People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1893 — DEMONETIZE GOLD. [ARTICLE]

DEMONETIZE GOLD.

The Gold Men Have Taught What Silver la Worth, Let U« Give Them Some of Their Own Medicine. France carries the heaviest load and has the largest debt. Everywhere in Europe, even among the smallest states, nothing is spoken of at present but armies, the increase of war materials, and of course, new taxes. Paris (France) Figaro. Yet in the face of such utterances of the French press, the champions of the free coinage of silver dare, with un- ; blushing effrontery, to prate of the pros- | parity of France, ascribing that prosperity to the bimetallism obtaining in that country. It seems to us that the friends of silver are rather unfortunate in their illustrations by which to evidence the benefits to be secured by the free coinage of silver. Ignatious Donnelly, an ardent advocate of the free coinage of silver, has, in the last issue of the Representative, a group of famine-stricken Indian ryots or peasants; it is a heart-rending scene. Mr. Donnelly commenting upon it, censures the spoliators of that unhappy people in scathing terms. Well, India has a silver standard. Now, if the hardships, the poverty, the distress in this country are largely due to the malignancy of the gold standard, must we not draw the analogous conclusion, with reference to India, that the miseries of the people in that country are due to the relentless exactions of the silver kings? How, now gallant knights of the white metal? Evidently, the owners of silver are no more considerate of the well-being of the people over whom they are dominant than is the gold oligarchy where it prevails. The dollar of our daddies! forsooth, why not the ‘flail of our daddies, the stage coach of our daddies and the spinning wheel of our mammies? The great mass of so-called reformers apparently has its eyes located in the back of its head, and, for that reason, perpetually look backward. It seems never to have occurred to these gentlemen that there may be such a thing as going forward, that there is a better dollar than our daddies ever dreamed of. Our nation is not going back to the flesh pots <Jf Egypt; no, no, a thousand times no! The desert in which we find ourselves to-day is dreary and desolate, entailing hunger and want, but our weary pilgrimage is nearly over. We stand almost upon the border of the promised land. Courage, comrades! Forward, comrades, not backwards! Follow the guiding star of promise. We oppose the free and unlimited coinage of silver because it is no remedy. One thing is certain, if the demonetization of silver resulted in a depreciation of silver, it is reasonable to conclude that similar action taken in regard to gold will depreciate gold. Give the gold-bugs a dose of the medicine they have given to the silver-bugs and see if that will not settle their predatory habits. The depreciation of gold means an appreciation of all service, and the reduction of the price of all products. This reminds us of a little story: Once upon a time there was a verdant granger who had planted a patch of potatoes. In the course of time the vines grew and waxed apace but, sad to relate, they were infested by potato bugs. The industrious farmer was in a sorry plight, for, if something was not done he certainly would have no ’taters. In this dilemma he went to his neighbors for advice. The first one said to him! “Well, old man, that is a gold-bug; if. you don’t get a silver-bug to go with it, you’re out of luck.” Another told him if he didn’t get some legal tender or government-fiat'-bugs, right away, he would be a goner, sure. Finally he met a man who told him to get rid di the gofo-bug and every other parasite that infested his crops. The farmer took the last advice and had a big crop not only of potatoes but of all thq other good things that grow in field and garden; and he lived happy ever after, The moral of this little talc Is: Demonetize gold!—Carl Glesser, in Flammg SwxmpcL 1 ' | big bankers are saving them®?lvek by issuing credit certificates and passing them through the clearing ndixse No gold to base | else. No government behind them. nothing but (fold being the only safe thing to rely on. ThWrst little puff that comes along and there is not gold enough in sight to physic a snipe, if it was all turned into tartar emetic. Fiat money and that of private individuals is the only thing in the big cities that is saving the worst panic that ever occurred in this country.—Lamar (Ma) Industrial Union.

Bomb of the admirers of Mary AndersonNavarro are complaining because she will not return to the profession she adorned. These people evidently look upon Mr. Navarro as a stage robber.—Cincinnati Tribune.