Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-11-22

ator from Ohio, afterwards distin-
guished judge of the supreme court OF
the United States-you find him in
Producing Q bill that reads as follows:
That all bonds of the United States
issued or to be issued under the said
act OF congress hereinbefOre cited are
payable, principal and interest, at the
option of the government Of the United
States, in silver dollars Of the coinage
of the United States containing 412i
grains each of standard silver and to
restore to its coinage such silver coins
as legal tender in payment of said
bonds, principal and interest, is not in
violation of the public faith nor in
derogstion of the rights of the pnbiic
creditors (Applause.) And that
passed the house by 159 to 70. After
silver had been demonetized it was re-
solved by the house by that vote IGSt
We had the power to proceed again to
coin silver at 4123 grains and honestly
discharge the obligations of the Uni
ted States.
That FIfty-Cent Dollar.
Then, we have democrats who tell
us-and I would like to run over their
objections to free coinage, if 1 could
they tell Us that they are opposed to
coming 50-cent dollar. Now what do
they mean by that? A silver dollar
will buy anything that's gold dollar will
buy in the market, in this country or
abroad. Your silver dollar will pass;
your silver certificates can be used in
England; because they are good in
this country, and the Englishmen want
something we have got to sell. Why,
then, call this q 50-cent dollar? You
mean that the bullion in that dollar is
only worth so cents. Probably
that is true, but why is it true? The
value Of everything, my friends, is
regulated by supply and demand.
Doubly is that true as to money.
The desire for money equals the de-
sire for everything else on earth. You
can have no substitute for money. If
you fail to get -four to make bread,
you may buy corn. But there is no
substitute for money. You must have
it if you live in a community with
your fellow men. Therefore the de-
mand for money exceeds the demand
for anything else, or equals the de-
mand for everything else in the world
put together. Now, then, silver is
not coined except TO q certain extent.
1t has not the privilege of free coinage.
About Values.
''Some of our friends tell us-dem-
ocratic friends-the law doesn't create
value. agree to that. But the Law
can create demand, and demand can
create value. Do you question, that7
Strike down the demand for any COM
modify and you diminish its value, and
increase the demand and you increase
the value.
Suppose that there was q law pro-
viding that no mill should grind win
ter wheat, for instance, what would
be the effect of that2 Why, it would
increase the price of the spring wheat
and it would diminish the price Of the
winter wheat. Wouldn't it? 1 admit
the law can't create value, but it can
create the demand and destroy the de-
mand, and demand regulates vslue.
''NOw, our democratic friends who
oppose this measure say that under no
consideration could they agree to coin
silver at less than Its commercial value.
I agree with them. There is no
trouble between us on that. But how
can We get at its commercial value? If
my democratic friends think to COM
pare its value with gold now when ii is
prohibited coinage, then 1 say to them
they are no friends of silver and are
enemies of fair test.
''The way to test it's commercial
value is to restore its status as it was
when it was stricken down. Zap
plause. There was no question Of the
commercial value Of silver in 1873. It
was worth 8 cents more to the dollar
than gold. Now I say if you are hon
estly silver man, il you are honestly
in favor of having the use of the two
metals at their commercial value, the
first step for you to take is to vote for
the rehabilitation OF silver, that is q
bill to recoin il ss it was in 1873 at
the ratio of Is to 1 and discover its
value"
In concluding Mr.. Crisp said:
tBear in mind what bimetallism is.
Bear in mind that it puts the bullion
value of silver on an equality with
gold, and bear in mind that it will re-
store to the people of the whole Unit
ed States that prosperity to which
they are 30 much in need"