Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-13
THIRD EDITION.
TIE TABLES TURNED
ON THE MINE OWNERS BY PROF. PARISH
He Says They Are Responsible for a Great Conspiracy to Force Gold 10 a
 Premium.
prof I weston parish in New Yolk World.

Prof J. Weston Parish in New Yoik World
 What are we coming to, anyway? always understood that this was gov ernment by the people and for the co., ple and that nothing was too good Tor the people. l naturally supposed-in my innocence-that every dollar coined by the government was fer the geoa ef the people. And now l am told by the notorious Mir. Coin that gold is the rich mans money; that the gold dollar is too good for the public and must be driven out by cheap silver dollars. Today the silver dollar buys as much as the gold dollar end every man that can cap ture a dollar of any kind can get gold dollar for it. But this does not stit Mir. Cein the gold dollar is. too good Tor ordinary people.
 But perhaps silver ought to De the peo- ple's money, perhaps depreciation or the money hurts the rich man, and not the people, Let us see. We will take two cases: First, MT X. '. Castorbut, chief stockholder of the Amalgamated hali- way system. and sscond, Jack faithiui, brakeman on train Mo- 49, of this same railway. Which one is more intimately concerned in the money question! MT. Castorblt has an income Of $lOUOVO year. How does he receive it? Not in money, not in gold, nat in silver, but in credit at the bank How does he spend it? His house rent is paid by cheek; ilis coal bill Is paid by check Dashaway q Go. get a check for his daughters m,lli-  at Malard Ducks confectionery store. also paid by check; even his coachulan receives a check for his wages. " nat use does MT. X. Y. c. have for money! Only for a few dollars in his pocket to pay his car fare. to get his luncheon, t9 tip the waiter and to buy the New forA World Money is a comparatively un- important matter to him. Of the total S1O0 GOO he receives and spends per year probably zA not S1 out of S20 requires money, and even that money consists of ordinary bills and small coins. Ven ture to say that MT. Castorbilt or New York does not see in year as much gold coin as a laborer or shopheeper Iih in San Francisco handles in month
 Use Gold Bricks.
 Moreover if absolutely necessary, MT Castorbilt could get along without mon ey Everybody would give him credit or take his check. But don't the big bank CTS and trading companies use gold Yes. sometimes but gold bricks, not gold money and even then only a few of them The immense transactions in stocks, ex- changes and merchandise at New 1ork, London and the other great centers are all settled by checks, and these checks are settled again through clearing houses. When any notable amount or money has to be exchanged, it is done by bulk gold; gold money may De used .,,in m place of rough gold, but it is only reck- oned by it's weight Coin Is small mat ter here
 Now, what does Jack Faithful, work ing at $10 per week. use for paying ms rent, for buying his coal and paying the butcher, the baker. the hat and coat maker? Money, money, all the time, and the poor fellow finds it hard to get enough of it. Every hard-earned dol lar comes and goes as money. True, Jack Faithfur gets only $520 year, and Mr. Castorbilt receives two hundred 2 times as much; yet, venture to say, the $520 in money that Jack spends is just as important to him as 5000 in money to MT. C., if not more so. Why should not Jacks dollar be gold. as good as gold? Depreciation of the dollar does not hurt Mir c. His wealth is in railroads, which are the great debtors of the country (see my letter in last weeks World), and If money Is depreciated he gets more money for his property. Jack is creditor, and if he Is paid in cheap silver instead Of gold dollars or coins as good as gold, 1t comes very hard on him (see my letter in the World of May 26).
 What ought to be Jacks money? Gold dollars every time. And now the ab- surd MT. Coin wants to give him cheap silver; gold is too good for the people. It is gigantic conspiracy and swim dle that is being played upon us to force gold to a, premium, whereby we, the peo- pie, shall receive 50-cent silver dollars anything is good enough for us.
 I said conspiracy" and "swndle," and mean every word of it. It is a con
  owners and the silver states. Listen to this:
 We, who are less benefited than any other portion of the union by high pro- tective tariff, are asked to stand each ses- sion by the duties which the east formu- lates; and when we ask that our silver shall be also protected we are called speculators. "-Senator Wolcott of Col orado, June IS. 1890.
 We believe by the expenditure of s40,- G00 s,r eE0 000 inc boo r1s of trade of Chi cago and New York, and even of old goldite Boston, could be made, to pass resolutions asking congress to give full recognition to silver. The silver commits tee. which Is working for remonetization, think that with small amount of mon ey. used this year right away. they could bring such a pressure behind congress and the president next winter as to se- cure the needed legislation. That legis- lation would make the men who produce silver in this territory a difference of $3,000 600 per year."-Salt Lake Tribune (mine owners organ) April 30. 1891.
 Possibly some of this $50,000 is being quietly worked now-but didn't get any of it. It is a. swindle on the part of cer- tain politicians. who hope to make votes. Here is the prescription for the cheap money howlcr:
 R.-Ignorance. several pounds.
 Jingoism quantum suff.
 Mix with spirits of populism and take several doses just before the reporter comes around.
 Do you doubt the efficacy of my pre- scription? Look at the answers to the Worlds questions published last Sun day. Listen to such statements as these:
 q heartily favor the double standard of money--16 to l, and no compromise by the United States alone. John c. Bell tColorado.)
 ''I favor the free. independent coinage of silver at ratio of 16 to l without awaiting the action of any other nation.' Harry Skinner (North Carolina.)
 With such powder-and-puff effusions contrast the sober statements of two scientists, themselves prominent bennett alists. Gen. F. A. Walker of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, says that he is mot in favor of free coinage and that he is opposed to all separate national action"
 Greater Evils Likely.
 President E. Benjamin Andrews of Brown university. who Is one of the most noted silver advocates in ithe United States, says: T deem the greatest evils