Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
The Declaration of independence Mod.
ernized).
BY JUDGE G. WEBB BERTRAM.

BY JUDGE G. WEBB BERTRAM.
When in the course of human
events, it becomes necessary for one
nation to adopt monetary system
for itself, and to assume, among the
powers of the earth, the separate and
equal station in that respect, to which
the laws of nature and natures God
entltle them, a decent respect to the
opinions Of mankind requires that
they should call or promote an Inter
national council. We hold these truths
to be self-evident: That all nations
are created equal; that they are en-
lowed by the Creator with certain
national rights, that among these Is
the right to coin money provided the
other nations agree to it; that to Sc
cure this right International agree
ments have been suggested, deriving
these just powers from the consent of
creditor nations to debtor nations;
that whenever the monetary system
of q government becomes destructive
Of the property of Its people, it is the
right of the rulers in authority over
said nation, to call and promote the
meeting of an International council,
to the end that they may find relief
through return to a monetary sys-
tenn upon which such government was
founded. Prudence, indeed, will die
tate that where one nation has des-
troyed half of its money at the dc
tates of its creditors, it Is very foolish
All experience hath shown that it is
better to suffer the terrible evils flow
ing therefrom than to attempt to
manage its own financial system itself
for its own people without the aid of
an International agreement, But
when a long train Of disasters over
take the people Of nation, invariably
traceable to the same cause, a lack of
sufficient redemption money, causing
their real estate and personal proper
ty to shrink to one half it's former
value, causing banks to close their
doors and suspend payment, causing
factories to close from want of pat
ronsge, causing the chimneys to grow
cold, the fires in furnaces to go out,
poor families to be turned adrift and
the highways Of the United States to
be crowded with tramps, it is the
right, it Is the duty, of those in
authority over said nation to call an
international council, and get an
agreement P. D. @. Such has been
the patient suffering Of the people Of
the United States, and such is now
the necessity which constrains them
to alter their present gold standard
OF finance. The history Of the gold
standard throughout the world, and
especially in this nation, is history
of repeated injuries, bankruptcies
idle laborers, and Improbable pro-
duction. To prove this let facts be
submitted to q candid world.
Silver was demonetized in 1873 and
in 1873 commenced a panic such az
this people never saw before. W.
had abundance of tariff, yet The
chimneys cooled, the fires In the fur
naces went out, and the highways o.
the nation we're crowded with trampl
and this lasted to 1879.
Silver was partially restored to life
by the Bland-Allison act of 1878 wher
the panic let up, gold coin commenced
to return to our shores and come on
of its hiding places, so that in tho
words of certain letter Of acceptance
this nation never saw more pros
porous period than from 1850 10 1882
And yet no tinkering with the tarlf