The Van Buren press., 1895-09-07
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THE LEADING.
OECOC10D
IN VAN BUREN,

Order from them Il yoa want
enterprise.
10. That earnings. not wages. an
The tsst Of prosperity Of labor. and thai
q earninss are wages multiplied BY
days Of employment, plus number cm.
ployed, there may b an increase n
wages to those employed and yet . do.
crease IN earnings ON account Of reduc-
ed hours. and number Of those employ.
Cd, and such has been one Of tho results
Of gold monometallism.
30. That the same thing q true ot
The products Of labor, the test Of pros.
porous condition being the price oh.
tainsd. multiplied BY the amount Of
products sold.
81. That . financial system thai
forces . decrease In output or acreage.
IN order to obtain an increase In price
for articles Of general necessity, y both
. blunder and crime, and such u an
other ono Of the actual results Of gold
monometalnsm.
-. That 20 far from the demonetis-
alton Of silver having become necessary
from decrease In ID commercial value
compared with gold, the amount Of gil-
cents more than the amount Of gold In
. gold dollar at the very time the
Sherman act Of 1873 was passed.
%. That 70 far from having de.
creased In value on account Of tt In
creased production, and not from its
demonstration, ~ claimed by the I'd.
vocates Of gold monometallism, care
fully prepared tables Of the world's .
production Of gold and silver show that
g NO time In the history Of the world
has the output Of silver, compared with
gold, been 90 small - It has bsen since
1060.
"a. That from the discovery Of
America the output Of the two metals
was 81 per cent. Of gold to q per cent.
Of silver.
IS. That from 1901 to 1910 the out.
put Of silver TO gold was more than II
dollars In silver 70 % In gold, and yet
during al the time above referred to
the principles Of bimetallism kept them
upon the average commercial ratio Of
less than 10 to 1.
20. That at present the comparative
output is about 20 dollars In silver TO IL
In gold, 30 that 1t u perfectly evident
that the widening In the difference Of
the commercial ratio between them,
has not been due 10 any increase In the
output Of silver.
II. That from the earliest periods Of
history gold and silver have been money
metals, Just ~ wheat and corn are nov
food products, and that to close tn
mints against the free coinage Of silver
would depreciate its value and increase
the value of gold just ~ naturally % II
would decrease the price Of corn and
increase the price Of wheat to close tAe
mills against corn. &
20. That with corn selling at 40 cts.
bushel and wheat 90 cts, II the millf
were closed against corn, its functions
and value ~ bread material would bt
largely devolved on wheat, thereby
lowering corn to about 20 cents and
raising wheat to o1.OO.
-. That closing the mills against
corn would not only injure every corr
8AVWOAs O0v 0voAy OoAAs8 SsA0S ASSu OOoA
using cornmesl for food, and every sucf
person would have TO give moro Of hi
labor and more Of his products In ex
change for wheat. hour or any form o.
bread.
30. That II II were proposed to 70.
peal the wicked law that closed tn
mills against corn, and made wheat tn
single standard or staple for food. th,
mon interested In keeping up the prict
Of wheat. who would denounce the pro
posed repeal q simply movement II
favor OF corn growers, would b
branded ~ nothing less than extortion
ers and enemies Of the people.
81. That with the mills open to boil
tho commercial ratio of corn and whea
would be 3 to l. With the mills clOse(
against corn, that ratio would be 8 to
Would II be just to say that before |
law should be passed to open the mill
to corn, the government should declsr
that 30 far as II was concerned, and Il
influence could reach, It should tax
iive bushels Of corn to equal one o
wheati
80. That, IL opening the mills b
corn would naturally lift it back to 4
cents and lower wheat to 90 cents, an,
thereby restore the old ratio Of 9 to 1
there is stronger reason for saying tina
reopening the mints to silver would re
store It to the old ratio Of 16 to /, for n
man, In his sober senses, would tax
10 to 90 cents for silver which he coul,
take to the mints and get 100 cents 70
BY simply having It coined into
dollar.
80. That when goldites say that
we had free coinage, bankers woul'
buy up silver ct 30 cents and in tina
way pay of their depositOrs In 80 cen
dollars, I" ask them where they woul'
fnd the fool to sell them silver for 8
cents when he could get dollar for 1
vt the mintsf
"a. That when goldites point +
Mexico and China as silver standar
countries, ask them what about gol'
standard Egypt. Turkey and Liberia
Ask them slso II It Is mot the standar
Of manhood, and race. and climate
rather than standard Of value that max
e. the difference between al these coun
tries OF oursf
Is. That whom goldites say that
No have free coinage, our gold vii
leave us, aak them II It h mot alread
doing that under the single gold stand
ard and ask them also u the govern
mcnt has not paid ont moro than eigh
millions Of dollars to . syndicate
watch over the treasury for six month
and keep the gold from going outt
30. That al the goldite talk abou
cheap dollars" b simply bosh, y
cheap dollar Ii simply one that 20,
don I have TO give mp such . larg
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