Middletown transcript., 1899-06-24
EVERY EVENINGS OTHER MATE

EVERY EVENINGS OTHER MATE
Our Smyrna brother says: s'The Call
will do its Middletown contemporary
the justice to say that 1t shows some
disposition to argue the financial Ques-
tion il 1t knew anything to say" He
then proceeds to use over q column Of
his valuable space toanswer the TRAN.
SCRIPTS nothing to say, but fails to
quote single line or to answer directly
q single thought which is the more
noticeable when 1t is remembered we
quoted last week his entire article OF O
column. answering directly item by
item. There Is no fastening these
silver fellows down to facts. The
Scalp asserts there is no prosperity
In the country to-day, notwithstanding
the fact that business was never so
brisk In all the history Of the country.
he neglects to name ''gold bureau"
distributing literature though chal-
lenged to do 30. He asserts again,
however, with "darn it" for "the
stupidity Of the people," that the
bureaus exist. Bear bis braying as
the "Every Evening" calls it:
THE every day working people have got
to learn that every stroke of labor which a
man performs Is valued and measured by
its pro rata share of the circulating money
of the country. Darn it, man gets tired
saying this same thing over and over.
The people ought to have some sense
The people seem to imagine that God in
his goodness fixes the amount of our money
and sends it down as the rain from Heaven.
They seem to imagine that the money
sharks and gamblers are philanthropists,
and their sound money literature tract
publications. They seem to think that
men Of wealth are too good to enhance the
value of their wealth three or four fold by
contracting the currency of the public.
Well it is hard fight. 1t is might against
right. We could stand the rich very well.
They are talking up their pocket books.
But now and then we see poor misguided
devil, poorer than old Lazarus was when
ne died, higgling and haggling over the
money question. He has heard some gold
bug say something and hasn't the sense to
see through it. But he ought to smell
something If he is still paying war rate in
terest on some debt. There may be some
excuse for this indecision however. Over
sll this land day and night twelve months
In the year the mail bags are stiff with free
books and phamplets to the poor, confusing
him on the money question. The rich put |
their money down as free as dirt TO pay for |
this stuff. Nothing like it was ever seen
In the world before. It is the most abom.
Unable and damnable resort ever digniaed /
with the name Of politics."
What nonsensei Where are the men
who ara daily, weekly or monthly re-
ceiving this literature2 Name score
OF them. It should be easy IL the
Calls assertions are true. Mark 1t:
they never will be named. Name one
OF those ''gold bureaus" "Can,t do
" don't cher KNOW" We want only
facts. Let the truth assert itself.
Last week we referred to an inter.
view with Senator German which was
crowded out OF that issue. It appears !
;o.day and answers fully the 'sCall's,'
assertion chat the country has no pros |
'erity because the "CaIl's'' vague idea, !
4 per capita circulation OF money does !
lot appear to be met. It does not 1
now what the circulation should be '
xcept it should BE- inflated. The peo. b
10 remember The days Of imitation and Il
Yans no more Of Il. d