Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-09-05
SEVENTH DAY-ooNr1NUrp.

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regard to reaching new subjects. Har.
vey has been . stiokler from the start
Of sticking to one chapter Of Coins
Financial School and disposing of the
contents thereof before he passed to
another; while Horr has desired to
give his subject 9 punch today, pass
on to another tomorrow and return to
the first subject the day after.
There was an adjournment over
Wednesday by Horr's request, and
consequently no debate occurred on
that day. There was still another ad-
journment w Friday at Horr's re-
quest, but there will be a debate TO-
day.
When the debate closed Tuesday
night Harvey vas talking with refer
ence to primary and credit money
how banks did business, what the
volume Of the currency Of the country
should be, etc. Horr, however, had
the opening Of the debate and after q
few fourishes of his Anticipated cam
paign trumpets proceeded to the argu-
ment as follows:
Mr.. HORT wish the stenographer
before she leaves would tell me the
amount OF silver dollars Mr.. Harvey
stated had been coined in 1870 at the
mint at Carson City"
The Reporter-"Four hundred and
twelve thousand four hundred and
sixty-two."
Mr.. Harvey (stspping up to Nh.
Horr and taking the book)--"I see
that in the uncertain light Of this
room I mistook the dollar mark for
the figure ~ I will state that the
number Of silver dollars coined at
Carson City, New, In the year 1870
was 12.46c. Correct it in your notes"
Ito stenogrspher.)
Mr.. Horr-"No, / want it put down
just as it occurred"
MIR. Horny friend Harry seems
to think that because / make q state
ment that / have taken right from the
minis of the United States, and be-
cause I don't lug in tho books, and
then with q good deal Of show say i
now pass the book over t. Mr.. Horr,'
that therefore | don't make my state
ments correctly. He has furnished q
book here which proves exactly my
statement. His mistake-I am very
sorry he made it because il he had
read carefully he would not have
made the criticisms on my statement
ut ALL"
Mr.. Harver-"EXcuse me. That is
the object in passing the books to
each other. II one of us makes 4 mis-
take inadvertently the other can cor
rect it."
Mr.. Horr-"If l make a mistake he
has the chance to go right and bring
me up, as / have him this morning.
Now this mint report which he handed
me shows that after 1870, up to 1874, IN
the entire mint at Carson City, there
we're only coinad 1928 of the old sill
yer dollars. The mint report will
show that those we're coined from the
silver accumulated in essaying the
gold taken to that mint. My propo-
sition was that not any of the silver
produced in the country and sold by
Silver wner or taken to the mint for
coinage was embraced in that money
which he says was coined after 1853. l
have made 1t plain. Now his report
shows that there we're 4,OU,OO OF
trade dollars coined in that mint after
1873, but l was talking of the coinage
of the standard silver dollars aud &C
counting for their being coined when
the silver in them was worth more as
bullion than as coin. Now ] submit
to Brother Harvey that all his state
ment on that subject is simply incr-
rect, and his OWL report here shows
that my statement is true.
"With all his assurance he has not
had the hardihDod to claim that the
United States alone a restore the
old ratio. He ought to known am
satisfied he does not-that nothing or
that kind would occur. l think he
does not desire to have any such
thing occur. / think he does not
desire to drive the purchasing power
OF the silver dollar up. He says re-
duce the size of the gold dollar-tells
us that the gold dollar has been con-
stautly advancing in price, and that
the silver dollar has remained station
ary. He says over and over again
that an ounce of silver will exchange
for as much Of human productions as
it ever would. We will see about that
as we 20 on. Now, my proposition IS
that gold has remained nearly station
arv in price since 1873 and that silver
has fallen in price in accordance with
the great law Of supply and demand: