The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-06-26
HARD TIMES.
A Few Suggestions as TO how they can
be Remedied.

rev SUGGESTIONS rs 10 now they can
be Remedied.
RANDALL, June IA republican from
Dunkard creek called upon me few
days ago, and Of course the FIRST ques-
ton was: "How is business. l toll
him very dull. He replied, "EIow is
that; we have Mckinley for President
now" ] rerlied, it don't make any Diff
ference who is president so long as the
government don't make any money,
times will continue to get duller.
/ was walking along the road last
week when prominent republican
merchant overlook me and invited me
to ride with him He said he was not
making any money and ii was the hard
est time TO collect he ever knew. A
man told me he had a conversation with
prominent republican merchant OF
Morgsntown, and the merchant told him
that We are now having the hardest
times he had experienced for thirty
years.
Well, gentlemen, that was exactly
what you voted for last year when YOU
voted for Mckinley and the gold stand
ard, and nv impression is that the hard
est is to come when Mr.. Mckinley and
Mr.. Gage retire the greenbacks. But
my Dunkard friend said he did not vote
for hard times, because the republican
leaders promised prosperity MS soon as
Mckinley was elected.
| have heard the question asked over
and over during last year, "What is pro-
ducing the hard times and what can the
government do to make prosperity ?"
A level headed Granvillian gives the
best explanation that have yet heard.
He says--"Suppose something should
destroy most Of the wheat crop before
harvest, the farmers would hoard up
what wheat they had for good price,
and some would not sell any for fear Of
failure next year. This would make
wheat very high and hard to obtain. But
suppose next summer we would have
bountiiul harvest, then the farmers
would Lunt round for buyers for the
boarded wheat and also for the new
wheat
So it is with money, the government
has made no money for circulation for
the last six years except subsidiary coin
and according to the republicans II don't
intend TO make any more, hence the
men that have the money are boarding
il up for fear we will never have another
harvest OF money, and the longer this
continues the harder will be the times.
But should the government conclude to
make plenty of money, then our monied
men would run all over the country to
find some one who wanted TO borrow
their money. But some OF my republic
can friends will say--"0h, you are mis-
taken the government is coming money,
why it is coming at the rate Of $50 ,000,-
900 of gold each year.
Yes, | admit that but this gold is for
England and not for the American peo-
pie. We owe England five billion dol
lars and il takes two hundred millions
to pay the interest on that amount, and
was il not for the labor OF our northern
farmers IL raising u surplus of wheat,
hogs cattle, etc. and our southern
planters in raising large surplus OF cot
ton, this boosted American nation would
be bankrupted in less than two years,
because it takes all our gold and our
surplus wheat and cotton to pay the in
terest on the money we owe England.
Our high tariff republicans say we
want everything we need manufactured
in our country and If we do this the la
boring people will consume all that our
farmers produce, so that we will not be
beholden to foreign countries. Yes but
if you do this how in the thunder are
You going to pay the five million dollars
we owe England or even continue TO
pay the interest upon the same? How
silly republicans are. One moment they
contend for home protection 80 that we
can manufacture all we need, the next
moment their cry is for an honest dol
lar that will pass all over the world at
full value. We tell them the silver dol
lar is as good as the gold dollar, 1t goes
for 100 cents anywhere in the United
States. They reply 30 we know that
but we want il 10 be worth 100 cents in
foreign countries Our republican
friends say it is not money matters that
are producing the bard times because
the government is coming silver dollars
right along and has been doing so for
the past year. Yes, that is true, but it
is like this--"An old farmer has an
abundance OF corn, his neighbors have
none. The old farmer takes out ten
bushels of ears of corn each day and
shells it, and then puts it back into the
crib. What good does that do his neigh
Dor 2"
The government takes a certain
amount OF silver bullion from the vaults
each day and coins it into silver dol
lars and then puts these dollars back
into the vaults Of the treasury. How
does that benefit the people? This ell
yer is placed in the vaults as security for
the silver certificates that are IN circula-
ton, and whether bullion or dollars it
must stay there. d. W.