The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-09

that they are proud Of their efforts in that
behalf
has been an ever Increasing demand for
IFS repeal and the restoration to the peo-
pie OF the right that was taken from
Them by Il.
CIRCUMSTANCE AND CONDITIONS
have been such since its passage as to aD-
parenuy make the efforts Of those who
were in favor of its repeal futile
Those persons in our country who have
understood The evil effects of that act
have for years supplicareG and impiOred
the Republican and Democratic parties
alike TO restore 10 the people the right
which was by that law taken from them
behind their backs and without their
knowledge and consent, but their appeals
have been In vain. They who have sought
ia season ard OFT Of season, 10 secure q
restoration OF that right to the ipeopie
Ia e been mallgned and tradaced and
spurned with contempt by the money
ow lers Esd boudhoiders, their agents and
servants. in the most outrageous manner
Thank God their efforts have not been
IN vain. zor they are about 70 be crowned
with success.
The cries Of distressed people for
financial relief Tor the past twenty-three
years have been disregaIded by those
VINO maze been called upon TO make the
laws ana administer them in this country.
Their petitions have been ignored, taefr
cries have been in vain
They nave been assured over and over
matter OF little II ANY. Importance, and
those who believed that it was
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
were brushed aside. their advice ignored.
their appeals disregarded and the people
were assured thsl the only sure way 10
relieve their financial distress and make
thein prosperous and happy was to IN
crease the burden OF taxation by Lowing
higher duties upon imports.
Inc Democratic ana Republican parties
have over and over again declared III
laVor CT the free c~lnage of gold and
silver the ratio Of &c 10 J. but those Who
were elected TO office by those paraes
repudlated the platforms on which they
We're elected and used every effort to de-
leaf every attempt to secure legislation
upon The subject. Such declarations were
mace 10 catch votes merely and not to be
acted upon by those in authority
Under various pretenses those parties
postponed final action upon the matter
unUl 1893. when under The direction of
me present admin stration, they joined
NOR forces and repealed the only law
tl-at remained upon the statute books tbst
authorized the coinage Of units of monev
out OF silver, and the rank and file of
those pafues quietly submitted without
protest to the outrage thus perpetrated
upon them.
The people of this country after years
q az tauon ans discussion Of the money
question, have come TO realize that thar
question is not only one
OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
bat that it is substantially ths only oues-
lch mat is before the American people
Tor consideration
Inn within recent years this question
mas not been discussed iutelligentiy ex-
StPt by a compai auively few and il is
Sllte.IE through their efforts that 1t has
taken shape and form and the princinIes
Underlying 4 have been properly. systeiu-
altcaliY taiiu inlelllgenIly stated
n, - Aas Deen chleliy through their efforts
tntb Nne question has been forced iuf0 (
prominence and has been made the lea5
ING political issue Of the day
VI an questions that have ever been 4
tI-sehted 10 any world for consideration. +
lie ne money question is by far the most
important, because IL lies at rho ~
threshold of civilization
II our institutions are to be preserved .
ana inc present civilization is to continue
L VIII only be through the right solurson
OF me money question.
30 person can conceive of civilization
Wheie individual rights and privileges
are protected and made secure where
there is no money.
Money CT whatever material made, is
THE OIL OF COMMERCE.
the blood Of trade and The civilizer of
Without money there can be no com
llleree or trade, except such as is carried
on Dy barnarlc people, there can be no
llolLc except The home OF the savage.
~eNA Wy ~ Ad4iAAAA lleS GNeHDt The
~ lne baI.Uarlan; there can be no rersos.aI
i.1elly except such as is secured IN
bfulc force, and there can be no civiliza-
l-Qh except The civilization of saVapar-I-
money can oEy lee used TO distribute
property ana 10 pay debts and without
j. 4-cLtner can be done without the great
eel inconvenience TO The people of civilized
communities.
Jofh sherman and others of his iIls
80 tHey want our money 10 be so good
-. - ~ y ga S4rcuiate everywhere where
money is ased, and they declare that no
money can GO mat except such as is made
OIL or Soio, and therefore they are in
1as of oi The Gold Standard q" becausa
soio Is the money of the weird. rhere
- y 70 . i-5o.iey OIL 5ne world. There never
W. ana never VIII be any money of the
Moiiu uhtil an the nations Of the earlb
y eeoil-c consoAuated into one nation
2,ii1s ehat IS never Likely to happen.
EAch nation must have money Or ire
own and IL is a matter of no conseo7,e,,s
70 any nation what the money OF anofber
n4Ion IS The money of one nation VIII
sen lor Just as much in any nstlor ~
earth where money IS used as II - 49,, -
IN The country where it is made. less e "
change. -ess e.
~, The 9- price Of gold and silver bullion in
ponds entirely upon the rate al when j
1t can be coined at the mint.
heneNer nation permits gold or sill
NJ N,,r,., 70 De coined into money free Of
e latse az a certain rate, the price OF.
ihose metals in that country is fixed ana ;
q determined by that rate, and by no pos
5 DIE can either metal fall in that ma
'lSn 9e4oW the price established by law
Silver cannot be coined into linifs Of ,
money al all al the present cine in tha
| nlted States; neither can it be coined
mo UNITS o. money in any country in !
europe. Silver, therefore, is treated en-
AS A COMMODITY
and the price Of 1t is fixed and deter
1lIheu on me same laws that fix and de-
-eImlne The prices Of other commodities
II tne Cntted States should give back :
10 me people the right that was taken
from them TO have silver coined into
UNITS OF money at the ratio of l6 to / Tho :
'flSe OF SILVER bGll.on would instantly go
% SL-s an ounce, because that is the rate
II which silver under free coinage could
Dc coined into units Of money!. and fbat 1
rate would Tx absolutely the price OF I
SILVER not only in the United States but
u the world.
II the volume CT money in circulation q
n a country be contracted by law irrep- !
irable injury viii result to the people OF Il
such nation. The volume Of money in c
MS country since 1856 has been enor-
nously contracted under the laws passed e
~ congress, and as q result the people !
lave SUFFERED incalculabie loss.
The great mass of the people have been 7
'uined financially ana the misery ana c
'uitefng consequent upon such contrac-
ion Is beyond the comprehension of man q
The debts contracted by the government il
AVE been enormously increased thereby |
because II requires vastly more of the
PRODUCTS Of the country TO pay the pres
mt debts than was required TO pay the
iebts when originally contracted. The
lotion OF our government in DESTROYING <
he paper money that was issued during i.
he war and which Z
SAVED THE REPUBLIC 4