The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
SOUND MONEY.

As days pass we fell morsand more
convinced that the Old party lines
will be obliterated in the coming
Presidential campaign and the ques-
ton of who will govern this country
for the next four years will be entire
ly fought out on the money question
and this only The tariff bill is Ell
tirely thing of the past and new
lines will be drawn on the gold and
silver question. The question has
been agitated for some time by
the leading daily papers, but until
recently the suburban ress has re
manned comparatively quiet.
The time has now come when every
newspaper should express itself and
in no uncertain terms.
The position of the -HIgiS is just this:
If the free coinage of silver will help
the working man it will 90 all in its
power to bring aid in the good cause.
But from the present standpoint
nothing can be said in favor of free
coinage.
Looking at it from an unbiased view
we feel sure that the tlooliug Of the
country with fifty Gent dollars can re e
suit in only one thing. and that il
ruin. Probably some OF our esteemed
contemporaries who are absolutely wild
on this question, for the purpose of
trying to boost up small circulation,
will boom silver for selfish purposes.
Their only idea is to be sensational
and then think they can rest on their
laureiS.
The doctrine the people should fol
low is what is best to give us good
times?
The theory advanced that Wall
Street wants the present hard times is
ridiculous beyond mention. The
money lenders always want times
brisk so that they can put out their
capital at Il good rate of interest.
Now what advantage will rebound
10 them if all business is paralyZed
and all business adventures aban-
doned? What can they gain from this
status of affairs? The statement is so
absurd that an answer is unnecces
sary.
WHAT We want is II collar worth one
hundred cents and will buy that much
in any market of the world.
The South and West seem to favor
the free circulation of the white me-
tai, but there are some matters they
should consider very well before act
ing.
1t is of prime Importance that the
people of the West and South should
be shown the necessity of maintaining
the present standard of values The
foundation of our currency system
must he solid ut every point, and this
consideration must he emphasized and
demonstrated with such convincing
clearness that the ma iority of Demo
Gratis and Republicans will realize the
force of the contention. The effort to
create sound money sentiment should
be made on non-partisan lines, for
where the public welfare is concerned
political consideration has no logical
bearing upon the issues ut stake. The
working man, who has labor to sell,
must have his wages paid in the best
money The farmer, who has grain,
tobacco, cotton or cattle to market,
cannot exchange them for a depre-
ciated currency and continue to pros
per. These are the two classes who
most need enlightenment, because
they will be the first to suffer under
any financial system that does not
give them an honest dollar for their
labor and products. y vigorous non
partisan agitation is urgently requir-
ed. Never before was there greater
need of an appeal TO the intelligence
of the people.