Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-06-02


is IN favor Of free coinage as far
as acticable; but neither he nor
any other International bime>
.talist does for a moment suppose
that the civilized nations would
attempt free coinage at l6 to l at
the present ratio Of gold and sill
yer. They could not do it and
keep the two coins. in circulation
without stipulation to the ef-
feet that they would make good
the deficiency in value of either
metal falling below the other in
market, same as our Government
is doing now with silver. =
In conclusion Mr.. Editor let
me say that I have no political
axe to sharpen and neither have
you, as far as I know. Therefore
we are only seeking the truth,
and when that is found the ques-
tlon will be solved-Eonestly and
fairly solved, for the interest and
benefit Of all classes and all our
people. It is different in politics
sometimes, when selGshness and
greed take the place Of patriotism
and honor, and local or sectional
covetousness rules supreme in the
land. While l will not say that
our system is as good as it might
be made, for the world is not
yet perfect, l am firmly and pos
itively convinced that this con-
tinual harp:ng about reform by
people who either don't know or
don't want to know, but still agi-
tate it on the basis proposed by
the Populist party and other free
silver factions is one Of the great
est follies Of the age. Money.
is the product Of industry and
toll if intelligently directed and
1t can not be made by law any
more than wheat or corn can be
made by resolutions in political
meeting. Money is made out Of
prosperity not prosperity out of
money. It must be made OF
something Of a steadily main
tanned value and the more so the
better money it makes and the
more honest and fair it becomes.
1t is an adjunct to business and
industry, and is used to grease
the wheel Of commerce. And if
for some reason the industries
get interrupted or become para
lyzed and the wheels of commerce
stop, then money loses it's useful.
ness. You don't grease the Wagon
when you don't use it. No one
would buy more grease when the
wagon is broken and rendered
useless. Just so with money
When we have good times, whe1
everybody is prosperous and has
something to do, then we have
! plenty money. Whether we have
| a single or double standard
7 makes no difference. The singh
is the best, the safest and tn
most equitable to all if made o
something best suited for tn
l purpose and least subject to fuc
} tuation or change in value; an,
7 the most appropriate for this We
, discovered is gold, and GOLD ONLY
G. S. OGREN,
You ask Gin last weeks issue
"why should the debtor hav
r such right" to pay in what eve
money he pleases? "Why SHOULD
he be given such an unfair advan
, over the creditor?' This is NJ
unfair advantage It is an advan
7 tage given all and thefore not IN
fair. If you owed US debt, an<
when you come to pay the sam,
you would tender US gold; would
it, be right if the law would sus
tain us in our refusal to take gol<
r and our demand for silver? Espe
f cially not if the case was tina
there happened to be no silver il
town and YOU would have to go t
the expense Of shipping in tina
+ kind of money. You make tn
f supposition, suppose You borrow
, us an ounce Of gold, which woul'
be right, to pay you back in al
ounce Of gold or it's equivalent
, or pay you back in l6 ounces O
l silver which is worth only half a
: much as an ounce Of gold? Gu
,, answer is that the only homes
way for us to do is to pay yoo
back an ounce Of gold or it's equiv
alent But if we had borrowed
$50 of you and you had happened
to hand us gold eagle, it woult
perfectly right for us to to pa,
you $40 III silver. You and al
; business men do this right along
without feeling the pangs of con
science whatsoever. You d.
not take a dollar because 20,
want to make use Of the substance
; that is against the law Of y. S
: A dollar is dollar, and what kine
j. of a U. S. dollar you may .hav.