Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-07-21

made US take. 1t was nicely
sugar-coated. Under the guise
of an "honest' dollar. the powers
that be have given our coniding
people a dollar so honest that it
takes a third more of labor or
commodities to get it than it used
to, I mark-that while the peo-
pie have overlooked the appro-
priation by this class Of the ma
tion's vast wealth of lands and re-
sources, they might wake up and
resent the invasion of their pri.
vate possessions. But you can't
tell. They are long suffering and
patient. In fact they may con-
clude that it is Providence that is
chastising us. If the city dailies
are to be believed, it will not be
long until our farmers will begin
to send delegations to congress to
ask the gentlemen's pardon for
raising so much grain and so
much stock, and their co-labor-
erS in the factories and in the
shops asking the like forgiveness
for being too willing and too cum
ming with their hands.
l don't suppose anybody but a
silver crank has the temerity to
hope there will ever be a "public
opinion other than that dissent.
mated by the wires of the West
ern Union. If there should be,
then our people might be able
to see that by depriying the ~peo-
pie more than one half of the sup.
ply of the natural, self:redeem-
able, ultimate money for the fu-
ture, and impairing the value of
our stock of silver ON hand, the
growth of our volume of money
has not only decreased, but the
worlds stock of real money has
been reduced and values impair
ed wherever money is used.
They might be made to see that if
the dollars to be gotten are daily
made fewer, Loeb and lchelhei-
MGR are still "shipping' eagles
over the pond, in spite Of Gro
ver's promise that they wouldn't
II the Sherman act was repealed)
tits going to take more grain,
stock and other commodities to
get them. The repeal of the
Sherman law is not responsible
for the present depressed, con.
gested condition, but it was the
last act in the drama, commenced
in 1873, which has caused it. The
repeal was principally import.
ant to the gold advocates because
it removes the last vestige of
legislation that recognized silver
as money, and to the bi-metal]ists
because it dealt final blow that
destroyed silver as a money me.
tall 1t was a great victory for
the Cleveland party. It means
shekels for their Golfers. They
may not get any more dollars in
mum Der, but how much more
'honest' they will be! How for
tunate the fellows who hold your
county, and school district bonds
and the mortgages on Jour farm
ers' homes. They need neither
weave nor spin. Congress has
done their toiling. Their bonds
and obligations call for the same
number of dollars, and draw the
same rate of interest as before,
but the purchasing power of
these dollars has been increased
by more than one third, by law.
Not: only That, but this increase
in the purchasing power Of our
dollar is still in pros ress The
demand for gold IS daily increas-
ing. The stock Of it decreasing
by wear, by loss and by consump-
tion ii the arts. How ecious
these little pieces Of fellow metal
will shortly bee ONE. What strife
there will be, not OIL y between
indiYid uals to possess then.
What crime will be &C lifted to
possess them " hat power the
men will possess who hold them,
Of hold tina ll for