Show A HARMLESS BUGBEAR contemplating the fact that russia has established a quaal sold gold basis for her money the times herald of chicago moralizes moralizer mora lizes in tho the following after wandering in tho the mazes of an irredeemable paper lor for over rally years t a ro or silica the crimean war and doin all lit that ab solino power can call poss possibly t it do to establish flat money the states in of russia love tile tho impo 0 and made gold bold the basis of their currency curre itcy thus conforming to fo tho the stand arl ard ot of the corll art 1 it t la Is a les alx that people who he talk about w what I 1 lot it fl government cun do und and n hat it ought to do may well bell lay to heart it 1 the czar of nil tho the Ilus sius cannot maintain rn ain a no ne I 1 A y A 6 turn at vari arica nath that thai of tho the com commercial merciLl na nations of the ino ivorid arid what possible c I 1 hance nce 14 theta for a like our own to do ouch a thing thine that bas but little power mor arid and la Is hemmed licin med in at every stage hy by absolute laws lawa A giitl I 1 ya this tt Is pec ely fly stat u hat the free coinage of 0 bilker and tile tho green bachem think this can do tile the tree free coinage ot of silver people should nver never be confuted aith ith the flat paper people the one believe in fit all money y being founded on oil a solid belld WAS baals the others that money Is but an agent uh I 1 lit v aich to facilitate business that of oc itself jt has no function except to stand for nhat material thill S in which men trade are reckoned at having said this thia much we cart can turn a ment to what does that mighty empire represent in a financial way at the ait census her aggregated propel eity ty represented but otie one thaid that of 0 the united states the great of her people never see any money they know nothing of 0 progress they know little of ever even the rudiments of 0 education I 1 lit in point of 0 advancement they are but a trine trifle in advance of 0 the chinese we reckon reil on as a a rule by hop her military potter she has a great fleet and has continuously fighting men underarms under arms but she is not and cannot annot for or years to come bo be a great financial power As aa to what sho bho can or cannot be as to what our country can or cannot do those are questions which it conics comes to the consideration of money are not really applicable certain fixed laws laus wll will have to govern one gone general red propos proposition illon however may be con considered 9 id it Is IB tills any nation can fix the value of any precious unetah if that nation tion is 13 enough to reecho and use ua all ot of tint that metal that may bo be Of offered fOred or that the cupidity of men can produce in that relation this republic stands to silver at a ratio of 0 16 to I 1 or 15 25 to I 1 of 0 sold gold this nation mation could easily absorb and assimilate alt that the could spare us and that amount 1 with itil all tile the gold added that wo we could obtain would not give us clent money to carry on the lie count rys worn work we in ili addition mould have to issue paper money probably to hie elie amount ot of balf and gold bold abis Is all so BO tiu tille and all via BO palpable that it Is 1 tile the wonder monder of this ihla earth how 2 a few inte interested tested cart can continue to bullo anti and decalve the people and to hold the accor accursed al depression upon the land aich their desbon est manipulations brought or oil and which the people have not tense sense and courage enough to oft off they stand tills this year rear after year while the harples harpies with their press seand fiana over them and tell them that there la Is 1 nent danger that tant if they do not consent to have their hands further tied more depression and disaster will come coma find and thus thui the property of the country Is 18 tied up and measured by the little stock of 0 gold eold which the people never see bee and production sont gap be beagles gglEs |