Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-13
Rothschild's Platform.


An examination Of the gold-bug az
gument from Carlisle, formerly Of
Kentucky, down to little Eckels, will
disclose the fact that they rest upon
the following assumptions:
1. That the United States has no
power to coin money and regulate the
value thereof.
2. That money is created by govern
ment for export and not for use within
the Jurisdiction issuing 1t.
8. That the United States has no
right to money which is not a full legal
tender in every country Of the world.
4. That foreign commerce consists
In the exports Of money and not OF
commodities.
5. That foreign balances are settled
by exporting money and not by incur
ring foreign debt.
6. That it Ia a good thing to buy
more commodities than we sell, and
export our money to pay the differ
ences.
trade without international money.
8. That it is the duty of the United
States to have the same kind OF finan-
cial legislation as Europe has, because
Europe is a civilized country, and II
the United States desires to be civil
lied it's government, laws and customs
must be the same as those Of Europe.
8. That the best money is the dear
est money, and the more rapidly the
purchasing power Of money increases,
the more equitably time contracts can
be settled.
10. That the fact that the unlimited
coinage of silver was always beneficial
previous to 1873 proves conclusively
that return to the equal coinage OF
the two metals would be disastrous.
II. That the fact that all silver STAN
dard countries enjoy unexampled pros
perity, while all gold standard coun-
tries are more miserable than at any
time during the century is conclusive
reason why the United States should
remain on the gold standard.
~. That because silver was demone-
tized without knowledge of the Ameri-
can people it ought not to be restored,
because that would be reflection upon
the good faith of the eminent men who
succeeded in cheating the people out of
the money of the Constitution.
10. That the establishment of an in
dependent financial system by the
Fathers of the Republic, and in cor
porating the same in the Constitution,
was an unfriendly act towards the
British empire for which the patriots
of Wall street are rendering reasona-
BILE satisfaction to the Mother Country.
IA. That the Republican party came
into existence as the friend of equal
rights and opposed slavery in every
form, which was an objectionable Of
tense to extortion, despotism and OPP
preston, and makes 1t the bounden
duty of every Republican to stand by
the old party while 1t renders satisfac-
ton to plutocracy and aristocracy for
its organization in defiance of the d.
vine right of money changers. bond
holders and gold gamblers
Is. That 1t is the duty Of the Demo-
cratic party to stand by the patriot Of
Buffalo and Wall street in indicating
the honor of an alien gold trust. and
sanctify and purify the acquisition Of
wealth by bond deals, treasury raids,
and honorable collision with the specu-
lators and money dealers OF the world.
16. That the man who protests
against any of the maxims of the gold
king or their methods of robbing the
people, is an anarchist and disturber
of the public peace, and If he is a Pop
ulist or silver man, he is declared dan
gerous to the good government of gold
gamblers and money changers for
whose sole and exclusive benefit man
was created and government ordained.
Sixteen To One.