The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-01-21

Establishment, give to the people of the
west and south q very low rate of in
terest, are not wanted by the national
bankers. No, indeed Their profits
would be diminished, and when you
touch a plutocrat's pocketboolS you
touch a tender spot indeed.
1t is this selfshness of the eastern
goldbug that accounts for the section
alism which they decry. In his mad
race for power and pelf, the gluttonous
goldite is arraying class ngaint class.
So long as they were willing to CEN
fine themselves to a legitimate pursuit
OF their business no one begrudged
them the profits they made. 1t is only
since their repeated assaults on the
rights of the people began that any de-
termined opposition to them arose. It's
only their assaults on the treasury of
the United States, aided by traitors
within, which has SO thoroughly
aroused the antagonism of the people,
The hint recently given them by
Senator Wolcott that the east should
rid itaelf Of the ideat that it possesses
all the wisdom and virtue extant, may
as well have been yelled at the unre-
sponsive rocks for any effectit has had.
But postal savings banks are neces-
sary to the welfare of the people, and
the people will sooner or later secure
those things which they know will
benefit them.
We are therefore opposed
to the free coinage of silver except by
international agreement with the
leading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement can
be obtained the existing gold standard
must be maintained. X"
Republicans Is your party carry
ing out this pledge? Instead of main
tanning the EXISTING gold standard,
it is seeking every means i'm it's power
to enohrone the banks as kings of our
currency. Do you admire its promise
to do one thing, while It turns around
and does something else? Does the
weak attempt to secure international
bimetallism meet your expectations?
Did you ever really believe it would
seek to secure international bimetal-
lisn in good faith
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The plain, ordinary common people
OF this country have acquired their
knowledge of money in the constant
effort OF trying to make one dollar do
the work of three. They are gradual
~ dropping onto the fact that good
money never requires redemption.
When they make purchase and paw
for it the act of redemption is accom-
plished. Any money that can use in
discharging any portion or all of my
obligations is safe money. The legal
tender quality given it by the govern
ment is superior to any other, and it is
only when this quality is abrogated by
contract that legal tender notes be-
come impaired.
Ex-Comptroller Eckels, gold bug,
has admitted that he knew more than
q year ago that the Philadelphia banks
which recently failed were insolvent
and should have been closed, but that
he refrained from doing so because a
national election was under way!!!
And because he didn't do his duty de-
positors must suffer, public monies are
tied up!!! The president Of these
banks was William singerly, editor Of
the rebid gold bug Philadelphia
Recordl!! Moral trust gold
4 bug.
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/ Suppose, as Mr.. Gage claims it will,
the bank note system does give us an
elastic currency. it will not be so elias
tic that it cannot be contracted. When
| times get close and money is wanted,