Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-07
FREE SILVER ADVOCATES
re Patriotic and Desire to Build Up ana
Not to Destroy the County and ITS fros-
prrity-A thoughtful Article by William

N, IN Destroy the County and Its Pros
prrity-A thoughtful Article iy niiii'in
e.. Sincaid.
To tae Editor Of the Register.
You hear much talk am0ngS. the goa
men. that the restoration OF silver 10 '.@
place it occupied pri0r to rs demonel--
cation in 1878. making TIE ratio OF com
age b tween gold and silver i6 TO l, ana
the opening of our minis o is free ana
ualim .ted coinage. viii destroy eur busl-
ness men. create panics and destroy val
ues. When asked to RAM the business
men il will effect. they answer the D1nk-
er the merchan, the broker and the
bonGlolGer. Ia lay particular en-
phasis on TIE first and She last named
business men. This free silver move
meut is based en- pr'lc.p!,s as broad as
The continent. and II is not The cDJ=c' 10
hurr anyone TurSe men are essential
II their various branches CT business. 50
long as tl-;r Iansac[Ous ar IL an hah-
orable. legitimate way, carried out, but
when manipulated and carried on ior
the sole purpose OF absorbing, in VIC
iOus. unlawful manner, the wealth OF tho
masses. then if the masses destroy this
system of obtaining wealth and turn
their buiuess into channels that will aid
&c establish prosperity and maintain 1t
for the public veal. there is no injury
done 10 any one and the business man
is put in the right position and not n
ju-ed. for the reason tha5 his occupa-
ton remains and he can follow it. 1t is
only stripped OF the power TO cOncen-
trate is means and absorb wealth with
Gus giving q return, just rec0mpenSe.
All business men mus. be looked after,
and all mast have protection The man
who digs sang in the West Virginia hills
is business man; so is the faker who
sells tin pans and lead pencils on the
streets, and the farmer who follows his
pillow from morning until night and
sleeps on a straw tick. on the floor, in a
log cabin, is as much 4 business man,
as q man who buys bonds and handles
millions of dollars daily. and lives in a
palace and sleeps on a bed made of gold.
This man S no more an American citi-
z n than the former, and deserves only
the same protection. No banker, no
broker. no merchant. no rich buyer Of
bonds. by reason Of the business in
which any OF these parties are engaged, /
add on dollar to the material wealth
OF he nation, and the business of either
might De destroyed without doing much
injustice to the balance and the misfor-
tune would soon be laid aside by the
s1sat public and forgotten. Some one
else will fill the vacancy. There is 4
class OF business men who compose one
fos g o,
try. they are found all over this broad
land, they work from early morn until
the sun goes down almost every day in
the year. They are the backbone of the
nation. The wealth producers. mean
the farmers. the men who pillow. who
sow. reap and produce, thar which gives
us our prosperity; that which makes
every 1ome happy: that which builds up
our Industries and makes our nation
great noble and grand. When this in
dus-ry is Frustrated, the great mass of /
our people are jeopardizsd and their oc-
cup2uonS lag and are Improbable. The
farming business is distressed. the far
mer is making no money. ne can't paw
ms debts, and IS on the verge of ruin. |
The business Of the nation is in svmpa- |
tly with his. The merchant. The mine !
owner the manufacturer. all industries I
and labor OF all kind lay PROSTATE and |
inactive, when the farmer is hard I'm /
and can't pay his debts, when his bust |
ness does not render fair income. so he !
can have some surplus money. We find /.
him to-day in that shape.
That the system of robbery brought
about by destroying silver as money cf .
final payment by the act of 1873, is the /
sole cause. is beyond doubt No man /
can take the best 300-acre farm in this /
country, and pay S25 per acre for it. and |
run it on the principle you run a bank /
or any industry. where all expenses are /
counted. and clear one per cent. on the
investment, and nine times in ten ne
viii come out in debt The surplus +
commodities CT the farmer-wheat. corn.
pork, beef and every thing he raises.
that goes TO Europe. has the price fixed
on The same by the London markets.
Silver bullion. to-day. being a commOdi- .
ty, has It's value fixed there, also. by our /
British friends. The measure of all our /
values is by the gold standard, and the !
history of all business. ever was. and I
ever will be. that prices are high when !
the dollars 10 b. exchanged are plenu- /
full. They are low when the dollar IS |
scarce. Whenever a dollar is estimated /
to be worth two bushel of wheat. il is !
a dear dollar, and wheat is chsap. and !
that Is the estimate placed ON the gold !
dollar to-day, by our British brethren. /
on are on gold basis; gold is the only |
money they recognize as money in our |
BUSINESS transactions. Your ounce of |
silver bullion is worth IS cents: your |
silver dollar 80 cents. Your wheat must /
be paid for in that ratio. we allow |
You but fifty cents for your silver |
dollar, which Is the price of your bushel |
OF wheat; therefore, for each gold dol /
Ear We pay for your wheat we must have |
TWO buShei" All the rest of your |
commodities mus, run in the same |
way. We need your surplus to- feed /
our people. Our nation does not pro- /
Cuce lalS IN Suiticien, quantity TO meet /
our ends, therefore. We must buy il 10 /
our best advantage Mexico and Ia |
pan are on a silver basis. We buv vour |
silver bullion and exchange them for |
Your ounce Of silver or the number Of |
grains Of It found in the silver dollar.
(say MeXcoJ for bushel of wheat. we !
pay them in s..yer jus. double wha. we |
pay You in gold" If wheat is worth /
go cents in gold here, then in Mexico II
Is worth $3.50 in s.lyer''-.hat silver |
dollar pays all their deb.s in Mexico. !
and every bushel Of wheat she sells !
brings - her people double the amount |
of money We get for ours. What we
want is TO cheaper the purchasing pow
er Of the gold dollar; 10 do this. we must !