The Forrest City times., 1897-09-24
RECEIVING li1rT.
GoIdbag Writers Are Finding Out
 Something.

Something.
 Presently. when some of the reckless editors who have charge of the gold or gans realize that the continual fall in silver is likely to produce results thas have heretofore played no part in their calculations. they may be willing to ad- init that the question is more important than even partisanship has made it.
 The Boston Advertiser seems to be getting a glimpse of the real situation that now threatens 10 impose itself on the country should silver. as Mint Di- rector Preston boastfully predicts--fall to 40 cents an ounce. Our contemporary notes that there is now about $3. GOO ,000.- GOO of legal tender silver in circulation In the world. the bullion value of which has decreased more than 50 per cent since 1873, and says that if silver con tinues to decrease in value, this vast amount of money now current at it's face value, must either take on the form of token money or circulate at its bull lion value.
 The Advertiser goes on to say that probably the great commercial nations of the world would be glad to see some miracle by which silver would be re- stored to the value which it had three decades ago. The difficulty about this is that the men who do the financial thinking for the commercial nations of the world are the very men who are largely responsible for the gradual de- monetization of silver. It was great undertaking. and it has required good deal of patient diplomacy and bold leg islative fraud 10 bring it about. On this account, we think it is expecting too much to suppose that they will be will. ing to permit the commercial nations to retrace their steps with respect to sil- yer.
 1t is true they have made billions of pl ofits out of the undertaking, but there still remain some very rich pickings in this country, and we may be sure that tho greed and rapacity which have en- gineered silver demonetization will no: allow any of the proceeds to slip through their fingers.
 The actual glee with which some of me more active gold men announce the further fall in silver can only be based CT the knowledge that the depreciation of our silver money will prove rich harvest for those who control the avail able gold. How long this further scheme of spoliation will be disposed depends entirely on the will of those who are to profit by if.
 The Constitution is of the opinion that the people of this country will for many years rue the day when they per mitted themselves to be deceived into defeating the democratic party last year. We do not mean to intimate that the democratic party is likely to be de- feated in l900 but we do mean to say that the element which controls the re publican leaders will have ample op- portunity to do irreparabe damage to the financial interests of the people be- fore new congress can be assembled.
 The senate is barrier, but it is well to remember that, as the senate was controlled by the gold trust in 1893, it can be so controlled in 1898.
 Meanwhile. there is but one thing for the democracy to do, ard that is for all ifs forces to hold themselves in read mess to restore the government to the people in 1900.-Atlanta Constitution