The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-29
CARE FOR THE RICH,
the POOR CAN BEG.

any economic scheme which promises to amehorate the condition OF that
class Of people by taking from the creditor class some Of their i'll gotten
goods and opportunities to get n0e-and restoring them to the p0or-you
raise a howl which would laeeratc the tympanum o a four thousand year old
mummy. Discussing the work Of McKinlcy's bimctalc commission, IIar-
peris Weekly says:
"This rumor, Of course, greatly encouraged the silver men OF this
change" as for making Il steady market for silver, for cheapening the money
In which wages are paid. for tightening the burden Of the debtor and there
by cheating the creditor, and for procuring the votes Of the dishonest and
Ideluded. The chief mission OF the international blmetaliss seems to be the
encouragement Of the free coinage is to men, and the encouragement gen
orally comes along at the psychological moment. Just now it makes its APP
pearaDce when gold is leaving England for this country, and when American
securities are regaIning some Of the confidence that is always lost when sill
yer men arr most hopeful.
Now our great and highly respected contemporary knows that it is
publishing lie when it charges that the light for the rehabilitation of silver
made by Nj. Bryan and his followers was for the purpose If making money
for the silver nine owners. 1t knows that a mora patriotic people never
did battle for a more yrtious cause than did those who followed Bryan. It
is true that they wished to cheaper m)ney-TeluCe the purchasing power of
the dollar, not that the creditor should be robbed, however, but rather
that the debtor be treated fairly. There is no more justice in legislation
which doubles the value of money than there IS in the legislation which
cheapens it, We have the same right in morals to pass IL law which will en-
able the debtor to pay hisdcbt with half the sacrifice which he contracted
mand and collect double the amount promised. But as long as the poor. down
trodden, cnslayed aborer is the sufferer it is alright with such papers as
Ilapers Weekly. But touch the pockets q" the other class and yu at once
become robbers and thieves. Now ~ 90 the work Of the commission, the
purpose Of whose existence was to inauErate a system of International BIZ
mctalIism, we arc not surprised at the result. We have always contended
that their efforts would result in failure. But we do not agree with IIar-
pms Weekly that the men engaged in this undertaking were playing the
demagouc, We think they had faith in the ultimate success of their I'm.
They confidently believed that the silver question would be
solved in this most satisfactory way during Mr.. McKinleys administration,
They have failed as we predicted they would.
And while the scheme was not conceived to help on the Brvanites If
will have that effect. LISA fulhlment Of the prediction Of the BRYAN forces
and will also SCI i've to bring the issue of independent bimetauism before tbe
people. Thai Of itself is worth Il great deaf and will hasten fine nroner soft
Element Of that question by the American people independent and regardless
what European money seller may think of it.