The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1896-09-11
EMIT
BY a Good Citizen in Fav-
or of Good Money,
We Need Protection, Sound
Money and Then We
viii be Prosperous.

the wool 80 completely pulled over
their eyes as it Is to-day.
Now there are only three things
clearly needed.
1. Protection, and plenty Of It.
2. Tariff, and plenty OF il.
;. Sound Money. and plenty Of it.
With these three, everything else
will follow.
What mean by Sound Money is
this, II coin is stamped as being OF
the value of one hundred cents, il
should contain an amount of bullion
worth that much in the market, or
be secured by the difference between
its intrinsic value and face value in
the treasury vaults Of the country, so
that the holder could always be sure
OF having one hundred cents OF value
while he holds that coin and be able
to get dollars worth oil goods for it
at any time and any place, and If paid
to him for wages be sure he was get
ting dollar in flct as we'll as appar-
emily. Now that is the sort of dollar
that we believe in. But we want al
so that there be precious metal Of
practically no fuctuating tendency
coined into a dollar and this to be
the unit Of all our money values.
Just as the inch is of the yard stick,
gold has this peculiar quality. it is
almost without appreciable variable
ness Of intrinsic value, it is as nearly
perfect Id this matter as any earthly
thing can be, it is the everlasting one
in Julius Caesars time the ratio be.
tween silver audgold was 2 to l when
Columbus discovered America the raS
ito was 10 to 1. When our forefath.
ers settled here it was IS to I. prior
to 1887 it was IsK to I. up to 1873 it
was 10 tot. Now it is 3t'i to 1.
Always the I and silver gradually
and constantly climbing numerically
upwards in ratio, why is it, if not
that gold is the staple metal and sil>
yer not so, we must have a single
money unit or standard OF money
valu es.
A double standard is practically all
impossibility, just as double stand
ard yard.stick or gallon measure
would be, and there would be just as
much sense In one as the other, all
other moneys must be measured by
this standard. A dollar coin made
of silver must be worth a dollar as
bullion or be secured to that amount
by government, as is the cause with
the s. cent silver possesses no spec
ial merit for money purposes over
other metals of an avail able chaTac-
ter. and any argument that is made
in favor of flooding the country with
silver coins can as we'll be made for
copper, If the governments fat alone
can give value to an unlimited COIN
age of silver and maintain a parity
between it and gold, then the same
fat can make copper coins in the
same way and give them the same
value. And il cheap money is want
ed copper hasthe advantage of being a
much cheaper metal, and paper is ev-
en- still cheaper BUSINESSES bad, but
bad money will not make 1t better.
France tried that experiment under
similar circumstances just a century |
ago. and her experience should warn
rs against its repetition here. Farm
ers and working men demanded plen-
y OF cheap money. and so it was CIV.
m to them, widespread distress fol>
owed, and as usual the poor and pro.
iucing classes were the chief sufferes.
The same thing was tried in our New
England colonies. and with the same
'esults. Mexico has cheap money,
md the laborer is paid SIS cent dollars
Ind buys with 100 cent dollars; that
s, he buys all commodities based on
he gold standard.
No country in the world, we believe
.ives free and unlimited coinage to
liver, and none on a silver basis is
like as prosperous as ours
S at this moment. No country in
he world gives as high wages as
'urs. not as many days work in the
ear. No silver basis country in the
world ha7 as large commerce as
manufacturers or as we'll.
o>do an agricultural class. How
hail we improve our condition. then,
" adopting the methods OF less pros.
'erous nations. Do you say that our
alton is so Incompatible greater. our
esources so vastly superior. and our
eople SO superlatively more ingen-
BUS and excellent, that we ar capable
( succeeding even where other ma
ions less favored have failed Bosh
hin music, it is not a sensible bost. /
,on't take chances where all the I
dds are against success, use common {
usiness prudence Seek to restore ,
on6depce in cspitalistic and bust. /
ess circles don't elect drunkaTds,
and incompetent, generally s
, Congress and don't he misled by
Irge mouthed orators be sober. be
il:gent at your business. and avoid 7
lternal discussions and walk up to \
lie poles In November like men and |;
ote for Mckinley. and let us bury
lie Democratic party, aud this free \
liver foolishness so far out OF sight
lat even the X Rays cannot find h
lem w q HIcKS