The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-06-04
.SOIB WARN
INQUIRIES
For the Fellows whe wass the
Gold Ssandard-rhsy are Ig-
norant and Sslssh.
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The ms lority Of the pre.s arr ana
ioas to day 10 kno~ where Mekiplsy
Is ~, while NJ the same time thls
very anxious and denroas prv<s do
not themselves know where they are
At. Did the press really undsrssand
the gold question they would not
make this foolish demasa upon Me-
kinley or any other man. The New
York press, IN combination With the
Wall street spectators. attribute
the gold export At present 60 Nc
kinley because be does not come
out and declare for q positive gold
standard. The Morning Advertiser
comes ou, with q list of business
men and manufacturers for which
the city has been canvAssed in re-
gard TO the sound money or gold
standard. and az n matter of courre
all named were for either one or the
other.
Now, Mr.. Editor. what I xish 10
know is how business ar mAnufac-
lures throughout this broad land
can be- benefited by q single gold
standard. The same editor comes
out in daring headline. in one Of has
recent issues. THE Market Drifts.
Traders say They are Not Earning
Office Expenses. But Crops are
Growing. and Each Day Brings Mil
lions ot Wealth Into Existence.
Securities Still Sell Low.
But the Tearing Down Process 10
End-d and the Upbuilding Will Be
gin AT 81. Louis"
The press of New York and the
stock spectators delegate 60 them
selves the honor that Wall street is
the pulse of this the most en;erpris-
ing and industrious country Of the
world. IL this Ice 80. Why WAS the
tearing down process ever beguns
Have the crops not been growing
for the past twenty yeArsi What
more can nature do for Wall street
than II has done for the past twenty
yearsi Under his fiAring headlines
the editor says, "Secaritics are on .
low level OF prices. They may easily
sell Mt lower level yet"
/ call upon these self-constituied, /,
pulse regulators 10 explsin the sim
pie question asked: What In the
most important TO all commercial
business centres 20 stimulate bust
ness and tradei know OF but one
: in this country, rs there is no ques-
tion In regard to industry, which is
plenty of good money throughout
the length and breadth Of our coun.
try. IL there is any other thing
needed wish 70 be informed.
The single gold standard failed "a
6o IT for the past twenty years and
: will certainly fail to do Il in the fu.
ture. The country could prospeI
!, under u single silver standard, bu,
it is utterly impossible for this coun
try to prosper under q single GOLD
3 standard. This is SO plain that an,
D one who wishes can see that mucl
: for himself. England and German,
, are enabled TO continue only by tn,
5 United States furnishing them viii
silver bullion At fifty cents on tn,
;. dollar, Of which this country sol,
r them for the first four months o.
2 this current year, SIS, ,07l, ,4J0 worth
e and by selling the silver bul
J. lion at half its value this coun
: try had to export during tn
S same time SIS. .l37 ,35s of gold. Doe
= this not conclusively prove that tn
= single gold standard is against tn
/ prosperity of this countryf Had tn
q silver bullion been at par, then tn
2 silver bullion would have been tn
n balance of trade against this couu
try and the gold remained at home
% As regards the manufacturer N,
% business man, how is it possible 70
o them TO expect or even TO hope 70
q revival of business and trad
n when they shut off seven-tenths O
e the people Of the world who main
% tain single silver standards even {
o the extent Of Mexico and the Sout
J. American republics; and too, whe
l. this country has to hang itself TO tn
IS tail of the two monied empires 3
crafty them with our silver bullio
L. at half price, and cotton, wheal
corn and other produce and provii
ions at the same sratiof Have th
>. business men and manufacturers O
our country ever asked themselve
whether it pays them best to SEN
the products OF the silver mines an
. agriculturalists to those empires q
= half price, or whethe: il woald no
8 pay them better 70 have those indus
: tries prosperous SO es TO leave th
. gold in our own s"natry where
would be possible for them to, &
= least, bring about . revival Of trad
- where there is no other place poss
- BILE.
}, As regards free and unlimits
coinage of silver, which il the onl
- way to bring lsiiver bullion TO paI
= am utterly sstonished when I ss
= the great effort made by the major
- ty Of the press throughout the cour
y try. What basis can business, trad
and the press adopt TO put eitha
gold or silver on without free An
unlimited coinage to make their bu
!, lion par with each otherf II Lon
:. don or the outside world fixes u
=, price upon silver, then Why do th
a. goldbugs not demand the coinage Z
our silver st the present price Of II
=, bullionf Who can lose under thu
~ arrangement and what il to hindl
it from being donei The goIdbua
dare not do it. They know il vou]
"a soon require two gold dollars to bu
- . silver dollar. It seems to me TIL
= the intelligence Of country shoul
-. ponder and retrsce their steps wha
n it is all loss TO this country and Z
NJ NJ gain in prospect. The South IL nj
justly abused in regard to the
effort for bringing the silver. .bullia
- tcsa parity again. But Let it b O.
- TO the credit Of the Southern D
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