The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-28
A FEW MORE FACTS AND FIG
URES.

tOcke tx Ivory =
: among the readers "f the inter -0""'
tain. he must have b!,,shed for sham
I! and NOR; :tication ut the wrstc''ed haht
ling ofthe silver question by that J"u'
nal last evening. One may ENJOY sou
. .nti,a,,ion in seeing al unI"p"ia
..,,,<.. or an untenable position sto"ti'
and ably maintained. Mr.. Scov'i't
though engaged in the defense 81
criminal which, the world 'o'tl'es' iii
,:,rn.4l the re>;cc, Of I'LL by the earnest
mess, n..nii,css., honesty and ab'Iity IL
has displayed in the management
,n.. case. IL. knew H. occupied YER!
un,n,;,uiar and unenviah!c l"~'t'""' d"
hi, sense us duty AMI moral courage s"''
;a;ucd hin, and after undergoing the g
yrr.>t tests Of his patience anu a"'h'!
hc l...v... the court room with u faire
reputation as lawyer and gentleman
than is enjoyed by any "f the opposing
COUNSEL. But our evening cotcmporar!!
though engaged in cause quite ~ I'm
,Np.,lar and untenablc ~ u"
,,n,. from, which Mr.. ScOvi!le has a.
uuir..l commanding h"l"r>. has utterly
failed a. earn the admiration ~ H.
friends or the respect Ot its enemies. IL
has forfeited both Ivy the unskiiu'
handling of = subject u; which. II Is no"
quite apparent. it has hut crude ami al
.liy.st..i notions. 1t 10 not our PURPOSE
I, ,.,int out all its vxg;. ric< and inson'
sister which appear in its scattered
editorial hast cvcnin. upon its t:'v"r'tt
hoi,I,y-,!w dcnunciatiOn "f silver u
wo,,ll i~ u waste OF time and space, an'!
W. ha>.. Yer to throw away ut pres
cnt. Its assertion that the silver dollar
is ..short weight" that lit j. fraudulant.
AMI the silver interest "f the country
sutle : severely by its being retained rs
4 cnin." is -, shallow and ~ utterly ut
VARIANCE with facts and common sense
that 4 heu.si Of the prcr~itf""
among >, ,,<ii:5::e men j. unc.::cd for.
We might leave unanswered the q''es-
ton. "Thc Government :; & may
stamp 'omc dollar upon y; cents worth
IL silver: hut does that give ii
the worth M y lo!'ar::.' n1,al
the SILVER interest here. 0r elsewhere
would not suffer- But it occurs to IT,
lust here to ol,<ervc that the Govern
nmnt stamps certain figures upon piece
OF paper, and this paper il reccive'(any-
where within the United States for all
public and private dues, except duties
on imports and ~, the intrinsic value 81
the PAPER is far lcss than its purchasing
,n,wcr. Tie Government stamps u piece
Of ls,inr and calls it ten dollars. 1t al
80 stamps ten pieces If silver and calls
them ten dollars. Each has the same
power in the United states
and c:,c!, i. 4 i..,! tender. But there il
this much difference in favor Of the sill
YER. The latter has i market value "f
II. IL! pr ounce ~ bullion, while the
former the paper doll,r-has but 1"
|x.r cent. If its stamped value in the
| mitcl states treasury for its rs!",nlr
ion.
But i, is not tn this portion %! til: !
Inter .N,mmtt;m'x article We desire to !
:,ll attention. That Journal has taken
10 task. .'rri.lcsi am'l im,pugm,l the mo-
i've; III senator Brown "f Georgia and
Senator E.~t "f Missouri for advocating
silver c"i,Eay... They are termed fcp,,- ;
liatu:, ami infiatio,li>t~. belonging to-.
ii" Southern school "f politicians, and
in,'a..N will, u hatred for
Inc h,l,.l!,u;.irr~ Of the National debt !
md that the secret OF their advocacy Of
silver WAS their desire t" pay tho mn,i-
,n,.i> r. in :, ''wOrthls.ss COIN" We now
propose 10 put upon the stand two
Northern Republican United States
Senators, whose c"nvictiO. y upon the
silver question, the Mfrr .Mw"iri~ dare /
not say, were ln,rn vi desire IL "~win-
lie the l~n,lhol.ler>. On the 10th inst.
senator Plumb vi kan>:.<--:, sound Re
publican :..l,lr..><.sl the Senate on Mr..
sherman = :; per cent. F'un:ling Bill. In
Inc course Of his speech he made the
following remarks:
Now it il tO the interest ~ tn" money
rass to contract circulation for the plain
rVas.M that it makes money scarce, and
Il money is made scarce by contracting
It. limiting and reducing its circulation.
It incrrases the purchasing power Of the
money ~ their possession over labor,
productions, and property, and the pur-
lnsss. Of the money power Of every cOun-
Try In every age has been tn reduce the
quantity II money in circulation among
Inc people. 80 a. to increase the purrhas-
ing power Of the money who have it i'm
their Possession. That explains why
the national banks are an enemy to the
present greenlxsck circulation; it ex-
plains why the national banks are an
enemy to silver. They wish to remove
|l'e pr,aent greenback circulation and
r.'upy the place that it has in the cir
They wish 10 denlOnetize sill
ser, tn drive it out Of circulation and e.
srtally To remove the t6O, OOO, O)O Of sill
'er certificates now In circulation o. cur
Nn>>k l. ~ /