard countries were not effected and
prosperity continued with them,
though tie United States, England
and all gold countries were in an up
roar with strikes, bank and CONNER
cial failures. China and Japan, both
silver countries we're in 1893 on the
eve of war. Yet they we're not 6nan-
cially disturbed, and it was an easy
matter to float their loans with coun-
tries having gold standard. They
have had their war now and prosperi-
ty is with them. Look at Japan, CON-
ing as it did from heathendom a few
years ago, now one of the strongest
nations of the world. They are on a
silver standard.
Gold standard advocates tell US
they are IN favor of international
bimetallsm and that they will do all
in their power to toward the cause
A likely story indeed. They have
had twenty-three years to do that
and what have they accomplished
toward international blmetalism-
nothing, absolutely nothing. They
can do nothing They dare do moth
lng They are bound hand and foot
to the money mongers. They are
like drowning man at sea and take
that dodge to anchor lost cause.
Bimetalism is either good thing
for country or else bad one. II
it is good thing we want it and if a
bad thing we do not. If it will prove
disastrous why do they advocate it?
Why do they if the gold standard
is the proper thing wish to displace
it by an international agreement for
bimetalism? They first declare that