The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
DOLLAR THAT Is WANTED.
One That Benefits the Majority ana
Accorls With Justice.

JULIAN TN ~ NN'> ~
One That benefits the Majority and
ccord With Justice.
1t is not a cheap dollar IN the or
fcnsive sense in which it Is used by
plutocracy, but n cheaper dollar as
compared with all honorable ideas OF
fairness and right. Which is nearer
the line Of justice, a cheap dollar worth
"a cents or a dear dollar worth 200
cents and which carries with 1t the
greater power to Cypress? Money is
bought with the products of labor. Con
scuuently the dearer this money is the
more labor is required to purchase 1t.
1t is the few who al own money
the many who must work to earn 1t.
Therefore cheaper money dement's the
majority and is in strict accord With
the teachings of the constitution. What
the people need is a dollar that car
ries with it Il just proportion Of labor
and no more.-Watchman.
As between a 81 cent dollar and 4
200 cent dollar (Which the gold dollar
practically iS) tnc people should not
hesitate in choosing. a 200 cent dollar
means lower prices, hard times and
suffering. A "a cen dollar means
| higher prices, good times and COM
fort. But in reality there Is no 81
cent dollar except when measured in
gold. What is SO termed Is a 100 cent
dollar in the broadcast and most equita-
bic terms. The Mexican dollar, Of
which we read volumes of contemptu-
GUS chaff, will buy as much Of the
products Of labor as the Wanted gold
dollar would in 1873.
Not only this. but the Mexican dol
lar Is maintaining that purchasing
power, which is simply value in ex-
change, while the gold dollar is mount
Ing higher and higher all the time. A
dollar to be honest should buy the
same this year.. next year and every
year, just as a yardstick should meas
ure the same today. tomorrow and al
ways. We use the dollar for exactly
the same purpose that we do the yard
S~tick-namel.". to measure a givtn
~"quantity" Of the article to be sold.
The advocate of the gold standard eli,
Their knows nothing or cares nothing
for equities. If he only has a dollar
that is equal to a gold dollar. his ideal
Is attained, nc matter what effect II
has upon the fortunes Of surging and
struggling humanity.
An Article of Democratic Faith.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage Of both gold and silver at the
present legal ratio Of 16 to l without
waiting for the aid or consent Of any
other nation. We demand that thu
standard silver dollar shall be full lie
gal tender. equally with gold. for al
, debts. public and private, and we ia
vor such legislation as will prevent 70
the future the decentralization Of an,
. kind Of legal tender money by privat
, contract. We are opposed to he Is
, suing Of interest bearing bonds Of tn
: United States in time Of peace, an
: condemn the trailicking with bankin.
ryndicatcs. which in exchange 70
: bonds and at an profit t
q themselves supply the federal treas
TRY with gold to maintain the policy @
9 i.old recommendation. We are oppose
TO the policy and practice Of surrendcl
9 Ing to the holders Of the obligations {
\ the United States the option reserve
n by law to the government OF redeem
o Ing such obligations in either silvc
:, roin or gold coin. Congress alone La
e. The power to coin and issue money, an
Il President Jackson declared that tn.
power could not be delegated to corpO
~ ations or individuals. We therefor
, demand that til" power to issue note
to circulate rs money be taken frol
national banks. and tlat all pap'
money shall be Issued directly by Il
u treasury department and be redeem
ii able in coin ana receivable for q
Il debts. public and DECENTRALIZATION
~ Of 1896.
r. The report that Sonor NJ. a. Sancl
w ment. president of Colombia, is dvin!
is generally discrcdited in official Ct
~. cles in Colon.
Captain Francis Dickinson, assista
IT, chief Of the navigation bureau, has be
u ordered to assume command of the b;
tlcship Indiana, relieving Captain Ia
n. Tor.
lot Three captains and four lieutenar
Is of the Thir.v-ninth infantry at Fl
or Crook. Nebraska. have been ordered
II Vancouver barracks. Washington, to
w. ranize a battalion from the recruits
Vancouver.
The secretary of the treasury has
loh iected all of the bids for the constr
not ton of the government building
Jut Boise City, Idaho. as all were above
I've amount available for the purpose.
Of Annie Van SAINT, aged 81, of S
is Lake City, who had been a mission
, is in the Levant for three years, died
We sea, Sept. 4, of consumption on DO
~ the State of Nebraska.
~ Tom Jordan and Lawrence Cav
''' two workmen employed at the Coo
G. Little lumber camp, neal West
25c perior, were killed Tuesday by fall
neE from q locoirx train