The record-union., 1896-08-07
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
From Coast Papers on Both Sides of
Political and Other Questions.

Chico Chronfcle-Record: One of the
points in favor of the gold question, ac-
cording to Republican views, is that all
silver countries are poor. All Asia,
South American and Mexico are silver
countries. 1t is not the silver currency
that creates their poverty, but their
lack of energy, as the climate in those
countries is oppressive, and Europeans
themselves living there, though rich,
are not much more energetic; probably
less, for they do no manual labor. Those
countries have no factories, and import
all they need and pay good prices for
them, and export their produce which
are paid to them in silver. They have
been robbed, and we will be in the same
boat if we do not create industry. Why
is it If silver countries make the people
poor that so many pauperS come to US
as emigrants from the gold countries
of Europe? This silver or gold currency
has nothing to do with poverty. Gold
is aristocratic and wants to dominate.
There are in Eastern States-what is
their land worth with a market at their
door? Hardly nothing. Farms are given
away and no takers. Still the few are
rich, because instead of land they farm
factories, pay small wages, want tariff
protection, sell their goods to the South
or West that are without factories lend
their money, mostly on the farms close
them out, and the farmer belongs to
them, body and soul In Mexico the
same thing exists. The merchant i'm
ports, paying as little duty as he can
sells to people for silver at double or
triple the cost, and this way keep the
nation under their dependence and poor
HOW TO DEVELOP.
Visalia Delta: We produce in this
country nearly everything that we need
clothing, machinery, workmens tools.
farm and dairy produce, and all the
articles that can be sent us from the
factories of Europe. Why then should
we not supply ourselves instead of re-
naming in idleness and sending out
gold and silver to Europe to maintain
hundreds of thousands of operatives
there? Europe produces neither gold
nor silver in great quantity, yet it
drains the United States of its large
supply dug from American soil and
ore by American miners. A protective
tariff that would lessen the importa-
ticn OF foreign made goods for which
we must pay in gold or it's equivalent;
q tdilH WHICH NOulO require nome
supply to satisfy the home demand.
thus giving employment to the great
army of the unemployed; which would
make every American except the vi
cious and worthless a wage-earner and
weaith-creator, would do more to de-
velop and bring prosperity to the COIN
try than the purchase of shiploads of
foreign silver, and would keep our own
gold and silver (the supply of which
is ample) at home and cause it's distri-
button among the American people,
sooner than the mere coinage of bill
ions of dollars at the ratio of 16 to 1.
AN OBSCURED ISSUE.
Rocklin Record: 1t appears more
evident every day that the Democrats
i'll embracing the single idea of coinage
We're moved thereto by other reasons
than friendship for the white metal
| In the scramble to place themselves on
record for the independent free coin
age of silver at the ratio of IS to /.
they were very careful to exclude all
other matters in which the country
has deep interest. In the first place
they clamor loud in their new role so
that the country will forget the
blight which Cleveland's free trade has
brought. But that is natural. and was
to be expected.
In other matters there is a deeper
design, and it is being cunningly
| worked out. They know the country
is anxious for a revision of the immi-