Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-14
rR1BUTE no OLD ENGLAND.

THE little squib the GAZETTE had il
it couple of weeks ago in reply to the
statement of the Kansan that England
had grown rich and prosperous under
the gold standard seems to have dis
turbed the peace and quiet of that pa
per to the extent of nearly column Of
its valuable space. The key note Of
its song is that England is the creditor
nation while we are its debtor, and
that she is splashing the mud in our
faces in the race for prosperity. 1t
says: "If 1t was not for our indebted
ness to England the financial question
IN America could be easily settled.
England has her paupers, and so has
America. AS a nation Eegland is rich
and prosperous, and she has become so
since adopting the single gold stand
ard
"We may chew the rag all we are a
mind to, but the fact remains that Eng
lish capital is our bug bear. English
capital controls our railway systems
aud farm mortgages galore are subject
to English rule. From small island
Of wild barbarians, the boundries have
extended until the sun never SETS on
the domains ruled over by an English
queen. While America stands on the
top ladder, she must not adopt danger
GUS policies if she would retain her
standing. AS matter of business
policy we must recognize the fact that
England is wealthy and prosperous
country" Well no ore ever said sin
Cerely that the gold standard is not
good thing for the creditor. Its decend-
ing scale of prices always brings in
payment of the bond more than the
pound of flesh. 1t would De
too much like philanthrOphy to be hu-
man for a creditor nation to cast off a
system which enriches itself at the ex-
pense Of others. But let us tack and
run little parallel to the above argu-
ment. While England has grown rich
under the gold standard it is also true
that she has grown rich under free
trade. The Kansan concludes that be-
cause she has grown rich under the
former we can do the same, An ad--
lerence to any thing like logic would
each that If we are to accept this con-
,lusiOn we should also accept the con-
,lusiOn that we may grow rich by the
after. But the Kansan will hardly do
this.
Furthermore the Kansan in sound
ing the praises of old England's power
cknowledges our own servitude, and
proposes to continue the same system
lnder which we have como into her re-
entless grasp. For America TO at
empt to attain prosperity and power
~ the same means as England, places
Is in the mean and petty attitude of
having no courage nor re-
ources of our own, and is about as
childish as for one clown to attempt to
,eat another to the top of the tent by
the same rope his competitor
s on and ha If way to the top.
However in our above statement
hat EnGland's gold standard is a ben
fit to her we wish to make an explana-
ion. 1t IS true if no human rights of |
Ter citizens are to be considered, no at.
ention given to thoughts of equality
mOng them and the nation in its big
less, Its power and its dominion alone |
) to receive our attention. The fact is
nat the debtor, in England contributes
he same amount of his substance as
he rest of this worlds toiling millions
t the alter of the rich mans greed. A
arrow and contracting volume of
money always works i'll with the poor
nan in any country.