The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-16

thereby Mr.. st. John, who has studied
this question for twenty years, and who
has been a national bank president, says
it will build up the whole country and
that farmers and laboring classes all over
the country will be benefited Mr.. Bryan
says so. Major Daniel says so. Our
ablest Senators and representative men
say So and find that very few outside of
gold influences talk like Mr.. Ingalls,.
Now, Mr.. Editor, let us read to you
what the London Financial News of
March 10, 1896, has TO say about
uation in the United States: ''The con-
dition of affairs in the United States
Congress demands the immediate attic n.
ton of British financiers and statesr non
The trade of the world is now IN orr
hands, but it will not remain 10 40 there
basis with free and unlimit I'd coinage of
silver. With the addition of silver to
the volume of money every thing in
America will take on new face, labor
and industry will gain new life. The
grip of the gold standard on the products
of the world would be loosened and prices
would rise. Great Britain would lose
her markets in South America, a STA and
Europe and American ships would not be
long in capturing the carrying trade of
the world. British creditors must apply
themselves to the American problem of
money. The sound money men and
banking interests, led by Senator Sher-
man, Cleveland and Carlisle, with plen-
ti1ul supply of means, has been beaten
The American people are now thoroughly
aroused and educated on the power and
use of money,and made desperate by debt
and business depression they are forcing
free silver as the main issue. Great
Britain need fear no injury to her trade
or investments if the Republican party
can force protective tariff rs the main
issue i'll the coming Presidential cam.
paign, but if free silver dominates the
minds of the American people and car
ries at the polls it will bring about n
change in England that will he ruinous
| from its suddenneSS and severity The
damage that can lie done to British man
ufacture by protective tariff is Slight
| compared with the disaster that will be
entailed by n change from the single gold
standard to complete bimetallc stand
ard. 1t is evident that the Democrats
party will not renoninate man thst
holds to President Cievehnd's ideas -sn
money, agd the only hope for Il continual
ton of F1r. Cleveland's financial policy
| will be IN the success of the Republicans
in the EeXt election. The success OF the
| free coinage will bring down the rate OF
| interest on money and cause an ANNE
dute rise in the price of commodities
When silver becomes primary money the
American mines will pour. their products
into the mints and q new era similar tc
that produced by theissuing of greenbacks
'dtnring the civil war will begin. GOLD
Will leave tie banks and enter into com
petition with silver in the avenues OF
trade and the manufactures of the
United States which have shut down OF
crippled since 1878 will again resume
l''their fight for the English markets. II
Is doubtful if the Republican party car
be held much longer in check by the
sound money statesmen, as its adherent.
are divided by powerful factions. Tht
Democratic party is also breaking up un
der the weight of the free silver agita
ton. 1t matters not to tGreat Britain
which party is successful if the gole
standard is maintained, but,either of tn,
old parties, or a new PARRY which goe.
into power pledged to free silver will b.
1nimical and prejudicial 20 English man
'ufactories and trade.
THE American people cling with Won
'derful tenacity TO party organization, blu
financial embarrassment and business
stagna ton have become too severe fo
their patience and they arecready for an,
change that will give them relief. They
iare becoming convinced that it cannot b,
found in the protection theory, as that
has been tried and they are massng nov
on free silver
Mr. Editor, can anything be clearer tC
the mind of any honest man than tina
the policy of the goldbugs advocated b,
-lnyalls, Sherman and Cleveland is mimi
calto the industries of America, and tina
all ehis opposition to free silver is solely
IN the interest of European industries
ianditn favor of a few Wall street bankers
and large salaried railroad presidents anc
l fXei! slnnrritants.
Read carefully the above extract from
the London Financial News and you viii
readily see that all men and parties il