The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-12
SILVER N0TEa

gold has been steadily increasing; the price OF silver
has been steadily falling The bullion value OF silver
dollar 100 In 1873 the year OF Its demone-
tlrstion Now II is about 90 cents
Tho United states stands nr,t among the silvsrpro
duoing countries Mexico second. Australia third.
Bolivia fourth and Chill NTH. silverproducinE conn
tries usually poor countries when they have no
other export OF greater value.
The silver currency Of the world amounts to s3o6e
600 600 The gold currency amounts to s3O32 900 600
France stands nrst among nations In respect ofgoid
colin the United states second. Germany third. md
Great Britain fourth Per capita, France has $50 in
gold coin. the United States $40. Germany s12 and
| Great B:itain sA
In silver money France stands at the head OF ali
lions in the per capita smouut-sIs per inbabitant
Holland second with s1t: the United States ia third
with So. Germany has sL25. Great Britain has s2Ia
| Figuring corn at 20 cents a bushel the American
crop was worth In 1892 so5ooooooo. The value OF
the silver mined in tho same year was 600
less than oneeighth Of the value OF the corn
At 10 cents bushei the value of the wheat crop Of
the United states sp2 $50 900 600 The value
of the American gold mined in 1891 the year previous
| was $50. 100000
| Silver Jones OF Nevada 9 an Englishman. born In
Hersfordshire in 1890 Silver Stewart: his colleague
from Nevada in the United States Senate was born in
| Wayne county New York in 1877 Both were edu-
Gated in Ohio. Both went West when tho gold craze
broke out the Pacific coast Jones went West from
school; Stewart went West from Yale College. Stew
art was once n teacher of mathematics. Jones took
hts seat in the Senate in 1873; Stewart In 1865 The
| total vote of Nevada was 1000 in 1892 Hoboken,
| weehawken and Union Hill cast 1900 at the same
| election.
Bland of Missouri the silver champion. native Of
Kentucky. He went to California in 1866 when 20
years age. and afterward located In Virginia City
New. He became . miner. and was County Treasurer
lofC ca vhe ayada tera n
October 1864 The day before the bill admitting the
State passed Congress the battle of Bermuda Hundred
was fought. In 1865 Mr.. Bland returned to Missouri
In 1872 he elected to Congress by 100 majority
In 1878 he carried through tho bill remonetsinE the
coinage OF silver dollars He has been . member Of
Congress since 1872. and has long been Chairman Of
tho Committee Of Coinage. Weights, and Msasures
Tho ratio in value Of gold silver was ! to Is in
1862. to 16 in 1872. to IL in 1882 and to 10 in
1902
word ntiy spoken is like apples Of gold in pictures
OF silver.-Proverbs XIV II.
According to Nuhall there were $3.50 900 900 moro
silver coined than were mined during tho nifty years
between 1881 and 1881 and moro than 5000 tons OF
silver plate fixtures and ornaments had to be melted
down to supply tho deficiency. At ono time 25 per
cent of the commerce Of civilized nations
sisted OF gold silver coin interchhnRes. Now the
commerce in these articles less than per
cent. Of the gross trade by sea
Tho Bland BILL providing for the resumption at
United States mints OF the coinage of silver dollars
passed tho United States Senate Feb Is. 1875 by
vote os 4S TO 81 Among those voting in favor OF Il
were Ingalls, OF Kansas, Morgan Of Alabama. Voorhees,
Democratic Senator from Indiana; Wallace of Penn.
sylvania. and Thurman Of Ohio. Democratic candidate
for vicePresdent In 1888 1t had the support of both
Senators from Pennsylvania, Ohio Indiana. Illinois,
Wisconsin. Nebraska. and Minnesota william Win
dom. afterward Secretary of the Treasury. and .
tynn nd afA ~ fhA AarA
Bland bill OF those opposed seven were Democrats
and fourteen Republicans Among tho Democrats
were Bayard Of Delaware Herman Of New York. whyts
OF Maryland. and Mcpherson Of New Jersey. Among
the Republicans wero James q. Blaine and Roscoe
Conklng mot usually tho same side, Morrill, and
Edmunds of Vermont. and both Republican SENATOR
from Massachusetts, New Hampshire. and Rhode |
Island. Ono California Senator voted in favor of the
BILL the other voted Against It
Adoniram j. Warner. temporary Chairman Of the r.
cent Chicago Silver and official hsad Of the
party IN tho United States. an Ohio might
DO supposed from his promuencs: that 10 he repre-
sentsd tho Marietta district Of Ohio several Con.
and advocate of free and easy currency
paper or SILVER II didns much matter which He was
born in Ero county New York. taught school in |
Pennsylvania went to the war . Captain in 1861
was wounded at Antietam. and settled In Ohio after
the close of hosties In tho forty.eighth Congress
he sat three rows In front Of Frank Hurd tarin 70
former who was able to keep his eye him without
Uolug hDle 10 onllst MIN actively the
trade crusade, Of which Mr. Hurd WAS champion
Tho Republican National Convention at Minneapolis
declared that tho people favored bmstasm and that
the Republican party demanded the use of both Rold
and silver as standard money" Tho Democratic at |
their Natioual Convention in Chicago declared: I'VE
hold to the use OF both gold and silver the standard
money OF the country and to the coinage both gold
and silver. without discriminating against either
metal" The Peoples party. in convention at Omaha.
declared in favor OF free and unlimited coinage of
silver and gold" at ratio Of 10 to l. and for ma
onal currency SAFE sound and flexible issued by the
general Government only. 4 full legal tender for all
debts" The Prohibtionists in their National Conven
ton at Cincinnati ignored the silver question and thu
Socialists held no convention though they ran candt
dates for President and for Vice President
According to an old tradition. silver FIRST used a.
coin in Great Britain ! 300 years ago mint In sad
to have been established Colchester in the county
OF EsseA England BY one of the native kings during
tho reign Of the Emperor Augustus. and gold brass
ana SILVER coins to small extent. issued there-
from In the coin and metal division of the British |
hnssum there 10 line assortment OF early English
silver coins.
Soiorado stands FIRST among tho silver producing
STATES OF the country. 1t 10 closely followed by Non.
rama. and then at some distance by Utah Idaho and
Nevada Texas 10 the only State which 10 returned bv
the figures Of tho Mint with producing silver but M
gold and Georgia 10 the only returned a. produce
Ing gold but substantially silver The gold minss
OF 'eofRA North Carolina Virginia and South Carolina
were considered very valuable before the discoyerie.
made on tho Pacific coast The mineral of North
Carolina one OF tho old gaxeteers declared in 1897
has lately attracted great attention These mines are
very active and employ 10000 men, They are not sunk
very deep. but are wrought extensively In horizont.
direction The particles found seldom exceed in size
tho head OF pin. In one instance however a Iumn
weighing twentyeight pounds discovered In North
Carolina"
The silver States socalled cast $4,000 yotss in N.
late election They have eighteen United satea senA
lorA New York casts 100000 votes It has two
Senator's