Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-07-25

hin, president. Whatever may have been
49, ttituda on the money question III
a.. oast he must inevitably hereafter
/ ,,o,,n,,t tho same financial system tniI
! tho present democratic Administrations
! has and if elected must continue 'nE
Motley of Mr. Cleveland IN the SAFE VI
! honds i'm time of peace. Hence, WIN
| ~, s,,nnas- Of Mckinley we may look
| for continual increase of the pubuc uepI
! and The sale of bonds to maintain the
| oo1d standard. That condition OF tue
! country is not satisfactory, all aunt
| The producers of wealth are not recelF-
ing fair and proper compensation loi
their labor whether in the heId, Lac
tory or mill, labor is unemployed as
content and distress prevail to an eX-
font never before known in the history OF
this country and no reason can be louIu
for such an unhappy condition, save III
q vicious monetary system. IhoSe VINO
profess to deplOre the present Hlldhclda
condition and oppose the free coinage OF
silver are divided in opinion as to the
cause of the present conditions. Some de-
clare that it is because we have loo
much tariff, others that we nave not
enough while the fact exists that every
gold standard country in the world
1hather it has a high or low tariff, Is
now and has been during recent years,
in the throes of financial distress, ana
every silver standard country, compared
with it's former condition, is enjoying
an industrial development and degree oil
prosperity hitherto unknown in It's MS
tory.
when VIII Relief Comet
"ybiIe thus differing in opinion, they
unite in asserting that the gold stand
ard must be maintained until foreign
countries shall signify their willingness
that the Americans shall exercise TIE
rights of freemen and create a hnanclaI
system of their own, If we overlook the
humiliation and degradation we must
feel on account of such declaration OF
financial dependency we. may we'll m
dllire when the consent of leading com
mercial nations will be obtained.
mo one who has read the proceedings
Of the international monetary confer
encea that have already been held, or
who has examined the impractical pfopo-
sitions presented at those conferences,
can for a moment believe that any III
ternational bimetallic agreement can
ever be made with the consent of all
the leading commercial nations OF the
world. When will Great Britain, con-
trolled as she is and ever VIII be by
the creditor class, which collects vast
sums Of money for interest due her ana
her citizens, who buys OF US annually
many more millions than she sells 10 US
and whose interest is to make the pound
ucts as possible, consent that we shall
be financially independent as We are sup
posed to be POLITICALLY Independent? When
did the creditor classes Of Great Britain
ever give up or in any way yield an ad-
vantage such as they now possess
through the maintenance Of the gold
standard?
There is no hope for international BIZ
metallism until the United States shall
r+ob CHI, TO
that is done international bimetallism
may be secured without the consent OF
Great Britain. The United States upon
all other subjects of legislation acts in
dependently of any other nation on
earth. BY what process of reasoning Is
it's right authority or ability to leg slate
upon this, the most important subject
with which it has to deal, questioned or
denied? With a nation equal in wealth,
it is folly to say that we must ask the
permission of Great Britain to establish
and maintain a financial policy or our
own. Believing as we do that return
to the monetary system especially recOg-
nzed in the constitution, and completely
provided for by law from 1892 until 1913,
affords the only ground of hope for the
betterment of the distressed conditions
of all the classes except those who live
by the increment that money loaned gives
to those who loan t, we appeal to the
classes to rally to the support OF the only
candidates whose success indicates any
hope of any relief.
Let the merchant and business man
whose dWinding and lessened profits
have, despite his care and economy,
brought him face to face with prospect
i've bankruptcy and ruin, the profession
al man. whose best efforts scarcely af-
ford him compensation for his labor
alone the farmer the continually falling
prices of whose products have left him
no returns for capital invested and work
performed; and last, but not least, let
the grand army of laboring men so
called the artisan, the mechanic, and the
rniner, aud nNerY one who depends upon