Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-07
i Am an Americana"

sopIllt ll'u DOdSllHSlN DIDtIdl I'M.
am Democrat, and others, 81 am a Re-
publican" When President Cleveland
talks Americanism our hearts joyfully
respond and We feel proud to say, Il
am an American"
1t must be exceedingly gratifying to
every true American 10 find that our
president proposes to stand up and il
necessary fight for an American policy
the Monroe doctrine. 1t is hardly a
part of the law Of nations. but il is a
good, sound American policy and We
can enforce it without going 10 war.
Now that the ice is broken ESQ to
speak, and the president finds that we
can declare war without international
conference" and without England S
consent" perhaps he will progress in
Americanism until it is stalwart enough
10 hold and maintain that we can coin
an American silver dollar without "a
conference" and without anybodys
consent"
As long as England can control our
monetary policy Cas she does now she
has no need TO go 10 war with us to keep
US down and our producers in distress
Over So 100000 in gold went 10 England
to-day from our treasury by Schle-
heimer ct al on paper, that calls for
coin" not gold remember, but simply
Coin"
The president orders all these to be
paid in gold coin and so the silver is left
idle in the treasury and another bond
issue is imminent to replace gold in the
treasury and another ten-miliOn steal
into the private contract bond syndicate
composed of Englshmen, English
Americans and the presidents late
partner Stetson.
More than 100 years ago We declared
our political independence and by a
seven years war established it. Time
and again we have declared our COM
mercial independence by tariff, almost
prohibitory, without even a suggestion
of conference And now We have pro-
claimed distinctly TO the world the Mon
roe doctrine But can we maintain the
Monroe doctrine if we allow England
to dictate our monetary policy. do YOU
think? No, we can have no real indie
pendence in any respect unless we have
and control our own monetary system
and money supply. Independence in
that respect is the one thing We need
and must have or all else comes to
naught. PERRY PRENTiSS.
Colorado and Bimetailism.
The time has passed when Colorado
as a state can have any selfish motive
for urging the free coinage of silver.
Her production of the precious metals
for the year of 1895 will buy one-third
more of the worlds goods under tho
present single standard system than it
would be able to do under honest 5i-
metalism. And yet it will be found
that her people will be just as loyal as
ever to the cause of bimetallsm. This
fact, for fact il is, and stubborn fact
at that, will give complete answer to the
gold standard, last ditch argument, that
Colorado's reason for asking for free
coinage is to make a market for the
product of her silver mines.-Indus-
trial Reporter, Denver.
The Reporter knows whereof 1t
speaks
The people of Colorado have studied
the silver problem as o question OF
money. Although they now produce
more gold than silver, they know that
the destruction of silver as money
means low prices, business stagnation
and hard times in every gold standard
country They understand that the
prosperity of Colorado is inseparably
connected with that of her sister states,
and even though she may enjoy excep-
tional advantages from her increased
output Of gold, they know that what
deal will necessarily injure Colorado
some. 1t is not within the range of hon.
est figuring to show how tho demoneti-
zation of silver has done the United
States any good. But 1t can be easily
shown. and has been a thousand times,
that il has done the country infinite
harm.
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