The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-08-07
AS THEY sum IT Up
Harvey and Horr Arguing Their
Sides of the Debate.
HOW THE BIG MAN PUTS 1T
The Little "School" Teacher Sets
Plain Facts Before the People
and Asks Them to Draw
Conclusions.

of the points In the Horr-Harvey de-
bate, made by the principals them
selves: Summary by Roswell G. Horr--
The object OF this debate was 10 deter
mine II II would be wise for our nation
to throw open Its mints TO the free
coinage Of silver at the ratio OF l6 to
/. when the civilized nations of the
world refuse to join In such action
The debate is finished. and how does
the case stand?
Mr.. Harvey admits that his book Is
pure fiction. He repudiates It's motto
by declaring that it does not mean
what 1t says. His statement that pri-
mary money only is the measure OF
value he has not yet even attempted
to sustain, though his proof has been
called for repeatedly. His statement
that the people of the 18th and 10th
centuries were In the most degraded
condition Of serfdom and slavery" on
account Of the lack Of metallic money
has been completely demolished. He
based his whole argument on the prop
osition that the silver dolalr was in
1882 made the only unit OF measure Of
value. / have shown conclusively that
our forefathers attempted TO establish
| blmetallism and provided for the two
units OF value. always making gold
first, and that up TO 1884 the silver
standard alone was used. That after
that since that the silver dollar has
never for day been used as the meas
ure Of value In the United States.
| Mr.. Harvey next based his case up
on the assumption that the law of 1873
was 4 crime, and stated that 1t had its
origin in fraud and its birth through
bribery and corruption. He placed
himself upon four propositions TO prove
his case: First, he claimed congress
was purchased; that the passage Of the
bill was procured by the money capi-
I tallsts OF this and other nations. Sec
ondly, he stated that the bill passed
both houses all right ana was changed
4 by some clerk In its enrolment. He
next claimed that IL was not changed
/ by a clerk. but that the dirty work was
done in conference committee. He then
showed that none Of his other state
ments are true. but that the work was
done by the passage of substitute
BILL" He introduced no evidence in
support OF either proposition. and he
stands convicted of making every one
OF these charges without any proof
that would be recognized in any ordi-
nary court OF justice.
l submit that such conflicting allega-
tlons demonstrate beyond a question
that Mr.. Harvey has attempted TO sus-
tain his position in regard to the law
OF 1873 by pure fiction and without call
ing to his aid single established fact.
Harvey's assertion that the option OF
the debtor to pay in either metal causes
the cheaper metal to be used is true
But such option does not restore its
relative comercial value. On the con-
trary 1t drives the dear metal out OF
use. just as 1t has done In Mexico and
other countries where the cheaper met
al is to-day the sole currency, and Is in
creased In value not one cent. Harvey
fails entirely TO prove that the use OF
one metal as the measure OF value Is
an experiment. History proves that
the use OF a single standard Is the only
means by which both metals can be
kept in circulation. The gold unit is
not responsible for the fall in prices.
The prices OF labor and property. when
taken together, have not declined. 1t
is not true that the fall In prices when
brought about by natural causes, bene-
fits only the money lender Such cheap
ening OF products benefits all who con-
sumo what they do not produce.
Mr.. Harvey utterly fails to show a
fall In the price Of a single article
which Is not fully accounted for by
cheaper cost OF production. improved
transportation and increased supply
He bases his contention on the assump.
ton that gold has appreciated. As
gold measures the value OF commodi.
ties, wages and land. SO wages, land
and commodities measure the value o'
gold. Commodities have fallen pei
cent: wages have Increased IS per cent
and lands have Increased 90 per cent
In values since 1850. when Mr.. Harvey
contends we were on a bimetalllc ba
sis. These facts utterly annihilate the
claim that gold has appreciated. The
condition OF the mass Of the people In
the United States has improved more
since 1873 than during any similar mum
ber OF years since the nation was born
Indeed the improvement has been fai
greater than that Of any other natior
on the face Of the earth during an equa
number OF years at any period OF tbs
worlds history.
Mr.. Harvey quotes from the Europe
an geologist. Suess, to show that the
world can produce only about as much
gold as is required for consumption
each year outside OF coinage. He con-
ceals the fact that Suess wrote his
essay several years ago and that the
production and coinage OF gold In the
last three years proves that suess was
entirely wrong The facts are that
during the last three years the world
has produced $40 oOOO,o 900 OF gold and
during those years it has coined ex-
elusive OF recoinage more than $780,
900 900. Unable 70 produce any table
os wages that shows a fall since 1870
Mr. Harvey in his debate tries 70 show
the falsity Of my position that In fixing
the original measure OF value human
toll was largely taken into calcula-