The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-01-14
UNSUITABLE GREED.

UNSUITABLE GREED.
All newspapers in the service of
the plutocratic classes are now going
into spasms over silver, which they
long since pronounced dead. Whole
columns are given to conjectures and
surmises over the best possible means
to "drive the Mexican dollar out of
the east. The gold bugs have dis
covered that while they can bend the
weak and submissive industrial hosts
OF this country to their will, they
cannot prevent the use of silver in
the Orient. This country had an
opportunity to control the commerce
OF The world by remonetizing silver,
but it was control that was natural
and would distribute the benefits
equally in all lines and would not
give the interest gathers their full
grip on all the profits, as the gold
stan dard does. Since the gold stand
ard has secured it's firm hold, America,
England and Germany have been
steadily loosing business in China
until the falling off now amounts to
200 million dollars annually Mexico
has all her surplus silver taken by
the Orient because no other money
can be used there. The money
power believes that it must attempt
to smash this state of affairs and the
exercises of its whole mighty force is
now being exerted to bend the des
pissed Mexican and bring him under
the yoke of the single standard
The BOISE Statesman, responsive
to the will of the power it holds alleg-
lance to, falls in line and chatters over
the Mexican move and seeks to make
1T appear that the people there are
eager and anxious to redeem past
tollles and adopt the gold standard.
so jealous are they that the hideous
face of the control of money by a
special class will be observable to a !
deluded people that every crook and
turn is painted and praised with ef |
tuslve warmth. 1t may be, and is
very likely, that the money power
has small colony in Mexico anxious
to further all plans, but the States
mans own columns recently contained
the following Mexican dispatch show
ing the attitude of the common peo.
pie of Mexico:
The silver question continues to be one
OF the greatest topics of public discussion
III is now certain that the silver miners
ana farming classes will make common
cause against the adoption of the gold
STANDARD. Meanwhile all prices are being
raised and there is much anxiety among
the middle classes, especially waeearnerS
and salaried men. The cost of lIvina is
considered to be out OF proportion to
1t was the same in this country
men the country realized that silver
mao been struck down in the dark
and without the knowledge of the
American people, the farmers, miners
laoorers and other classes united in
demand for a return to the monov :
Oh the constitution. Those are the
classes who suffer most and whoso
pockets are picked by the gold stand.
ard This demand eliminated IN
1876, when, by the exercise of its
nightly iron hand, coercion. intimid.
auon' mighty campaign fund and
he manipulation of horde of On
gnorant foreign class, bred under
Iing rule, the silver candidate was
'eteated by the narrowest maroin
The treachery of Dave Hill
md Grover Cleveland Unfortunatelv
he American people have developed
ne same weak and indolent character
7hich has always enabled the pettv