The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-09-21
His summary showed that Leadville
had produced in fourteen years net
$104 ,515 1924 at cost of Sl2l ,521 .5s3.
showing a loss in silver mining changed
INTO fair profit hy tue value of the by
products. He continued:

! pfOIuctS. ne continued.
The people OF the far Northwest favor
the resumption Of free silver coinage be
cause they b.!ievc in hiinetalii>n. They
! oppose the single standard because there
= not enough gold to do the business nf the
! world and furnish the inha bttant> Wit! the
| currency hey need. Silver has not deprc
J c:ated. but gold ha, appreciated. The
. question "a to whether silver should hc de
! nnnnctized l;y tni, bill j. nHtit1Hl and not
local The Interests are identical with
those Of the other sections at the country
which are Borrowers and not lenders.
/ They demand the coinage pf both metals
brraI>c the history of all countries ht-
tHu-It them III. they afforded III" safest
. and most ad"Irn'e basis tor the currency
I Of tire people.
Il, = 1ru,. that for generation i, least
n4:uv -rcrt states would suffer if this n!!I
t.. comes Il Law. tut they can endure II.
itiIi u sill hc the first t,i. in ihr history
! I'll thr NO /! that Il people devoted to one
~ HE uubIt-t inIu~tt i.-- t. the ertt''ii for
precious ntetai~-;r'' doomed to G"~tiur-
II II i5y their fellow men bcrA,l>c they pro-
/ d'.c: TOO nluriI FOR 'i.c'u. II the mining
. states alon. are to suffer by unconditional!
rrp"ul they VII sitter without word ia
, the Interest # - mistaken io.iry Tor In =
! public good but th"r" j. no section nt the
country 'hat i not likewise icing toonrd
/ tu disaster ami i'n' "veri~hnrnt.
Two DrOInI"-.
! Dan Voorhees, apoloyizing TO Old
! Sherman iii the Senate and Old John
accepting with ful>olIt gu,h was Il
+ spectacle to make both gods and men
weep. Dan for twenty Years has been
calling John IL traitor to the copies
! interests Il tool OF the money sharks.
and Il snhornel witness against tie
truth. John has been calling Dan II
Lr,nasoglr, Il fiat fraud, !: comprehend,
! and "A windbag full of hrresl.> on the
financial question. But they cX
changed regrets on the floor of the
Senate last week and now everything
is lovely. Both swore TO mutual love
and esteem of each other, and with
drew every offensive epithe:. Two
souls with but Il single Thought, ana
! nat of Doodle; two hearts that beat as
one for old Slylock and Il gold stand
ard. Nothing since the dcathless love
OF David and Jonathan equals this
gush between Daniel and JoiInucl.
Damon and Pythlas are outuone III
| hrutherly affection. They Were only
willing to die for each other, but our
modern knights are willing to sell aud
damn tor each other. The zenith and
+
the heavens and the other ut the Opnu-
site point below and beyond the earth.
but the astronomers tell us that even
these points in time will change places
! Such miracle has been performed by
! the alchcnilat powers of modern poll
ties. The iceberg of Ohio has been
melted down by the golden sunbea,ns
of executive favor. The Indiana turn
coat has been s:cadicL for Il moment
10y the jndirious distribution of pclf
and patronage.
Behold the chemical nnion OF two
anta"onistic elements on the same
base. the miracle of manipulation
which brings oil and water in peaceful
and harmonious action. Two lovely
Dromios, who can tell which from
t'othcr: Two long lost brothers, who
can fail to weep as they fall on each
others shoulders? johnny gets his
cake and Danny gets his "iivvv."-
\onconformist.
Giving the Adminis,r ration Away.
4 reporter for the Washington Post
recently interview ed the director Of the
mint, Preston. regarding the method
of determining the value of silver. In
answer to questions. the director said :
claim that in a>trrtainin- what i the
! ''uArhrt price OF silver. lit accordance
viii, the law. the prize OF silver in the Lon
account. 1t i. tn, price of Silver there,
that regulates the price ~ >ilvc: the world
oyer: Tine London rate has re-"i '1'd II
a'i ', WI ~ 'n'S ..a,"s ."', re- i'''t> II
nerrial rain. nf Silver EVEN wn.u ,h,
n.int> OF ;hr Latin Union were open to TIN.
"nrc>'r:''ed to'"a@' # silver 1t the ra'i"
~ 10 80 A. II, '''.' '',' .. 10 /"
s,iy,r ,nnx.t VII, in,'1,,, ,,r'.. nhnyrI
til. relative value Of silver aud god IN the
commercial world. hut the commercial
value '""i" never vary very "!"'iy from
I i;c Latin | Mon stood ready Ia transform
-"" an" 7',,'t NV" com al we '"''o 81
'-ar., n,. r,.n,,,nr vx r..., ,t,.r ", 49,.