, 1877-12-26

Ht4ttrAtA fe,fHrV, Mentl,,ns the cnsu Of soyrrAf
y;sfn, 5 e I snp h9 hSs @ s7 sSH 's "a1y ,ho1, a. ,t,r
warl Of a. malignant fcses, which was ascrihc'i
to infection from the bofT Of tho ancient
Egyptian.
SOME SILVER QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
q, K. '' i re. r.: !tsss* doet, o,
TnE Trsnux. Ia generally 20 elontly stntcd nat,
xess Il ost W s. 70 @ t. fs' r. e..
GIN to doubt whether 1un'crAlant it, poatt!onnpon
one phase Of thu silysr .qncsion.,
hare undcrstoDd It 10 maintain what I consider
truo doctrine: that real tanhcy, not fts rero rep.
rcseMtatton to be mcnsnsc equivalent ni rnlnc.
penis like the value .! olher pronct. Of lalot on
natural T. to sag. on ft* cost Of pr0uc.
tion. md the demand for 4 After Il y produced.
hnh nit 1t all on tho nhuab tho law gives to my
le1nito quantity Of y; - that, whether coin Of
given weight bs called cent or dollar its market
Yet II understand 1t now, 1t arHnes that be-
ctuse ~ ccntswo,th Of silver cotnetn to frscticn
s.s viz ,.,s sasS II Il II se
that. therefore. ~ cents worth In coins stamped
81. and n1ndo 1cRai-tendcr tor any snrn. would
II thin Il trnc. what has tntrtn4c valnc 10 dn
with ~ II it can Dc done With ~ cents, why not
with 30 cents! Who're shall We stops
1.-THE truth in disputed cascs is generally found
In neither oxtremc, but aomawhcras along about
the middle. Tho Latin maxim recognizes tllts
"1";H' ~ , 49,
increased by confcrlnG upon It new or additional
uses. which tncte,ses demand for IL, The
commercial, vn1ua of A thing IA In pronortIon t.,
tho demand as compared With tho supply.
70 dcmouctfze silver in a great natlon like
ours Il to cut down demand for II greatly, as
Mr.. Fisk knows, and tho Inevitable tendency Of
TINT ls necessarily TO chehpcn ", ns be cannot
hcln nctco,yinr. Making sf,yrr lcral-tchder
money In IN active commercial nnt,ou Of
4aUo,oO Of pcoulo affords an INN en,e now
do,,ani for aha mct ii. AMI n. ,ono =. n i. rc,.
atIycly chcnpcr than rold. eycrybods viii
neglect gold and uao the Silver. Tno necessary
effect of I'M. action IA tn rcd1ca The nurr, esfnv
nnarr of oo1,, i,v ,o.. ~ ,1cmand, ~ ~ .n.
a"ss ,.g o. se'a ~ tos. el oe.'a"e' s"a 70 en-,
haneo silver bv tslo converse lorce OF Increased
demand, thereby bringing tho value Of the two
neta'o ~ III aptfo1'"hto ieSe,' ame lalf'ns'e
Sa,uo % Of tlnE a l' a. % ao.trast Mes. 10 find ou,
TO tho market test Of nrtcc. nnt1 The nrcn Ia dc.
tcrminel by tbs law Of supn1y and lcmaul.
All thIa Is too p,aIu and sclt.cy,leut for contro-
ycrsy or MULTIPLICATION OF vords.-Ep.1
You say ouch dollar hat the earna yalue in pay.
Inf debts as gold dollar Of LOO ceats. Gndoabt.
te.c anI renu ~ uSn nn oat,G. ~ & Hn % no ~
CongFets agree nt,j cnact-pcrlaps q eupposabe
caso-that dime ahall 10 ieKsl-cndos fot dollar,
.irhs, ~ wisi ot nv ns,i"n thcn ". =. aona ns
.he Ro,a to},ar Of 10b cents.
| This hyptrcrlttcism !s hardly up to tho In
tellcetual STANDARD which Mr. Fisk processes
to occupy, md stnaeks n litt1u Of pctttfoagtug.
lie well knows TINT preenback. in addition to
bciag lcRal'tchacf TOT ucots' 10 promise or
tho Government to par coin dollar. II is y
uuo-bail for coin dollar 10 20 palu tho llolders
| 1t demanded. on tho Ut OF january, 1S7l 1fa
s!ver ulioo was ,ssnea ~ leesl.tenaer oollaf,
%.a Inc Inc aeeopnsx o, p'9ass na .na. az. :sas
It's pFcscflt pusehas'ng power would be- rtz.:
| n ,,a mo,tne NJ sms,i eh.nro i..ai to,an, n,
small snms only, nobody ea1es for tasir value, 20
thst my e. usauns AID snITsn!; ane yetis thsso
tsnn ii,e ,iEn liz a'n; ~ 9ae e.
thraS subsidiary coins below the potnt neccssary
e keep them in circulation -sonaething lltsla
"Av " e'!pp.ns' ..,.3 j., ,..,
~ pvp, -. so ~. W.. ."s. sa.uo .noy
wy. es,,, ~ .s's .au Sees.. nase y. oseI sl
4vs a,,. ~ ote" a"s' eua'a os w ksp. a. ~.
...,'sas e - 49," e .asn Ss"ots'aI ~ ta.uo ~
n". U' s"s' "s'vs.uoseos 70 @ ~ Ro..' eo1u
,"es "oa.. u41a NJ. suas sI.ae' u sasy wess "es
.esa.ens a,,s.,s tno, "ou'u ns.s.sa,1S naso Tue
pueaasas pset ~ ~ ' s",as 'all.as,a y, na.kes
sas ~ ",."'.oS ~, ss.aa Aae. w ~
WY ma s". "" seul" 10 s.'' 'cse. " .no
~ ",.' ,.a"c Ao.' 20 .oaes",''p!o
,.n :. 80, ~, Isss' soa'' 4a.t'c'1 10 Nv an'e'
tta Wef,ht anI bult'-snt yory sn1ous o';cc. ~.
t1on.-f conceive no falr.mindcd mau can object 10
anG'htea ssst. nfns.aea Gni1 that not ictt taan
$50 low such uap can esk hat less tna,t thnt sh.1
bo called nno. It u CAST TO sse whv una man wants
~ cehts ~ ~ ~. ngnt. aao anuthoF "oa!4 Hkn