The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-10-31
an lERll GOLD MINIs
]. K. Clarke, 4 Rich doId Miner 81 Butts
Montana, Places His country,
Above SeIf.
TO ALL TEE ro1LERs or AMERICA
Abatement of the Most Vital IMPORT
ance to Every Person Interested Z
in Honest Labor.

Inc following was Written by T1cQ
mine owner Of Butte, Mr.. j. Il, Clark.
He has given the subject Of finance a
deep and thoughtful study. He is a man
of brain and heart and filled with the
highest regard for his country. A firm
| believer that the United States Of Amer.
lea are great enough to sustain a finan-
cial policy of their own. At present Mr..
Clark Is operating a gold mine, situated
at Whitehall, Mont, that q short time
aga paid $500 per day, for each and
every man that worked in the mine. At
present the gold is mined for less 10
cents for each $1.O0 worth of gold, and
yet we never near the term Of Gold
Baron" applied to the owners Of gold
mines. Gold is mined much cheaper
than silver. Here are hts own words:
Why are 80 per cent of all the millions
aires and the 10000 national bankers Of
the United States in favor Of the gold
standard?
The question is easily answered. I
will first state that 80 per cent. OF the
man who become milionaires and bank
ers possess no souls Their hearts are
ossified Avarice and greed for gold is
paramount in their condition. They
seem hypnotized at the sight Of the yell
low metal and willfully blind to the in
terest Of all but self.
And these are the men who, only q
short time. ago, ON Wall street, New
York, subscribed $20,00O,000 for Mark
HaIna's campaign fund.
This was but the work of one day
among the money kings. On other days
five, ten and fifteen millions have been
subscribed for the same purpose In order
to hold this country to a gold standard.
One hundred million dollars will be sub
scribed if necessary. They have prom
Used this amount and the promises will
not be broken. lie
Why have these facts not been discov-
cred by the masses--the laborers, me-
chanics, farmers and artisans It was
the policy of the banks to keep quiet.
These vast sums of money are readily
put up because if Mckinley is elected and
gold standard remains, every dollar,
and millions more will flow back into
their Golfers.
/ will endeavor to show why the gold
standard will be retained If money will
bury such conditions. Look up the gov
eminent statistics and draw balance of
imports and exports for the silver stand
ard countries, Japan, China, Mexico,
South and Central America, India and
the Southern Islands. :.
You will find the balance against lis to
the amount Of one hundred and sixty
million dollars per annunl. This bal
ance has been paid in gold.
This is why bonds have been sold in
times of peace to get the gold back.
This is why S13,G00,000 goes to Europe
each mcnth--to settle the balance.
These banks buy our silver as far as
they can get at so cents ON the dollar,
and place it at par when settling the
balance.
" This is one plausible reason why the
European money kings and their United
States emissaries desire the gold stand
ard. ID. II.
This why we have 100000 idle men
in the United States today. &
We are paying this $3.50, 900 900 in gold
to Asiatic and Peon labor for products
we can produce with our own labor at
good wages, while the goldbugs are fore
ing their goods and wares upon US,
and we are compelled to take them,
This is why we have so many idle la
borers. We cannot compete with labor
paid for with 50 cent dollars as against
a gold dollar which We pay. f.
Silver remonetized at Is to is equal
to 100 per cent duties put up in all silver
standard countries.
Is Mark Hanna, chairman of the ma
tional Republican gold bug committee
doing anything to prevent the debase-
ment of our labor?
Is he not doing everything in his power
to reduce American labor to a level with
the cooley slaves of China
A Western merchant says that while
in New York recntly he overheard d
conversation between bankers Of that city
and London capitalists, wherein one of
them said: "Our laboring men are get
ting too ndependent-they are getting too
much money for their work. What we
must do is to reduce wages. We must
keep them down or they will control our
legislation. Keep them on level with
the poor of Europe and they will be more
submissive"
Mark Hanna's record with his own Ia
borers proves conclusively that he en-
dorses such sentiments as the above.
In William Jennings Bryan we find a
man so different from Mark Hanna that
comparison would almost be a crime. In
Mr.. Bryan we have a poor but honest
man whose heart and soul is in the cause
of right and justice. .s5a3
In Joel Wallis book of Denver, Col,
mage At. I take the following statistics
which are taken from Statesmen year
book: vs. IA; 1
SILVER STANDARD COUNTRIES Elk
PORT TRADE. 8.
japan, 1S90-94 increase ..102 per cent.
China, 1890-92 increase. .... IS percent.
Mexico, 1890-94 increase.... Sc per cent.
GOLD STANDARD COUNTRIES.
Great Britain, 1S9O-9#, decrease,
Observation-Disclosures. ...l6 per cent.
Germany, 10000, decrease. 10 per cent.
France, 1S9O-94, decrease. 80. .16 per cent.
United States, 1890-94, decrease
.22 per cent
This shows how the little brown man
of Japan is in the lead. The pig tailed
tChinaman comes second. The lazy peon
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