New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-13

the wealthy landlords look complacently on X.
Ncw-York April IT, lN'".
THE FALIACY OF FREE COINAGE.
ELL rrrKINs HAS \ LITTLE TALK WITH PRO-
rEsSoR corN AND SHOWS HIM THE Err
| EoE or Ills WAYS
10 the Editor of Tho Tribune.
Sir: I nnd that all over the country the wrecked
Democratic party is noW catching Tor nDodwool 10
float ashore on The country is full OF brok, n-lown
Popnlhst. Changers. Mrgwumis ana Free Traders
VINO want new issue They hay" just foInd It;
it is free coinage The fallacy is So aurng that
come Of our oil orthodox Republican journals. like
"The Inter ocean" are indorsing IT. \ book called
COINS Financial school,! ou' ana ou Tor ire com
age is selling ON al the trains.
Yesterday met Professor Coin, who wrote the
book and In th, following interview | give The
Tribune the results.
Now Coin" said what DO You mean by free
coinage? DO Won mcar by free coinage that You
want men or governments to col" slyr: dollars rs
they d. in China. Mexico. Japai ana ASA not
guaranteed by COLL where these dollars are only
worth Il ceuts-tre same a bullion"
No." said COIN j don't want that. We may "a
well h,v, bullion Such money when coined is
worth no more than commercial bar silver THAT
* Ie.ronetzed silv That wouldn't change mat
ters"
Then Won want 81 fixed that any man can
take Il cents worth Of silver to our mnts "a p'ce
a, biz ~ orr dollar and have it stamped loo cents
i'm gold
yes that IS what | want Thai is what teach
in my book. want commercia bar silver re-
mone;ized That IS what every free coinage man
wants IL has gone dow way below IL 10 :; that
u.s. sixteen ounces OF silver really worth. CONNER
cally, about half much one ounce OF gold We
want ali the silver dag and in the mines put back
the same as the United states dollar. l6 TO !. No
beating around tho bush at all"
"Nery well" said "Now we can reason to-
gethcr. How many people in the world are using
dehased silver f7-cent dollars
well. 12ocoooo This includes Mexico. japan
South America Africa and Asia" said coin.
How many people have pat gold under their
coined silver | asked
why" said com "only 3oloN0o This includes
the United states. England. France anI the Latin
States"
How much hay. these h1'fcvil.zeI nations like
China lostr' | asked.
well" said Coin slowly they have lOst half
their wealth. II man va. worth N.o. .n Mexico
or China years ago. he is worth siH now. That -
plain"
Has any American. Englishmiu or Frcnchman-
any citizen u civilized nations lost anything
"No," sad Coin. hanging down h, head they
haven't los, cent Our good Government has put
a gold dollar under every dollar coined iu America
They've done the same In England. Germany, Italy
ana Franc, too. AMI a"""VD CIVILIZED people have
escaped loss"
ANA the i2oc0"o haIf-civnlzol people have lost
"t ,,,,,, ..',,, D, .,', cain sc.,,.,,,o, some.
thing behind hts ear
Now coin" saiI when wen, around the
"oI'i last year. 81" 'h.n'""n ana J"p'ne'c ana
MeNicaAS ana Africans taking orr American SILVER
',, a. pi' ,' ,'. ,,,
paid their passns- - san Fauci-c' with them. AM
the banks of Hong Kong and Shanghai took Them
the same as ere'uh,cEe or raii DO }o1 mink ans
one o.. earth has ios' cen, handling America" doll
~N-n-no" s,,mmercl coin.
s. " I'm, 80 - t .. ... ., ..-
swer IN. question II the vni,cl states had the
free coinage you w'n'-'ha' IS. r'e> one could
o 1r min, AMI &C., dollar Win ro'i under H. What
i 'i''', "''-
"o''' ~ 'e ''S"'
wouldn't the Mrscans ana Chinese ana the resi
OF The haf-cvitz'l nations bring i"rr ''""r',''.
dollars worth q cents. 10 oar mint and rr' dollar
eooi a. f'''' "o"'D" 49,, VII,
W., we w. u, rnnsr, ,..' in WEEK., ''. '''
Il wasn't th.nking OF that" sail Coin trembling
at the thought - sHch di,a-',l ma 'n, Num-.
would max. The" "'''h "o''' "' ''''''''
"oHiIn ~ cal, ...., ,,,. -..,. -, ,c.nt e,,-
fr. io;n sfai a." 49,. ,.r r vouI ml,
IT. a, ~ 'g,. 1 ,, hn. ID noo. np corn sni
coal ami ron Tne Goyc1nmen, j. 20 ry'pes,,cr o;
persons The miner 'il arm. az an [ a.
cent silver. thsn ihcy 'houl' mn" ."n, ,h., ~,
II they cam anoId 10 i"::-e '-''"' '"'''"' '"'"
them Td4sr h1fs hhI corn . ..,,. a,, ,,,ge hook
Il go" II az now rh' '''". ~ '' '"3' ~
confused IN" -. ....,,..r,. han
Again. com. ask'1 ha7h Inv ''""''' "'''
prosperous Tor ihlfit year,
we. very prosperous $500, .....e, ESQ
And our GoyernW"ni mas bousH' hhI p''u', -.
gnU,l worth OF silver during lhlt Nh'' ma" H.
.'lr--p prosperous all tho time ,.t
Then. after TINS prosperous i'''rhh'nl chai'fr,'.
and the Democrats came IN. now iiH'H S'N'' ''' W
buy
why. only T."1"p sali ,23,,mif,, mn. ,7ooo 600
And do YOU think mat pun 49, a. tt-n,,h,
which the Government 'o''h ''" |',''to -, tu4 "a
hard times when the buying anu ",tn''ts ~.
on made the ndl li"Ht' r. a. ,~.rns,.rois
on, d'dI, i'. 80 h,r.l What
Then ma a." -, nan 80 rr, our cold >.