The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22


precisely the the president himself made official
the and summoned
bankers Under this spell repealed
Thus the country made dependent the gold alone for its supplies
full power and thus aided by similar elsewhere
of accelerated fall of prices pronounced than the world has
the npe and preipa decline values
than any other chronicled in history
"Agitator lemagogues a monataus
should believe the present ghfu condition Of the country be due
the work aaos and deugogu Mr. Cleveland of knows bet
ter people have actually been convinced that millions of
had rather than work that thousands them had deliberately and
business become mgogu trade The thought
agitation
well an ignorant thing for Mr. Cleveland and his disciples to cast into the
the suffering producers and workers of the United States e
the discomfort and complaining OF rss in dis
G ppt AGAINST ~ they will enaoyo
what And of when they have ane what the
matter agitate suddenly prefer
ordinary and nterdepennt Offices of social life This especially true of
great tbs United States Under just and rational awstcy
will The absence of such temper ground for suspicion against the
conditions their weakness and injustice when they re
would rather e cause believe ahs @ suffering
than that suffering follow
magnitude the gold standard the repcao
the will be sped unless mind that occurred at
time when the indications unusually
agreement been trying to accomplish for nearly
might be secured acceptable
suspected that the dseoasn this probably
terminating factor in its failure was the attitude of President Cleveland a
quietly caused understood Very recently grounded
pcn has been turned into certainty distinguished English
Mr. Mmeton Fewen in letter the Washington Post says
ysss !; s II ; @ @ y %
cTeveans intention became known oa circles c" That this wa
s I that hs 3n %S ali 'a % % 5 an in n ~" @ @ n %
u"t @ silver eEaon ntped @ from % WASHINGTON " @ p% ~" m 's Ws
closed "
may n gold csy
been the arch enemy of bimealim
going
gold monomeim and those bmeallm the insenuousrs
the They will rarely clear definition the but seek
ede both mpng the Of moral ~ and catch phrases which
satisfy their piSans without inquiry and by smatizg their opponents with
such vile mntam and m opthets place tmn beyond the pale of
moral and intellectual tolerance Sound and honest they write above their
They pose public private property
We depicted dishonest and mbe rulhs q national individual
M ~ @ @ or 'a , onr s ,t m M .n @ m anu .a aNv m t m M
tho
and rha abuse for rrefutae argument will scarcely be denied by any
body who shall have read the following characteristic specimens from this Wal
carefully calmly
t th f f,nos m ur stion AGAINST shame md scandal not recorded
astonishing thing this
even better at the Other kind As for examn and dom
ruthless agtato sdd creed infamed with tales of an
cnt their rights unfortunate and unreasonable restless and
calamity mgn conditions
This the attitude Of nearly all the defenders of the gold standard who have
anything Undoubtedly
because ignorance nothing
fellow But occasionally this adopted who
,, we'll informed and who know that the gold standard ncaal of meeting
honest of with hope The
strategy avoid fair discussion by reiudiig pub
lie mind against their opponents forestal hearing
The result has been surprisingly successful In localities and in fact
Of the the ntoent spirit has been mani
pains faratay
pressed themselves To Of acquaintance with the literature the his
the of money it has seemed most marvellous ' business
large affairs general
absolutely ignorant of fundamental
s n1 be overwhelming lessons Of mast experience II infinitely
socalcd
and other similar movements when knowledge the conditions
their welfare depends would them equally ,
l
! Why Because business , 4, , o u v rate who
to do business md al lss'~ ~ ,i in e performance Of
% with the production the exchange "
ODDITIES apparent the dulct apprehension that whatever pre-
vents scourage production sdestructve of business and that money
which constantly demands equivalent
quantity produced the geae burden On lr"uc
that could possibly devised But precisely this kind of unit t
cncuvy established
conceded the fall OF average pce
throughout the gold standard world during the last twenty four years lS
indeed to the great staple prod
the exceed fifty that to state the same ac III
purchasing gold has increased sine 1873 one hundred pc
significance ly ots.r behind tne d"Fl'V
speious plea dollar purchasing lhals one
expressions the gold standard
kind the first suggestion 'hat ID
that is hard for man q
reflection will satisfy any sane nina Una
The demonstration simple that one feels IKE af
principles just as plain as tins one Una
be taken in 10y the supporters OF
i single standard
bought by dollar itself buys
dollar bu=he OF wheat the do
dollar To therefore that do
dollar Of purchasing power %
bush that 'hedolr which nr
dollar than that which can be bought
Consequently the excency your do all y h
Of