Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-09-01
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Suggestions and Questions by n Pro-
Queer.

Queer.
ED. TlMEs:-Silver bullion, according to
the United States standard, must be 1000
fine Silver coin of the United States is goo
fine The profit to the United STATES in buy
ing bullion at par, which is $I29.2o per
ounce, is 10 per cent. Now, it seems TO me
the government ought not lose great deal
in buying bullion at par and making it into
standard dollars. Ten cents on every dol.
lar coined ought, in my estimation, so
long way towards defraying coming exPen-
SEES, and the producer, being a cilizens, not
only contributes this ten cents on the dollar,
coming which this ten cents fails to cover.
1t is plain that the silver producer, even
though he receives par for his silver, pays a
tax OF ten cents on every dollar produced.
know Of no other industry in the United
States that is called upon TO give up to the
government one tenth part Of its gross pro.
adopted in regard to any other industry 1t
would be stigmatized as infamous, and those
interested would rise in open rebellion. The
people would doubtless sustain them and
the obnoxious practice would be discontin.
ued Not so with the silver producer, how
ever. The government has not been con.
tent with its ten per cent. With the instincts
Of thorough usurer its cry has been "give
me more" This great nation, the United
States OF America. has gone into the market
side by side with the meanest Of money
lending Jews, and bid for silver. Bid! did
say bId2 Bid is not the word. To bid
would indicate a rivalry-something calcu-
lated 10 enhance the price Of the thing
bought. No, not to bid. The great United
States Of America sneaks into the market
through a side alley and offers The very low
est figure for silver. Is not this a spectacle
for any free born native American Is this
not calculated To make an American smite
his breast and boast of his country
The silver producer. then, even at par,
pays the government ten cents upon every
dollar, which by his industry and energy he
is enabled to add to the wealth Of the ma.
ton, but this is not enough to satisfy the
greed Of the government. 1t ciamors for
more and more. and more yet, until one dol
lar and twenty nine cents in silver is worth
but ninety .one cents 10 the producer, a de-
duc,ion OF Ihirty eight cents, which added
10 the original ten per cent. loss (lhe differ
ence between 1000 tine and goo hne) makes
about nifty one cents per ounce that is LOST
to the producer, under the present system.
| | think II is a business worth the having
which could pay all the necessary expenses
and then have ifty.one cents out OF every
one hundred and twenty nine TO give away
| | hope this matter is understood by all read
ers Of the TINES. One correspondent ha,
said she at least could not comprehend my
meaning sometimes. To all, would say /
nave cndeavored 10 be As explicit poss'
bic. have not attempted 10 be howery OF
eloquent. | could not be il tried. am
only plain man. endeavoring to let the
world at large see how the common mind
views this question. ! am endeavoring to
point out the evil to my fellows. and above
all, seeking remedy. In the Republican
form OF government the remedy for all evils
is the ballot. The difficulty sometimes is
to determine which OF the leading political
pariie. is most likely to inaugurale the de-
sired reforms. In some cases it is necessary
for the people 10 combine and create new
parties. But in the present instance such is
not the case. Eighteen hundred years ago
one OF the wiscst men said, "Whosoever is
not for me is against me-" This is true at
the present day. There are two great part.
les in the United States. The Republican
party through its press and its public speak
ers throughout the length and breadth Of
Nevada is proelaiming aloud against the in.
Justice being done TO our leading industry.
The Democ' attic party through its press and
public speakers is saying nothing. Varily.
"Whosoever is not for silver i, against it,"
NOTTINGHAM.