Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-10-10
Apn1ss1oxs OF GOLD ORGANS.

Nothing Is more certain than the
fact that the gold organs are com
PEELED to pay a fancy price for evil
dence OF returning prosperity result
ing from the higher price Of wheat
and the sympathetic nse Of othe,
commodities.
They have been compelled to get
nd Of the remains OF several car load
OF exploded theories and arguments
They have been driven to applaud
what they have heretofore denounced
deprecated. dollar-.cheap mon
ey'-for the dollar will not buy near,
ly So much wheat as it bought a while
ago. aud it will buy only half as much
wool.
In fine, the gold organs have been
compelled to take refuge IN the ar
guments which the free coinage men
have been employing. to-wit: that
higher prices are an evidence OF
prosperity; that low prices are an
evidence of hard times; that prosper
ity to be real. must begin with the
farmers and those who depend ON
them; that the prosperity OF the farm
en and their dependents can only
come from profitable prices for their
products; snd that even when the
dollar cheapens or d~epreciates with
respect to only two products OF the
fsrm-wheat and wool--the result is
beneficial.
Tho Constitu luton is very glad 10
see the gold organs climb over the
fence and take position with the dem
ocrsts on these elemental and basic
propositions-not because the admis-
sion is Of any real importance, but
because it presents these organs in a
more ridiculous attitude than they
have ever occupied before. impossible
as that may seem.
a few months ago they were show
ing that higher prices would be a
very severe blow to the workingmen,
and to all who depend on wages.
They presented long columns OF win
dy arguments to prove that the CON-
fort OF the wage-earners depended on
low prices; that the low prices then
prevailing were the natural and in
evitaLle result Of the progress OF civ
ihzahcn and enlightenment, and that
higher prices were the result OF de
preciatcd- currency. sdishone St dol
lars.
And yet, the moment that the dol
lar depreciates with respect to wheat
and wool, two PRIME necessities to
the working people the windy argu-
ments OF the gold organs explode like
inflated paper bags in the hands Of
naughty schoolboys -they explode,
and that Is the end OF them. There
fore. owing to the depreciation Of the
dollar. we have a new and q better
condition. We are TO have higher
pnces for food and winter clothing,
even If the working people do not
get higher wages.
Thus it falls out that the argu-
ments OF the democrats arc proven
to be sound, and the result is ap-
plauded by those who denied abso.
lutely the truth OF them. We have
higher prices for some OF the products
OF the farm, and the result is a dis,
tinct note OF prosperity, to which
the whole country is promptly re.
sponsiye.
But how much better it would he
for the country il the symptoms OF
better times now apparent had some.
thing more substantial behind them
than dependence on continued failure
efthe wheat crops in Europe, India
and Argentina. Should those coun-
tries be blessed next year with even
average crops Of wboit, The present
price OF y wheat cannot, OF course
be sustained. But notwithstanding
the fact that such prosperity as we
are enjoying is entirely provideutial
IN character. we should make the
most Of it and rejoice ut it. While
so doing We should sireng. ben and
tortify ourselves by taking measures
TO give permanence 10 prosperity by
reforming our currency system and
putting it on a solid aud substantial
basis. A cheaper dollar, the result, OF
b~imetallism, is no less sound or houes.
than the cheaper dollar resulting
from short crops in Europe or from
tariff Legislation. That 10 a fact
which must DO clear TO the dullest
mind.-Atlanta Constitution.