The American guide., 1896-07-04

THE AMERICAN GUIDE, with j. Il, Bush
'ditor. is more outspolten for n single
rold standard than two.thirds Of the ac
'rcditcd gold standard papers published
IN New England. Nevertheless. no ren
.on is given for such stand; no argu-
ment in favor of such position. lfthc
,ditor will but inform his readers what
4 cheap dollar is and what makes money
cheap, he will perhaps see to his surprise
shat our western wants are the people $
wants. Radical rcpublicnnism has too
ing served us; the party OF Lincoln
md Grant is no more. With rapidly
Increasing population and a constantly
contraction in our currency, what must
We expect other than depression, panics
md ruin. No part of this country has
suffered more from demoncti tisation OF
| silver than the South, no part Of the
| south more than the great c1t'on belt
,ince lsTS Notw outstanding hf many
manufacturing, enterprises Which have
| grown un. cottd.i .ne i.e piooo of thc
Sagth, haS'"ii'''ottI. ,i..-,-- ,atcd
I to aston, ...ag INV ngures. Let the pco-
de see our ills rs they are. II the rem
dy to our ills cannot be found iu the
'cpublican party then let's do the next
best thing. The Defender, Denver, Col,
In all things we try to be true and
outspokcn; True to tod, true to our
,ountry and true to the republican
party and its principles. We believe In
he gold standard because it is the re-.
demption money Of the most cnlight.
ened, prosperous and happy countries
on earth. We believe in gold stand.
ard because we owe more than s25 OOO..
900, 900 to foreign countries that hold
our railroad bonds, factory and munich
pal bonds and United States govern.
ment bonds-every dollar pledged TO be
paid in gold. We have never been nor
shall we ever be n rcpudinting, diShon.
est country or people so long as our
voice or pen will prevent II. We be,
lieve in a gold standard because II Is
the only redemption money that will
make every dollar Of our government.
whether gold, silver or paper, as good
rs any other dollar throughout the
known world We believe in n gold
standard because II sus,ans the rcpu,
tation and credit Of the government
and people, We believe in a gold stand.
ard because 1t sustained the grccnhac(s
and other paper currency in stamping
ont the most stupcndous rebellion
lnown to any country on earth; made
more than 10000 slaves freedmen,
,ut u quictus forever on secession
ightencd the bonds Of friendship, love
and truth, so that the gates Of he'll can.
not now prevail against MS, and in the
end made us the most prosperous and
happy people on earth, and SO orcmaincd
until the silver craze started in, We
believe in a gold standard because
protective tariff and gold standard go
together In giving work to our laborcrs,
peace and prosperity to our country
md credit to our government All
prices are regulated by demand and
supply More corn, oats, barley, hogs
and potatoes and less cotton will dc.
crease the supply OF cotton and incrca
its price, There is no connection be
tween silver and cotton, no far as prices
are concerned. The price Of our cotton
is fixed by England, and fixed accord
ing to that country's demand and our
ability to supply. A cheap money is
that money used by any country and
depreciates when placed on exchange
with other countries