Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-06
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FREELAND, PA, AUGUST G, 1896
Looking at 1t the Wrong Way.

The TRIBUNE at all times desires to be
fair in matters in which the public is in
tcrcSted, and we always Willingly give
space to the 'othcr side" In our Live
Question department today appears an
article from the pen of A. +. Broomhall,
of Ciucinnatti, who has attained no small
amount Of notoriety through his econo-
mic writings. lie takes, what we con
slider, Il pessimistic view of the situation,
and fails to remember the first lesson
which every single taXer has been
taught-to push forward on the line of
the least resistance. His opinions, we
might state. are not concurred in by the
great army of single tax people. They
agree with him that the results of re-
monctization of silver may be disap-
pointing to some, to those who can see
no further than bimctallsm. and do not
claim that free coinage will act as a
panacea for all the social ills of the
nation. In lining up for the bimctallic
standard they have done so because they
believe Il double is better than single
system, and by destroying the monopoly
Oi money that exists they will remove the
greatest ally landlordsm has. That will
make the work which Mr.. Broomhall is
interested in so deeply so much easier
when the land question is the ISSUE and
it will be the next issue y free silver
wins in November,
Like many others, the writer of What
Silver win Not Do" fails to realize what
silver will do. Granting that its re-
monctzation will not inauguratc the
millennium and that the result may be
somewhat disappointing to some of its
oVcrzcalous advocates, the fact that the
money question introduces new era in
American poltics should not be lost sight
Of for an instant, and Mr. Broomhall is
sufficiently booked to appreciate the
great benefit that will be to the sir gle
tax. Before natural taxation can be-
come Il national issue the voters must
learn political independence, and il they
can learn that through the discussions
on the money question, and then
demonstrate their power at the polls
and at the same time break the money
monopoly and give the nation sound
financial system, it will be the greatest
aid that the single takers could ask for
With the power of money lesscned or
destroyed, other necessary and impor-
tant reforms can follow the silver issue
on, like it, to victory. Single takers are
sufficiently strong and influential enough
to prevent the Geform movement from
diycrging from the straight course. They
have kept the one main object in veiw
in every campaign of recent years, and
their strength has been an important
factor in guiding the voters in the right
direction. The election of Cleveland in
1892 was evidence of this, and the over
whelming defeat of his party two years
Ia5cr, because of the party's betrayal of
the trust placed in it, was still more con-
Yincing proof that single takers hold the
balance Of power and can keep one
party eithS moving in the direction de-
sired or not moving atall.
The trouble with Mr.. Broomhall is he
cannot adapt himself to circumstances.
lie is one Of the aggressive men who
have enrolled under Georges banner,
but prefers to do nothing rather than
spend time battling for any issue that
is relatively of less Importance than
natural taxation. Therein he shows
that he underestimate the advantage
which will be gained by having the side
questions settled before taking up the
land problem, and his reference to the
hearts and heads of the silver men comes
back with peculiar application to him
self