The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-22

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him to state that he had so purchased
Sso.Oo0ooO of gold with those silver certih-
Gates from our own people.
This was done within six or seven years
after the same secretary had stricken sill
ver dollars from the coinage and had
abolished their legal tender power.
| what shall any plain. blunt man say, in
the light Of these facts. as 20 the credit
10 be gwen TO these vapid and overworked
pubic debt in silver would depreciate our
legal tender money by 80 cents on the
''cawardly make-shift" of the parity pre-
| serving power that the sherman act %
1899 placed in the discretion OF the 'secre-
| tary 10 he used "a a jusgler's ball when
| our people have always been wiling 10
| support the credit of the government. %
| exchange for any legal tender money
Gold Expresses silver.
II Mr. sherman in 1879. lSSo. could
| use silver certificates to buy ssoO0o,e0O OF
d desire i' more as to the preserva;,on OF the
| parity between gold and silver? How much
| 81 the national debt has our silver money
| furnished us the means to pay sine $50?
| No man knows the sum, but every BODY
! knows that IL f. immense.
| Has statesmansh' y degenerated mo chaf-
| latanism. that the experience u this celn-
| try for eighty years. without Or TX; from
| Washington TO Grant. should be heid Tor
| naught; and that round am som, as
| demand for Sound money" with TO dciln r.
! ton Of the phrase. shall be made as an
i@Is OF all OF our history ''"" -
/ Shal alarm agitate tho conatry when
| ms demand IS uttered by a pres dent VI o
! M y I'm re1niring the COZ laae Of $50
/ 0el Oo silver bullion In the tire isu'v. and
i vet has coined Sl3.526.2B IL silver Wide as
/ sorting that 4 is unsound mon -,
| Thss country would not, and ~oGl1 2o,.
| transact tho necessary business Of life
for single month without ne !ntaIenahEf
| Of Millions and hundreds OF m.Htohs ..
| silver coins in the purchase ana sac 81
! food for daily subsistence. Nor co1d any
| industrial, people exist In peace Or common
| i,.ffba,g q. th0ut the use Of silver cors.
| An the fractions 81 a dollar even To '9tl'',,,
| cents. are admitted 10 be soInd money
! ana nobody complains of them. y IS ,He
| silver dollar that s. unsound. whhe TWO
| hair dollars are perfectly SCUM 'h.l.h
there IS PER 1 fS'n I'm in % slivsr
| dollar. W1at an accoun, i ti., u, ,.,a
| - siivo~ dollar has fun legal tender ''w-
er and IS therefore. the comp or ~
/ gold. or bank paper based on "A 'om'i "l
| rnil foundation In this sense, '9cr are
rivals. and the money OF the, poor man,
| which is silver. must e ye place p NE
| money of the banker whicn IS SUI Mul-
| ffplici by the bankers credit
| II Is for this reason that our f1tncrs
named silver ana roli cum IN II t,il",
| could DIG from the dccp veins IN me ear'h
anJ supply u 60 th" 'ountry ~ ms l,.'.'.
| without the consent Of a h"ik'Ne f.Ipn'" -
! lion oT no aid ~ us credit thank God
| m addition 10 the uuf1. linz parity u'-
! tween gold and silver "higa "Gl 'u on. H.,
] .,.u natural uaritv hctwseu those
/ precious metals In their use as money
\ ais. for which they were designed hS 'h'
T@eept as ornaments they are both m,
4 suited for the wear and tear ~ 'hu"S'l ~
1 &C. Trey wer, dcsi-ncd - Indicate. ,n-
| falifbiv the measur" Of values tld iN'
| amount. Of accumulated wc@th. IN in'f'
/ uses they are mad" st'ad'"7t ID ~
measure Of parity hN me Jaws u
Gods Ratio - iG &"
D.. q
ia the course OF a century, OF 81 oae l."'-
I s.ud Years. there g. rsrr NOR thdh "a
: sleht Xaranr, ga thrif proda iloh W a
ratlo Of Ntcen pounds To. f,.rs
fats re,u scru'iniz.sd w viii, 'na a5
! ,arc which only me sHo5''' % p,
( tae minds ut uill ms o. ns p "ht - 1911
] ,.yrrtuItuts. Tine records hove ltti .. I,
! With txtrcm" caution ana re 49,
] gold .ul silver ls NOR" totlli'. 'itl .i' :
I ..s..e- tl.4 that %. any eutespf 81 "t ili'"s
! try that ever engaged the attention 81 H'"'-
a.. rati, between the metals ,s-n"lishe'i
I iu fh.' COINAGE laws of the .r3usifit anu
. cainuer..4l nations ought 10 sa'is.y 'l.'
/ ru. 50 ,.auUfia. U uds ot tho t..'-t ~
/ a. prophets as 10 the na'u'"t t~+is 'i
, tlett fus tA4s ....s,... az
Tae-e 80 uaEc ratios. coz 'sfehalNS' "a
z they ESQ. &.th %. CONNER tt"t -.
. fH. sufe.trttatioI merely oi inns i-'' @. 90
] turr The trltA has lcCl sought tii i""'..t
! and established. with a. t'i.'t i' "
D
] MADDEN TACT has ever reached. ln toe l'-
! port 81 oar superintendent o. tne nm. .oi
/ lstt We have these idto- $50 ...s
! year from 1865 10 ls.4. 3D. ittl'' -. ,.-
J d. ali that time a., roisnci li"i Itti"t E
4 Kar.etI only between lSH', th' Alth'9'' anu
] liIt. the lowest. until l'it- ..,,,.,.,. o.
when we. with craven sIlIie 81 N''"'' .''
! nation 10 i}r tish demands, aboi'Sh'H tll'''
/ as a lesal tender com ~ lo.'' ~ ,.,
. c.al ratio between the metals dt"ti't y t
Z 1868 ia 1872. 20 lbll IN lN.h ~" y ". 20
I down aud down until Ia 4aa'. i Nd7 -''''
,;r.af Britain had pounded and ham
I ga and tramplcd uIon SILVER stit'' i.t
N fHu,t success. but when sHe 'Aii. t''i "'l
/ s.l iu this cruel dr-truetiot ~ NalH' $ w
/ - ba won Nor battle AN. uually estate
. Isb,d her dominion over all marAeis anu
az a., ''i ,Sic the commercial ratio was l5.S Ia
/ and IL never went lower than l'"' TO
I fiam that year until the year oi our ht
I uaual shame-thc dark year ol u, w
{ if vent down 10 1911 90 l. be 1ns- We Jo l1'
1 G.cat Britain in her war upon s'Fe'
If ;-eat Britain during more than hfty
/ ,ssr. "a determine effort, could noi li'i
] -r.s-. tho ratio bctwo "a the m-tt ueN 'Hu
I 1545 90 D. and that only for e stuEle s,lr
! until we made an alliance W'tu - -, nm,
! when Our silver was 40 Per cent y. 90 ",
/ over gold why do We Gear aHalh 10 '"h' ~
/ thfs 5ar.-. OF the toil.u2 world r mat .
| am Of God and restore 20 aH nations W.
! fr.s use Of silver as money Ht, .i-
! ans dur sin that a0iirted the waHd-NhS
MA we not repent 81 = " ne. st.i ~ i,ir
BE-
/ c.uls NJ, th.n DO without car hclp. m Hr
I etraRFuc silver she canrct prevent rom y"
/ fn,- upaant bv SIS restoration. COL frll
- =, as this Jus; and honorable work. ~
Z no sak, ~ our fathers who first ordained
I ia and of an DustcTi'y'
/ insist thar these coinage ana coinNl'I
] cal ratios between gold AND SILVER as
] money mol are no moro ana no l'i
/ ma, the DEDUCTIONS - reason drawn rom
/ ..0r-.-i.r q and based upon laws tH"t ',I'
I 49, definite q s uu -haugoahIe ana as tft''l
J ,.,r.o3 ff. frrIr results ass the laws ihat -'N
/ .rn m frc annual production - oar CROPS
7 WIN recall some OF thes" laws 10 H"ui
D attention.
some Laws Ghat Apply.
7 These metals are precious according 70
I an .finatcs. whether human or divine
e. Thts are precious because tH'A s'dt''
for q measure OF value ana thty i'pI "a
I sent wealth. which D. only labor that 81
J treasured ny. 49,.
! s. These qualities excite the active lanoi
] ana skill of an peoples IN Sett shiil3 ".'N
/ mining FOR these hidden tokens OF ] -.lts.
l : They are hidden away ia r"eN+ ihd'
7 are found iu tho desolatc mountain regions
/ amt are Ainicult of access, ANA dams ious
1 10 approach. nd,
/ s They are difnruit 10 ma and Law under
I tb f..t 81 men tor ages undiscovered
b Nheu discovered they are, as 10 suid
! usually and as tu silver always ioAhd ~
mo assures between vast masses II. ID'N
I ana they present so narrow wot fi'is ~N
] Iaea that only few men can mn COON t4
ban ma .ar