The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-14


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rssus, D. Afflicted wssa mental bln2nssE
gs9 4ces net cssa-1y sse Nat VIII. ZIG
isss bal century tss crgaz.lza..o. ..-s 81
rfas national ard International eefss'esIelo,A
a&s xro1D far more keen aFS1 t1@t 80.
hss been nssrgeaoas 5sReiopfnshA - .@s.
may u called TIRE EaSSfiIse5f q rs
Money IL species 59 s1@5 xacaaEsfy:
Woala Il not have Aesn passing sEfai1ss -
IA ts4x age Of unparalleled progress. 20 "a.
sgr~gy@roessf mad been usaGs 10 ibis T2css
fr7pxsrtsr, TOD OF commerce. ISt Is fgN
e<srsssr@. ne prcgress tEaaf has been maze
IL the rssHey machinery 9; t5e @ofa1-
After tracing the caasss which Led -
tse adoption CT .be god stan1A!S - En-
E,ass6. the speaker saie:
In ting tats.e for supremacy IL Englsne
gold had WOE. ard tAs single gn.c stand
ard theory 1as .ox Launched. lar. H11-
sey says that the struggle ,or exEs@niS~
ho5sz As much IL the Intellectual as - ~.
rhysicaI world. Il theory Is species {.
thinking. and lis right u sxAsi = e3.rA
senssge with is powss of resisting sat2sa--
fgon by is rivals Fof fifty years after
England tad adopted tas single 600 ss@-%.-
ard sne evolutionary Struggle continued
Wien TIE International monetary Cpf.sr.-
snce ssseMt,se6 II Psrls IN lysS. TIE REMARK
abs fact ~as dascioset t1ai. aiholge
eixsfsss out OF twenty nations repISssfiiFD
weya sEigg TIE silver Or The GoEnie staISo
ard. taeT vote was a. practically aiaaLsiH1-
Oils lrYdioT aengerit u tsss cesrab:hiy ana NJ.
Ffrcszctfrsg necessity of The single k9a1
STANDARD They were doubtlsssly Influenced
BY evolutionary facts Haica were - pow
eTfui and 80 clearly defined as 10 nave be-
come irressti5Se. AZ the nrst place, tneS
mist nave beeu impressed with the grow
Ing relative instability Of tns two rstals
Silver, which had bern worth Dot q I,tle
over Is 80 ounce during t5e year isa3'
sold up 30 g. E3 lF is5I, down 10 sl.a2 IN ~.
mn 70 4 sr4 q ia
up 10 & .Sfsr liz it44 while IN ths very noi4si
In which the conference sas a.tIs i5
price had again shTunk 20 nearly si-sZs f,es
ounce. In the more complex ard more
sensitive trade organizations Of 09F mod
err times such fluctuations were becoming
unbearab.e.
Isolation In Fast Dtsappearing.
THE eyolu,sonis,s teach that isolation is
a dlstiGcf factor IN In. preservation or
inwer forms Of organic life. but that when.
through the elevation or subsistence % COLI
tinentS from other causes. he aisaer
and lover organic forms are brought into
active competition, the struggle % existence
h. precipisafed and the fistast will survive.
Tne Paris correspondent realized that tae
was disappearing. The earth had sarunk
- & fraction Of It's former SIG. The steam
railroad Mas contracting space whereas
II had taken calling vessel from SIX 20
twelve weeks 10 cross the Atlantic, the
steamship @as then crossing Z In less t1an
ten days just s year before the assem-
bling. Of fnss conference the Atlantic cable
had been successfully laid. and tbs space
between Europe and America practically
annihilafed. This Disappearance Of ma
tionai Isolation maa sure 10 intensity the
struggle between gold and silver Is bring
IL 10 decisive Issue
1T Is 8 primal law 0. evolution that "a
struggle tor existence ana consequent
natural selection inevitably follow from
the high ratio al which all organic be-
!Dgs tend to- increase. The same law may
come into play In the artificial selection
exercised BY man. The trained economic
representatives Of that Paris conference
could rot but have been powerfully sway
Cd by the extraordinary fact tnat whereas
abe worlds product Of gold and silver bad
been but little over billion dollars for
the twenty years between 1880 and $50.
This production had suddenly. 10 the sew
enteen years besweee iN1 and the year
OF the conference. Eisn 10 approximately
however Gas the fact that this astonlsl-
inS increase Of metallic money was con-
ienIoTaneous with the growth OF sys-
TEN which, among highly civilized nations,
was 10 rander the use OF metallic money
loss and less necessary. ThIs system Is
the use or coined credit as represented by
use has been made possible by the increas-
Ing Development u hanks and banking IN
stitusiens. II IL safe TO say that IN Eng
land and In the United States the ex-
81 two hundred times more by the use Il
coined credit than by the Use OF coined
metals.
Progression Forced the Issue.
Mi jain Fiske says: 1t is caarac-
t"rtslic organic evolution that numerous
progressive tends ncfe~ fer a Ioug time
ineSnsp,quous. bow and then unite to bring
about striking and apparently sudden
era ngr. II f. In this way that The cause
II organic development Is marked here
Sni there by memof4b.e epochs which
seem 70 open nsw chapters In the history
of t3e universe The startling 'pragraee We
tendencies Of the nineteenth century were
forcing nations Into a choice OF standards.
TIE Paris conference unanimously declsr-
81 fVr gold tts president had xaid that
their ork was only seed sown. the gerEul-
rHffou Of winch could not be fogeseen.
The Franco-PFussan war. three years
later. suddenly gipene3 Iue seed 10 fruit.
ard. The United states ana the Latin
"3eu were, ~ elf-proeoellcn, compelled
10 follow. ana g9.i became the single
standard Il the q, itzed world.
silver Anniversary ot Gold standard
We celebrate this year the silver ami
VeTsaEy az ~" gold standard IN these
twenty-five wears the evolutionary pro
sresslrr tendencies Rave grown stronger
and stronger
The eiY'.is i world Is giant today
toHt attFeiy spe king. il Ras j ptguy
tefPTe lSJ An esa!ui.onist tells 20 that
Spaces cannot revert unless the coac. u0ns
revert Ne N-li fever revert Il tGe silver
STANDARD Unless W ~ back - the ail
conditions 90 ..:e ana trade. Gold VIII re-
main the Standard g.volai.Qn has dseretd
=. "A WEI expect tas 5drss - revert %
the type az tire nEe-toed d.Tninutire anees~
iof. ef fas e.epaAGt and the rhisacerous
10 t2A5a az ever Europe IS tn<y ga Il tae
post-teftary ptT!c4, oy The birds 10 return
- ire Nsersss 81 tnetr g@pi4..ar a@t -
N n3escEa!c uuies. as - believe thar the
vVIsutt5-nsFy Rat 1 1icA 6as MADE Eo.4 ana
predominant standard will be recalled
silver w.l have - oan work 10 per
form !; Viii rise HEa1a IN value ow:r-E 10
All increasing demand from sse AWAKEN
tre CtFtjlxagIU;ss - ne Far E4st IA Mr.
Wallace saws Lower ser14s occupy PAGES
n nature watch cannot he flied as higher
ierms. AssG1etly TIE civilized nations
wi0 faaA'- a sriSF14S ;naEs8Al mist A4& II
;Er5 assJ2essiy euSeaSor IL force tke gold
standard on nations - a .oRer plane. As
a sciarttst says Z = = 10 use Ia brink :
Crea ;2Te 10 rev country y 4 c=-fet g.r-
and u1Ss0E&.E. Itself therA The Nnwtour5-
lsad dcs cAE hardly e= ksft aliVe III India
IL ~o4id Ue lUr@itesy more rsAsor&o fsy
lg1k tA;g4 to QGSa the Nc0 - A. - aEs breed
tg India t.18n - Attempt II f3rte .Ae gg.H
star A-4 upo7 is inhabitants
Politicians Kept Up the Fight
Ny views or ss!S KveAi @aanc!zt cues
1cH have been teH f@s.it - gF&21at ero-
tutsHnsse1 IL irY a~o 51scklCs Formerly
fa}4eNe.s n the joss set5l'y q. IAe se-cafs-4
international hSr:stalIIsrn. have ccr3e
N3ih Some pan ard disappointment