The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20
An Altogether New Idea.

the Perplexlng subject of silver !;
one that We think we'll calculated
to demonstrate the entire untena-
bleness and falsity of the Eastern
position touching that metal. We
therefore take occasion to "give it
away" in this article. Their prop
osition is that every miner engaged
in the production Of silver shall
provide himself with dies and
other implements and appurtenan-
ces used in the business and coin
his own product; or, better, that
company be formed in each camp
and furnished with the requisite
outfit to coin the product Of the
camp, charging q reasonable COM
pensation for their labor and skill.
Many people on reading this will
cry "swindlers." "counterfeiters"
and the like, but we assure our
readers they are nothing of the
kind. They are among our leading
and best citizens, and would not
cooperate or work with any but
gentlemen Of undoubted respecta-
bility. They propose to put 412t
grains of silver in every dollar
coined, and to make it in all re-
spects the equal of the dollar coined
by the government of the United
States. In pursuance of this pur-
pose they have already issued dol
lar which will be Immediately for
warded to Congressman Bland, to
be by him submitted to the United
States mint, that its weight, fine
ness and value may be fully and
authoritatively tested by that insti-
tuition. The purpose of the parties
is to have the dollar coined by them
of exactly equal value as the dollar
coined by the United States. In
other words they are uncompromis-
ing adxocatos of the "ho1iest dollar"
theory. Therefore should Mr.. Bland
report any lack, or imperfection in
the dollar sent him to be tested, the
fault will be corrected and no dollar
issued or circulated that is not alb
solutely perfect. Who then that
receives such dollar will be swim
died? Is not one dollar containing
412t grains of silver as good as an
other, even though one be coined by
public authority and the other by
private individuals? And who will
be the counterfeiters? A counter
felt is a spurious imitation. The
dollars proposed are to be made Of
real silver, full in quantity with
just the proper amount of alloy.
The money issued will be strictly
honest, but not perfectly legitimate.
The advantage that it is hoped
will accrue to the miner and the
public from the carrying out of this
plan is that our silver, and any other
silver that can be purchased, will
thus be put into circulation as coin,
and the lie given to the pretense
that silver coin cannot be circulated
as money on equal terms and at par
with gold.
But if squeamish people will in
sist that such a proceeding would
be dishonest or an unlawful exer-
else of a governmental function, there
is more than one way Of meeting
the objection. No man has a con-
stitutional right to issue money /;
but government has unconstitution-
ally conferred that right upon bank
ers,; and a miner is as good as a
banker and may in good morals
and constitutional law exercise any
function, perform any act or duty,
or enjoy any privilege that may
rightfully be exercised, performed
or enjoyed by a banker. Moreover
government has twice dishonored
and deprecated its own money in
the interest of usurers and to the
detriment and complete overturn-
ing of business, entirely altering
the expressed conditions of innu-
merable contracts. 1t must there
fore wash its own dirty linen before
it attempts to apply the cleansing
process to silver coming citizens.
Of course if a man were caught
with dies and other coming apara-
tus in his possession, the whole
concern would be seized and he i'm
prisoned; but another would take
his place and silver would continue
to be coined in spite of the lawless
robber law that forbids its coinage.
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Itching Piles are known by moist
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tense itching when warm. This form
as we'll as Blind, Bleeding or Pro-
truding, yield at once to DR.. b.
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directly on parts effected, absorbs
tumors, allays itching and effects q
permanent cure. so cts. Druggists
or mail. Circulars free. DR.. Bo-
sanko, 329 Arch St., Philadelphia,
Pa. Sold by Frank J. Stone.
FROM all Of the information we
have the outlook for placer mining
is anything but good for this season.
This information is that there are
less than three feet of snow in Boise
n 1.l ,ro,,11 rrohoh1v mean