The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-10-23
LONDON NEWS ARTICLE e.
IL Is authentic In SDfte Of Mum.
er0WS Deai0ts.

Kansas City, Mo-. Oct. 16.-Th'
Times points a special from Chicago
as follows:
The final and absolute proof of the
authenticity of the famous Londen Fl
nancial News article is at hand
Chairman James X. Jones of the Dem
ocratic national committee received
Monday an original copy of the Lon
dor Financial News of April 80, 1884,
containing the editorial which the
Republican national committee stamp.
ed as forgery and on which false &C.
cusation they have staked their chances
of success. The original copy is al
the Democratic national headquarters
and can be examined by those who
so desire.
The following is the editorial in Ques-
ton:
There is plain moral in the re-
mark that if the United States should
venture to cut herself adrlft form
Europe and take outright to silver, she
would have all America and Asia at
her back and would command the
market of both continents. The bar
rier of gold would be more fatal than
any barrier of the custom house. The
bond of silver would be stronger than
any bond of free trade.
"There can be no doubt about 1t
that if the United States were to
adopt silver basis tomorrow, British
trade would be ruined before the year
was out. Every American industry
would be protected, not only at home
but at every other market. Of course
the states would suffer to u certain
extent through having to pay their
obligations abroad in gold; but the loss
on exchange under this head would
he Il mere drop in the bucket com
pared with the profit to be reaped
from the markets of South America
and Asia, to say nothing of Europe.
1.-THE marvel IS that the United
States has not long ago seized the Op
and but for the belief that
the way of England is necessarily the
way to commercial success and pros
perity, unjoubtiy it would have been
done long ago. Now, Americans are
to the fact that so long rs
they narrow their ambition to become
a larger Engand they cannot beat US.
1t has been piece of luck that 1t has
never occurred to the Americans to
scoop us out of the worlds markets by
going on silver basis, and it might
serve us right if, irritated by the con-
temptuous apathy of our government
to the gravity of the silver problem,
the American retaliate by freezing
out gold. 1t could easily be done."
Some time since we printed this art
icle and it was pronounced a forgery
but too many people remember t
to make denial effective, still it was
necessary to take time to prove It's
authenticity, and it has now been
done and journals of standing 10 long.
er deny it. When the republicans
declared this article to be forgery
they practically admitted that if it
was true 1T proved the position of the
silver advocates, that Il return to free
coinage of silver would do more to
revive our parlized industries than Il
protective tariff. The wonder is that
Americans who are engaged in manu-
featuring have not taken advantage
of this proposition and more generally
rallied to the silver cause. The only
possible explanation of their backward
ness lies in the fact that the conditions
have been such that these munufact-
ures have gradually by borrowing
money drifted into the power of the
men with money to lend and so placed
it beyond their power to voice their
true sentiments. When the enemies of
our cause abroad, admit the truth of
our claims it seems strange that our
home people should remain blind.
So We say again vote for Free Silver
and the protection of your home indust-
ries and let England and all the other
foreign countries take care of the il