The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-13

out, the very existence of these golC
obligations will be urged as a reason
why bimetallism should not be re
Istored.
IF the Republicans obtain control OF
the Senate and House in the elections
of 1898, there Il no doubt that they will
by law surrender the contract right
which the government now has TO pay
coin obligations in silver (of which we
are large producers and bind the ma
ton to pay in gold IAN approaching
metal the production of which is
largely controlled by England.
| 1.-The Republican party will, if it OBJ
tain control of Congress in 1893, aban-
don the system which gives the debtor
the option and substitute u new sys-
tenn, which. first, permits the money
lenders to choose the coin of payment,
and second, allows them to increase
the purchasing power of the dollars
which they demand. to the impoverish-
ment of the wealth producers of the
world
SHOULD those who oppose this finan-
cial heresy, this child of greed and
avarice, fight each other while the
tiers of gold.
mitted to the policy of opposing indie
pendent bimetallsm. Should friends OF
bimetallism help the administration by
fighting each other?
1.-THE Secretary of the Treasury is
planning the retirement of the green
backs. Should those who oppose re-
firing the greenbacks help to destroy
them 10y fighting each other?
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an enlargement of the privilege and
profits of national banks of issue.
Should those who oppose national banks
of issue strengthen the banks by fighting
each otAer?
The Secretary of the Treasury asks
authority TO issue interest bearing
bonds Should those who oppose such
bonds aid in increasing the interest bear
ing debt by fighting each other?
Our Federal taxes are collected en-
tirely from import duties and internal
revenue duties, both systems bearing
more heavily upon the poor than upon
the rich. The Republicans refuse to
grant tire relief (which could be Sc
cured through an amendment to the
constitution providing for AN income
tax Should those who favor an in
come tax opposce this needed reform
by fighting each other?
TRUSTS are being organized on every
hand, and the political as we'll as the
industrial welfare of the country is
being menaced by these great aggre
cations of capital. Should those whv
oppose trusts aid I'm perpetuating their
existence by fighting each other?
Government by injunction has, even
since the election of 1896. developed
new dangers and to-day threatens the
existence of trial by jury. Should
those who oppose government by in
junction aid in making it perma-
nent part of our judicial system by
fighting each otherl
Recent events haye shown the neces-
sity for arbitration as. means OF set
thing difficulties between labor and
capital. and the Federal government, by
applying the principle to carriers enga
ged in interstate commerce, would set
Il most Statutory. example to the States.
Should those who favor arbitration, by
fighting each other, deny to the laboring
men this great boon?
If the questions above presented have |
lost none of their Importance, it woq'd |
seem that co-operationsis proper now 4 |
proper eighteen months ago, uuiess it cal,
be Shown that the parties which COULD |
trust each other then ,clnE9G do so now |
As there has ben no national Conyers |
ION since 1896. it is impossible to judge |
Of the present intentions OF the three |
3arties unless we take for our criterion |
he actions of those who stand in rep |
resentative capacity. The Democrats. |
he Populsts and the Silver Republicans |
who, in 1896 favored the reforms which |
rave mentioned, favor them to-day |
There is not Il prominent man of any |
# the parties which united i'll 1896 who |
ias abandoned any of the reforms which |
rev the parties together.
THE advocates of the gold standard, |
he enemies of independent bimetaIiSE;, |
he opponents of the gret nbacks. the |
friends of national bank notes, the de-
'enders of trusts, the supporters of GOV |
by injunction, and those who |
object to arbitration and an income tax, |
III these find no difficulty in uniting en- |
he main issues, no matter how much |
hey differ upon minor ones. Shall the |
friends Of reform show less earIeStneSs
II less sagacity? Reforms are Often de- |
ayed by an attempt to secure too much. |
while progress is usualS- ma'.a a little
" u llfDe. Id one cHef1SDtS me nope |
# laying up competency for oil age |
le does not refuse to save anything |
until he can save all that hc desires.
II he is wise he lay aside a little each |
lay and makes it the foundation for
his fortune. Society moves forward |
slowly. Circumstances make it pVssi- |
de to rise to a plane 4 little higher
ham that occupied before, and from
his new vantage ground the fight is
fer THE bcapture l,f stame
greater height. Holland has expressed |
IN idea which may well be applied to
he unceasing contest waged by those
who would improve the condition of So
.iety and promote the welfare of the /
luman race. He says:
Heaven is not gained by single
bound:
Ne build the ladder by which we rise,
from lowly earth to the yaulted skies,
And mount to its summit round by round.
Many millions of our people believe
hat the reforms above enumerated will
ring vast advantage to the producers
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