Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-04
upon the samc levcl Of fundamental rirl

mean honest dollars, honest weights and
measures. Dishonest dollars, therefore,
are not Constitutional money
The argument of the advocates of cheap
money that they want the dollar
of the Constitution, the dollar of the
daddics' is therefore from their standpoint
absolutely Illogical and unsound. The dol
lar of the Constitution and the dollar of
the daddies were both honest dollars
worth one hundred honest cents: and
the sons of those daddics want dol
lars equally good. Tho advocates
of it are located mainly in the
West or South. The mine own
crs in the West who have invested
their capital in silver mines are clamorng
for free coinage because it will stimulate
their Industry. The people of the South,
who were made poor by the war and who
are deeply in debit want free coinage of
silver or state banks or both because they
think that with cheap money they can
moro easily pay their debts. The mine own
crs i'm the West who wish free coinage Of
silver al the ratio of 16 to !. can sec count
less millions i'm the venture If they can
take fifty cents worth of silver to the
mint--havc it made into a dollar free Of
expense to them ii is a profit worth sccu-
ring. Silver is commodity dug out of the
earth as granite is. If tho granite produ-
Ger could have "A law passed that would
compel purchasers to pay 81 per foot for
s!"in,' "'''u o"!N NY D'I'S ''' rcSuiis
Nou'u .' ,i,'''It'''H ,'' l"I"'' I"i me
granite must suffer corresponding loss.
If the mine owner gets his silver manii-
featured into dollars at double it's value.
who buy those dollars surrcr a corrcsrn,,d-
ing loss. The mine owner then is simnl,.
seeking legislation for his own scldeL
advantage regardless of its effects unon
the general public.
The conclusive answer TO the oro,nont
for the free coinage Of silver is tbie ii il,
a dishonest attorpt TO cheat tho neonv
The uropositiou for tho FREE coinaoo of
silver dollars. intrinsicallv worth onIv hale
price is in essence n scheme In tnul.o tho
fiat of the government contribute onr-bu,r
of tho currency those dollars may have.
The Government receives no yalur from
tho owner of silver bullion who brings If tn
the mint for coinage. ON the other hand
it does the work of coming if FREQ and ,o
turns to him tho dollars into which b;e
bullion is coined II puts its STAMP upou
the coin which merely certifics to it's
genuinenCss as a coin which the govern
ment has manufactured. The owner of
tho bulIiou owns tho dollar made from, Il
Whv then should the government assume
any liability in the transaction moro than
the miller does who crinds your wheat
into flour Win, shouId the Government
make the silver collar. worth only half
PI''e' iVEdl 'ei'upi lor i'S ia'' Naiuo' any
moro IMAM 'He inIIter ShouId c'rtiN mat
E""i "''I ""'HSi Vi ""c"' NAMES d p"S'-
- WI III vi Ioui
~ ~ Noi NELL ptBIOt'S.
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But the mon who ClamCr for cheap
money, whether paper or silver. are ask
ING Tor the very thing they do not want
,,.i to,,li' ,,1 ,, 90
I i'''' go '''''
iut how is the debtor to get the - cents
dollar? When it comes from the mint it is
tn" money of the man who supplied the
bullion from which it IS made. He went into
the business for the profit there was in it.
re mas SetH IRE, d uoliaI lt"' ne WISHES 10
i"SH az - iuIl &c NdluV'
-, ou anu iI'u9t pay MN W. CeH.S I"' ~
""H ~ an" l. u" We gyms ~ Ec' ~
~ pay uIi an 'NIS'thE "ep., "4lBn' as wen
Pay the ur"t III iui without Oolh''lHs
WIN me SILVER uoi'dr'
= Ae%lh' Sui,I'ose '"o COTTON farmer OF 'he
7o"th anu ''' ""'"' iar""ci Oh me west
ny some looh or crook couIu get posses
Sio' VI ciIedP uoilarS enough 10 pay on
."eI iioi 'SdEeS' i"lS "1,ii" emu thtr
Ih'rIest III Sucn lhoheE. 1t Wouiu H'lp
t"eiii ~ '''I9 ms .ianS"'''oIl; p"' 'I' ne"
uaE When lhey o'er 'lelr wheat anu COZ
.pn ior sac, ana alWdgS al'er"aru W"en
wy ma ne. l"cIi ou"c'H, ny an NJ Vi!
me othtr sue o! 'he tf&hsac,lon' neE
'"N' .,irl pay III Inv, 9"I''e V't"p "lo'',S'
II t.luS appears tH"t Vhe'p money IL
80 ~. Wv 1910 '''N' ~ o'-iS 'i.J a. -
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