The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-06-16

Our frlend, Mr.. ,. III. UaltskllI, VINO
is managing the bushes of the Boston
Fruit Co. in Jamaics, writes us let
ter and, though much Of IL is not now
pertinent still 80 many Of his friends
here will be glad to hear from him
that we give the letter entire.--Editor
Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 2, 1895.
Editors of ADvoCATE.-Gentlemen
The last issues of your paper that /
have received, as well as other Ken
tncky papers that ! get, makes me feel
sad about kentucky. cannot conceive
that it is possible that true Kentuck-
ian would want to see the money OF
their country discredited, but fear
the free silver craze will have that
effect if allowed to prevail. Could
they be here and see our American
silver dollar holding its own and pass
ing current, cent for cent, with the
English money, being taken whenever
offered for what 1t claims to be; that
is, one hundred cents, and then see
the Mexican dollar being refused or
accepted at the commercial value of
the silver it contains, / believe they
would not want to see the United
States silver dollar Mexicanized. 1
think all true Americans-all true
Kentuckians at least-would hesitate
a little before they would ask that
their currency should be debased which
will be the result when we have the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at 16 to ]. I hope to always see my
country keep its money in such shape
that it will pass at it's face value on an
equality with any other money in the
known world and, besides, cannot
understand why the farmer should be
willing that the silver miner should be-
allowed to take his raw product to
the mill and have it manufactured or
made into the finished product free
of charge-without being tolled.
Which of their products is the silver
miner willing should be treated in
the same way? They cannot get
their wheat made into flour without,
toll or their tobacco manufactured with
out cost, yet this is what the silver
miner is asking for. 1t is simply. one
kind of protection, and like all other
protection, the outside world and the
protected party will reap the benefits,
while the farmer and the 'boys in the
trenches" pay the cost. Speaking of
protection, there is hardly day passes
that do not see a. bill in the office of
this company that shows an extra dis
count given for export. / can buy all
classes of hardware, farming imple-
ments, ETC., to be shipped here at less
price than any man IN the States can
buy them. Take bicycles, one that
will cost 500 to be used in the States,
1 can buy for $75 to come here. Now
if these things can be sold here at a
profit at these prices, why should our
own people be forced to pay more
This is the beauty of protection, but
1 don't like it, as the beauty has her
head turned the wrong way. Ny
money pays for the flowers and pres
ents to the dear girl, and the other
fellow gets the kisses.
l hope the State Convention will
give you sound money platform, and
I hope to see fair fight made, and
every man abide by the decision, and
a candidate that won't stay on the
platform should be asked to stand
aSde, and l am sure that little of
what l see every day would cure a
great many KentuckiaRs of the silver
disease. Hoping to be with you dur.
ing the summer, am
Truly Yours,
S. I'll. GAITsKILL.
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