Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-20

The silver miners by making silver
money This is another plutocratic
to deceive honest but ig-
norent men. Have not the silver
equal rights with the gold
miners as American citizens haven't
they even greater rights, for Europe
mines fiye-sixths of all the gold and
the United States most of the silver
of the world. Under the present
arrangement. the gold owners have
all the adyantage-why should they
not share it with the silver, wheat,
corn ana cotton owners as well Z
Free silver and free gold coinage
will be fair alike to all producers,
whether they produce metal, grain
or manufactured goods. 1t will
bring silver upon a par with gold, or
above, as has been the case many
times before n.the worlds history.
1t will also bring all prOdtcts to a
par with gold, and save the farmer,
manufacturer and laborer from ruin.
TARIFF AND FREE TRADE IN RELATION
TO GOLD AND SILVER.
A high tariff so adjusted as to dis
criminate against the productions OF
mono-metallio nations will efeotually
stop them from Withdrawing our gold
from us because it will bring the bal
ance of trade with the nations so
largely in our favor that we shall
draw gold from them to pay their
balances instead of sending it out.
II necessary to prevent a deluge OF
silver from these nations, as some
pretend to fear, a duty sufficient to
prevent this may be imposed upon
silver in bars, as foreign silver coins
would not be a legal tender here,and
consequently could not be sent in
payment of balances except as q CON-
modify at its bullion price. But it
is believed there would be no neces
sity for this, because the increased use
of silver, as money, would at all
times maintain its value equal with
gold. By such an adjustment Of the
tariff the trade with mOnO-meta llic
nations would soon be so largely in
our favor that they would be com
PEELED to come to the double stand
ard in selfdefence. Not only so as
to their trade with us but also as to
their trade with ali bimelallie poun-
tries.
Ofcourse with bimetallic countries
we should have free, or reciprocal 4,
trade by treaties made for this pur-
pose. Under such trade we would
very soon gain the lead in sales of
our own productions To ell bimetal-
lie countries and these are the great
of manufactured goods.
Here we would secure such enor-
nous advantages against mono-me-
tallic nations, that they would in self
defence be forced to the same mon
etary standard. We might even
have q silver coin common to all the
countries, as was suggested a few
years ago in the convention of the
North and South American States.
Such a policy would soon put US in
the forefront OF all the commercial
nations of the earth and make us the
richest of them all unless they speed
ily followed our example. 1t not
only would make US independent of
England but would subordinate her
in all the marts of the world. I'll
would give us free trade with all
South America, Russia, China Japan,
and the East and West Icdies; the
very trade that is most desirable, be-
cause they would take our mannfac.
,ured goods while the demand for
our food products would remain as
now only prices would be greatly in
creased by the increase of money. |
Let the motto then of the American
Party be, FREE GOLD, FREE SILVER,
FREE TRADE, HIGH TARIFF, HIGH
AND HIGH Prosperity. This
nay not please the spectators and
,lutocrats, but it will bring prosper
ty to all the laboring classes Of the
country.
As it is now,we have money scarce
nd high priced and all the products
# labor cheap. Under the present
ystem all tends to the enslaving of
he producing classes and the enrich
ng and exaltation ofthe SPECTATORS
nd tradare The commercial cities