Show WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS A new york newspaper points out the mistake which ir has as made in I 1 riot not adopting the cold standard and says fite he must ray pay her interest and principal that she owes abroad in money thai IS ig now at a premium of per cent above her own money we IVO wonder how the gold cold standard would improve that situation mexico has no way to meet her obligations except by selling her products would the kold gold standard help the price 0 of them in the least would she not have to sell just as much coffee or sugar or cochineal or lend lead or silver to pet get 1000 or in gold cold as she would now with every state that adopts the gold cold standard ar d the value of gold old measured by commodities increases when there la Is a scramble tor for seats in the tb theater fater they always go 90 to a premium on the outside the property of the great commercial nations Is all held up and measured now by the little pyramid of 0 gold which the ibe few who are wealthy own it if china india and spanish america please to change to that measure also will not what they possess fall still faither in value under that measure will vill not ine gold still etall further appreciate was it not puck who said what fools these kortals nort als be |