Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-08-14
BATTLE OF THE GIANTS.
Full Report of the Great Harvey-Hor1
Silver Debate.
NINE DAYS OF SOLID ARGUMENT.
Here is the Opportunity for all Interested Citizens
Get Clear Idea of the Burning Question of the
Hour as Presented by Opposing Champions.

6. That 1t is to the interest Of the United
States to act independently in the remon-
etixation Of silver at the ratio to gold Of 16
10 1 without waiting for the action Of ally
other nation.
7. That monometallism consists in the
use of the dearer Of the two metals to the
axclusion Of the other as primary or re:
demption money. That monometallism 10
m experiment on trial for the nrst time In
the history Of the world. and began with
he period 1873. That It is impossible and
Impractical as a stable money measure
x,snt Of values; 10 not based on scient
financial principles: 10 In the interest Of he
money lenders and against the property
owners and laborers.
8. That the gold unit as the measure OF
values. with no concurrent coinage OF an
other metal to assist 1t in performing the
functions Of primary money, has caused
the fall In prices as compared with lS1Z.
when the worlds prices Of property were
measured in the money mass OF both met
ais. That all prices of property and labor
have declined accordingly as compared
with 1872. except when held up relatively
combines and trusts. or special reasons
affecting q particular service or property.
That the average price OF all production,
except gold, will show this decline IN ad-
justing itself to the gold standard And
that when we include In labor the unem-
ployed and the time lost by those employed
there is a fall in wages Of one-half as COM
pared with 1872. That labor is adjusting
itself to the gold standard measurement OF
values. That the gold standard is con-
fiscating the property Of the people, and de-
prives labor Of work.
O. That the decline In prices cover
ing period Of twenty-five years mas
as rule made all classes OF productive,
mercantile and manufacturing business un-
profitable. That falling market covering
q long period destroys the prospective pro-
fits based on cost Of purchase and produc-
tton. and a majority OF our most astute
business men cannot avoid failure or loss
Of capital under these conditions.
10. That 1t has worked hardship and
injury to debtors. who, unconscious OF the
causes that continuously reduced the
prices of their property, have contracted
this fall in prices causes a sacrifice Of prop
erty to purchase the dollars with which to
liquidate these debts. That this has
caused the renewal Of debts; the contrac-
tion of new debts to pay old debts and an
enlarged volume of all debts. That this
unjustly takes from debtor his propert,
and emphasizes the importance OF stable
money measurement ofvalue.
IL. That In the end. none is benefited by
q fall In prices but the morey-lei.der. the
owner Of money and securities payable In
money-fxed incomes.
H. That the foregoing facts and condi-
tions produced by a change in our money
measurement Of values will impoverish the
masses Of the people and points by reason
Of the disturbances It will produce to the
overthrow Of the republic. That the free
coinage of both metals by this government
in the ratio OF 16 to / will restre prosperity
to this nation.
Mr.. Horr-Before entering upon the dis
cussion proper desire to call the attention
Of my opponent to the manner In which
this book is written.
Mr.. Harvey-The School Is allegorical; ;
II marshals the opinions Of the two sides
Of this controversy. 1t puts In
the mouths Of the gold standard advocates
their well-known views fairly stated with
which the country had been flooded up to
the time the School was written.
The fact that little boy In knee pants was
the instructor Of the men was supposed to
be sufficient to 1x the story as allegorical.
(Mr. Harvey illustrated by referring to
Aesop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe and other
books which though not actual fact taught
great lessons. He also referred to Shakes
peare and to poetry In general, and con-
cluded as follows: III it is charged that
actual characters are used In the book
while similar books use fictitious charac-
ters, the answer is that the well-known
utterances and opinions Of these men are
used and the further answer that Shakes
peare used actual characters"
Mr.. Horr-I desire to say that to me the
excuse Is a very lame one. I am somewhat
familiar with fiction, have heard OF Shakes
peare before, but nowhere In the history Of
all literature can you find an rther instance
OF a man selecting his immediate neigh
bors and putting words into their mouths
which they never uttered and then pub
fishing It to the world. He says
that be put into their mouths the words
they themselves would have uttered.
have had that done for me so many times
In my life that know what it means.
never yet had q fellow state what would
say II I had q chance who got anywhere
near what l wanted to say myself. - .
But now / come to the motto Of the book,
which is this: II thank thee.O Father, Lord
Of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid
these things from the wise and prudent.
and hast revealed them unto babes"
would like my friend to tell me why he
used that motto. Does be desire to inti-
mate that the kind Of finance which he
teaches is something that babes will under
stand, but that people who know anything
will never be able to comprehend? ZAP
plause and laughter). Is that his idea?
Mr. Harvey-Mr. Horr misinterprets the
meaning Of that verse. The WORD
babes" is intended to mean the pure OF
mind and unselfsh. 1t is in that sense
that it is used in the Bible. and means that
those pure Of mind and unse'tish can see
clearly those things which the impure of
mind and selfish cannot see or understand.
In carrying out the idea of an H.
lustrated book, an illustrated preface was