The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-14


street IN London and not IN America Who
dare not say that we can make Ger own
financial system for ourselves. Ame rieAns
who dare not manage their own internal
relations without the consent 81 foreigners
beyond the sea There are no such -Ameri-
cans I'm this campaign ne only Americans
are the ones who say that this government
is bl- enough and strong enough 20 make
its oNn laws and manage its owr affairs.
and 90 right in themselves, right indc-
pendent OF all the kings and po-entates 81
ali the world
Now, let rs see what this question: .val-
Is means. ! have been told OF "a new issue.
and that we are advocating sCTDet thing
specious and untried- ass you. rle- AMI
women. to eience back AT history from me
day OF civilization until about 1915. Cod
and silver alike have been the money or al
the most civilized nations Of the earth from
the earliest time down 20 about this period.
Ml nations alike used these two metals
side by side as the money OF the word
| England alone demonetized IL some years
before. but left all the other nations Using
these Two metals side by side
A. TO Free Coinage.
NOW what does the free and unlimited
/ coinage OF gold and silver E1eans 1 think
By proceeding in the regular way ! may
answer most q the arguments OF me
gentleman The world. for some reason
or other. has adopted gold and silver as The
money Of the earth. and provided tina; these
/ metals and these alone are absolutely
/ money Paper is not moncy-it Is promise
20 pay money. but gold and silver han E.
all the years Of the world, been coilsiaerel
| alone as money. everything else bein- nay
| able IN them and down 10 1873 FOR more
! than 20 years the ratio Of sold and silver
remained substantially the same as to-day.
hfteen and one-half 10 one, as srch ratios
, are to-day in France. For nearly ~ years
this period was substantially nncistCrbec-
Il am willing 70 admit. II you bring me
| p or . grains OF gold. whatever IL ~, We
win stamp a dollar mark on II and you may
\ take IL and 20 away. and II you bring 70 Is
/ sixteen times the weight in silver we VAL
stamp a dollar mark on that and you take
/ Il and 20 away. And these two things on-S
are money 10 be used the absolute money
OF redemption all over the world. as they
were practically UP to 1873 Now the
amount Of gold and silver in the world for
| 100 years and more has been substantially
\ equal in value al ratio Of fifteen and one
| half or sixteen to one. You probably can
not verify all l say. OF course. without
some study and investigation. which
hope you viii give Applause and cheers J
Ii is very evident that these people 90 not
believe in verifying anything by study and
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and lauShterl-
but prefer 10 take il on the side.
Now. my friends and enemies political
enemies. OF course. / mear-I DO not ask
/ YOU 10 believe anything ! say. Applause
and cheers.l II IS entirely possible am
mistaken in some things, haze been many
times. 1 undoubtedly shall be again AL
hope 10 do and shall 60 is 10 give you some
thing to think about. and ask you 20 think
il out and work Il out for yourselves and
not 10 be fooled about it.
Cheap Money Advocated
Cold and silver as have said. have been
tta ~ Z he "a r. :. -
other fact which even the Intelligent gentle
man viii not cispute-that The value OF
everything depends largely upon the amount
| OF money there IS in the worle. The more
money there Is In the world the cheaper
that money Is. which is very "ticent- lap
! plaIse.l The more wheat there IS IN the
world the cheaper 1t Is The more Of airy
| commodity there Is in the world the
| cheaper IL is. the less there IS Of any COM
modify in the world the dearer il -. and
| that applies TO money the same a. every
| hing else. And upon this. strangel.
/ enough the gold and silver men asrec
\ alike. The senator says we wan- a 5c-cent
| dollar. and that there - 50 much silver IN
the world tina. II we coined u IL NH be
worth only - cents, which proves exactly
| the position l take-that the more there -
! the cheaper IL Is. the less there is the deartr
| IL Is.
Now, UP TO 1879 every farmer. every
| business man, every person who contracted
| debt or obligation Of am kind knew That
| that was payable either in god OF silver.
and that he had recour sc 10 all The gold anc
4 silver of the earth from which 10 draw The
| money TO pay the obligation v hich he made
| They understood perfectly well that Al
the mounts and Valleys and hills u the
| whole world were open 10 them ana from
| all of these they could dig OFT the gold and
| the silver alike, and that these would be
taken. either one. as the urDtoT saw iit y
| choose. in payment OF the 0biisailon thGi
| he made.
From about 1870 TO 1875 -as growing IL
the great manufacturing and cornTerci-l
spirit, which has been stronger during
those years than in any previous history
Of the world Factories, mines. mills. rail
roads. the great development - al the la
lions Of the earth. was taAing place large.
from lsdo 70 1873 or 1915. In an these years
also. municipal. state, national ana private
Indebtedness was growing ~ az We'll
was growing Gp because 81 the crfer.fr-z'
and industry \. The people. not alone q
America, bul OF the whole world, too Dur
ing those same years NCrs crowllg up ia
class Of people who have not only Ice !
blight 70 this age. but the blight Of alrnoS
every age that has gone before the ~ q
/ creditor class OF the earth. During thcs'
years the public and private. the nlts-icira
and national bo.Gs Of the world were he
ing accumulated tn tnc hands ~ q few peQ
OF these bonds ~. OF this indebtctiness. We
payable from all the gold anl all the silNs
that would be dug from every mcunlai
OF the earth.
Creditor Class Under Fire
"Can any person tell me why in ~.
was a good thing for the American people
{ or for any people. to strike down oue-A2l
the money OF the world and PROVIDE tia
load Of Indebtedness should &c Iail .
= gold alone, Has anyone ever giv.p TO an
person a valid reason IL you place n
: world back In lS7a. why should une-haif a.
z money be destroyed and the debtor and N
business people be left TO hear this Who'll
burden By paying dollars twice as large a
: the ones they contracted 10 pay.
I Right here we are met with several a,
y sumptions. We are told OF a 5l-ccrt dcllh
: My friends the contention Of the men WI
G struck silver from the statute books. an
q provided that all the Indebtedness shoul
2 be paid IN gold alone-iheir contention va
! not TO have a dollar. but they were the
u fighting for two-dollar dollar. tAl
i plauscl And we OF to-day who ask TO 8
: back 10 the money OF the constitution ar
7, the only money under which we ever Ia
= any fair prosperity. we are not fighting x
: a 5c-car. dollar. but we are fighting again
the two-dollar dollar OF Wall street al
: Lombard street lApplause-l
!, About 1873 Germany dcTnoretlzed sli-e
= and the years preceding 1873 were the y.6l