The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-02
PoPocRAT1sM AMR sINKLER.

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Of age, who has recently graduated
from colleggss aud who wears his
hair, a Ia shetland pony, and
parts it In the middle. He is possess.
ed Of an orotund and sepulchrai voice,
q good flow Of words, and II be would
only study up his subject would be .
fairly good stump speaker. Heis one
Of those disappointing speakers whose
Impressive manner and wheel-barrow
tones lead the listener to believe that
something is about to be said, which
something somehow don't materialize
but disappears in wordy vacuity.
In an argumentative sense Mr.. Sim
kler is certainly hard to combat, be-
cause he deals SO largely with those
abstract and anarchistic notions Of
the :'cross Of gold" and "clown Of
th0rns' variety 80 largely INDUCED in
BY bis prototype and model "the 9th
er bOv crater"
I But we are willing to wager any
reasonable sum, that four outof five
republican farmers in this county can
stand Oh the stage and from their own
personal and present knowledge re-
fute completely, any and every direct
statement which he made, which un-
refuted contrYverts sound money doc
trine.
The great majority of Mr.. Sinkler's
statements are of themselves SO rid.
iculous and absurd that they do not
need serious argument aud need only
to 0e repeated 20 disprove themselves.
One of Mr.. Sinkler's first state.
ments, which he backed up with the
authority of Walker was ''that wam-
pun, the she'll money used by the
Indians, was one Of the best forms Of
money in the world, because the sup
ply could not be diminished" We
think our readers will admit that
such u statement is too absurd ode
mand serious consideration.
"Money is ~ sort of check; its value
is determined by the stamp on it" is
another of MIR. Sinkler's definitions.
"Money-nor anything else has any
intrinsic value.n :.use, only, deter
mines the value of money" 1.-THE
stamp on money gives it use, hence
gives it It's value." Mr.. Sinkler how
ever immediately after, stated that
supply and demand make value.
Dir. Sinkler said the doctrine Of
''quantatiye values'' that is ''if yon
double the volume Of money you dou-
ble prices. "has not been controverted,
when every republican speaker In the
country has denied it and proved Its
fallacy and John Locke to whom Mr..
Sinkler referred as authority, while
he lays 1t down as general principle
also says, that doubling prices does
not always mean doubling values.
Prices always mean money, values
mean the relation of one commodity
to another and may be expressed by
price In Mouey or by direct exchange.
Doubling the units of measure does
not double the value unless the units
remain unchanged In value. A bush.
el Of wheat to-day is worth 81 cents In
Uuited States units Of measure. The
same bushel is to-day worth 100 cents
In Mexican units of value. We dou-
ble the measures Of value" but we
don't change the'value of the wheat
an iOta.
Mr.. Sinkler said that John G.. Car
lisle ''who ought to be good authority
to gold bugs" said I'VE had IN former
years contracted the currency with
DISASTROUS effects on the country"
But Mr.. Sinkler carefully refrained
from the fact at that time or any 9TH.
er time in his remarks, that that con-
traction came during the era Of BIZ
Metallism, which Mr.. S. wants to 60
back 70, and the further fact that
the reason OF that contraction was be.
cause It was impossible to keep two
kinds at money IN circulation for any
length Of time during thuse good old
days Of bitnetallism.
Ar. S. ssya," ,"if you double the NUM-
Der Ot wheels yOu double the numter
and ease Of sraplers Which 10 the
same doctrine that Mr.. Reed Of Maine
SO sarcastically disposed ofsin his ex-
preston that '.if yOu double the mum.
Der Ut h.yracks you don't double the
amount Of hay" ID
Another .f Mr.. SiDkler's ast0nlsh.
ing discoveries in the field Of fe-nahu-
ci-i-i-s, is tnat smoney equal.zes the
value Of all the different pruducts Ut
human labor" We had been told be.
fore this BY Mr.. 5. that money WAS u
measure Of Values" but according tv]
this II is not only measure but u
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