Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1896-09-04
a "aoLDv PICTURE.

The Effects Of the Demonstration
Of Silver in England in 1915,
and the Gold Act Of 1919.
If the American people wished a mirror
into which they could look into the
future and see the condition Of our coun-
try and our people as it assuredly will be
If the gold regime as conducted by Cleve.
land, Carlisle & Co. should be continued
by Mckinley, Hanna, Sherman & Co.,
for another four years. they can get some
thing Of this view by citing the. account
and description by Allison, the English
historian Of tho times and scenes lmme-
diately following the demonstration Of
silver by England in 1916, upon the
demand OF the unrelenting creditors-the
Rothschilds. And again in 1919 her
parliament passed an act requiring all
debts, public and priva.e to be paid in
gold at the dictation Of her :mplacable,
grasping creditors, these same Roth
schilds The direct effect Of these acts
are thus told by Allison in his History
of Europe"
"The capital which had been realized
during the war (with Napoleon) had
been SO great, the influence Of the mon
eyed interest so powerful, that The legis-
lature became affected by the desire of
its possessors. The monetary bill OF
1919 (the gold standard billy before many
years had elapsed. added so per cent to
the value OF money and weight Of debts
and taxes. Small landed pro-
prietors were generally ruined from the
fall Of prices; the magnates stood forth in
increased luster from the enhanced value
of their revenues. Industry was queru-
lous from long continued suffering;
wealth ambitious from sudden exaction. !"
Also, added to Allison's authority we
have this addition of Sir James Graham.
In his "Coin and Currency" in 1926, he
SAYS:
''Whether we regard private debts or
public burdens. the effects OF the meas
ure OF 1919 have been to enact that for
every less sum owing greater shall be
paid; prices falling, but pecuniary en-.
1agements remaining undiminlshed, the
farmer has no profit. the landlord no
rent, the manufacturer no customers,
the laborer no employment: revolution
fof property and q arrangement OF the
whole frame Of society must necessarily
|ensue."
And the same authority significantly
adds:
amidst the ruin OF the farmer and Of
the manufacturer, the distress Of the
Landlords and the insurrections Of q
populace without bread and without EN-.
ploymeut. one class hourishing and wa.
triumphant; the annuitant and the tas
eater rejolced in the increased value ol
money, in the sacrifices Of productive
industry to unproductive wealth, IN tn.
. victory OF the drones over the bees"
Also the London Daily News in de
. scribing the condition Of those times
said:
! ..Never was there such an industria
war in England; never was there sucf
J destruction, and never such mass o
: infiammable discomfort in the very hear
, and center OF the land. Relief commit
tees and soup kitchens are increasingly a
work throughout the strike areas. Breae
: is distributed and fought for by famish
ing men and women, and gardens anc
to- ho fo,
, food. Hungry children attend the
. schools too weak to learn. and women
!. tramp from village to village begging tol
} money or bread"
1t would seem that any true American
would shrink with horror at the though,
} of knowingly aiding by his act, voice OF
! vote the re-enactment of those scenes
upon American soil, but Judging by the
past experience of other nations. and the
, present condition of our own, we should
say that knowingly or not, that is just
what he is liable to do If he votes for a
continuation of the gold power in this
country under Mckinley. Hanna Sher-
man ct. al, for they are now and will be
encirced within the tentacles of this
same financial octopus that brought all
the foregoing woe and misery upon the
people OF England-the Rothschllds.
In view of Cleveland and Carlisle's
policy during their official term OF pawn
ing our nation to unscrupulous foreign
syndicates, and In view Of the sell.out at
St. Louis OF the Republican party to the
house Of Rothschilds, there is no other
life boat to whic Ii the advocates of self.
government in America can turn and
appeal to for rescue, but that of the
"Chicago PLATFORM" sure and safe
American vessel manned by Captain
VIM. J. Bryan.
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