Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-02
SHOULD FREE OURSELVES.


The Single Gold Standard VIII Place MANI
acles Upon the People.
It is very evident that the real mo-
tives which actuate Great Britain in
her schemes to acquire territory in
Venezuela and Alaska, by fair means
or foul. is the desire to control so far
| rs possible the output of gold in the
world. If English capitalists, sup
| ported by English arms, can control
| the gold fields of the world outside of
| the United States, and in this country
| gold policy can be forced upon the
people, it is clear that England can
afford to lose much of her foreign trade
| and yet remain one of the great pow
| ers-
English farming has been crushed
[ out, and now English manufactures
| are following the same route; but if
| England could continue to do the car
| rying trade and banking of the world,
she is still its mistress. She knows
| that, and therefore she is preparing
herself to continue in that position.
The first requisite is of course to con-
| troll the supply from which the only
money that it is proposed tc recognize
| is derived. To-day England is mistress
| of Australia, of South Africa and of
| mining regions in other sections, and
she is trying to secure more of this
valuable class of territory. She is not
| to blame. On the contrary, she shows
| far more wisdom than the people of
this country. who are playing directly
| into her hands.
1t stands to reason, and any child
can see that if you owe man a debt,
the more valuable the article you are
forced to pay it in, the better for him
and the worse for you. If man owed
another twenty bushels, it would be
better for the creditor if he paid it in
diamonds, and for the debtor if in
| wheat. This country owes Great
Britain large sums of money, and very
foolishly is borrowing great deal
more The people are voluntarily
doub bling their debts to please their
creditors
If private individual was guilty of
such conduct he would be accused of
insanity, but in whole nation it is
supposed to be wisdom. It would
seem to be too clear to need demon
stration that the scarcer you make an
article the higher its value will be,
|
sary use. Yet American voters will
go to work and advocate and support
scheme which will decrease the
money in circulation one-half, and
they cannot understand that their
creditors are the only ones who profit
by the contraction. The retirement of
all the greenbacks in the country is
going to be attempted this winter;
possibly the silver senators will keep
the scheme from carrying through the
senate, but the effort will be made
again and again unless the people will
rally and drive the money lenders and
gold rings out out of the national
capital.
The question is one of more impor-
lance than it appears to be considered
as possessing by the majority of the
voters of this country. The idea that
because mills start up and men find
employment that the question ceases
\! to be of Importance, is a great fallacy.
7 The men who have money to lend de-
sire that those who pay the interest
shall have employment, else how can
they receive their incomes from their
investments. It is great mistake to
suppose that hard times benefit the
money interests. What they want are
good times. Then the people forget
how they are being cinched; they bor-
row more money at higher interest,
and schemes like the demonstration
of silver and the retiring of green
backs go through the legislative halls
with but little opposition and the peo-
pie wake up some fine morning to find
themselves hopelessly in debt Then
the pay day arrives
The debtors cannot pay; the cred
itors get everything and hard times
having effected their purpose prosper
ity is permitted to revive. But all this
time, under all these circumstances,
the men who control public affairs, the
half a dozen money kings of the world,
are increasing their power, and
strengthening their influence and hold
on the people.
In England this gold system has
brought the people to more complete
subserviency to their masters than in
any other part of Europe. The entire
government is run for the purposes OF
the few. The foreign policy of the
country is actuated entirely by the in
terests of the money classes. The titles
of the aristocracy are offered as prizes
for the successful money makers to
obtain as a reward, and while men like
the Rothschi1ds have neither country,
patriotism or benevo1ence the rest OF
their fellow-citizens are forced to live
= and work according to their wishes.
A gold standard in this country will
see duplication of England. Already
the signs of it have made their appear
} ance in the east, especially in New
York. Un-American doctrines are
publicly advocated in the papers and
from the stump. and what England
does and what England wants are
eternally held up to Americans as
what they should do.
We should free ourselves of this
thraldom. We should have an Amer
lean financial policy as well as an in
dependent government. We should use
| bimeta1lism, the true American sys
: tenn, as basis for our finances. Los
Angeles Express
| Route Them Out.
It vii: take time and more experience
| n feooh the peonIa tho mistake they