Evening journal., 1899-12-19

Sir: The great law-giver who resides
near ye old town of Stanting has is
sued his proclamation TO the tlllers Of
the land in Delaware. His theory is
that every man or family are a law unto
themselves, and there - 10 need of CT
! flee holders and bosses for free peo-
| iple. lie exclaims, just look at my pe0-
pie in the town of Stanting, they are
happy and contented, and there is not
an official in the town. We know our
wants and we don't need advice, eX-
cept from our leader, who knows how to
measure a bushel of potatoes for sale,
and he also knows how to measure a
bushel OF potatoes he buys. He also
knows that milk, as It comes from a
COW, has too much water In it already
and IL more water is added the man
who adds 10 will lose money. He Is
of the opinion that q grave mistake
was made when the first COW was Gre
lated. This Solomon the Second Is one
OF the most renowned men of this CEN
ltury. and il is said he takes the gold
cure, and this is wise, for he came from
old Hinglish stock lt is not thought
that he will ever be governor of Della
ware He appears to be satisfied in
associating with his Gums I'm Newark
professor and sich, who cant analyse
the Brandywine water to the satisfac-
tion of the Water Department of VIII
mingtOn Del These Water Commits
sioners have employed a chemist in the
| University of Philadelphia, Pa. Our
professors appear to be away up on the
testing of milk and cream, potash and
taters, No doubt these wise men earn
their salaries, not in the sweat of their
faces, for this would be degrading, but
they accept the money earned by the
toll and labor of other men. II is to
be hoped that the gold craze and cure
will lengthen their days. And the sun
do move. Here in this city the gold
bugs have commenced to advise the
people to stand by the gold craze No
crazy gold bug can talk on this sub
ject five minutes without telling the
people about the advantages European
countries viii gain, and they will think
so much more of the Yankee, because
the government at Washington makes
money to suit England and the rest of
Europe; for says the great horders Of
gold here and in Europe, it is wise and
tho safest to have one kind Of money
for us gold bugs and another kind of
money for the poor man with dirty
hands. You see by having all the gold
at our command we can speculate in II
much better than we can in stocks.
wheat, or pork and sugar. What would
be thought of man who gave his note
for a $1,000 and the holder of Il offers
it to the maker in part payment Of a
debt the maker owes, and he refuses to
take II. So the government at Wash
lngton don't pay the bondholder's inter-
est in the money il issues by law. but
gold must be paid because the great
majority of them live in Europe. II an
American citizen holds a bond of his
neighbour, and it has become due.
principal and interest, the debtor can
pay the bond and interest in paper
money or silver, and the holder must
take what is rendered as it is lawful
money Of the United States. He can't
get gold. as it is kept for special
class of people who reside in Europe.
Why is not a silver dollar worth one
hundred cents in England? Suppose a
man found an American silver dollar
in the street in London. Does any
sane man believe that the finder would
offer to dispose and sell the silver dol
lar for fifty, sixty, seventy or eighty
cents? Why, no. he would not. The
finder could find an American whoI
knew its worth, one hundred cents
here. II would pay to buy il for ninety
or ninety-five cents, carry il back toI
the the United States and get one hun
dred cents or five pounds of good beef
for il. Suppose the man found a five
dollar gold piece coined in the United
States. How much would the finder get
for il? Would he get full American
value2 No, a discount would be exact
ed. Why? Because it was not English
money and would not pass current ex-
cept at the English value. The dis
count would be small, / admit but whvI
demand such a large discount on sill
yer? IL will not perish sooner than gold.
and it does not need to be insured. The
lawmakers at Washington say the
American silver dollar is worth one
hundred cents. The times nor tbeI
abundance OF it does not change the
value to the people of the United
States. But by a combination Of cir
cumstances the silver dollar has no
stable or fixed value, but it's like traf-
nc wheat, corn, potatoes and porl1
liable to change every day the YEAR
round. Now, il our Lawmakers would
say to the Englishman we have plenty
OF silver and we have coined much oil
IL into what our law says Is q dollar
worth one hundred cents, and IL does
not and cannot iluctuate in the United
States. Now, we owe your interest onI
bonds and we desire to purchase (ourI
people do) many kinds of goods and
wares. You people manufacture. We
VIII pay you in our silver plus a small
per cent discount, say one and a half
per cent. You know you can ship i'll
back and buy our goods and our people
Will take all you bring us, and we take
II for what it is by our law, one hun
dred cents. Why is not this done? And
the talk and fuss. all about a single
standard. Let our government stand
up for our rights and not be imposed
upon by foreign powers. This theory
OF single gold standard is brought
about by a combination of bankers
here and in Europe. and It is done so
these men can speculate in money made
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