Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-04

Dre. erelCe ana pQS-LtSS Gun bSSJ ~
bids the banker 10 avail himself OF MS
LEGAL right. Wha. l desire 10 empha-
size is this: II silver is not money OF
final redemption" beyond five dollars
il is not any fault of the law, Tor IN
law silver dollars have unlimited legal
tender. 1t is due 10 that principal III
human nature which makes people pre-
fer something more convenient. Ana
this .preference is something Deyonu
Congressional control. The banker
above referred 10. because he desires 20
retain your custom, makes IL a polnI
to furnish you the kind OF money when
will best suit your convenience. Be-
CAUSE of this natural preference for the
most convenient money, for these pure
X business reasons. the coin used IN all
large payments requiring the u.s. OF
metallic money is gold, because Il -
much more convenient than silver ~
count and to carry. We need 'Dotn Sill
YER and gold money, each to perform
the work for which Cby It's nature IL -
best fitted That is what we Oh 'niS
side are contending for. ..,,-
Another statement in Mr.. hliicalu
article: He says that Mexico anu
.Tan9n are the most prosperous nations
ON earth" Labor has doubled IN the
mast five years in these nations.
do7't know where he gets his informa-
lion with regard 10 Mexico. ME-
Romero. the Mexican minister IN an
ar,icle in a recent number Of the North
American Review" claims that manu-
facturers are making large proh's' but
what does he find to say ABOUT WaseS
Of workingmen in MeXlcoE Listen.
.AI-bough our wages are low. there mas
boep in recent years a marked Jenaency
10 their increase. -;,,.or
Their wages are Gov" even in silver ,,,
What about increase in wages . nc
nj that he can claim is that there
hos been a tendency" in that dlrecIiOH'
NO real increase worth mentioning sPe-
c.fcally Workingmen VIII 40 wei -
ponder on these things s.o
Mir. McC,eary says: I'VE nave peloI0
Us 4 special message from the fTes--
dent asking US TO make an appropI ld1!olI
70 nav certain railroads for carry Ing
certain necple from the Mexican line 10
various narts of the United States. what
is the story behind this? Simply thls'
Some OF our wogkinsmen, having Deen
told how feaYfully they we're being anus
ed urder chr SYSTEM, and being assured
that things were booming in MEXICO,
became the victims OF their mlsplaceu
confidence in free silver orators anu
went TO Mexico Then they learned lhe
truth. finally coming home at puOIic
expense. How many more OF our work
ingmen will allow themselves TO DC
made victims OF similar tales?
The writer of this article received TO-
day a letter from the City OF Mexico
dated June %. 1896. written by the man
ager Of the Bureau of Information Of the
Mexican Central Railway Company
Limited. with a request that l organize
a syndicate with a view to handling one
or more large tracts of land and opening
them up for sale in smaller lots 10 SET
tiers. Note what he says: "Ihe pro
ducts OF Mexico are the result OF labor
Maid in silver and marketed in the Unit
ed States and Europe for gold What
does he mean by that? Simply this:
Labor is paid in cheap money and their
products are sold for good money. The
workingman gets money worth 90 cents
On the dollar. "the poor mans money
and tho owner OF the product. by reason
OF this cheap labor. is abe to keep down
the cost of production and realize a
large profit.
Juet one other reference to Mr.. Kin
caid's article. He says: There IS to-
day more acute suffering and misery
among the masses Of England than any
country on the face Of the earth. Incu-
sands homeless. breadless. friendles5'
&c This was not so be-
fore 1916" He charges all this to the
money system. He does not consider
that crime and poverty has and always
does exist in large and densely popu-
lated countries. But read what SIT
Michael Hicks-Beach says: The sur
plus in the treasury (of England is the
largest that has ever been known ana
the credit of the country was never 50
nigh. The position OF the workingman
was never SO satisfactory as at present
/ think that those who read these two
statements will rather credit the one
made by Sir Michael than that by Mr..
Kincaid Sir Michael is in a position
TO know what he is talking about Mr..
Kincaid ends his article by an appeal
to the passions and prejudices Of his
readers. He would have them renounce
their faith and confidence in mankind
He SAYS Mckinley has been wined and
dined by Mark Hanna and the gold ele-
ment of this country, and that Mckinley
is a fraud. etc. In other words, Nc
Kinley is dishonest and can be bought
for a meal or a drink. Shamei This
kind of talk is altogether unworthy Of
notice. but | wish to say to this malign-
er Of mankind that | returned to-day
from Canton, the home Of Mckinley.
The residents in that town talk differ
emily They say that McKinley's
friends love him and that his enemies
respect him. He is an honest man
They say that Mark Hanna loves Nc
Kinley, and he has shown it by his
works His purse has always been open
to Mckinley whenever he needed
pecuniary assistance; and he has needed
it. Mckinley is comparatively a poor
man. He has always been kind, al
fable, approachable-th poor mans
friend. Moreover, he is a statesman.
w. II. RINEHART.
Wheeling. July 9. 1896.