The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-16
BY THE GOLD CIR Axe.
THE EVILS THAT HAVE BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED.

(By Hon. ]. W. Porter,..l

(By Hon. ]. w. Porter.)
How long will the American people
submit to the monstrous spoliation Of
their industries by the attempted Arm
establishment Of the changed stand
ards Of payment for their vast public
corporate and private debts, and for;
the support Of the costly governmental
establishments fixed upon money
cheaper and more abundant? The peo-
pie Of this country are morally respon-
sihle to the world for the continued ex-
tsteEce Of the gold standard, which has
placed such untold burdens upon the
producing classes Of other nations; for
the bimetallic law, which provided for
tie unlimited use Of all gold and silver
as money could not have been broken
but by American action, nor could the
sole gold standard be maintained now
without American concurrence. This
is SO we'll understood abroad that every
effort has been made to prevent Amer
lean action, which would sound the
death knell OF gold recommendation.
When under the impulse Of the Sher-
man purchasing Get silver rapidly rose
as soon as its passage was assured. ami
was morally certain to reach coin par,
there was by some secret work Of I'M.
seen hands abroad, no doubt aided and
abetted by traitors In our un-American
Wall street. action taken to those APP
reares large quantity Of silver pur-
posely shipped to break our markets,
not only for silver but wheat and cot
ton, which advanced with the gold
price Of silver. This rise in silver,
wheat and cotton, our great American
staple products, was really fall in
geld.
Why, the financial magnates abroad
aided by their ever ready allies in our
great mart, could afford to spend mill
lens to defeat the will Of the American
people in this matter.
In that one year they saved more
than $s0,000.0O0 by the forced decline,
of wheat and cotton, or in other words,
reversing the decline in gold and. adj
vancing it-for the decline of silver
since 1873 mas been really the appre-
citation Of goli.
Nothing was easier to do. To ship
our silver coin Of even par value under
the laws Of all continental Europe. It
needed not to be sold nor even melted,
but only offered, to bear the American
market Aided by their American pals
In the gigantic plot, they easily affected
their purpose, end silver again fell and
gold went up.
For cAght we know the silver ship
mont man may then have been returned to
its use In Europe. w. y -l,.,-
Though not primarily responsible for
the original wrong-the act Of Febru-
airy IL. 1S73-an aet.sf treason to the
people Of this country, inasmuch as It
aided and abetted the enemies Of our
country. more effectively than would
the marshaling Of armies upon our
borders; cur people are responsible to
the world for so long condoning the
wrong after its whitening exposure in
the halls Of congress prior to the pas
sage of the Bland-Allison act of 1873.
and in the great debates since. Egypt,
hopeless and powerless under it's three
fold burden Of its debt to the Roths-
childs, and Portugal with its debt of
over $500.00O,00 owe their miseries
tc Americas action. Portugal affords
noteworthy example Of the terrible
oppression Of this octopus Of an appre-
eating standard. A brave and frugal
race. numbering but little more than
the people Of Ohio, with revenues
pledged. to the Rothschilds as trus-
tees. in London. for the payment Of in
terests they are struggling with con-
stantly falling prices for their export
able produce. and are being reduced to
the verge Of despair.
The condition Of all southern Europa
Is almost as bad; and Americans NAV
well reflect upon their responsibility to
free the people Of other lands as well as
our own fair land.
We fell unwittingly into the scheme
Of the conspirators, the first and most
powerful in resources Of all nations.
Independent action by our country.
would not only redeem the world from
this CALLING bondage. but would place
our country in the forefront of nations.
The humiliating spectacle Of plead
ing at European capitals for permis-
sion to utilize to the full legal extent
the God-given treasure Of silver az
money would be spared us.
AS well might we appeal to them for
an international consent as to orr
tariff and have commission apnoint.
ed to arrange 1t. Indeed, our tariff noli.
cies appear to affect many foreign na-
tons more intimately than our finan-
cial policies. for they threaten repris-
ais which they did not do when We dis
carded both gold and silver, and pros-
pered. too. under a greenback regime.
This gold. craze originated to CRAFTY
the lust for wealth and power. sum
cient warning has been given that tho
people will not submit to It. and ther
are masters Of the situation until thew
abdicate their power, and consent TO-
the rule of a plutocracy pure and sim
pie. Why. then. cannot the situation
be accepted and relief measures ba
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