Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-30
.. Edition of the REGISTER.

NaW MartNSNl4le, W o. tAos 49,
,.,.,,+bs-aading all that has been said
and done BY the gold bugs, the follow
.of the bi-metallic standard measure
.,,, of exchange values seems recently
--,s largely on the increase. II is mar
.r,,s 10 contemplate. from a gold bug
...,s,oin.. that the crazy, silver luna
should actually have a majority in
..s s,Droaching Democratic convention
.ts held at Chicago Nevertheless, it
.,s such will be the case The cause
v be- attributed to the fact that so
Inv .Dpcple have been profoundly
-..lr,rc the basic and fundamental
...r.inlas underlying the foundation of
~,rsv and our system of exchange val
-.. which is the only way any one can
-..,r,a acquainted with the terrible and
.-,rmsn consequence following the per-
-.-srcv of the gold standard measure
-s-- If exchange values. The whole OBJ
i.. NJ the gold bug is 20 measure the
-.,,lss' property and labor by the gold
sr ard measurement Of exchange val
,s. Inc effect of whiehsis TO double and
.-.br5 existing indebtedness, not in dol
r-s but in property and labor. with
ana correspOnding decrease in the cost
~ n~1drctiOn. This will produce an in
f-s.~,9l ensiavement OF the masses in
mo United States, the goal to which
England has been using all her arts
a, deception to reduce US for thirty
years 'as, past
tho people will allow their property
ami labor to- be measured by the gold
s9ndard of exchange values. the gold
f.g win permit them 10 have any kind
NJ money no matter how insecure, pro-
yiiei 10 is not made 4 legal tender in
-ba PAYMENT of debts. The leaders of
-ts gold sentiment. who understand the
effect as they do. OF ths decentralization
al silver. are dishonest ana inhuman.
They are trying to steal from the mass
.. under the false and deceptive cry of
sound money. an unearned increment,
br artfcially increasing the value or
INCREASING power. in property and la
Dor. of the unit al money. and apply that
principle 10 the payment Of existing
obligations Property and labor are the
basis OF money and whenever money is
exchanged for property or labor that
sa final redemption OF the money so
Pr as that transaction goes. and so on
at fntum.
Whenever the value or purchasing
power. In property and labor, of the
mi. OF money. is increased or decreased
hy an unwarranted and unjustifiable in
reference by legislation with the nat
u-al law Of supply and demand as was
done bv The decentralization OF silver. il
Is rank rank. rank robbery and can
not DO excused under any circum-
stances. The gold standard does not in
crease the dsbt as expressed in dollars,
bl- Be- does increase the debt in prop
er-y and labor. the only things the
masses have legitimately to exchange
tor money with which to pay the debt
as expressed in dollars or units. This
is the point where the gold standard
ga's in it's terrible work. although there
are 0-her points seriously and injurious
T affecting the masses. and yet the gold
bug persists with unblushing effrontery,
OohviOus TO honesty and justice and the
appeals of suffering humanity.
Mans inhumanity 90 man
Makes countless thousands mourn"
There is one thing as sure as the sun
shines and that is the gold bug will
never De able permanently to indus
tri0usiy easlave the American mass
es. as the masses have been enslaved in
European countries. The American
masses for a time may be deceived by
aa organized system OF lying and Chi
c3nny. but in the end honesty and JUS
lice win prevail The American masses
eventually will break any Industrial
bands ,hOugh the heavens fall which
tae gold bug may succeed in tempOnr-
by encircling around them. You may
Sol an The people part of the time, and
you may fool part of the people all the
tine. but YOU cannot fool all the people
al. the time"
While in my opinion the leaders Of
NE gold sentiment are dishonest, very
many OF their followers are honestly
and sincerely mistaken in regard 10
oer views upon the money question,
because they have not given the ques-
ION profound study as they should.
Fad they done So undoubtedly, they
would be pure bi-metallis,s. They mere
accep, as a fact that the quantity of
m..1l In a gold dollar in the markets
IS worth one hundred cents and the
quantity Of metal in silver dollar is
worth only fifty cents without enQuiring
-iller and deeper into the science of
money. and the perniciOus legislation
Ut produced this result. The rock up
y- which many an honest mind has been
wrecked is in accepting as true that
money has intrinsic value. This is
.-.al error. Money has no intrinsic val
- The material OF which money is
~lde may have more or less intrinsic
'"'le. but the intrinsic value of the
-aeri3l of money has nothing TO do
-l the functions of money. IL is
sn element and cannot be scienti-
".aly and truthfully considered in our
stem OF exchange values. Webster
ines intrinsic 20 be inherent. inter
nal real true"
lae intrinsic qualities or value OF an
e can not be altered by human
'N because the intrinsic qualities Of
H aiucle is p,1ced there by a higher
si' DUG the exchange value Of an ar
can be changed or altered by hui
.- " esencieS. For instance, the in
.s.c value Of gold and silver for use
money has not been and cannot be
leu oy human laws. but the ex-
r'-U5e values OF these metals for use as
~- h2s been altered by repeating
avs authorizing the further coin
60. 5 silver, based upon the equality
sui. ana silver as money, as farmer
c,. lNe intrinsic qualities Of an article
o.- ne desire or necessity on the
humanity to rcssess il in order
-U.Uoule 70 It's nleasnres or actnnl