Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-28
1T GAINS GROUND.

The silver suggestion made 10
wedncsday's NEWS has been the
leading subject Of comment In bust.
ness circles here aud wo look 10 acc I,
grow and spread until n takes shape
and malerIailsrs nll over the coast
RESPONSIVENESS, Of course, Congress gels
on the right track and s,aya there
until silver IA fully and unllmiiOdiy
fomonctlzsd. There nru evidences that
Ogden il now thinking ~ it, AMI II
will not take long Tor other citIe' and
towns In the Territory 10 declare
ihoir allegiance, after which we will bu
able 10 relax the prevailing strin.
/ gency whether the nntlOnal s1lons 10
anything for ~ Or not; and It Ia roa.
Hunahly certain that pushing the plan
and talking It up Tar and Wide will not
have a deterrent eject but may serve
"a a otimulus 10 them.
Nearly every businoHs man SPOKEN
TO on tho subject yesterday WINS nnthus-
isstlcally Ia favor Of the project. Ono
OF them said-"I have In my store
$4,000 worth Of goods aud al Of IL
goes for silver slugs n we cannot get
silver dollaH," while others woro
NJ expressive hni unrosorvci
Ia their willingness to take hold
aud help along. Onu hero and there
heslIaled because Of the fear that tho
circulating medium, not being backed
by any sovereignty, could anu would
bo cxtcnaively "cluntcr!citoI" aud
dcbascd by "plupgiug" and otherwise,
while othurs thought II might conf ,c.
with some portion of the Constitution
or laws u the country. To tho Hnl
objection we will sny chat 10 knowingly
pass for silver that which is not silver
and receive value Ia return for ~ is "A
crime punishable under our local stat
utcs nearly ns severely ~ IL coun.
tcrfoliing under tho laws Of the gov.
ernmeu {; and to the second We made
sufficient reply la advance on Wodnos.
day, but willauswrr ngoin. The Con.
stiIution snys on the subject IN hluJ;
"No stato shall coin
money; emit bib OF ciodll; matte any
thing but gold and silver coin a tender
In payment Of debts" aui so on. Ia
another placc-"Cougr,a shall have
power 10 coin money aud
regulate tho value thereof aud OF
foreign coin, and TX the standards Of
weights and measures"
Congress has also enacted some
stringent laws against coun,cTicltiug
or 10 any manner initiating tho coins
OF tho United States, but In
none OF these nor Ia the quotations
above il there anything preventing
the people from freely exchanging
their commo ties 40 lo.g As no nsu
or token In HimilituIe Of money isusoI
n effect the inu.feu. ghe plugs, iu.
gots or Whatever elise thoy may he
called ust not, therefore, bc made iu
Imitation OF or 90 closely rrsemulo IN,
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