The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-18

II we doubled the quantity OF money, say
to 100000 bushels do you NOT see oiat
II would cheaper the money 10 that ex-
tent ;b ana increase supply sny and that il we
reduced the supply to 5000 bushels.
money would be that much harder 20 gee,
increase It's value, a ,htngs In vour IL
lustratlon 81 Slg000 borrowed, you forget
that A. actually had $1,000 In money
there in bank. and as much 30 as Il "'
You speak after the manner OF goa goa
bugs OF Wall street when you WHY
that a silver dollar Is only worm Nv ~
cents. You do not think so. ior and and
Know that silver doiia LII y d a. That
sort Of talk IL an old Chestnut. anu S' 81
demagogy. You also say that free FL
yer coinage would end in panic, ,onTe
old chtstnuts from Wall street. You
might as we'll have "a ed that free Gull n
age will end in yellow fever. As, .s.L
cholera. and the Breconjc plague WHICH
II you viii Ia study this question wei
you must and will come 10 the IN In a.
sion that there Is not enough hOneE n ii
dne eiGnntry ana ht tba real truth were
told. we have not SO per capita IN 'iils
country. whereas In France mere are
90. We have ten times the theIsS an4 t
enterprise OF the French peyple, anu
They are not troubled with labor strikes
and quarreis with employee. While ours
are endless. We have never had III tnis
country such prosperous times as Ii' ~
diately after the war, ana UP 10 DO
when we had 80 per capita. since tneH
our money per capita has been growing
less and less. This Is 50. while our
population Is increasing ana we require
more money, instead Of less
You surely are not ignorant or the
reason why the bullion I'm silver dollar
will now sell for only % cents. IL Is
. because You can't take 1t TO the Ir ro ~
and have II coined into money free, as
Is the case with gold. You would not
be fool enough to take less than y for
q ( grains Of silver. II you could get
81 for II at the mint. Wall street and
the gold bugs want dear money, and
scarce and cheap things-houses, lots;
cheap wheat. corn and tobacco. The peo-
pie Of the South and West. who are poor,
want plenty Of money-Want II cheap,
easy 10 get and want things dear-dear
cotton. dear rice. dear farns, dear
horses. dear houses and lots dear money
and scarce. suits plutvcrats, but cheap
money and plenty Of II, suits the poor
people OF the South and West.
! am a Southern man and a Democrat.
| stand squarely on the platform made
AT Chicago two years ago. l, YOU are are
on That platform, you are 2 Detno,rai
otherwise. not ] voted for Cleveland al
the time. but as he Is Off the platform, J
am for throwing him overheard. l think
ne IS an aristocrat In his oiIice, pluto
crat I'm his affiliations with Wall street,
and Democrat in name only My
opinion is that the interests If Wall street
and the eastern section Of the United
States are not the same rs those OF
The South and West, especially as 10
finances.
You. perhaps. speak Of unsound money
I'm reference TO silver Is som" money
sound and other unsound. If one VIII pay
for or buy rs much as the other?
| write this in the Interest Of truth,
and hope You viii study the money ques-
ton with more lenent to yourself.
Yours truly. y. VI EtSTIS.