Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-30


although one is compelled to give a
house and lot for it. the gold dollar
one gets hold of under the present
gold standard, which Cleveland repub
licans tell US is to be maintained, is as
good as 1.-The best dollar in the world.''
Under our system the farmer sees
his products go down. down, down in
price, while the dollar which is so easy
| (?) for him to get. (aud which will buy
almost three times as much Of his pro-
duct as ever beforel goes up, up, up in
purchasing power, so that If his dollar
Will buy twice as much as what il once
did under even limited coinage of ST.
yer. it takes three times the amount Of
his products to secure that dollar. He
is still III the hele. notwithstanding
the cheap price al which he can buy.
The opening of our mipts To the
coingage of silver on an equality with
gold viii stop this everlasting contrac-
ton. this never-ending decline in
prices. You know Mr. Mckinley says
things can get too cheap. This is true,
but he wants to raise the price by ad
| herring to false policy that has dragged
the farmer and producing class to the
level they now find themselves. The
gold standard republicans say you will
be able to eXtricate yourselves from
your irksome position only by contin-
uing the present contracting financial
policy We who favor silver coinage
claim that the only way to obtain re-
lief is to expand the currency, for no
addition to our currency sy stem, no
matter how great, that is redeemable
in gold alone, will give particle of re-
lief. Coin silver and you unlock the
money chests of the eastern gold sup,
porters and manipulators, and compel
the money that is being held for invest.
ment in the government bonds to enter
the channels of trade, as it will; and
not till then may any permanent ben
eft be expected. Eastern men OF
money will invest in free silver Mexico
but not dollar viii they put into the
west here because of the fear of free
silver.
That reports of progress in every
line of business, manufacturing, and
authenticated is beyond question, and
it is to be hoped that farmers and bus.
mess men will accept something relia'
bic rather than the statements OF
papers and parties who know nothing
about which they are talking wher
they attempt to create fear and dis
l trust in your mind against the cause o.
silver by holding up Mexico as al
Z awful example Of the effect of FIRE,
coinage.
q These same country papers that ar,
l falling over each other to get into Mr.
Hanna's gold band wagon are all th'
time saying ''give US the truth abou
Mexico, and there will be no fear o
free silver here" The truth abou
Mexico is not what they want; if tb
truth, and nothing bat the truth wer
: told it would disclose the fact tina
Mexico is booming, expanding, de
| Hlic IbC u HllSt
Il States are barely holding their OWE
and prices of the fdmrer and produce
II are down below the cost of produc tiol
u in many instances.
e The fact that foreigners, and thi
7. will bear repetition. are so anxious t,
d invest in such country as free siiYe
n Mexico is an indication that they hav
y no fear from a country that admits sill
e yer to the mints with gold. If fre
: silver is SO bad as our gold friends tel
y Us why is it that capitalists will con
J. tinue to invest gold dollars under
government that coins only 5O-cen
l. dollars? Why will they take tn
a chance of getting only 50-cent dolla
# for each gold dollar invested?
b ALI Mexican has to do to exploi
y any financial scheme in his country
e to go to Boston and New York and la,
# his plan before the money magnates o
. the east, and his mission is successful
70 beyond question. They never stop t
it ask him if his country has 50-cent FIRE
70 coinage silver dollars; they don't as
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