The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-05
NO REPUTATION.
Pastor Scudder on Organism
and the Absurdities of
Free Silver.
CAMPAIGN ISSUES DISCUSSED
American People. He Said, Won't
Part With Common Sense
on Election Day.
CAMPAIGN ISSUES DISCUSSED


DR.. John l.. Scudder. in the Tabernacle.
spoke of '.Silver and Common Sense He
Said
up to date the American people have
been noted for good hard sense, and / do
rot believe they will part with it on cleo
ton day. AS healthy children are occa-
sionally afflicted with mumps and measles
SO this nation is now n then attacked
by such financial epidemics as ~greenback
imitation or the present silvsr craze. But
being a healthy people, we soon recover
from such transient maladies. Such
diseases for the time being are alarming,
can do us no permanent harm. This
passing frenzy is due TO recent hard
times. When business is dull and employ
ment scarce some people are especially
susceptible to the specious promises of
d~emagogues who hope to ride into power
on the back of a n delusion. Not I'M
Outstanding the cause of their misery they
fall an cas- prey to scheming politicians
whose election to office is anonymous
with the millennium. But the majority of
Americans are good reasoners and do not
allow their emotions ito run away with
their intellect. This is a campaign Of
hard thinking. Men want more than shall
low oratory. They want solid arguments.
Now, there are certain reasons why
free silver cannot win. In the flrst place
the ratio of Is to is absurd. WHY go
BACK a quarter Of a century and adopt a
ratio that is obsolete and incapable of
resurrection. The market ratio is SO to
l. and It has been the general pelicy OF
nations to make the legal ratio conform
as nearly as possible to the market ratio.
II the snverites should demand free and
unlimited coinage ait the ratio Of % - !
ana ask our Government to make our
siiver doilar twice as heavy as it not is.
mere Wouid pc a show of reason In their
or the two metals aud existing contracts
Wouid not be violated or impaired This
would make a thoroughly honest dollar
4 give US more money. But a demand
Tor a ratio of 16 to / Is about as senseless
as advocating the use of a prairie schoo-
ner IN place of a palace car. Times have
changed and we must adapt ourselves to
me PERIOD we live in, Mr.. Bryan is
apout twenty years behind the times and
ms main proposition lacks common sense.
Anotner reason why Organism viii moi
gassah rs because every a who owns q
aoiiar does not van to see it depreciate
IN value and will not vote for si1cb d.
probation. Rich men and poor men are
anke m this respect. Every man who
mas a dollar IN his possession is a gold
pug on a small scale. and he who has the
Iewest dollars can least afford to have
them shrink in value. The millions If
wage earners in the country want their
uoiiars 10 buy as much as possible. When
ELECTION day comes and a man feels the
dollar in his pocket which now is worth
l0o cents in gold you may be sure he will
cast his ballot for sound money.
Again, there is little sense In the
studied attempt to array labor against
capital and stir up prejudice and hatred
capital are indispensable to one another.
and the best interests of employer and
employee are identical. Destroy the con-
fdence of the employer and capital runs
to cover The mill shuts down and the
operatives march out. This fierce de-
nunciation of capital and proposed change
in the currency have unsettled THE mer-
camille world and made bad matters
worse. Business men declare that If the
currency remain undisturbed and a
proper protective tariff is secured pros
open and workmen will find employment.
l believe the business men of our country
are more worthy of confidence than those
who go about shouting 16 to / and develop
ms i'll feelings among the working classes.
American labor is too intelligent to be
carried away by sueh vagaries. -Four
years ago they tried h experiment of
tinkering with the tariff n they are
sick of it. They are in no mood to make
another sad experiment in ~talnpering with
the currency.
ASdIl tne DetteF Judgment OF this
country is already asserting itself against
this foolish talk of English domination.
Some hysterical campaign orators would
make us believe that England owns Amer
lea, body and soul; that she dictates our
financial policy and determines how we
shall vote. They tell us we should be
independent of all foreign nations in mat
ters of trade, all of which is
rubbish. Anyone knows that the pros
perity of this country largely depends
upon its exports, and any policy that
would diminish our traffic and credit with
foreign nations would be suicidal to our
own interests. If money goes across the
water as interest on money loaned to us,
more none can be mad to come to us
in exchange for agricultural and indus
trial products. What this nation needs
is reciprocity and friendly relations with
the rest of the world. not Reputation of
debts and Warlike hliiSter.n