Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-25
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There are SO grains more Of silver TO,
day IN q Mexican dollar than In one colneu
in the United States. But United States
dollar is worth from 80 to 80 per cent. more
than Mexican dollar In Mexico. WY,
Because Mexico has free coinage OF Sill
yer law, and we have not. The result mas
been to drive gold out of Mexico and put ~
at premium. The same thug Is true OF ali
other countries where they have the Tree
coinage law similar to the one demanoeo
by the Democrats for this country: IL Is
about as certain as anything can Do tnas
free coinage in the United StatnS WOulu
quickly demonetize all the gold IN tne co9n-
try and cause its withdrawal from c sl 10
wheat in silver dollars worth 81 cenI ea aoos
instead of 100 cents, as at present In lSoo
President Thomas Jefferson ordered ING
coinage of silver dollars to be stopped
at the minis, in order TO preYSnC
gold from being driven out OF LUG
country. It was not authorized by law 10
exercise such authority, but so great was
the danger of putting the country on slt1
yer basis, to his mind, that ne exercIsou
the power, and no silver dollars Were
coined for over twenty years. Inc coun-
try approved of his course. But the So
called followers of Jefferson are no" try
ING TO reverse his policy and put the coun-
try on silver basis. We do not peneVe
that the people, when they understand inc
momentous consequences OF Sucn SIeP'
will auy more favor the silver basis IN
1891 than did our forefathers in loOo
Every statement Of fact in the lore
going. without exception, is faise-
hood told with the intent to deceive
and delude the readers 'of the PreSS.
There are sixteen separate falsehoods
Joined to make one paragraph. LIKE
the opening one:
Grains
Dollar. Weight Flneness. pure silver yer
H HsHlSG States: 4 sls5S $1,000 S7i's5S
In no light does the Mexican dollar
contain 81 grains moro OF silver than
the American.
Take the closing one. SIN 1906 Pres
ident Jefferson did not order" the coin
age of silver dollars to be stopped at the
minis in order to prevent gold being
driven out of the country. No silver
dollars were coming. Not one nad
been coined in 1905, and only 1880 had
been coined in 1s45, and only 1S1, T3S Tor
the four preceding years. The coinage
stopped because the bar silver in sill
yer dollar cost more than dollar, and !
was not offered for coinage.
The silver in dollar was then worth
more than the gold in dollar, and the |
gold in dollar was then 81 grains .916 |
fine, while now 1t is only 25.S grains
300 fine. "No silver dollars were |
coined" for nearly forty years, and no
silver dollars could be coined until
enough bar silver had been accumulated |
to reduce its market for manufactures |
to its coinage value at 16 to l. II our |
minis had coined at Is to 1, millions OF |
ounces would have been offered yearly |
for coinage, and the bar silver would |
have been worth no more than coin sill
YER at interest. No silver dollars were |
coined from 1904 until 1910, save few |
pattern pieces in 1886, 1898 and 1889, |
which are quoted at from $3.50 to $72 |
each.
The Philadelphia Press should "call
in" its silver liar and redeem him with
one who knows how to lie about free
without either contradicting |
him in the same paragraph or making
his lie too large for the Republican gull
let.
Why is it that every statement made
In the Republican newspapers against
free coinage Is lie, known to be such
by It's maker? Why cannot some one
B9s %pon factsq are 1f99ffe aE5nss J.
or are the opponents of free coinage
those who do not care for the facts and
do not wish to know them?
The truth is the protected mill owners
have Joined forces with the bank owners
and money gamblers Of Wall street to
fool the farmer" once more, and the |
Protection bunco-steerers editing Re-
publican newspapers are compelled to |
lie about silver as the Press does, and |
usually worse, to keep their post offices
and foreign missions, the salaries OF |
which are the payment they receive to
do the bidding of the masters whose
collar they wear.
The Republican farmer who is again
deceived,by them deserves the contempt
he will soon feel for himself. T.E.w.