Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-06-04
Have We a Legal Tender Silver
DollaK7

l1A0f i1HAr J ~ - - -
following qSesiion;
What ether kidd Of . dollar bot
full legal tender silver dollar viii pre-
vsot Wall street and LOMBARD street
bEiDgiDg on . panic a. any tinez
Let me answer in part by asking
What prevents q silver dollar from Be
ing = f1n legal tender dollar now ? Let
me make you = proposition: II 700
can name Just oos man among the
buDdreds b Jm you know in Marion
county, who, at aDy time during the
pass S years, hss been E1sd On the pay
nsnt Of any note, Of any amount, and
been COMPELLED 70 submit 20 fCrceo
collection. when be had the smOOLS oi
the note oy him in silver dollsfs, ADd
Couldn't dispose Of them because they
were not legal tender" thea ] will
begin 70 think that the alleged demos
etiza,iOn Of silver Is worth discussing.
This is . fair propoeitioD. UDiess the
county abOu0ds with men who, hsS-
ing silver, cannot dispose Of II - vel
ss If they had gold, then most Of tbis
demons tizs ton" talk l. buneOmb.
sbich more than half suspect.
Like most good men, / belOng 10 The
debtor class you know the plUtOersis
and robber baTons belong to the other
side and have never in my exper
lsDce had the slightest trouble, what
ever, in disposing Of all the silver ]
could get, though have found II quit
as difficult TO acquire ss gold, aud quit,
a. valuable after it Is acquired.
This / call "bimetallism" in it,
highest and best form, and we've got II
right now. I au . bimetAlli.t, frs',
last aud all the time.
Now, bring on the man who has get
silver on bis hands and can't meet his
obligations, because Of the "crime II
49," In these times Of genuine bimet
alJisn, such 8 man would be Of posiiiv,
value ~ q modern human freak.
T. T. GEEs.
Mr.. Geer, no doubt, thinks his re-
oily 20 THE JOURNAL isA knOekdogn
Argument. We could ask him 10 re-
turn II be can name q man who has
been able 10 give note payable In sill
yer OF even lawful money Of the United
states? He ksoVs very well thAuall
notes, mortgages and bonds are made
payable in gold money Of present
standard weight and fineness aud that
In the only recognized legal tender dol
lar nov coined. The Single Gold
Standard Teoognlzss no other dollar a'
a legal tender dollar. All other dollar
are token dollars or credit dollArs
The Albany Herald answers Mr.. Geer
"How anyone can maintain that thu
coutinuAnce Of the slngis gold stand
ard. with the coinage of that meta
alone, and the eiSeulAtiOn of limitet
amount Of silver coin A. . subsidiary
coin, is bimstAllism, "a beyond eompre
henslOn. II is simply dishonest jug
Cling Sith terms, with the premsdi
tAtsd Objset Of deosiYingi that 10 81
there is about II. aud the quicker th'
claim Of Delng blmstallists 10 droppes
" lho-s who SdyOesss tbe slngle golS
sAndsId. the quiSksT they will gs
sp0n the foundation u truth aud bon
esly ~ 70 thsiT real lntsntlons )"
II may b. tia. Mr.. dear is . Single
gols STANDARD Blmsiallsl. insLsAd d
bslsE ths gsRulns b.alsialisi hs ip
Sginss hlmssI " 10. bat hs 10 llk'
many = good IsspuDlioap aud probably
enliI the plslfofm n isas ls ulads b
siil not knss las, sIscsly shat hs IL
Thea there s another klad " silve
mss THAI hf. Deer wsy 10, ssd ths
10 ihs liys.sRd.bi'Hlstalisl. This kips
u blaastallsl fsyon . larger ~ ffss
oolssss " silver soinsubsfs ~ Aosls
hos, Ne d,ss not kDew vhsls o
hos, aHd daes noi oals. a ush uh'
kaoHs bai a0n'i esIs 10 nsi sail
sissb ~ ssy Gauss fhs msa wb'
esfss bsl des't kaew msy Nv lin'
lsaIa bgi ihs n.As = ~ deg'i tssa
saa assi ssIs, 10 iis l,ssi ssssassl v
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