Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-25

and lowering all pricrs measured by
that standard, AMI since that unjust
and indeicnflulu act the prices of Amer.
lean products have fallen, upon nm av.
etago, nearly 80 PER cent, carrying
down with them pfOportionately the
mouey vflue Of all other forms Of prop
sfty. Such fail OF prices has du.
stroyed the rr0flla OF legitimate indus.
try, injuriug the producer for the
benefit VI tue nOn.pruiucur, increasing
tho burden u tbs debtor, swelling the
gains OF the creditor, pstalyzing the
productive energies Of the American
people, relogatiug to idlonoss vast Lum'
bctH OF wiling woTkers, sending the
shadows OF despair into tho home ~
the honest tOilcr, iilling the land with
tfampH and paupvfs, aud building
up colossal fortunes ut the money cen.
tore.
In tho effort TO maintain the gold
standard the country has, within the
last two year., In time Of profound
peace anu plenty, been loaded down
with s262. 100000 OF additional Interest,"
bearing doUi, unuor such citcum.ian
~ TO allow u syndicate Of native aud
foreign bankers TO realize n new prOnt
VI millions on single deal.
10 stands confessed thnt tho gold
standard eau only be- uphold by 20 de.
plciiug our par currency ne 10 force
tho prices OF our products below the
European and even below the Aslatc
cvel, anu enable Us to sell In foreign
markets, thus aggfavatiug tho very
evils Of which our people no bitterly
complain, degrading American labor
anu striking Gttho foundations Of civ
u zatlou itsoli,
lno advocates Ui the gold standard
peisistontly claim that the cause oi our
our distress II ovcfpT aducuun-that we
have produced 90 mucn that Il hhs
made u pO1t-whlch implies that the
tue remedy " 10 close tho factory,
abaudon the farm ami throw muitl.
tuue OF people our IT employment, D.
doctrine that leaves "a unneTyeI tuu
| dieheuttenud aud absolutely without
hope Tor tho future.
We atiitm II To be unquoa.ioned that
there can bs no such coon mic pain-
d0N % OyeTpt0duction aud ~ The same
/ time tens Of thousands VI our fellow
citlzsns remaining hali.clotbed Rud
( hali.ieJ, anu VINO are plte1usiy clam.
Oriug for the common neoessafiea o.
lie.
Second-That over and above nil
other questions OF policy, We are In
favor VI restoring 10 The people Of tho
| United States the timr-huuufed mon,y
/ OF the C0IHliiulion--gold anu silver,
| not ouB but bnin-tho money ~ WASH
| iugion aud Hamilton, anu jefferson
aud Monroe, aud Jackson ami Lincoln,
~ tho eud tnat tue American people
may receive honest pay Tor an honts
| product; thnt the American debtor
may pay his Just obligations In al
honest STANDARD, ana not ~ n standard
tnat has appreciated 100 por cent above
all the great staples Of cur oguntty
and To tue end, further, ihst silver
standard countries may be- deprived uI
tho unjust advantage they now q " )
In the difference In exchange bUtwUrf
g0ld AMI silyut-a difference which
lAfif legislation cannot overcome.
Wv therefore confidently appeal {,
the people " the United States 1.
leave Ia allegiance for the moment al
other questions, however important
anu even mOmentOus they may al
pear, to surrender N need bu all fUTme
ties aud affiliations, anu unite Ia on,
supreme effort to tree themselves nut
their children from the uomi nation q
thu money powers power more dc
slGueuye than any which has eve
been fastened upon the civilized met
Of any race " In any age. Aud upon
the contamination VI our desires Al,
efforts, We invoke the gracious favor Vi
! Divine Providence.