Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-29

ihth'N NidSS AT upilS anu dhipdN'
the prostration of industry, and
the impoverishment of the people.
In the first place, silver wasn't
demonetized. That act dropped
from the list of authorized coins
the standard silver dollar, but il
didn't affect the smaller silver
coins, and it provided for the coin
age of the trade dollar, which was
a legal tender like the subsidiary
silver coins for SIS.
In the second place, the act
wasn't passed without the know
ledge of the American people II
they or their representative in the
House or Senate had wanted to
know or cared anything about it.
From its long pending, and the
number of times il was printed
and the extent to which il was de
batcd in Congress, ii is plain that
neither the people nor Congress dis
approved of it, else it wouldn't
have been enacted.
GOLD HAS NOT GONE Up.
But the act Of 1873 has mo-
caused gold to appreciate. Their
is no one commodity in this coun
try that is as valuable as the laboI
of the people. The labor of tn,
average man will now buy NOR,
gold than at any time before tina
act was passed. That is the great
est test, and according to it gol,
has deprecated.
CHEAP GOODS 4 BLESSING.
While labor has appreciated, gol'
and commodities have deprecated
but commodities have depreciate'
the most. II is a blessing tina
labor has gone up and commoditie
come down. Enlightenment, sta
bility of government, inventions
the more wide spread application
If knowledge 10 production, an,
the cessation of destructive war.
have all contributed to the bene6
cent result Of cheaper commodities
That any have become too cheal
is result of overproduction o
one side, and, on the other. under
consumption due to paralysis q
industries caused partly by tn
Sherman-law panic and continue
silver agitation for depreciate
money standard.
UNENAMFLED PROSPERITY.
The sixth declares against th
single gold standard, saying
''has locked fast the prosperity q
an industrial people in the paraly
sis of hard times"
That is positively untrue. FrOl
1879 up to 1898 the people enjoye
uneXampled prosperity. So niue
so that a great many launched ou
into a style Of comparatively In,
. urious living. JQst think rigf
closely and see if we are not col
rect. Before the falsely-name
"crime of 1879 such luxuries q
buggies, pianos, organs, handsom
furniture, expensive carpets. fin
millinery, mantua- makers stylis
= dresses, etc, were beyond I'll
. means of all except the few yer
wealthy people, while sewing-m;
!, chimes and scores of other now il
dispensible household convenienc,
were equally as scarce. We ca
remember that several years aft,
e the war there were only two bug
2 gies in this town. and bugg
r driven along the street would dra
= everybody to the doors to witner
the unusual sight. Now nearly e
} erybody of any pretensions in I'll
country owns one or more pleasu
vehicles. Then a piano or an OF
!, gan was a matter for wide-eyt
wonderment. Now pianos aud o
gans are so common as to excite I
e particular interest. Go into tn
: homes of the people and contra
l the furnishings of their hous,
s with those of our fathers al
grandfathers before 1873. The O
binary small farmer now has con
: forts and conveniences, and ev,
8 luxuries, undreamed of by Il
: most prosperous farmers of 70
e mer days except the very fe
l wealthy old families. Such
!, thing as fine millinery and clotl
e ing made by mantua- we
almost beyond the hope of all e,
n cept the very few wealthy Peep
I and those mostly in towns. The
n sewing-machine was a rarit
e Now the rule with nearly ever,
4 body is two or more stylish hats
I year, nice dresses made by mantu
: makers, two or more suits of Gu
4 tom-made or tailor-made clothe
I and sewing machines kept runnir
n in the homes of nearly all the plai
people making up clothing that
d quality and quantity would ha,
: made our old home spun ancesto
b open their eyes in amazement. A
( these good things could not ha,
o been if the single gold standar
: had done the injuries charged to
e People just forget how well off the
d have been and are compared withtl
: days before 1873 That's the troubl
GOOD THING FOR US.
s The sixth goes on to say tn,
d gold mononetallism is a Britt,
= policy. Great Britain has the go
S standard, like we have, but, all
n like the United States, has bor
6 gold and silver currency. Go
= standard bimetallIc currency is
British policy. So is the right
trial by jury; so are many of Il
: practices in law; and British Gu
). toms, fashions, and manners a
: many of them eagerly accepted ar
e adopted by our people. The use
: the English language is even
: British policy. The American pc
r pie are eclectic and wisely take U
{ any good thing our British cousin
: discover. Great Britain's use of
= good thing is no reasonable bar
: our use of it or something simila