Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-19
'SOLCN CHASE TALKS.
|CURIN0 HARD TIMES vNBY A
BREAD FAMINE.
Tho Man Who Once Carried MRsSse. for
Grcenbsckism Discusses Finance and
Prlces-Give Us Silver and AL VIII
be Well

The gold that Is now coming here for
our wheat will cause rise in gold
abroad, and the gold gamblers who are
And profit in starting the endless
chain, but the vitalized silver dollar
wouiG choke the endless chain.
If our minis were open to silver and
gold frozen out of the business of the
country as our single gold standard
friends contend. what would be the
harm?
If there was no demand for gold in
the internal commerce of this country
gold would be plentier in other coun-
tries; that is, gold prices would rise
the world over. The farmers would
get more gold for bushel of wheat in
Liverpool if gold is commodity IN
this country, and on sale in terms of
silver, the same as paper, hogs, and
wheat, than il gold alone is the stand
ard Of value. When you take from
gold alone the power to redeem the
money Of the United States and pay
the debts of the people you diminish
the value Of gold the world over
The American cities and railroads
that have issued gold bonds did not
write in the contract that the United
States should maintain the single gold
standard. The United States govern
ment paid coin bonds in gold when
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country easier than when gold alone
was the standard of value. Before
values settled down to the level of the
single gold standard the payment Of
the public debt stopped, and President
Cleveland issued $260,0OO,O0O of bonds
to maintain the single gold standard.
The gold standard is not maintained in
this country to give the people honest
money" but to increase the value of
gold, and likewise increase the burden
Of all debts.
If silver should drive gold to the
earth or out of the country as the
greenback did we should consume less
of foreign goods and four times as
much of home made goods, and we
would then have American money for
Americans and American markets for
Americans.
1t was claimed until last year that
very few people in the United States
favored free coinage Of silver, but the
vote for Bryan was an eye-opener in
two continents. The money kings
know that without the aid of the Unit
ed States the single gold standard will
loose its grip. They hail with delight
the bread famine that causes wide
spread distress in foreign lands, and
gives a rise in food products in this
country which they hope will throw
our people off their guard, while they
rivet the chain that fastens the single
gold standard to this country.
Last year it was said dollar wheat
would cut in halves the poor mans
dollar. Now they say bread famine
abroad is the keystone of the arch Of
prosperity. Dollar wheat will lower
the standard of living of the masses in
the famine stricken nations, and dim
inish the demand for all of our prod
ucts except food products. A rise in
the cost of living without compen-
satory rise in other products will make
the times harder for many of our peo-
pie.
Prosperity built on famine will be
short lived and delusive. Prosperity
built on plenty and large consumption
of the luxuries and necessities of life
Is what the world needs.
SOLON CHASE.
Chase's Mills. Maine.