The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-07-30

out Of the pockets of the people and for
which all the real wealth Of the country
is again mortgaged. And this sort of
business will go on until the people arise
in their might, go to the polls and put
an end to it.
The gold raid and the bond issue
could be readily and effectively stopped
by recognizing the legal definition Of
'ooin" as both gold and silver as de-
clared by the resumption act and other
Uuited States statutes.
The policy of declaring coin to be
gold coin alone makes these raids upon
the treasury possible the raids net the
raiders immense profits, and as long as
the opportunity for making these raids
exists they will be made
That sums up the entire political and
financial situation Of the hour, the con-
tinuous effect of which has paralyzed
almost every industry, and has brought
agriculture to such deplorable condi.
ton that during the past week through.
out Ohio, when sales could be made at
all, oats sold at cents and wheat at 80
cents bushel.
The demor atization of silver and the
control Of the money of the country
having practically passed into the hands
OF limited number of people accounts
for the ruinously low prices of farm
products, and while the money monop-
olists admit that the monetization Of
silver would double the volume of cur
renoy and advance prices, they insist
that it would be cheap 50-cent- on the
dollar money.
Strange doctrines truly to preach to
| q man who is raising Scent oats on land
that he paid 500 an acre for 20 years
ago, and Since which has cost him more
than 500 an acre in taxes and better.
ments.
The plain declarations, pro and con,
have swept away the obscurities and
driftwood. On the Republican side it
is the continuance Of the gold standard,
the 20 years grind Of which is seen and
known Of all men. On the Democratic
side it is the RECOMMENDATION of silver
and the equal coinage of both the gold
and silver of our mines, and return to
fair measure of prosperity under
which Scent oats and S0-cent wheat
will disappear.
The issueg OF the campaign are now
| clearly defined and presented, and it
| will be comparatively easy matter,
month or six weeks hence, to gauge
with tolerable accuracy the strength of
the two contending parties.
speak OF but two contending parties,
for the reason that almost 90 per cent of
the voters will go into one or the other
OF the two camps and become the SOL
diers either of the single gold or the hi.
metallic standard.
The miiv,r and fragmentary parties
will cut less of figure this year than
they have since 1881
For the first time since 1928 political
campaign is to be fought upon the clear
ly defined lines Of the money power
against the people. In any other coun.
try, perhaps such contest would be
fraught with danger to the government,
but with us there is no danger except
In the overthrow of the people in the
contest and the sitting of the will of the
majority by the corrupt use of money.
In 1928 even more dire predictions of
bankruptcy and ruin were made by the
apologists, advocates and attorneys of
the powerful moneyed corporation
known as the United States bank, if the
people under the lead Of jackson sue
ceeded at the polls.
AhO PCoph buSCSou6tl, Uu0 DuIlK was
wiped out o. existence by the peaceful
process Of constitutional legislation,
and the country, instead of entering
upon the downward road Of destruction,
entered upon a career Of great pros.
perity.
Today the selfish moneyed concerns
which have corner on gold and are
engaged in the unpatriOtic work of
compelling enormous bond issues to
maintain mistaken financial policy
which decla ss "coin" to mean exclu-
sively gold CON, are predicting universal
tuin II the people are permitted to elect
Bryan and congress, and thus break
up their unjust advantages.
hut the country and its interests are
IN no danger In the election or Bryan.
On the contrary that event will mark
new era Of national prosperity.
That part of the banking interest en-
gagged in squeezing the United States
treasury and its citizens of the Republic
as well, not content with setting up
their claims to the right to dominate the
government because they represent such
a vast proportion Of wealth. accuse the
Democratic party of being a party
OF destructionists and the enemies Of
capital.
Nothing could be more untrue than
this. Democrats are just as much in
terested in sound and stable finances as
the bankers, and there was no contest
between the people and the banks until
the aggressive action OF the banking in
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