The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
DAY. AUGUST,
III AM DYING, EGYPT. DYING,
TRRSTHE CRIMSON LIFE-TIDE FAST"

All men love lie. Sulclues voluntarily
abandon It, but they are. all, more or
less demented. when they take their own
lives The common saying that men die
hard is. therefore founded in reason. The
free coiners are not different from other
men. All Of the intelligent free coiners
see that their cause is dead. Returning
prosperity. rising wheat and falling sill
yer. warn them that they have been
found out. and that their efforts to sell
the public paste diamonds has been de-
tected. But. like other men, they die
hard. They turn with horror from
the thought that the places that
know them shall know them no
more. They are all "sicklied DER with the
pale cast Of thought" and this is the
tenor Of their thought:
go, now forever.
Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell
contentl
Farewell the piumed troop. and the big
wars,
That make ambition virtue! o. fare
Well
Farewell the neighing steed, and the
shrill trump.
The Sprit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing
fife.
The royal banner. and all quality,
Pride, pomp and circumstance Of glo-
rious war.
And, o, you immortal engines, whose
rude threats
The immortal Jove's dread clamors coun-
terfeit.
FAREWELL Othello's occupations COMET
and all the big fat jobs with good sala-
ries attached
There can be no better proof OF what
we say than Governor Pingree's speech
Of welcome TO the Bankers Convention
at Detroit on Tuesday last Listen to
him. lie said:
/ do not pretend to fully understand
the theory Of money. being but an every
day manufacturer of shoes; but / have
a thought which l wish TO start rolling
for discussion.
Whatever mems ideas may be upon the
subject as TO what money metal of ulti-
mate redemption Is best in the worlds
commerce and monetary systems, l be-
lieve Il Is conceded that when silver
gradually ceased to re part of the stock
used for such purposes in the balance Of
trade and otherwise the available
amount of primary money was reduced
about one-half. To remedy this state Of
affairs II Is sought TO effect an agreement
among nations whereby the unit of meas
ure may again be in either gold or silver
at a certain ratio called bimetallism.
Should 1t be possible TO effect such an
agreement. or should the people of the
United States decide TO hereafter use
gold alone for money Of ultimate rcdemp-
ton, a condition OF affairs may be mag
ined when such a large proportion of the
worlds annual gold product shall be used
and consumed In the arts that an in
creasing stringency IN gold coin will oc-
cur. The use Of gold In the arts is now
increasing from year 10 year. AS under
stand 1t. the principal purpose of re-
monetizlng silver, either with or without
foreign assent, Is 10 increase the avail
able supply OF ultimate redemption
money.
lie added that he thought there should
he a tax upon manufactured gold IN the
shape OF jewelry. gold leaf. &c
But that was not the way the Governor
talked to us twelve months ago. Then
he told us he knew all about money and
the theory Of money. and that the true
theory Of money was that when the Gov
ernment clapped its stamp upon fifty cents
worth OF silver and proclaimed 20 the
world that It was a dollar. Presto.
change. the fifty cents worth OF silver
Was Il dollar and that was all there was
about IL. lie was cock sure that was the
true theory OF money twelve months ago.
and he told us Il was The Governor is
not talking to us now as he talked to us
then.
The Governor sees there are TO be mo
more big wars. that make ambition vir-
tue" The Governor Is licked. but he has
not quite pluck enough TO admit It.
BY showing the Governor the egregious
folly OF what he is now propping himself
up with. We may possibly aid him in
reaching state OF mind that will mako
him abandon all OF his past decisions.
SO here goes.
IL is not conceded by single intelligent
man. in any degree acquainted with the
facts that when silver gradually ceased
10 be part OF the stock used for such
purposes in the balance OF trade and
otharwise. the available amount OF pri-
mary money was reduced about one
halfs Silver has never for one day