The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-08-12
A WARNING.
AN ENGLISH JOURNAL DE
CLARES THE TRUTH.
And Bids England Help the Gold
People.

f60ple.
"The financial situation in the
United States is very serious. The
condition of affairs in the United
States Congress demands the inn
mediate attention of British finan-
ciers and statesmen. The tradeof
the world is in our hands, but it
will not long remain there if the
United States goes to bimetallic
basis with free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
"With the addition of silver to
the volume of money, everything
in America would take on a4new
face; laborand industry would gain
life. The grip of tho gold stand
ard on the product of the world
would be loosened and prices would
rise. Great Britain would loseher
markets, in South America, Asia
and Europe, and American ships
would not be long in capturing the
carrying trade of the world
British creditors must now APP
ply themselves quickly to the
American money problem. The
American people are now thorough
ly aroused and educated on the
power and use of money, and made
desperate by debt and business de-
preston, they are forcing free sill
yer as tho main issue.
"Great Baitain need fear no in
Jury to her trade or Investments if
tho Republican party can force
protection tariff as the main issue
in the coming presidential cam
paign, but if free silver dominates
the American mind and carries ut
the polls, it will bring about U.
change in England that will b6s,
ruinous from its suddenness and
severity The damage that can be
done British manufacturers by
protective tariff is slight compared
with the disasters that would be
entailed by change from q single
gold toa complete bimetalic stand
ard.
"Thesucecess of free coinage will
bring down the rate of interest on
money, and cause un immediate
rise in the price of all commodities.
Whom silver becomes primary mon
CIV the American mines will pour
their products into the mints, and
and now era similar to that pro-
duced by the issue of greenbacks
during the civil war will begin.
Gold will leave the banks and enter
into competition with silver in the
avenues of trade and the manu-
factories of tho United States
which have been shut down or
crippled since 1892, will again
resume their fight for the English
markets.
at matters not to great Britain
which party succeeds il the gold
standard is maintained, but other
of the old parties or new party
which goes into power pledged TO
free coinage will be inimical and
prejudicial to English manufacto-
ries and trade.
"The American people are mass.
ing now on free silver. When
that issue comes fairly before the
American people, England will re-
gret her apathy and adherence to
the single go!d standard" Lon
don Financial News.
We are sorry to see that our old
friend Capt. John Thornburg, who
has heretofore been ono of Mason
county IS most uncoInpromising Re
lpublicans, out in letter in the
Register saying he is going to vote
for Bryan Sewall Captain Thorn
burg is Il gentleman much admired
for his general intelligence and has
hosts of friends, who will be panied
TO hear of his desertion of the
Grand Old Party, that represents
the best things on earth politically.
-Gallipolis Tribune.
Capt' InornDur8 is thinking
man and has his eyes open, as
many thousand other Republican
have.
a recent dispatch from Wash
ington says: Among the visitors at
Silver headquarters to-day was NJ,
b. ID. Root, editor of the 41nches-
ter, Va, Leader, Republican
paper. For thirty years he has
been Republican, and was recent
ly candidate for Congress on the