Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-10-28
BLESSINGS CANE WITH THE siL.
WEIR DOLLAR.

Attention 10 called to the 18th day
OF Octobe 1894. That will be the
one hundrcdth anniversary Of the first
silver dollar ever minted in the Unit
ed States. 1t was created as a legal
tender for one dollar Of debt, and
from the moment OF it's creation was
Mt par with it's brother in law. the
gold dollar, MS in debt paying one
could do no more than the other. On
the passage OF the act Of congress in
7lIS5, fer the creation Of the silver dol.
lar, the dealers in gold made us much
fight against putting the law into
execution rs IL doctor could make
against the coming of another physi-
clan to divide his practice and cheap
en- the cost OF medical attendance to
the sick. Not until October ID, 1891.
was the machinery for minting silver
dollars permitted to be put in opera.
ton. On the 18th OF July, 1904, the
Bank Of Maryland deposited for COIN
age in the mint at Philadelphia u box
filled with odds and ends OF silver
coins chiefly those which had come
here from France, to the bullion value
OF SS0,Tl5, as the records prove.
This was to be coined into full legal
tender for the payment Of debts, and
gave to the Bank Of Maryland this
-.
much OF u start or advantage i'll hav-
ing actual money to lend on interest
to its customers. On the 18th OF Oc-
tober. 1901, the first lot OF those new
American coins were ready and de-
livered, 1853 bright silver dollars they
were, to the bank, and thus was
opened n new way to legally pay
debts. With the coming Of silver
coins into existence the power OF the
gold dealers who demanded That from
them the government should buy the
bullion required for the making OF
gold money or gold for the paymen
OF debts was divided. Gold and sill
G coins were side by side at their
face value for years Is debt payers,
till came the war, when it was dis
covered that the government had the
same right and constitutional power
to create full legal tender paper
money, 10 :. :ai to create full legal
tendergold money and full legal tender
silver money. and never did any
country SD withstand the shock OF
war and proceed with her enter
prises as did this country under the
encouraging companionship Of what
is still known as greenback money,
termed greenbacis because of its be-
ing printed in green, the only color
that could not be counterfeited
by any Of the processes OF photog.
raphy.
The demonstration Of the silver
dollar, and the CONVEX ZION OF the
gre1nback dollar into non taxable
inter ,st drawing bon Il were the two
greatest crimes ever committed
again It the government and the peo-
pie OF the United States. and all this
rot about the international confer
ences to agree on what the people OF
America may use M legal tender mt
home is as absurd rs to have a national
conSTe g to agree on the size and ma
terill OF to)thpiclSs, or the exact
amount OF water a man uses when
" lshing his IA e and h mds.
Supppe that IN the l5shoi October
1905, tho ne issuo OF iutl Legal ten
de- silver lo.llrj, rs authorized by a
ne v co,nIge act OF Congress, shall
appc IT. as the opening chorus Of the
gla | son Of the mint telling OF the
fee and unlimited coinage Of silver
into full legal debt payers here in the
Unit, ID States OF America.-Brick
Pome 10Y.