Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-08-13


a measure is it of human effort that
when it is exclusively used as money
it teaches the very habit OF honesty.
1t neither deals in or tolerates false
pretenses. 1t can not lie. 1t keeps
it's promises to rich and poor
alike. The value OF gold is
not affected by the stamp OF the
government. That is merely final
and reliable evidence OF it's weight
and fineness.
You must have something with
the attribute OF extension when you
measure extension. To measure
weight you must have something OF
specific gravity. To measure value
you must have something of value,
something that requires labor to
produce it. Gold has that requisite.
The stamp on a gold dollar says in
effect: This government
pledges it's honor that this coin is
nine-tenths fine and contains 2S.8
(25.S?) grains in weight. The gov
eminent stamp on every piece OF
coin is certificate to mankind that
the bearer has rendered service unto
society which is measured by that
piece OF metal, and that he is entitled
to an equivalent service from society
in return Such a draft has never
been dishonered."
On page 4,907 of Congressional
Globe same debate) Senator Stewart
says:
"Sir, the laboring man and the
producer is entitled to have his prod
uct and his labor measured by the
same standard of the world that meas
ures your national debt. D.. Give
him such standard, give him money
as you require from him. You require
it from the producer. You require
from the laboring man gold to pay
the interest on your national debt,
which is right, which can not be
avoided if you mean to save the ma
tional honor; but then give him the
same money with which to pay that
debit .-.-...-..
On page 1900 (same debate) he
says:
"There have been many battles
fought against gold, but gold has Won
every time. Gold never has compro-
missed. Gold has made the
world respect it all the time. The
English people once thought that
they could get along without gold for
a while, but they had to come back
to it. We did not depart from it on
purpose to disgrace gold, but we at
tempted expedients at the time of the
war because we thought we had not
enough gold in the country to get
along with, though probably we had"
On page 1857:
II don't care how much you discuss
it or how many resolutions you pass,
they don't make any difference; you
must come to the same conclusion
that all other people have, that gold
is recognized as the universal standard
Of value. It is the measure that must
be used. It is the measure by which
your wealth must be tested. Whether
it be pennies or millions matters not.
It is the measure that must test all
wealth. The wealth of the United
States is tested by the same rule. It
has been and will always be the touch
stone Of measurement, and when you
depart from that and try to figure out
another measure which the world does
not recognize, you get into confusion.
Attempting to reconcile them is idle
to talk about
The above extracts from the speech
es Of Stewart and Jones, before
they got interested in silver mines.
ought to be enough to convince every
honest and fair minded man of the
falsity Of the conspiracy charge.
HERE is no surer way, no matter
how pure the motive, to plant the