The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29
LAND OF THE PENNY.
Der Country Leads All Nations In the
Great Work of Financial
Liberation.

Temerity and delay are the enemies
of all reform. Nations that are entire
~ ruled by the rich men and politicians
cannot be relied upon 10 lead in the
great work Of fxiancia. Liberation.
Anent this principle t.e English say:
"The guinea skulks and the penny
fights" France and some other nations
believe IN the bimeiallic basis for their
financial systems, but il is certain that
France will never take the lead in the
financial war of liberation. In one OF
the great international conferences on
the silver question NJ. Say. the French
representative. said: France has
adopted waiting policy Temerify
and delay are characteristic of all of
the acts of that nation so far as the
silver question is concerned. The rea-
son is that France is ruled by few
men, the people really coming in for
n very small share Of influence with
! the rulers. Thus. during the confer
ence of 1873 the position OF the gov
eminent was dictated by one or two
men in high power. in spite of the eN-
pressed wishes Of the great masses OF
/ the people. France will never move
first in the procession. When asked
what she Is doing for the restoration
Of silver. she simply points TO the past
and saws: "See what ] have done. For
more than 20 years there was voice
that went forth from the banks OF the
Seine crying 10 the whole world TO
bring their gold and silver and France
would exchange them always at the
ratio Of fifteen and one-half 20 one.
For more than 20 years France kept
the ratio OF the world steady" But the
past France dares not repeat. SO far as
finance is concerned she is now living
on her glorious past The fingers of the
Rothschilds have deprived her of cour-
age and of action. She is willing 10
advance. but dares lot lead. Her Ma
poleonic spirit has departed. There the
guinea rules and the penny is In prison
Only in land where the penny rules
and the guinea obeys is there hope for
the situation. The people are not
afraid, and they can be trusted. They
took up the Cuban problem and dc
not hesitate to solve it by the heroic
method. The rich and the politicians
held back. but the people pushed then
on. Had our government been as IA
from the people as that OF France W.
would not now be waging war in th'
interest Of humanity. We know how
persistentlv some Of the great light
predicted that the first victories woui'
he Spanish. but the people said: wv
will see" because the people rule i
this nation is why America must an
will be the financial liberator OF IN
world We will save many lives by III
war for free Cuba BY il we Will cor
fer happiness on peoples in the easter
and the western seas. and the goo
fruits of this war will appear throug
hundred generations. But Americ
will save more lives and confer NOR
happiness when she leads the battl
line for the financial emancipation
the world. The fruits of that war wi
be 10 all peoples and TO all times.
In three months of war with Spai
this nation has taken great step 10
ward. We are looming up marvellous
, to the vision of the foreign diplomat
.. Il he rCSnllS nslNt ~ NH- ii'iiA W. 80
: muscle and mind. The same force
are present to be developed along II
line Of commercial supremacy and I
), financial independence. But the lea
ers in the government will hold bac
, till they are pushed into action by II
!. people.