The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-07
WHAT THE MATTER IS

1t long have heard seriously advocating the return to the silver standard for govern ment We thought the matter had been decided favor of gold That people still fail to the light apparent from the following article written by westeer who usually understands the wishes of the people The argument is refreshing and worth while
 Some of the great metropolitan journals a week publish the views of merchants manufacturers and leading in finances the business conditions of the country The struggle to be impress the that times either good just going be- but the a rule are filled with ifs and butts and whereases
 There to disguise the truth to try to deceive ourselves.
 The fact that there such struggle to make good show ing is proof that the showing is not good
 This apparent that prompted something
 If farmer with his years crop grain on hand was obliged to measure it all in single bushe measure made of red cedar it would be slow work
 If cedar hard to obtain but white ash plenty and it should be decreed that white ash would all purposes the red cedar the farmers work would be greatly quckened and he would doubtless engage his neighbor who needed work to help him.
 Now if congress meeting would order 100000 of silver to be purchased monthly and include in the bill clause that should the price advance dollar per then silver should be monezed at that ratio equal recognition with gold within sixty days after the effect, what is commodity would become of values and trade would be unrestricted with all Spanish America and the Orient from which products are now indirectly excluded through the foolish and wicked legislation of 183 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 neghbor gathered lowing side his fences and the farmers employees should go and tear down his fences and let into his field the herd verdict would be that those employees had gone daft
 would not help things if the spokesnen of the employees should mount section of the fence that had been down and proclaim that such delicious freedom had the hungry stock before since the other old fence torn down in 1846.
 Now the employees of our Uncle Samuel in Washington tore his fence down last summer and host of Uncle Sams children lived short ratOns all last winter Does not look though it would be wise put up the again7
 Again. there a merchant who had fine stock of goods but he declared that he could not afford to keep delivery wagon hired his brother merchants to deliver his goods
 After while it pointed out to him that it costing him much to have his goods delivered than would his delivery and moreover, the drivers of his nghbors wagons always running down his goods sell the goods of their employers. His only YOu would have the expense of buying and wagon hiring driver that would steal himself my goods and making me feed the horse and have him shod!''
 There to try to with him. for he was obsessed with the idea that he bought horse and and hired driver, that driver would steal him blind
 But night fire consumed the stable where his neigh bors horses and kept and then the merchant longer sell his goods buy the stock that he he has either to bring the stock deliver what he might sell.
 But his face he week has the village paper publish that his business is fine. If congress would to- geher and double the real of values country rebuild the fences around grain fields and delivery wagons for goods to neghbors in Europe Asia the change that would would make it repeat the Hilton weekly trade conditions are fine and improving