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Show LEST WE FORGET. The Oregonisn copies from Mr. Bryan's Commoner Com-moner the following: 3fr. Ttryaa dooa aal Ssavaate tka ratiraaaaat af eutataadiae satioaal bank nrraa7, but ka oppoaaa aar aaJarfeaiaat af tbe prWllejoa a aw aajorad by aa-tioaal aa-tioaal baaka, sad ka beliavea that aaeh amerfeDey enrraary aa may ba sacaaaary akanld be tamed bv tka fovarnmeat aad sat by tbe baaka. And then comments upon it as follows: la this to ba takes aa s hint tkat tka dannnaiatieia . of aatioaat banka aad tha adarary of fiat money, which wara eurraat la 18M, era ta ba rarWedl Bkould Bryan ba tn tka rahiaat, ka will ba in a poeitioa to pour bia planaibla karaaiaa tats Wilaoa's aar. Ha baa never recanted bia Saaarial errora, bat baa only kept them in reaerve, ready ta be apraac at aame eaaTaniaat eeaeoa. Perhape that aaaaaa is at band. Does the Oregonisn forget that there was a time when some splendid ships plied between Portland and Cluna and Japan, doing a profitable business t Is it absolutely eertain that it knows all about money and tbe effect of taking half the money in a country, and, in effect, throwing it awayt Suppose Sir. Wilaon should have the prescience to open negotiation aad obtain the co-operation of France and Germany and some other European tatea in restoring silver at some fair ratio with gold? does the Oregonian believe it would be a bad business t Or can it not aee that such an achievement would be more apt to continue the Democratic party in power than any other one thing that Mr. Wilson could possibly dot Does the Oregonian forget that ailver has every single attribute for money equal with gold except in the one matter of density t It has the luster ; it has the malleability and ductility everything exeept density, and th world need it The poor in Europe are crying for ailver money; in our own countrty a great many people realize that the paper they use as money ia no aign ot the permanent wealth of our country; but that were ailver onoe mor restored, it would answer every purpose in the tranaaotiona of small traders and poor people and would be safe for the millions of men with small incomes to hide under the hearthstone for time to com t A wrong is never righted until it is properly righted. The crime of demonetizing ailver will never be atoned for until on some fair basis silver is restored side by aide with gold, as it waa through all the year prior to 1873, and in all those years it maintained a steadier value than gold. we have had twenty year under the gold standard and still things have not been altogether happy. Men are a little tired ot a promise to psy when that promise to pay alone depends upon tbe integrity and the power of the nation. The people would prefer to have aomething in tangible form that earriea ita own value with it. And in discussing the question, no paper has the right to tslk about depreciated money, referring refer-ring to ailver between 73 s and "93, without ex-plaining ex-plaining that the life of money ia the recognition of a nation, and that ailver, ao long aa it waa recognized rec-ognized equal with gold, never fell one, grain in value. |