The Lamar register., 1896-07-18

PAEtiPittiseN a tsftiole panic, and Its re-
sultlng depression, from which we are
suffering. Ii will be but an echo 10 the
one sudden change from a gold to
silver basis viii create How will the far.
mer bo able to sell anything when there
IS no one TO buy, no home market Why
export It OF course. Wheres Who bnys
the farmers productsg 1t is a startling
fact, but true. that there is not d single
silver standard country in the world that
imports our farm products. Find one il
you eau and give us the figures. The sil
ver advocate viii tell You that the pold
standard Is Engiand's standard. and that
she owns the most of it and dictates
! prices 10 all the world. Is that true9
Here Is the list Of gold standard coun
| tries: United States, England. France
Austria Hungary, Germany, Russia. Rel
giuIu. Denmark Holland, Norway. Spain.
Portugal, Italy, Switzerland. Australia,
Servln, Greece, Bulgaria, Egypt, Turkey.
Canada, Cuba. Brazil, Chile. Venezuaia
and Peru. The silver standard countries
are China, Japan, India. The Straits.''
SO called. Central American state. Mexico.
South American republics except Chile.
Brazil, Venezuela and Peru and some Of
the semi-ciyiiized nations OF Africa, Not
one OF them prosperous or enlightened.
and the laboring ciass do not eat much
Of our products not even "hog and hom-
| my We must sell them TO gold stand
ard countries II at all. That means that
they will pay for them at silver prices.
gold ratio, or about one-half what Va, get
now. tits very simple problem to figure.
II the silver standard is so very bene-
fetal, why have SO many OF the nations
named, nearly all OF them, changed from
silver to gold standard within a few
years. Get some silver man To explain
that to YOU. Also get him to explain why
there is not single silver standard
country in the world that has a per cap
tia circulation Of over $500 Let him
find one, Mexico is often quoted by sill
yer men rs beipg prosperous. She has
silver ia enormous quantities in her
mountains. probably as much II not more
than we have, aud it is legal tender with
unlimited coinage. Her per capita cir
culation is given by standard authorities
as 43r in gold. l1c in paper and S4.31 in
silver; total s4.ql. Our populist friends
ought 10 90 down there and look after
those Mexlcans- Something must be
wrong. Some of our iaboring men did 20
down there, not long ago, a body Of them,
led TO do so by an offer OF work They
found the pay would not buy enough TO
keep body aud soul together. and struck
out for home many OF them afuot Go
ask one OF them to vote the SILVER ticket.
What we want is prosperity That
means activity in all kinds of business:
new enterprises requiring large amounts
OF capital; money spent in public I'M
proyements; money to loan upon salts
factory security; employment OF all kinds
Of labor. 1t win never come until CON
iidence is restored. You cannot compel
people who own and control large
amounts of capital to put it out in any
form, silver or gold. unless they have
confidence, 1t is n little word OF ten let
tiers, but no word in the English language
covers more ground. Sound money and
a chance to earn it is what this country
needs.
Protection, sound money and reciproc-
ity should be written in letters of gold
above every hearthstone in America.
They have been tried and are not theory.
With them this country, prostrate at the
close of the civil war with a deprecated
currency and an enormous debt hanging
like pail over us, rose in twenty years
to be the first among nations in wealth,
power and prosperity to all its people, A
change from that policy under glitteriug
promises made by the democratic party,
has brought us to our present condition.
The people are tired of experiments and
we believe the 4th of November will reg
lister one OF the most emphatic verdicts
in favor Of return to old and tried prin-
ciples this country has ever seen.