Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
HOW WILL They VOTEY
Many Thousands Of Young Men
Have Reached the Threshold
of Their Career.
TWO POLITICAL PATHS OPEN,
Sound Money Stands for National
Honor--Debased Coinage Stands
for Dishonor.

There are n good many thousands OF
young men who will this year cast their
first ote for President. They stand on
the threshold of their career and are
looking forward to achieve success In
life in some chosen vocation. With but
few exceptions they all expect to be
business men and by their w efforts
win a competence IL not fortune. This
ambition to obtain wealth is laudable
and should be cherished by every honest
and industrious youth.
To these young men the money ques-
ton. which Is now the political question
Of the moment. is of surprising impor-
lance, not only for the right casting of
their votes but for the right understand
ing of business principles, for " they do
not understand the meaning Of money,
what II should be, what it Is for, and
what II can do, there is but little hope
that they viii be able to accumulate
much of It. or, accommodating 1t, know
well how to use ii.
The common phrase in business is
making money" but money is only a
means for obtaining other things. When
a young man has saved his first hundred
dollars he doesn't put ii away or hide 1t,
but invests II in other property or loans
it at interest until he can find an oppor-
tunity for other investments. AS he in
creases his money he sets 1t at work for
him, and in this way grows rich. Money
is not the ultimate object OF business,
l..A - 4. A.. ,Ao .Y.bAr.hr Ynnn obtain
what they want.
1t is of the first Importance. therefore,
and each mans common sense confirms
il, that the money we earn, that the
money we borrow and lend and that W.
use for the purpose of exchange should
be uniform and stable in value, that il
should mean the same thing next year
that il does today, and the world Of bust
ness has agreed that gold and silver
makes the nearest approach TO ina
kind of money-gold for large transac'
tons. silver for small. That these
metals can be equally used history
shows 10 be impossible, so the wisesi
nations have provided that gold should
have the principal place and silver be
treated as subsidiary.
The political question, then, for the
young man who now votes for the frs,
time to decide is, whether it is wiser to
follow the teachings of history and the
! example of the most successful business
nations Of the world or to start out on a
| plan that has already been tried and
found disastrous. Shall we as a people
take pattern after England or after
Mexico? Shall we learn from China oil
from Germany?
How does a young man act for himself
when looking around among his elders
and superiors in business life? Does he
choose the example and advice of sue.
cessful men-of the Armours and Fields
and Cages of commercial and financial
life-or does he start ont regardless OF
their methods and attempt some short
cut to success? How many young men
have stood at the parting of the ways
looking wistfully into the future? How
few have taken the narrow and forbid.
ding path of hard work, thrift and self
| sacrifice, but that leads to the mountain
tops, and how many the f1owery road
hat Is SO enticing in its ease and pleas
ure, but which ends only in morasses
| and despair?
AS it is with individuals so il Is with
nations, and no people can defy the
principles Of honesty and integrity in
their national life any more than in
personal life.
Sound and honest money, which means
money as good ms gold In this campaign,
stands for national honor. A debased
I coinage stands for national dishonor
Which banner will our young men fol
low?-Chicago Times-Herald