The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-12-28
The Currency Question.
STUDYING FINANCE
senae Qaessiszs Pat TaRt WIN Heip
90 settle the Great Questisn
of Ghe Dag.

Some will say; What is the differ.
ence whether section 10 Of the mint
bill (so-cnlledJ was forgery or notq
IL was &c long ago that the statute Of
Limitation would shield the erimiRul,
and having become accustomed 60
things as they are. Why not let them
alonc7 In other words. ia thief forgrs
your name to note aud steals lot Of
money, and you do mol catch him until
he Is protected by the Limitation of the
law, you would let hIm keep the money
and go OH stealing from other people.
That might Indicate kind heart on
your part. but II would he terrible I'm
diciment OF your common sense,
Now, here comes a writer In the Yer
diet. whom we morc than half suspect
of being the editor Of that yirile and
valiant paper, who processes that he
does not understand finance. He says
be does not know whether he u a gold.
bug, n silyUrbug or a straddlcbug. He
has never realized the essential impOr.
tanee of the financial question, and CON
scquently has never studied II. His
sympalhies, however. have been In
elined toward the gold standard. be.
cause the followers of the yellow ban
ner made so much noise about "sound
money" honest money" etc, that he
took il for granted they had good
thing. and did not observe that they
were plFying the old rogue's trick Of
shouting stop thief" TO draw attention
away from their own villainy. II the
Nerdict's writer. and thousands Of 9th.
cr luest men like him, can have the
scales removed from their eyes 50 they
viii see clearly not only that dcmone.
tizatiou was within itself n stupendous
crime, hut TINT Il was accomplished by
forgery, then they will begin TO think
and ask questions. 1.-THE gold standard
is good thing, why was II necessary tO
commit = crime to obtain n? Why did
not its advocates appeal to the peoples
reason? How did It happen that Ger.
tain men engaged In the preparation
Of this crime became suddenly very rich
after its accomplishment? Why was II
necessary to send copy Of the bill that
was pending In the American congress,
osteusibly for the codihcntion Of our
mint laws. across the ocean for an.
prOvul hy the directors nf the Bank Of
England? Then. when the interrogation
hns reached this point, be will suddenly
remember that from the date OF the per.
pctration of this congressional forgery
prices of all commodities have steadily
and pcrsistently declined. so that the
manufacturer who made an article that
cost him one dollar had TO sell II for 90
cents, and the man be sold It Ia had &c
let Il 90 for 9s and 50 on down tho line
until IL plunged head first into the
sloughs and guagmires Of bankruptcy
lie will also observe that these condi.
tions have led 20 the organization oi
trusts and the discharge Of workmen
To save expense and avoid bankruptcy
on the part of business men: that these
discharged wurkmcH have combined
with Others who were either out oi
work or receiving pittances that did
not satisfy the hunger Of themselves
and their families and that they ther
engaged in strikes and riots, nrcessl.
tatinR the organization OF large stand.
ing army to preserve order" He will
also observe that while these processes
have been in operation those who had
plenty Of money AZ the beginning have
grown enormously and dangerously
rich, while the merely well 20 do and
middle and working classes have been
reduced 10 poverty and dependence
When the inquirer arrives at this poin,
he will understand the money ques.
tion," and appreciate why II was neces.
sary for certain members Of congress
tincludiBg the scuatel 10 commit, OF
procure the commission of forgery. IN
order to get the drmonetlzation Law on
The national statutes.
If We can only get honest nen &c
think, they will soon settle the money
question, and settle Il right But some.
lines men are so busy. or 50 willing tc
'let things 90 us they are" that GOV
nave to knock them down to get them
10 think. Mississippi Valley Democrat