West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-04-23

of the Golden Calf
| REFORM CLUB.
COMMITTEE on SOUND CURRENCY.
Chas. 5. Fairchild, Chairman; L. Car
roll Root Secretary; l.. Elle-ly Ander-
son, William j. Coombs, Heury HentZ
Henry l.. Nelson, Charles Biggs, John
| Dewitt Warner Lawrence Il. sexton,
Horace White, Henry DeForest Bald
win, A. Augustus Healy, Wallace Mac
farlane, William 5. opdyke, Fred Perry
Powers, James Speyer, Henry II, H.
Stapler, Calvin Tomkins. William l.
Trenholm, Everett T.. Wheeler. Louis
| Nindmuller and John NJ. Goodell
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Calvin Tomkins, Chairman; l.. Carroll
Root, Secretary; Chas- ). Fairchild, j.
! Dewitt Warner, Wallace Macfarlane,
Henry l.. Nelson. Charles Biggs, Henry
B. II. Stapler, Lawrence T.. Sexton,
and Fred Perry Powers
H. W. Holt, Manager Press Bureau.
Telephone Call, 1922 Cortlandt.
81 William Street, New York, !
March 81, 1896
Dear Sir,-In order To push the edu-
cational work for Sound Currency and
TO resist the efforts of free coinage ad-
vocates To put this country on silver
basis, this Committee has arranged To
supply Sound Currency matter to news
supply it in two forms;
SOUND CURRENCY PLATES. We will
supply these through either the Ameri-
can Press Association, the Western
Newspaper Union, the A. N. Kellogg
Co, or the Century Press Co. n page is
issued every four weeks; later we may
issue as often as every two weeks
There will be no charge for these
plates, but You will have to pay ex-
pressaRe on them. All orders for plates
must go through our Office.
2 READY-PRINTs. If your paper Is n
ready-print and is printed by the Wes-
tern Newspaper Union, A ~ Kellogg
Newspaper Co., on tAe Neur.tslSa Nc w.
paper Union, or any of their branch
offices, you can have from one TO two
columns of our matter inserted by noti-
tying your company to that effect.
Enclosed herewith is "A proof of the
plate page which we are issuing this
week. 1t is "a fair sample of all our
matter. Enclosed are also order blanks
containing Information TO assist you in
ordering All orders for plates should
be sent direct to our Office. Orders for
ready-print matter may be sent TO your
ready-print printer Tho plate and
ready-print matter, i'm most cases, will
probably be the same. BY ordering ut
once you can receive matter on the en-
closed page in plate form or ia your
ready-prints. Yours truly,
CALVIN TOAnsISs.
Chairman of the Ex. Com.
The Committee rs "barking up
the wrong tree" when il tries to
enlist us for the Gold Standard and
under the banner of the MorgaDs,
the Rothchilds and others who are
playing "bide and seek" and
pussy wants corner" lin gold)
with the credit and finances of the
government Of this country. The
shame Of it all s.that many papers,
who claim TO represent the best in.
terest of their people, are drawn
into the nefarious scheme and allow
the New York gamblers to advertise
for" gold brick" suckers in their col.
umns, free gratis, for nothing and
think they are engaged in patriot
ic duty. 1t is worse condition Of
hypnotic influence than that of the
old rascal who had charge of Trilby.
We note with wonder that several
of our most valued exchanges have
been led astray by those seductive
sports from Gotham. However, it
warns our heart to sec good old
family journal like the Hampshire
ReUiew stand mp for humanity and
help expose the gold barons.
There Is no question in our mind
but that the majority Of the people
favor the free coinage of silver and
placing the silver dollar on equal
terms with the gold dollar. 10 fact
il takes one hundred cents to make
- dollar, whether gold, silver or
green back, and one should be just
as good as the other. We want no
debased and degraded currency Of
any kind. We want no single stan.
dard, one-eyed, one. legged none
tary system. We want the Cousti.
tutioual money Of our forefathers,
gold and silver on a parity, OF a
ratio Of, say, sixteen to one.
We are just as much opposed to
a silver standard as to a gold stan.
dard In fact VS. are opposed TO q
single standard Of any kind. There
is not enough gold ia the world
20 make money enough TO supply
the demand for q circulating me-
dunn necessary 10 transact the
business Of the country, and We are
therefore bound to have some other
kind Of money, not as subsidiary
currency, but as standard medium
FOR circulation. Silver Glls the bill
m every respect and with gold
should 60 hand in hand through
the business life Of our country
treated with equal respect and con
sideration, like a man and wife, as
equal partners IN the home firm OF