The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-09
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We mus. e5ucate the reople that ~.
sa- can not make nsoney. The govern
Den- stamps. Weighs and cer.iaes bat
does not create. Money is az two kinds
real money aH1 representative money
Real money has intrinsic value ecus. 20
rs face Representative money is a prom
ise 10 redeem IN real money. The gold
co-ar - real money. because * IS worth
20 cents. whether coined or melted. The
pager dollar is representative money be-
cause IL IS simply 4 promise 20 redeem
II real dollar. Us dollar Is not IN the
stamp. but IN he fact that the stamp
T-edges -eal dollar behind i. The pres
enI silver dollar IS partly real and parity
representative. /; has a. cents worth OF
value and ~ cents worth % faith-faleh
th2i the government wil fulfili its pledge
of keeping Il al party with god. The
proposed silver dollar under free coinage
would De neither real nor representative.
II could not say. even wa.h the paper dol
lar ! know that my redeerasr lveth.'
fer there would be no redemption. and
without redemption It's value gogi.d sink
10 It's bullion value Of 50 cents.
Cheap Presidents Not Wanted.
eve want neither cheap dollars nor
cheap men nor cheap presidents We
must educate the people that political
independence Is one thing and independ
another. The most psur!Ie and grotesque
idea, even OF the boz orator. is his re-
peated and pet notion that because this
country declared political Independence OF
Europe In l7.6. It ought 10 declare an III
pendent monetary standard in 1886. He
seems 10 think that we ought 10 have a
distinct American measure Of value be-
cause We have distinct American meas
ure OF liberty. We can have American
geography because our rivers and noun
talas and glorious tieds, with their rich
harvests, are our own; but We cannot have
an American arithmetic, because two and
two DO not make five in the United States
any more than in Europe. We can have
an American political economy because
politlca! economy is partly a matter of
conditions, and our conditions are differ
ont from those OF Europe; but we cannot
have an American algebra. because alge-
bra IS not an experimental. bu, an exact
science. In algebra x represents the un-
known quantity, and thus Il represents
Bryan after the election, and not even the
y rays VIII be able 10 disclose his scat
tered ana shadowy remains.
FOR distinct American measure Of
value why NOT have a distinct American
yardstick different in length from the En-
glsh yardstck. This talk OF an independ-
ent measure shows Cailow and shallow
mind. DO we want commercial relations
our trade? Then why do We not want a
common medium OF exchange?
Against Revolution and Anarchy.
"Above all and beyond all. We must ed
ucate the people that national honesty
and individual honesty IS the best poll
Icy Nations and individuals cannot close
out with the world on one transaction and
quit They must keep up the account.
and for every act OF fraud they will pay
double the next time. We are against the
emigration OF good gold and the immigra
tion Of bad blood We are against the
Of bad citizenship. We find communism.
revolution and anarchy no more attractive
and no less dangerous when urged by the
rhetoric Of Bryan. than when enforced hy
the bomb Of Altseld. or the pitchfork OF
Tillman
We must teach the unceasng lesson
OF patriotism and rec,itude, and must ed
ucate the people 10 maintain the national
honor as saCredly as they maintained tho
national life. and 10 be no more ready in
1896 TO cut in two the standard OF value
which IS the basis and measure OF all husi-
ness security-than they We're in 1861 to
cut in two the Union. which is the basis
and measure OF our national greatness
and glory.
we are met at the home Of the great
patriot and statesman, the Boy Soldier
and the Man Orator and Leader. who by
an unerring choice is ftiy made The stand
ard bearer Of this second mighty battle
for national safety and welfare Let us
go from his presence and his glowing
ords with fresh nspira ton and renewed
strength In the campaign OF education.