The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-11

lars mot ounccs), OF gold on hand al
present 10 insure The present parity OF
gold and silver. Now when that Is drawn
out OF the treasury. whore is more TO
come from. The only way | see is for
Uncle sam 10 keep on selling gold bonds
as long ~ he can get II. and when tho
rest OF the world refuse ia rnsh gold
no Will have 10 assign.
The whole thing seems 90 NE one thou
sand times worse than the sherman pur-
chasing act which the people have lately
repealed through Congress.
y silNente told me the other day that
Germany and France were looking on IN
admiration and approval Of the step we
were proposing TO take. and that IL we
made success. OF IL they would joln rs.
them
France has to-day 400 millions OF ST.
yer IN her bank vaults that she would
gladly convert into gold. as she has no
Use for IL as IL is ard the United states
would make splendid dump for hy.
81 all We furnish the dumping grOand2
leu gave us some time ag) some iig-
Tres from bi-metallic Cxico. as 10 wages.
etc. tut you did not compare them Witn
the wages here ana In Europe. Is IL not
a fact that with free silver established
here. or laboriug men will actually re-
celYc less for their days work than the
20 called pauper lsborer Of II rope. Arc
car working mon willing TO come Ia this
Men whose boast has been that Ia this
cOrhlry they are the best paid artiyans
on the face OF the globc2 We ire stand
Ey to-day shoulder 10 shoulde' with
the first nations OF the word. shall We
run the risk Of ,aying 10 descend from
our present high and lofty position. and
become "A second-class nation. Ne are
standing on the brink Of "a prcciyice.
Shall we jump down. We can't jump up
again except Though bankruptcy and re-
pudiatiOn on the part or our government.
Times arc hard Just now. and have been
gradually growing more 30 for the last
three years, aud we are bound 20 have
"A change. The people demand relief. ana
will have 10, and that too. IN the next
Congress nj latest. 10 can be given on
sound money lines, or temporary relief
may be- given by free silver. Nill II not
be better 10 Try conservative remedies
first before rushing blindly into free ST.
YER. ! see by the papers that many prom
incnt business men and bankers are al
ready pNparng 10 save themselves,
should free silver pass. by stpulatHs That
they take shall be payable IN gold. When
a man signs note payable ~ gold IL
must be so paid on demand. No law can
be- passed 10 change this. We may ses
the pitifu sight of a man peddling round
500 In silver 10 bDv nifty or seventy
five dollars I'm gold. We can have no
double standard with fixed ratio. no
NOPE than We can have two standard
lengths for yard OF the same value.
We may. by agreement with other Lead
ing nations have two standards. one gold
and the other silver but the value OF
each will be fixed ON an interchangeable
value by supply and demand. aud not by
arbitrary fiat.
Men tell me that the dollar OF their
daddies is good enough for them. This Is
progressive age. they may as well say
that the style OF locomotion or anything
else that was good enough nifty years
ago Is good enough now-if so. what uso
have we FOR electric cars and lighting.
telephones. ana the other improvements
OF IN last fifteen yearS-and yet they
want us 10 90 back ;wcnty-four years IN
our civilization
The only thing about the fee silver
craze that Is captivating j. the word free:
and II that could be rubbed out u would
loose rs glamour in the eyes OF the peo-
pie. Instead OF being an aid 10 freedom.
may II not. II IL comes. make US all
bOndsmen2
This issue overshadows all other L.
sues IL Is the !.fc-blool OF the nation.
Shall we run the rick OF having diseased
blood? IL Is more serious ,ian war. A
war IS soon over and the nation quickly
recuperates. " we install free silver at
a nxed ratio the erect Will bc felt 81 un-
born generations = 9. KlTcHfE. ~. ID.
Bagby's. Va. june = is.s'