The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-31
Our Si.tcni Dollar.

LII lhftI SIIiN litlS hi'tH i'itaiu
npon the ovcrburaenea back OF the
huzzard dollar. and the fall idiocy o.
continuing 10 coin that monument Of
national folly has received the last
calcium light exposition. For some
time there have been rumors In cir.
culation Of wonderful counterfeit
Of ctr proud paternal coin which
could be detected neither by Its ring
nor its weight, nor in any other way
known to the common citizen. It'll
was some time before the secret OF
this marvellous and apparently very
dangerous imitation could he learned,
but II Washington correspondent has
sWcptnway tho clouds Of mystery sur
rounding the secret service bureau
and revealed the truth. Tho reason
Why this new counterfeit cannot b.
detected from genuine coin Is be-
cause il Is In every way as good rs
the real issues from the national
mint, containing exactly as much
silver, and being of precisely the
same weight and design rs those
produced by regularly delegated
authority. Some cntcrprising citi-
zens are engaged In this industry,
aud must be making very hand
some profit, as. counting I'LL the cx-
penses OF manufacture, 1t only costs
them So cents to produce what pas
SEES for 100 cents. II II be possible
for the mind OF man to conceive n
more ridiculous spectacle than that
OF the United States, thus enabling
Its own coin to be reproduced mt Il
profit, what shape shall 1t take?-
Davenport Gazette.
Tho solstion Is simple; make the
s5-cent dollar worth 100 cents by
making its coinage free us is gold.
The only reason for the material be.
ing deprecated il that the proluc-
ton exceeds the limit OF government
coinage. IL tho Adventures who
are coming 1t surreptitionsly could
exchange their bullion for coin, or
have it coined ut government OK
peRse, the induecment to send it cut
as home product would be removed.
The folly of limiting tho coinage OF
the very dollar named in the bonds
held against our people for nearly
two thousand million dollars is mon
umental and is only advocated by
that portion Of the public press Of
the country, which is the subservient
instrument OF the class Of men who
would subvert our institutions and
our liberties by introducing, on
| couraging and perpctuating in this
country, the infamous bonded sys-
tenn OF the old effetc monarchies Of
Europe. But unless the reason i,
assigns, for disseminating the coin
age Of the silver dollar Is sham, ii
must be intensely wrought up over
the discovery OF a private mail trans
,rortation and delivery in New York.
which renders the service ut one
third the price charged by the gov
ernment, aud as remedy it must
favor the immediate abolition of our
postal system and service. Another
method whereby the illegal oharac
lfif6flzs Any man ,dhasaic HX1;sSeAn srhe
bullion 10 coin it Of standard weight
and ilneness. This will place the
bullion owners on a par with nation
al bankers, by making their profits
lawful plumber" II would seem
that they ought to have this consid-
Grafton granted them, ii the national
bankers are 10 retain their franchise,
because the coin possessing "intrin-
sic value" viii, to that extent, need
no redeemer. Another fact the mo-
nopoly press should make note OF, is
that the bullion dollar would cost
the maker Of it IS cents to the dol
lar, while the national bank note
costs the banker nothing. and is cx-
cmpt from every species OF taxation,
while the coin dollar would be taxa.
BILE for state, municipal and school
purposes.
All things considered il will be
better for the people to legalize the
counterfeit silver dollar than to con
tinue the national bank note. Ths
republican press Of the country used
to talk OF silver as money OF the
world" II such is its character, i,
don't need coming by Individuals
or the government. Money Is what
ever the supreme law Of the govern
mcnt declares il to be, and there i
no money in any government but
what is such because OF previously
enacted law.
Another fiction OF the Gazette End
its bank money monopoly is put to
rest by these counterfeit doilars,',I
I. e., that the people refuse TO take
silver.
(an innai al. 49,