Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-05
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Different Coinage Laws.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT:

Different Coinage Laws.
a.. EDITOR DEMOCRAT:
1t is really heart rending TO contem-
plate the anguish of sonl and extreme
solicitude of John Sherman and tho
rest of the gold men over the poor. ep-
pressed, down trodden, and mucs
abused darkies of the south. Yet. it is
passing strange. that just at the time
these eastern bankers anc manufactues
| ers are passing laws in the interest Of
the creditor class and raising the tara
iffS, that the south should begin 40
once to bulldoze and kill off the sooe
darkies, when the poor darkies in the
south appeared to get along well
enough at other times. The Nhy Of
the force bill being needed twentys
seven years after the darkie Ssas et
free, Ii surely Q couundrum, unlese .
il TO divert the attention OF thu people
from the thieving aets OF fhese gole
men, think . brief review OF fAo
different coinage laws OF this country
will show . persistent effort on the
part OF the bankers and Gonee lenders
to rob the people for The last forfE
years, while the manufacturers hav2
been willing and ANXIOUS 90 take die
honest advantage of every one al esers
favorable opportunity from tbs first.
In 1872 Hamilton. in his report &c
congress. recommended the Spanish
milled dollar, containing S7ls grains oS
pure silver a. the unit dollar, and sslse
that he found the commercial value o.
s47s grains or pure gold to be wortzz
ten Spanish milled dollars and recms
mended tc congress the coinage of THE
amount as one eagle; also haR and
quarter eagles in proportionate
amounts and TIE coinage OF one cent
copper pieces; which report WAS adopts
ed and became law.
In 1879 congress made foreign coia
legal tender At its coin value and pro
vided for its reception in pay for
all dues to the government.
la 1881 congress provided foF The
zlloying Of gold and silver coin Ybs
gold MAS to be made one-tenth alloy pS
silver and copper in equal parts, ana
25S gIai1s MAS TO be one eagle, with
proportionase amouhts for half ana
quarter eagles. Silver was made onss
tenth copper and the dollar Was Ia aDn-
tain 4i21 grains of this standard sil.
yer. Congress further provided for the
coinage Of silver half dollars, quarters
and dimes with Yroportionate amounts
in them, arsa continued all former coins
as legal tender.
En iS4S congress provided for EIS
double eagle and the one-tenth eagle
or gold dollar.
| In 1851 the coinage of the three 4rs
piece was authorized; but it was made
legal tender for only thirty cents
In 1858 congress passed law to make
fractional currency 10 per cent lights
and were made - legal tender for only
$5. and this is the law yet.
I'm IsST congress deprived all foreien
coin of its legal tender quality, since
which time it has only been received al
its bullion value.
In 1873 congreSS declared that silyes
of any denomination should only be- o
legal tender for So, and less and that
gold should be q legal tender for all
debit. The act authorizing the coinage
Of the so-caIled gold dollar provide&
that IL should be a one-tenth eagle and
did not say whether it was a dollar ot
net, Thus il will be seen that the onls
. unit dollar we have ever had WAS The
Spanish milled dollar In silver dollars
and every person who bought aeoverDs
| menf bond, owned a greenback or hele
sBE other evidence Of Indebtedness
issaed before 1873 WAS entitled to 4l2s
gains of standard silver, or the equivs
aient in gold for each dollar.
| think the only conclusion any on&
can reach is that those fellows who
passed the s.es Of 1873 we're either set
OF fooas 81 rascals, and in either case
ttkey we're totally unfit to make lave
for any country. What ought we TO do
As a nation at the present time? Re
enact the acts of 1893 and 1897; the6
we have the old Spanish milled doll<r
and use foreign coin at its coiP value;
then She money question VIII not be N
. the way 60 hinder trade with the Wess
Indies, Mexico, Central and Sosstk
America. If 10th OF these acts we're
restored ss lawG the finance of the
country would be placed on an honest
and solid foundation. Then the old
| farmer would have something in his
pocket besides duns, and something 10
the blnk besides notes past due.
W. w. SOwARDS-
IN THE Leavenworth Standard Frank
Lynch tells this little incident for the
| truth of which the Lawrence Journal
] xrof,ci,as- =. Larry SirnDann e in Ii Rs.