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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
TO TEST THE POLICEMENS PASS LAW.

Albany, June 13-The law which compes all sur
face and elevated railway companies TO carry
free any policeman or fireman when on duty. on
presentation Of a certificate signed by the Mayor
OF city or the president Of an incorporated VIII
lage is to be fought and the test will be made
by the Albany Railway. This law also compels
telephone companies to allow policemen and fire.
men to use instruments free. and telegraph COM
panies are obliged 10 transmit messages for MOTH
ing That the telephone and telegraph companies
will also fight the law on the ground Of unconst-
nationality Is probable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Auen-.t No i.5. william Kane and wife to
Avenue 4. y ;. q I, q i,,h-si. 219xco6 RMS
Putnam. referee. to Henry llen.......;:.:. 2ooo
's:s':'a W a' s,,' 10000
%ssc ' SS 49, 49, r"ss S SarrsSc % to Alice ~
ave. '"' VS. 10, o. map orlands Of Robbins and
ssa,1S q i%ss EsiinscI g Anna MA Es;nFsr /
cr'si, IT, 81 liz sarah Watson to Frederick ii
ps @i Nos 30 and 2s; rncus Lowenfeii WV
ana wife Herman Wertheim. ............... 1880
man to George GidcrsIc ,c, . ,cx.. .:
a: 81 o. sS1@ etc. 's Ok ism '..s Mae
aai-% ~ 800 West; Josiah Adler and wife to law
cca ,%l sny%' s. i5s It Of ss,n-s, &sio
i2as, go Il W q S,hav s.. S,sic%S; James
other bernhard Kar-ch :..:....:.:........ $1,000
Boulevard. " corner ss,h,st. iOosxiV; Charles
carm an""ss 10 TO- ON West Moaston !. and 81
Sslver " Of preper'y. etc. Of Edward senior to
c:as rn,s . wys' oSa 10 ssSu Il s sn''
ssth-sr " corner boulevard i00xioos: Joseph
i w.c to Amarin'ha Merritt ........,::,.:": /
line Homer. Isne sSoosSa 300 ana other PROV,
Annie e \ Ihlenburs to Edmond Ilazles, toooo
Eiraoe,h Fond to Maria ii Williamson. /
ls,hs.. No IS East sam" 70 same 1900
Avenue A. i23vioS nxi26 sxsI II. Amelia lhlcn-
burg. e a. esecutOru etc OF Annie & A lhlen-
burg. Edmond Hazlct' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. q 100
ssth-s'. 100 II 9 ~ Avenue A. 25xiU.S.
Charles j Muller ard wife 70 John Kelxnger
and wife Observation-Disclosures.
sStnst. n .. 2o5s II " OF Avenue a. 4fixi,D.s:
4s'sst IS "a 'a''i S.o It Of Madson-ays ssico5:
'horlcs Dupgin and wife 20 Elizabeth N Pond.
SD 2T5 II Of "a ave. 23xiOO: Mary A
Tillotson 1t "a Susie Wentworth. = part li25
S2d-st \. 1914 Of Avenue H. i3.4xiO22
Solomon Muller tlrich Srh1cppi.
olst-sf. iaj of Park-ave. l5xiOO ~:
1hcfese 81. iualcr Annie Steindier.
52dst. No 3.o East. Sallle schuser to David koh.
13d.st, c5i II " 81 3d-ave. lI3xiO2.2 Louis
i.indemann ana wife 10 James Duggan and 70 900
/ i2l-st. - it> n . III Avenue \. "a. txi0O, James
Nnrnum referee William e f.csster .... AG.OO
lO'dst =. 800 II " az 4th-ave and Jos n Of
InrN-ave 25xiO0.il solomon Muller and Sophie
Firth y. 2IJ n OF Ienox-ave 2JxD9 II:
William & Johnstone and wife 10 Joseph L
loth ~. =. 100 n 81 Amsterdam ave fox
i"ll also 1Nsthst n. 5S.l n
damave. ir.Dxlc5. Charles Haubert to Jared
i.tthst. n =, 100 II g OF Colunbus-ave or Con.
vent-ave. oMxM'.11: Francis SohnuGy ami wlfe
% Jacob Schwartz ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $1,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
RECORDED MORTGAGES.

ns 81 & r. n. y;sF c,s.. \:
Bell Bell i Enoch C. to Middebrock, Brook
ave- 30 Il q l.Iihis a.l Year To- nox:;v Saving:
Bank 32d-sr. 2i3 # Of Madison-ave'
pieg gsar Else. to Amaia Holman
WoodruT-ave. lot -: map Fasrrount ! year.
Esan, stephen J, ard wifs to Anna \ Rogers
ct al S i3sth-st, $40 II OF ~ Ann save,
Fischer. Adam r. and wife y Phelsn. 3 8
s5th-st 100 II Of Columbus-ave. and other
Same to Samuel n Hoyt, same property. mort
Macon gasrss fbSma. to john parsons. property at
oil:srslesve. George. and wife to CITIZENS Saw;
o inss Eng mortgages. $500.
Haziet,. Edmond j. TO Amelia Ih:enburg e, al.
s sndeu other property. year
H,h Annie ( 70 the i MsrG nIsss Trust Com
Holland. juliet. and another 10 he German,a
Life Insurance Company. ms I'2d-St. 2'' 1t
se,diny Henry. to Mary schachner n W 81.
ave. ii35 It n Of 17oh-st years .. -;
Hubert GeoTEH and and Tis Lam To ne
Saeeie-ave. 20 Il e Of Elwood-st. instaIments
johnson AmupS % and w'1 to Ses ssnuna oa.Ws
KchIer, David and vie to solle schus'er. No
800 East '2dst ys,rs .,,: - Miller
jerome ave 1921 # " Of Minerva Plaee, years:
Leltz, Charles, 70 Ernest Hal .,w, years
Mcclure Emma L. and another TO Joseph Dean
9, al. trustees. Lexngton-ave. 4o5 n 81
M Sf' bridget. to Mary ] white. $ ssth-
st 1921 II W Of 3d-ave. years .............
Merritt. Armintha, to Jacob Lawson. corner
boulevard and sSth-st demand .;:,,........
Muller Jakob and wife - Louisa Behlen. 3
samuel-s 100 # Of Joh pS.; I Years IA.
st. $50 It OF Sd-aye, year .....,.,... -:
Nucent' bridget 70 Title Guarantee and Trust
CO q 3 7th-ave G2g II Of 30thsf, years
Plat Richard q. and wife TO citizens savings
Bank n 79th-st 200 Il Of Amstoriam-ave.
piait. Richard q. and wife 70 A l. Mordecai.
n $ T9th-st. 200 n W Of Amsterdam ave de-
Hutchsson. Henrietta r. 10 the Equitable Life
Assurance Society Of the United States. Nos
800 and ,ol 3d-ave years. ::
Russell Margaret T. to Mddleorook' No
Riexnger. John. and wife 70 Charles J Mu-
Ter. soth-st. 205.s # Of East End-ave
shelby Caroiin. r TO s Dibile n 7Gth-s,.
90 II Of 2l.ave. years. =,
smith Samuel w b. and wife to William L
Maloney ct al. Central Park West. sos n
n u s.,th-st 3 mortgages. year..,..,.....,..
Steele Sarah j. TO Newman cowen. corner
shave and I17th-st. demand. ..,........,,,,...
Thorn Henry f. 20 John F Sleeves " De-
catur-ave. $50 II n OF i3sth-st. or Travers-st.
vogel. Flora. 10 Bertha Permut,er. No SO Eas.
s3i-st. years. .:..''
Weed Joseph T.. T. the Metropolitan Life. In
surance co. corner Boulevard and s>th-st.
Welsh. Ellen L. and another 10 Julia Har.
per. Tist-st. 100 u Of Avenue A. s
Wer,hcim Herman to Pincus Lowcnfeid $ 3
Zorn Frances to John Zorn executor. Nos
S72 and 01& Boston-ave. l year......,.....
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
New-ave shown on map Of r F Carmen. q . cor.
ner l54th-st 25xo4.6x24il 10 street. xs98

New-ave. shown on map Of n Carmen. q cor.
ner 154th-st, 25.5xo46x24. 10 street. xs9.8
Bernard Levy and wife TO william H sieg-
fsist-st s. 100 II W OF Audubon-ave. 100x1i9.8;
Clarence Dorset and wife 70 Thomas
l74th-st. 8 S. 175 II W Of IOth-ave 25xio0; Kitty
and George II Hahn 70 Charles Lansing.
Same property; Charles T. Lansing 70 George NJ
Brooks ave- s. 80 II OF i47th-s,. 25xioO:
Bridget Regsn ct al TO Enoch G Bell :::......
Spring Place. 8. parts lots l43 aad IA. map
OF Morrisania. 4x12l; Ernest Hall 10 Charles
Crimmins-ave. " =. 1874 II n Of l4lst-st. 5oxs0;
william Wright 2: al 20 + Is Chedsey.
Woodruff-ave. s. lot 81. map OF Paramount.
IOox2OO Amelia X Hoffman, TO Elise Dienst..
Bris.ow-st. $. lots IL and l3. map Fox estate.
5Ox59xax5Ox56 10; Thomas Dunckley and wife
to Charles Pnilnps ........... 49, :.
Street leading from Boston or Post Road TO
Ebenezer Hanford's shop at corner OF street
leading to residence OF Thomas Walk o0xl33.
and other property; Frederick Archer. jr,
ct al to Frederick A Archer. sr........r::....
Lots 1876. i3s $40. I42 and 1877. map Hyatt
Farm near WoOdlawn; Edward Steers and
wife 20 Lucretia Steers Observation-Disclosures.
Decatur.ave. 3. ss7 II Of i3sth-st. ii+7
II 10 Oliver-ave xIOOxIl2.sxlO0; Charlotte A
Williams 10 Henry l. Thorn. .............,.,..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
nEFEREEs APPOINTED.

Supreme Court.
by Andrews. ].
Robinson y fobnson-John Y. Ward.
Sano vs. CroweI-kichard n. Martin.
Milford Sturges-Frark l. DonOhuc.
Trustees Of I<nox Library Goold-Henry =. Case
Murray Mansfeid-Wiiam q. Bates
HAYWARD IS. Mandci, aun-Thomas +. Donnely
Matter Ct Oucait-Johr H. Judge
Common Pleas.
by Blscbon. jr. J.
Hoe Freehold Co.-Charles ~ Morgan.
Superior Court
By Dugro j.
Goldberg W. L. C. Wise Co.-Edwnrd Jacobs
RECEIVERS APPOINTED
Supreme Court.
BY Ingrahan. J.
William +. Buddenkicpper Leopold weii-wiliiam
e. Ilsk~rs.
Superior Court.
by Dugro. J.
John q. IIaygooni Hartin Kasab al-John B.
Saygooui and Hoohannes S. TavshanJian
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
COURT OF APPEALS.

Saratoga June BIN the Court Of Appeals 10
day the argument in the case OF Bat Shea was
concluded The calendar for tomorrow Is Nos. s4t
and "a. After hearing these cases the Court will
adjourn 10 october Z. 1886. at Albany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
BUILDING PLANS FILED.

The following plans FOR new buildings and alien
have been filed with the Building Department:
New buildings:
verio-nve e 3 3O4 n 3 of McKean-ave two-and-
one hal!-story frame tenement, By Artonette
Zhetti 81 COt Wav-rly Road ..............
Nanida.st 800 n Of Lafayette-ave. twc-story
and attic frame dwelling. by ca,harine Crock
cit % 81 Fast So'h-st ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Robhins-ave, = i2J II 81 lJ0th-s'. two
story frame stable by John Fritz. u o22 East
I3i-st 49,
<4th-sf . and 43i st. n 8. 2.v :, u 9th ave
four-story brick club room and library. by the
Association OF the Bar. u los East 3sth-st-
Alterations: ~
Broadway Nos l.&I2 and i.+7a. by John Astor
estate 10 a two-story brick store. .........
Park-ave . o. between SD and 53d sts by Stein
way a. Sons. 70 six-story brick factory. 49,.
?J,h-st No i0& East. by n Burrill. 20 four
story and ba s-ment brick dwelling. .........,..
Clifr- st. No o. by y f James estate. TO n four
story brick store and Office building. ...........
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
NETWORKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
XCN'l.
pprNARy NO II THE RESULT OF CON
sOLIDATICN.
AZ OLD BUILDING WHICH WAS THOUGHT
MODEL WHEN ERECTED-OHAN"ES IN
THE NEIGHBoRHooD-A NEW
crnr.crI.RE NEEDED

ono q, the Oldest primary schools In this city is
cohoo, Va II in the Fifth Ward The building II
ON the south side OF Ves,ry-si.. between Hudson
and Greenwich SITS. 1t was erected IN ~" LOT ',,e
accommodation OF two schools, which were conso,-
,a,od "a az to form the new No. IL. These schools
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
fnrnisbe0 bouses Eet-C cumtrp.

'O RENT. furnished fraternity house July into Sept:
Ia rooms; o.let-rooms: 10 magazincs large ser.
andas tennis court: furnished servants house.
wants II desired ZET PSI FRATERNITY. WILLIAMSBURG.
NasA -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14

MIR. CLEVELAND WILL LEAD OFF. AND MEM
nrRs OF THE CABINET HAVE DISCOVERED
THAT SUMNER RESORTS AND VARIOUS
OTHER PLACES NEED INSPECTION
ABOUT THIS TIME-A ROUND
Up AT GRAY GABLES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
Real Q:statc Uantco.

WANTED.. Several plots OF lots on Knssbridge Road
w bctweeh Dykeman-st and King sbridge Send parcu
lars TO JOHN MuLHOLLAND. 1853 Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
Conntrn i)ropsrin 60 Get.
BLACK ROCK BEACH, CONN.

COTTAGES
TO RENT FOR THE SEASON.
BEAUTIFUL. SUMMER HOMES ON
THE LONG ISLAND SOUND
Convenient AMI OF NewYo city Address
GEO. 5. HARRAI, BLACK ROCK BEACH,
NEAR BRiDGEPORT. CONN.
RENTALS $500 TO 81 100.
IN MOUNTAIN-AvE MONTCLAIR n. IA large,
~ cool housc-stuly rarlors. dining room. pantr
kitchen. nine bedrooms bath. closets basement laundry
pleasant shaded grounis garden stable &C.. June 10
Sept 10. at low figure. see the house. and address
owner JOHN r. HOWARD ~ East i0th-st New York
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21

Sdverites persist in their assertion
that our present standard Of value is
maintained in the interest of the
creditor class which they aliege
''draws wealth from lille money"
ANY free coinage advocate who
is fortunate enough to have saved
either few OF many dollars
knows very we'll that 'fdle money
Yields no profits. The only pos
sible way in which money OF capt
tai can give any return, Is through Its
use in some form of productive en-
ploymeut. Coin OF paper currency
does not produce interest of itself, bat
must be used % assis, IN producing
more wealth. Since while thus EN-
ployei it helps give work to idle men
aud cheapens the cost OF commodities,
Il is evident that It's use IS "a benefit %
its possess0r. No man is foolish
enough 70 borrow money merely to
keep it idle, and the claim OF the
cheap money advocates that 'Idle
capital" Is robbing the producers OF
the country, is wholly a de'usion.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
Silver Dollars Oh Storage.

The following from the Philalel-
phia Times IS excellent mental fool
for our free AMI UNLIMITED coinage
friends:
"a count Just taken shows that
there are now stored in the vaults o.
the United States Mint in this city
40. 500. 367-in round numbers, 3D.
900. OOO-of silver dollars. They are
packed away just as they we're coinel
and all efforts to get them in circula-
ton have been futile. The people
do not want them. They are will
ing TO take the paper certificates issue1
to represent them, because these are
interchangeable with greenbacks and
greenbacks are redeemable in gold;
but the silver dollars themselves the
Government has to keep, issuing in
their stead what is practically a gold
currency of twice their value"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
A Valuable Document.

The New York Reform Club has just
issued as No. II OF its Sound Currency
series a careful compendium of the
coinage and currency legislation of
the United States from 1902 down to
the present time. The work covers
three distinct felds-laws relating to
coinage, Government currency, and
bank currency respectively-and in
this pamphlet of forty-eight pages Is
contained the full text OF all import
ant Federal legislation upon these
subjects.
The whole is carefully annotated
and provided with a comprehensive
summary OF the coinage provisions
and an index. The result is a com
pendulum vastly superior for the pur-
poses which it is designed to serve to
the bulky compilations issuel from
the Government Printing Office, which
have heretofore been almost the only
source of such iniormltion.
This document will enable every one
to see for himself whether the asser-
tons of the cheap money advocates in
regard to currency legislation are true
or mere inventions. The price OF this
number is five cents.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
WHAT LEGAL TENDER CAN DO.

The Journal of the Knights Of La
Dor is an advocate of fiat money, and
ridicules the silverbugs who claim
that metal money is the only real
money. To prove its contention 1t
quotes from Senator Jones, of Nevada,
who to be consistent should certainly
abandon his advocacy OF the white
metal and favor the paper money of
Coxeyiand PETER. In a speech de-
livered in the Senate Senator Jones
said: cit was a misfortune to man
kind hat the words promise TO pay
were ever printed on the g%reenback,
because by it millions were led
to believe that the value or ex-
changeable power resided in that
promise instead OF in the legal tender
power conferred upon it."
This Is the illegal tender" fallacy in
its simplest form and serves to Judi
cate the intellectual confusion which
underlies the belief that Congress can
legislate fifty cents worth of additional
value into 81! grains OF silver, or n
hundred cents of value into a piece OF
paper. The first question which would
naturally be asked of Senator Jones is:
III the legal tender power of the Gov
eminent can make paper valuable
without a promise to pay, why should
we 90 to the expense OF mining silver
to serve as a material for money! On
this point the logic is all on the side
Of the greenbackers and against the
s.lverites. But the true answer Is SIM
ply that the Nevada Senator's asser-
ton is false. Were it not for the Gov
eminent S promise to pay, which means
that the greenback will be accepted as
payment for some Government service,
that form of paper money would not
circulate at par, if at all. If green
backs we're merely pieces Of paper
stamped illegal tender for n dollar"
nobody would know how much zone
dollar" was worth, and it would be In
possible to use them as currency.
The legal tender power OF the Gov
eminent cannot confer value on any
substance, though it can compel credi-
tors or sellers OF goods to accept worth
less paper instead of honest money.
This, however, is not the creation OF
value. but merely stealing property
from its owners. Ifsny civilized Gov
eminent should issue such illegal ten
ders" as Senator Jones and the X. of
I, Journal consider the ideal money,
it would soon find that its whole mil
tary power could not force it into cir
culation. Governments have no Sc
cret stores Of %"value" which they can
spread out on paper or cheap silver.
Greenbacks circulate freely to a limit
ed extent because the Government Is
always ready to accept in retarn for
Government services each dollar as
the equivalent of a gold dollar. But
the legal tender quality has nothing to
do with the public willingness to re-
ceive g~reenbacks, which are good
money lust so long as the Government
maintains them on a parity with gold,
and no longer. The fiction of legal
tender as affecting the value OF money
is a superstition which was responsible
for a great deal of harmful financial
legislation, but fortunately it is rapid
" diving out. 1t Will totally disappear
as soon as the people understand that
value is not the creation Of law, butof
human labor and intelligence.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
THE CHEAP MONEY LESSON.

It seems necessary for each genera
ton to learn its own lessons. EIch
appears unable to profit by the expe-
rience of its predecessors in many
kinds OF matters. Thus the cheap
money lesson appears to be unlelrnel
by the present generation, although
many past generations. in different
countries, have experimental with
cheap money, an always with the
same general effect. Every Nation
that has attempted. on a large scale,
to make money from cheap materials
and to stamp paper or cheap
metals into the same denominations
formerly used only with full value
money metals, has not only failed to
keep the cheap money on a par with
the good but has gone on making
more and more money until its cheap
money has become worthless. Indus
Trial depression and panic have fol-
lowed, until confidence has been re-
stored by the establishment Of a bet
ter monetary system.
Each generation OF each Nation will
not believe that fire will burn until it
has stuck its ingersinto the tiat money
fire. The present generation in the
United States is playing with this fire
as carelessly as il preceding genera
tions had not been burned by it.
Texas had an experience OF her own
before she became one OF the United
States. The following quotation from
Gouge's Fiscal History OF Texas well
describes the result:
'In all, from first to last (IS3j to
1Sll), the amount OF notes, bills,
drafts, bonds, etc, issued by the
Treasury of the Republic of Texas,
and serving to a greater or less extent
as a circulating medium amounted
to S13,3lS, l45. or at the rate OF more
than two hundred and sixty dollars
per head OF the entire population. If
paper issues serving as money could
have made a people rich, the
Texans ought 10 have been
the richest people in the uni
verse. In January, 1899, Texas trea-
sury notes were worth no more than
forty cents on the dollar in the
spring of 1899 they we're worth thirty
seven and a hall cents IN 1S4l, from
twelve to fifteen cents, ami ia 1912 it
required, in the characteristic Ian
gage OF the times, fifteen dollars in
treasury notes to buy three glasses Of
brandy and water without sugar
By this time there was little circulat-
ing medium Of any kind in Texas, but
this was no great calamity, as the
people had but little left to circulate.
The evils the system did we're in
mense, and such as for which, ever
were 1t so disposed, the Government
could afford 40 compensation to the
sufferers"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21

A curious argument for the destrue-
fion of our present sound financial
system is the statement that If all the
gold money in the world were melted
in the form of a cube, it would be only
twenty-five feet in diameter. Sup
pose this estimate is correct, what
does it prove? Nothing more than
that gold represents a great deal OF
value in very small compass. Accord
ing Z. s~ilverite' reasoning the pro
Queer OF pig iron should complain of
the small bulk OF the worlds stock OF
silver as compared with its iron, and
demand the free coinage of his more
abundant metal.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
NOT AN "ANERICAS" MONEY
SYSTEM.

Unable to give facts in support oil
their cheap currency scheme. the AL
yocates Of free coinage resort to APP
meals TO National sentiment and urge
the adoption Of the silver standard be-
cause it is american From the
freoueucv with which the demand for
this alleged american system ap-
pearsin the writings and speeches OF
the silverites, it would seem that the
latter really believe that there can
be a. distinct basis of values for each
political division OF the earth's sur
face. This delusion has its origin IN
the fact that each country. as a rule,
has its own system OF coinage. But
the m given to the various CONS
OF a country have nothing to do with
the standard OF value OF such coins
and there are actually but two differ
ent measures of values usei by all
civilized peoules-yold aud silver.
Since this is the case it can easily
be seen that there is not the slightest
basis for the pretence that silver Is a
more American metal than gold, or
that the nlaption OF the silver stand
ard. which is the avowed object OF the
.l6 to l shouters. would establish an
American money system. d
country produces both gold AMI sill
yer. 50 that there Is no reason Tor
claiming that the white metal Is Amer
lean. while the yellow Is foreign, on
the ground OF their respective origins.
And no silverite will pretend that
there is ANYTHING peculiar about the
mining Of silver which makes it more
American than our gold.
Neither is there anv force in the
historical argument that because the
United States in 1892 adopted the
Spanish milled dollar as one OF Its
coins. silver then became the money
OF this country. If this proves any
thing it is that the silver stan lard IS
a spanish" system, aud therefore to
be r~epudiated by all good Americans.
But it is not even Spanish, for the
silver standard was usel thousands OF
years 2 by Oriental countries. and
is still used by the Hindoos, Chinese,
and other Eastern peoples. If silver
can rightfully be claimed by any
country it is India or China to which
it should be credited /.
As neither present conditions nor
past history furnish any support to
the claims of silver as az American
standard of value, it is haily necessary
to point out that there can be no dis
tinctively American, German or
French financial system. Although
the banking and currency systems OF
each country in the world differ wide
" in detail certain principles are
common to all. 1t would be inst as
foolish for this country to refuse to
adopt the best money because some
other Nation was using the same kind,
rs IT would be for us to stop eating
fine wheat bread because the English
or Austrians we're using that kind OF
bread. The fact that the most civil
lied and prosperous countries have
all, after long experience, adopted the
gold standard, is the best possible
why the United States should
have the same standard, instead OF
that used by India and China.