The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-09-24
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Gold Standard Tonnes Are No Per-
manent Remedy.

Gold Standard Tohics Are No Per-
manent Remedy.
Prior to the decentralization of silver
In 1873, the price of wheat was hardly
ever below a dollar q busheL 1t fire.
quently went up to two dollars and
sometimes considerably higher. On rare
occasions, as on the failure Of crops in
this or in other wheat-growing coun-
tries, the price rose to three dollars a
bushel. In those days Of silver and gold
no farmer thought of letting his crop go
for less than a dollar a bushel, and all
other farm products, such as corn, oats,
rye, pork, beef, potatoes and, in the
south, cotton and tobacco, were worth
Just about double what they have been
fetching during this period Of the single
gold standard. There is not a farmer
whose memory runs back, 30, 30 or 80
years but will confirm this statement.
In those days of bimetallism the farm
ers were forehanded; their farms were
not covered by mortgages and each
had, not only the comforts of life, but
money in his pocket; and so itwould be
again if We could slip the yoke that the
gold standard money kings of Europe
have put upon our necks. All that the
country needs to insure real and lasting
prosperity is to get back where we were
before our prosperity was bartered
away.
g Neither temporary scarcity Of wheat
nor a trust-ridden tariff law will give
permanent relief. These are no more
than a stimulant to a very sick patient.
They do not touch the seat of the dis
ease. Persons may pirate about prosper
/ ity as much as they viii, but it is mostly
sham, so far as the common people are
concerned. We must get at the root OF
the evil We must retrace the fatal step
of destroying half of the lawful money
of the country. This is reason, this is
philosophy. Unless we Teinstate silver
as lawful money, wheat viii fall back to
half price again, as soon as the present
scarcity subsidies, and everything else
but gold will remain down and 60 low
er and lower. The only redemption
money, gold, viii go up, until the money
barons of the old world can handle anG
control it even more completely thar
they do at the present time.
Thefarmersandp producers must learI
that there is only one way to their tenn
poral salvation, and that is to get bach
where we were before our fall. Amy per
son endowed by his Creator with a lit
J tie reason, who will use his reasoning
faculties, must see that these views ar,
incontroyertible. A little temporary
| relief may come from time to time, ow
ing to special causes; tonic for thu
sick person may afford a little relief
but the patient is not cured, nor can h
be cured by any such means.
The single standard people propose NJ
remedy; they only excite our hopes b.
administering tonics, and that is al
that has occurred thus far. There cal
be no reformation or prosperity unit
/ there is a cause for it, and no cause ma
been shown. Self-delusion is NOR
pleasant than profitable. No good ca
come from falsely proclaiming pros
perity when disappointment is sure t
follow. If real prosperity ever comes t
this country, it must come from
change in our financial policy, We ar
now in the firm clutch of the gol
manipulators Europe, andallthe IDOL
lar wheat" we can raise will afford bu
little relief.-Los Angeles Herald.