Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-04
AYorHER SCHEME or RoDDERY

! ANOTHER SCHEME or ROBBER1,
TnE GAZETTE has been favored with a
neatly printed circular from the "Natlonal
Bl-Metallio Coinage Association" with u
modest request to "notice.n Tits a plea
for the silver dollar-~for the 80-cont dol
lar addressed "To the Citizens Of the
United States" aud is n reproduction OF
all the arguments that have been made in
favor Of defective dollar,
CHANGING at the roster OF the executive
committee Of the association, we lind that
II Is composed Of Senator John r. Jones
OF Nevada, silver king eX- senator
| If. A. w. Tabor Of Colorado, silver
king; Hon. James b. Grant OF Colorado,
Slater Of Colorado, IN the same business.
Four men, all residents OF Colorado oX-
Cept ono, and he citizen OF Nevada, the
two great silycr-producing states Of the
Union, direct the affairs Of the "NationHl
Bl-Metallic Coinage Association" This IL
rather prGtcntious title for an organizn-
ton whose membership is confined 10 two
or three states. And when we consider the
connection OF the members with the sill
ver.minlng industry, there arises an eX-
cusablc suspicion that their interest In the
nor their advice consistent with the vel
fare of the country. Men who produce
silver are expected to see the advantage
OF makinga market for silver, and this
thoy propose TO do by asking for free
coinage Of That metal into dollars Of il24
grains The impudcnco Of such demand
can bo appreciated when II ~ considered
that irco coinage Of a il2b-grain dollar
would give these mon, Mcssrs. Jones,
Tabor, Grant, Slater and the other bull
lloualrcs, about SS,000,0O0 year at the
expense OF the public treasury. They
only demand that they shall be allowed TO
take their silver bullion TO the United
States mlnts aud have eighty cents worth
OF metal stamped zone Dollar" which
they shall be allowed to impose ON the
public at one hundred cents value, clear
ing twenty cents on every so.callod dol
lar thus traudulontly stamped,
The amazing "galln Of this proposition
could not be concealed from the mon who
made IL, for they say IN this circular;
eve are aware TINT II win be charged
that because silver mining is prominent
industry with us, we are actuatcd by sor-
did and selfish motives In making our de-
maud for full restoration OF silver as
/ money. We do not claim 60 be any better
or less selfish than the majority OF man
/ kind, but II we were not convinced that
every man who works or owns property
or hopes TO own property, Is just MS muCl
Interested In this move as we are, W,
would ask merely Tor u fair mrln on sil
vpr, even as We do on lead. hut we ash
no mnffj we waive the fact that th,
Wicked war on silver has cost us Ss,000,
600 yearly, for ten years past, and ask foi
nothing that has not boeu conceded
through all ages since the dawn OF civil
zation and the commencement OF commerc,
among men" For their oommondabl,
public spirit, which did not allow them L
ask for hrIn on silver, as on lead, they
ask that the public pay them $4,000, 600 I
year. That IS, because they have moi
robbed the people by means OF tarift
they shall bc allowed TO rob them by the
free coinage OF eighty cents worth OF sIl
ycr IN nominal dollar,