The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-31
THE MASK OFF.

The New York Chamber Of Com
MERGE is to inaugurate al once a cam
paign in favor of the single gold stand
ard. The special committee appointed
by the CHAMBER some time ago to con
slider the ways and means necessary to
control legislation in the interest Of the
British gold standard met Tuesday and
outlined a policy to be followed by the
Chamber of Commerce during the
coming Presidential campaign, says
the Wilmington Evening Dispatch.
A resolution was presented by a Mr..
Schwab to the effect that the agIta-
ton in favor of the maintenance of the
! present standard of value and against
the free coinage of silver should be
prosecuted with vigOr," and was
adopted. a resolution was also adopted
to refer the Schwao resolution to the
Executive Committee, with the recon
M .ndation that the committee pre-
pare and submit to the Chamber OF
c )mmerce an address inviting b CO
OpSK dElOu III dLA SOLhL4C ~ OONAO0 IA
of all business men IN the movement
to secure the adoption by the National
convention of both parties OF unCq1lvo-
cal declarations in favor of the main
tenaDce of the present standard Of
value"
Chairman Hentz, of the special com
mittee, told a reporter that he had
been assured personally by Mr., Car
Isle that The hoped there would be NO
straddling of the financial problem by
the two great political parties, bat
that each party would boldly take the
bull by the horns and adopt the only
safe policy-that tavoring the gold
Standard for the nation to pursue"
1t is a very hopeful sign that the
New York Chamber of Commerce and
Secretary Carlisle have thrown aside
the thin mask of bimetalisn. 1t is a
sign that these man and the element
behind them have come TO the cOnclu
sion that the honest voters of the coun
try are not stupid enough to be de-
celved any longer by the talk about
international bimetallism" Fur
years ago there was not a prominent
nan in the country, nor a government
official, not a candidate for Office, nor
q ne wspaper editor, who would admit
that he was in favor of a single gold
standard. All arguments of the free
00Y0nC no man uonro cd m TF.0G haInO in
deed, unaus werable-but the people
were informed that to postpone free
coinage would result in bringing about
an international agreement and the
reopening of the minis of E rope and
this country to the free coinage of sill
Yer.
Now the money power, ready to cor
tribute millions to CORFU pGi0n fund to
carry OUT it's purposes, announces that
a campaign is TO be carried on to ''se-
cure the adoption by the National con
ventions of both great political parties
of uneq uvocat declarations in favor Of
the maintenance of the present stand
ard of value" the British gold STANG
ard that a been maintained by the
issue of bonds and the saddIing of more
than three hundred millions of dollars
of debt on the people-on the men VINO
labor in toe factories, who dig IN the
ground. n who earn their bread IN
the sweat of their brows:
The people ought TO be thankful that
shylockism has arrived at that stage of
it's career IN this country WhereIt feels
Justified in thro wing off the mask be-
mind which il has Carried out It's s mis-
ter designs OF characterization and cur
rency contraction, and Ia laytn aside
the cloak under which it has been
paradlng for twenty odd years. The
people ought to be thankful that the
money power has at last concluded TO
eend its liars and it's hypocrits to the
rear and go before the 20 ers Of the
country on an issue about which there
can be no mistake.
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