Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-09-08
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1t is fully appreciated in
Europe that free coinage would
prove a more formidable coinage
menace than the proposed sus=
pension of the Bland and Sher-
man acts. European financiers
and monopolists have had a taste
of the fluctuations in American
values, and fear them more then
even McKinley's~ prohibitivc
tariff.
America offers us the tantaliz.
ing alternative between a pro-
hibitive tariff and a silver stand
ard. But our money monopolists
in this case harvest the storm
where they have been sowing the
wind. Their long continued oppo-
sition tointernational bimetaliism
is On the eve of receiving it's
proper retrlbution. Bryan's
victory will no doubt prepare the
way Tor an international agree.
mert.
Should Bryan be elected, we
the bimetallists would gain for
midable allies, while American
bankers would certainly do all in
their power to forestall the de.
probation of American values by
backing our cause of information
nal bimetallisn1.
Now as to the prospects of
Europe. The possessors of
American values, fearing depre-
citation, would influence the
bourse to such an extent as to
cause capital to consider it's atti-
tude toward bimetal]ism, where
upon the European governments
may be obliged to adopt bimetal-
ism in order to restore conf
dence and equality.
All Europe has formerly de-
clared that bin etallism shall not
be Introduced without Britain S
cooperation. The English cabi.
net at Ba]four's instigation de-
cided on March II that nothing
should interfere with the gold
standard. Ralfour represen is
the remarkable and questionable
view that no change Of coinage
should be imposed on financial
men. In other words, the world
of finance rulcs-thc thief is
jailor.
Balfour waits and and hopes
patiently for the 'bimetallic con-
version of London. The famous
debate Of March II has clearly
shown what is thought of the
question in the city. The shy
lock standpoint was never pre-
scented with more brutal effront-
cry than by Harcourt. The Am
erican silver party will find Etar-
court S speech their best cam
paign document. A producer
who reads this speech and does
not vote for Bryan cuts his own
throat. In order to prevent
some OF this moral suicide. I
quote few characteristic phras-
es. Said the leader of the Eng
fish Liberals:
England has been called the
land OF shylocks. Nobody who
was present will forget the MEM
orable speech, delivered by MI:
Gladstone in this house OH the
same question, in which he SUBJ
mitted TO the world S ridicule the
proposition that this land of
money lenders should go from
country to country hat in hand
begging that we should be paid
ten shiliings for a pound.
This is practically the goal to
which bimetallism would lead US,
Near: hear.) Of course we are
told that we shall receive more
money. The truth is that we are
paid not in gold but in goods. It
is out Of this merchandise that
our people make their living, ard
now it is expected of US that we
shall so around the world beg;
ging-th LAT we shall receive less
merchandise for our gold. Can
anything more ridiculous be
suggested? (Hear, hear.) We,
who have lent hundreds, nay,
thousands of millions to foreign
nations. shall ask them that for
this money they shall give US
less in return than we. now re-