The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25
THE GOLD STANDARD IS A GOOD
THING IN

THING (D
I'd itor of g,he Times: Theabove state
anent is literally true, and we propose to
prove it.
In the first place, it is bonanza for
gold miners, whose bullion is promptly
converted. into gold and these dollars
by contraction and characterization of sill
yer are increased in purchaseable value
at least 100 per cent.
It's q good thing for those who hold all
the gold in the United States, held, as it
is, almost exclusively, by the rich bank
ers and gold gamblers.
It's Il splendid thing for those whose
holdings consists in gold'contracts.
1t is Il grand thing for those who are SO
fortunate as to have large, fixed incomes
It's capital thing for the non-pro-
ducer, who is rich selfish and out of debt
It'ssthe best thing that could have hap
pened to foster trusts, combines and mo
nopoies.
Yes, it is a good thing for the wealthy
Glasses, but slow death to the toiling, in
dustrious masses.
tbs good thing for those who think
the. laborer is not worthy of his hire
,Itis a good thing for those who want
to make slaves of the toiing man.
.Itlsa good thing for Madame Europe.
England, for it has made prosperous, un-
precedentedly, her colony OF India. 1t has
furnished England cheap wheat, corn
and, cotton ut the expense Of our farmers,
anGtto the serious detrment of our manu-
facturers. According to the London sta
tisticians we are told that her buying
Wheat, corn and cotton cheap is Il saving
to her at home of $500, 00Q, 600 per an
nun. England is n gold standard nation,
oh 4 I'm n ln-t &c
silver bullion to supply her subsidiary
coins, and to furnish India her rupees,
sufficient amount to supply the wants
of 2E0, GOO, 600 of people In 1894 they
purchased $d0,000,000 of silver bullion.
nearly all of it from the United States
mines. She paid about 60 cents per ounce
for it. in 1878, when we had the double
standard and free coinage England would
have had ITO pay 81. 30 per ounce, which
would have cost her about $50, 900. 900, n
saving OF $4,000, 900 annually-nice
thing! Agein English capitalists hold
immense values in securities in the
United States, all payable under the rule
of the present and past administrations
of the two odd parties in gold. This is q
good thing for them, and you bet they
are laughing ip their sleeves at our finan-
esal ignorance, at our Legislative jmbecil-
tty, and at the eOrruptiHg obsequious.
stance" Johnny Sherman, Benny Harri-
son, Johnny Carlisle and GYovey cieve-
land
May the grass soon cover and soon
made to grow where they'll never be
heard of nor seen any more
p'-Yes, IT'S good thing for Bourke Cock
ran, for Hanna's barrels are open to his
enormous fist in "a proportion to his ira
ducement of his former political asso-
eiates (the Democratic party.
It's good thing for Cleveland, for he
can buy to-day 100000 bushels of the
farmers wheat with his salary, when,
.ere silver was t7aitorously demonetized,
he could only have bought 40, 600 bushels.
It's good thing for the United States |
bond .holders, for interest on such is !
promptly paid in gold.
It's good thing for those who are |
striving to destroy this republic of ours |
and establish monarchy, for our distin- |
ss'seNd ssspat9r from Virginia said the |
single gold standard WIZ ":$T8fs.Jl Ny y
kings