Evening star., 1896-10-30

wampum. The latter was still to oe a legal
tender at eight white beads 10 one silver.
III was forbidden TO sell braal beer or wine
AT higher price in wam2um than fol-
lows: HALF "A gallon of beer, II st:vers: can
OF French wine, 20 Stivers: a coarse wheat
en- loaf teieht pounds weighD, IA stivers
IN ltG2 the 16 to i ratio IA ID been reached,
ana, IN Jew Of the 'l1monetiza ton Of wau-
pun by other colonies a further raducts,n
OF ~ to l was declared by an ordinances
OF December 2S. 1852 preliminary 10 its
decentralization in New Nethe-land If. ia
stead OF demonetizing wampurn, after the
example OF the other colonies New Neither
land had by law re-established the old
ratlo OF TO as an act of justice TO wam-
pun; p,, =; . anu contendeI that the price liked
by IL must prevail IN the other colonies, il
WOULD nave done what the United States
Is now asked TO 10 for silver.
To AvcnEc the Crime.
III now strong in the feeling that we
are great enough and strong enough with
cur seventy millions of people and un-
equaled resources to have financial policy
aud money Independent of all other ra-
tions We resolve TO discard gold with Euro
peau domination and silver with Asiatic
domination. and to restore TO its former
proud position as standard money of ,ltf-
mate redemption our distinctive!y Amerf-
can money, wampLm which was struck
down by the crime Of 165l and l6'i2 ws
can adopt for wampum the historic ratio
land in those years, and our policy Will
be sustained by ali the IL TO 1 arguments
which are now dinned in our ears
1T may be objected that the commercial
ratio of wampum is now much less than
10 beads TO 1 penny. But what OF that?
VIII not the price which the great and
glorious republic fixes for wampum at it's
mnts raise the price to that figure over all
the WorldE Who anywhere will hc so fool
ish as TO take less than mint price
for his w2m0um?
VIII it not he dishonest to pay in wam-
pun debts contracted in gold? No As
compared with wampum. gold has been
arpreciating in value for over 200 years
or ever since wampum was struck down
by the crime Of 1d6l-'62 This apprecia-
ton has defrauded the debtors of the
world for centuries. 1t is now high time
that by the use as money of a commodity
which has heen dcpreciating during that
period, justice should be done 10 wam-
pun and retaliation practiced by debtors
upon the swindling creditors of two CEN
turies.
VIII it not be favoritism toward class
OF citizens, TO wit. sea coast residents, at
the expense of all other Americans. to
make money OF shells? No. The people
of the interior with their gold and silver
deposits have shackled America long
enough in subjection to the financial poll
cies of Europe and Asia and to their own
enrichment.
Can the United States thus multiply the
price of wampum in the markets of the
world? Where is the Benedict Arnold who
VIII venture to assert that this gr.4; and
glorious nation cannot make the world
take sea shells at the value fixed at our
mints? AS Mr.. Bryan suggests: To such
oastards as dare TO lay a limit TO the
power Of the American people / hurl their
cowardice ana lack of patriotism back in
their faces.
And what il the world will not accent
our wampum money? Are We not n world
within ourselves? Have we not declared
our financial independence? Will not the
result be to save us from the horrors of
currency contraction through European
drainage of our supply, to cause us to make
and spend all our money at home. AMI thus
to boom everything and to protect and en-
rich everybody? T. W. y.