The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-01-16

Of the white metal That bin has al
ready passed the house. and VIII prob
ably pass the senate at this session Il
authorizes the secretary Of the treasury
TO recon silver dollars into subsidiary
coin at his discretion. The effect Of
this bill viii be two-fold: First. il
viii take the United States out Of the
market as a purchaser OF silver bull
lion, for We have enough silver dollars
on hand to furnish subsidiary coinage
for a century to come The effect OF
this viii, Of course. be felt on the price
Of silver bullion. Every European na-
ton buys more or less silver bullion
for subsidiary coinage. but when the
Hill bill becomes a law this nation, the
greatest producer Of silver. viii cease
to be a purchaser
The second effect Of the bill viii be
to permit the secretary of the treasury
TO recOin all the legal tender silver
dollars into subsidiary coin. which is
only a limited legal tender. This en-
ables the fnanciers. acting through
their agent in the treasury department.
to reduce the vOlume Of real money and
thus more easily control the money
market
Circumstances viii determine Just
how fast the financiers viii push their
they will 60 as far and as fast as they
think the country viii permit The
manned in which they pass a law or
secure an administrative order and
then pause until the mitigation dies
out, reminds one Of the story told OF
a physician He was called to visit
a child At last the child's life was de-
SPARED Of. and the physician told the
mother that it was not worth while 10
punish IL with more medicine; that she
might give IL a little water If il be-
came restless. but that il could not
live long. She watched il anxiOusly
through the night. and in the morning
thought she saw signs Of Improvement;
she watched it through the day. and
still though it was better; she watched
il through another night, and when the
doctor came the second morning to in
quire why he had not been notified OF
the child's death. the mother informed
him that she believed the child was
gaining. He examined it; felt its pulse,
look at its tongue. and left her with
the assurance that if the child con-
tinued to improve for thirty-six hours
more as il had during the past thirty
six hours il would be strong enough to
take some more medicine.
Just as soon as the patient public
is strong enough TO take another finan-
cial dose il will receive it, for the gold
standard will not be complete until
gold IS the only legal tended and bank
notes the only credit money, and these
notes will be issued on assets rather
than on bonds, and the banking system
viii be in the hands Of a central bank
and its branches
These things are all parts of a we'll
prepared plan, and the public viii be
notified Of each step either after the
step has been taken or so shortly be-
fore that no protest viii be possible
Then only way to prevent the carrying
out Of these schemes is to defeat the
republican party, for it is today the
tool Of the financiers-
Those Indiana coal miners who
struck to enforce their demands that
the mine mules be given humane treat
ment are entitled to praise. If the
miners were as helpless as the mine
mules they would receive about the
same kind Of consideration at the
hands Of some Of the operators.
One Of the noticeable things about
Mr.. Cleveland's prescription for the
democracy is that all the republican
organs insist upon democracy using it
This sOlicitude for the welfare Of de-
mocraCy would be touching if it were
not something else
In his message the president admits
that there Is a tariff on anthracite coal
But he fails to admit that II was
'smugglied in" probably because he
feared il would bring on an investiga-
ton that would result in further dis
cOveries-
The president suggests tlat there
may be veal OF woe" in the events
Of the last few years, but he is quite
sure that we ought not to go out OF
the game so long as the other players
have any money left
D. OF course those administration
dailies that have so loudly demanded
the removal Of the tariff on wood pulp
and print paper viii now admit their
mistake and snuggle up to the admin"
istratiOn once more
Those who saw the bloOdless imita-
ton of a bull fight given at Kansas
City recently viii be prepared to Wit
ness without a shudder the exhibition
contest between the president and the
trusts
It must be admitted that the presi-
dent came quite as near hitting the
trusts as he did shooting a Mississippi
bear.
Since reading the message the manu-
facturers Of shackles have not made
any haste to increase their working
forces
After reading the message the cap
tafns Of industry" did not hustle out J
and give the command, "Repel board !
ers-"
The voice was the voice Of Jacob, |
but the handwriting appears to be the |
handwriting Of the trusts
The president believes that the banks !
should furnish all the money needed /
They viii do it-abOut the same time |
that mills furnish all the -four needed /
without regard TO the profits required /
The proposition to make Uncle Sam /
respousibIe for Venezuela's debts viii 1
have 10 wait until the trusts get /
through robbing him Perhaps Uncle /
sam will be looking for help himself /