The Chitina leader., 1915-07-13
WHAT THE MATTER IS

WHAT THE MATTER IS
1t long since have heard anyone seriously
advocating the return to the standard for govern
ment We thought the matter had decided forever
favor of gold That people still fail to the light isl
apparent from the following written by
usually understands the wishes of the people, The argument
is refreshing and worth while
Some of the great metropolitan journals once week
publish the views Of prominent merchants manufacturers and
leading men the business conditions of the
country The struggle to be to the that
either good going be- but the statements
as a rule filled with ifs and butts and whereases
There is no disguise the truth try deceive
ourselves.
The fact that such struggle make good show
ing is proof that the showing is not good
This is apparent that prompted something
If farmer with his years crop of grain hand was
obliged it all in single bushel made OF red
cedar, it would be slow work.
IF cedar was hard to obtain white ash plenty and
it should be decreed that white ash would
purposes the red CEDAR the farmers work would be
greatly quickened and he would doubtless engage his next
neighbor who needed work to help him.
Now congress meeting would order 100000 ounces
of silver be purchased monthly and include in the bill al
that should the price advance to dollar
silver should be monetzed that ratio and have equal
recognition with god within sixty days after the took
effect what is commodity would become measure of
values and trade would be unrestricted with all Spanish
America and the Orient from which products
indirectly excluded through the foolish and wicked legislation
$685. and business would have such thrill has not felt
for twenty years.
Again. if farmer had superb harvest rpenng and the
poor hungry stock of his negbor gathered lowing out
side his fences and the farmers employees should and
tear down his fences and let into his field the herd the verdict
would be that those employees had gone daft
It would not help things if the spokesman Of the employees
should mount section of the fence that had been torn
down and proclaim that such delicious freedom had been
given the hungry stock before since the other old fence
torn down in 1886
Now, the employees of Uncle Samuel in Washington
his fence down year last summer and great host
of Uncle Sans children lived short rations all last winter
Does not look though it would be wise put up the bars
again?
Again, there merchant who had fine stock of
goods but he declared that he could not afford to keep
delivery wagon hired his brother deliver
his goods.
After while was pointed out to him that it was costing
him much to have his goods delivered than would
his delivery and moreover the drivers of his
neghbors always down his goods sell
the goods of their employers. His only 'You
would have to the expense of buying horse and
hiring driver that would steal himself rich goods
and making me feed the horse and have him shod?''
There use to try to with him. for he was
obsessed with the idea that he bought wagon
and hired driver that driver would steal him blind
But one night fire consumed the stable where his neigh
boris horses and kept and since then the merchant
longer sell his goods buy the that he needs
he has conveyances either to bring the stock deliver
what he might SELL
But to his face he week the village paper
publish that his business is fine congress would come to-
gether and double the real of
rebuild the fences around grain fields and delivery
wagons for goods to neghbos in Europe and
Spanish America the change that would at would
make it unnecessary to repeat the on weekly that our
conditions are fine and improving.
All the prophets to have fallen down If youl
wish to be really amused need only periodical
about SIX months old and read Of the predictions made