The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-12-17
PRIMARY MONEY.
AN OBJECT LESSON ADVANCED BY
EDITOR STROUSE or ROCKVILLE.

The Gold STANDARD Iniquity Fully N~nti-
lated aud - Chicago Paper Dumped
Stanley Matthew. aud wiiiirm Mckin-
Icy wth Him by tho Eec"rd-rhe Ar
prseiation OF Gold aud How IL Robs
and impov-rish---
might reply in my own paper to the
following from the Chicago Tribune.
but il would only reach "A limited num-
Der of readers therefore ask The Rec
ord. in behalf Of the thousands of silver
voters who are its regular patrons, TO
place an Indiana country editor upon a
10 10 /" parity with the editor Of the
Chicago Tribune:
The Proposition.
THE editor Of the Rockville Ind.)
Tribune, free silver sheet, l. more
courageous than most Of Che members
OF his party He puts his dishonest de-
signs into print They do not reveal
theirs He states that the editor of The
Tribune bought 100 Mexican dollars for
which he paid $50 in cash and $40 III
advertising. and would be glad TO make
similar deal every day. The only
drawback il the required cash. LII Bryan
is elected il is the purpose of the writer
to have them coined into United States
legal tender dollars, and If at the time
he owes 800 he will hquidate the debt.
and thus. in a small degree. get back
part of the loss he has sustained by rea-
son of the single gold standard. IL this
remarkably frank editor owes any debts
when Bryan Is elected they Will be on
account of gold standard dollars bor-
rowed by him. which he has the use of.
or ON account Of goods sold 10 him at a
gold price-a lower price than If 10 be
paid in deprecated silver. The editor
will have received gold value dollars or
gold value goods. There can be nothing
damaging TO him in either transaction.
But he announces that he does not in
tend 10 repay the dollars or pay the gold
price for the goods. but 20 square ac-
counts with 53-cent dollars.
He proposes To do this because he
wants to get even with the gold stand.
ard. which has inflicted upon him some
unexplained loss. Why his creditors
should suffer. who are not responsible
for the existence Of single gold standard.
he does not explain. Ii would certainly
be hard on them TO rob them of half
their dues because Of "A personal contro-
versy between this editor and the gold
standard But the editor may defeat
MS object by his frankness. Ii is not
likely thai he will be- able TO contract
any new debts between now and Nov 3.
Nobody will sell goods on credit to a
man who has declared he is going TO re-
pudiate half of the bill. No one will
lend lOO-cent dollars 10 man who has
proclaimed that he means TO pay back
: 53-cent dollars. Ii must not be forgot
ten. however, that the intentions of
about every free silverite are the same
as those of this Indiana editor. Each
Of them expects 70 be able, in the event
Of Bryan's election. to pay off 100 cent
debts with scent dollars That is why
they are going To vote for Bryan
A Fine Object Lesson.
Nothing will better illustrate the
character of the money of ultimate pay
ment now demanded by the advocate.
of a gold standard than these sam,
Mexican dollars unless they SHOULD
turn out to be counterfeit brought {,
Rockville for the purpose of discredit
ing American silver dollars. There u
not a single product of the farmer. upor
whom / am directly dependent. tina
has escaped the same force which ha,
pressed down the Mexican dollar Wher
the Mexican dollar emerged from con
lcealment. along with all other specie
after the war. il would buy just as mucl
of the farm as il does today. Invent,
years ago a Mexican dollar would pa,
| for exactly the same number Of months
| subscription to this county paper as i
] does today NY predecessor then printe'
: a smaller paper with much less expense
at - year than / am now printing 70
r 81. Am / repudiator when / ask Z
pay in money Of the same purchasing
power? OR Is the man who insists tina
II | shall give up double of my toll. doubl
Of my life. honest:
All reputable authorities agree tina
money. to be absolutely honest, shoul
be such as would return to the credi
tor after long term of years money O
the same purchasing power rs wa
loaned If 1t would buy less il woul
n be an injustice to the creditor. If
would buy more the debtor must suffer
In nv case the Mexican silver dollar, a
il now is, without any legal tender pow
erwin Only It, DulAlDH Fdlut-N III Il
turn to the creditor value for value Ii
me prove il: The house and lot in Rock
vile owned by me cost, in 1885. g. 90,
There is an acre and half of ground
one acre of which is sometimes i
wheat This year it Is in ''horse weeds.
]. as the return from no cereal would pa
for powing and seed. Back Of th
premises is farming land, so that m
property will fairly illustrate what tn
n. gold standard has done for all town an
in farm property. have kept the hous
10 in good repair. added at least 81 900 I
~ the original cost. and today could nc
sell II for half its cost.
Knock-Down by strouse.
There has been no improved metl
DDS" Of building houses. no improve
methods Of producing land to accour
for this shrinkage Of value defy an
gold bug editor to prove that the appr'
citation Of gold has not robbed me. SUI
pose had placed mortgage on III
property TO secure II, say. half its cost
III forecloSets now the entire iuvestmef