Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-10-06
MR.. THURRER's CIRCULAR.

MR.. THURRER'S CIRCULAR.
1.-THE question comes right now to
us whether we shall have bimetal-
lie currency or the single standard
of gold as the only redemption
money. On this point there is a
great difference of opinion, and many
good, honest, thoughtful Americans
take different sides.
(Which is right2 Which policy IL
the better for the greatest number OF
our people?
ION the one side are ranged the
money classes, the men whose wealth
is invested in bonds and mortgages
and other evidences of indebtedness
and they claim that if we have free
coinage of silver that they will be
paid in what they call "5O-cent dol.
lars" They say that is dishonest
and wrong.
1.-THE people on the other side say
that silver ut ratio of about 154 to i
has been used as money from the
time that civilization began down to
1917, when England became credit
or nation, and that she has ever
since that time been trying to force
the commercial nations of the world
on gold basis, that would reduce
the amount of redemption money
about one-half, that would reduce
the price of all property other than
gold and evidences of Indebtedness
that would be payable in gold if
there was no other legal tender mon
ey.
"a single gold basis would injure
and in many cases ruin financially
the progressive men of our country,
and would be detrimental to the in
terests of tens of thousands of the
poor classes while it would enrich
only comparatively few. .
''We say that it is dishonest and
wrong when we say we have invested
our earnings in property other than
gold on bimetallic basis that by law
gold should be made the only legal
tender money thus reducing the re.
demption money one-half in amount.
''To do that would inevitably take
a large portion of the whole of our
property away from US and put it in
the hands of those already wealthy.
''We say that gold nonemetalism
can have but one effect, and that is
to make the rich richer and the poor
poorer; that we do not want the same
state of things here that exists in
Europe, and that gold monemetalism
will go very far to bring around that
state of affairs
1.-THE gold standard advocates in
order to succeed, must carry with
them large number of voters whose
best interest is to have bimetallism
and hence the cries of '5O-cent dol
lars!" ''sound money!'' echoed and re.
echoed il the papers controlled by
the money classes.
Friends did you ever stop to think
first, that every man who is living or
the interest of his money is in favor
of a single standard of gold? and
second, that it is not because they
love the masses of the people bette,
than they do their own financial vel
fare?
II am and have been since the
foundation of the party, republic
can, and favor a protective tariff. But
in this election shall do all 1 can tc
assist In the election of the demo
cratic nominee for president. I be-
lieve this country is in no condition
at the present time to be forced to q
permanent gold basis.
"We all know that we have been
passing through troublous times.
believe that the great reason is, that
we have been tending toward gold
monemetalism; that if this country
votes for the free coinage of silver we
will see an entirely differe Mt state Of
things come to pass; that our proper
ty will rise in value; that our pro
ducts will bring more money; that
the financial pail that gold mono