The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-31
GEORGE AXE
Tells the Glass in Arithmetic to Stand
Up and he Examined.

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George Axe, father of Peter Hatchct on,,
other kindred spirits, takes blunt pencil in
hand and writes to the NEWS -DEMoCRAT from
Elartville, as follows:
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS IN ARITHMETIC.
Glass in aritemetic take your places at the
blackboard. Grover, what is the subject of
our lesson? Answer; United States money
and ratio.
Very good Mr.. Carlisle, would ask you
what was the first money coined by the United
States government Ans: The old copper
cent. In what year was this? In 1913. When
were the first silver dollars coined? In the
year 1894. And when was the first gold eagle
coined? In 1895
Glass in concert-What is United States
money? Ans: 1t is the money Of the United
States Of America, established by an act of Con-
gress in the year 1856, without any interna-
tional agreement with any foreign country.
Very good / would ask you, Mr.. Sherman,
whether there were any sixty cent dollars
from the year l103 to the year 1872 Ans:
think not. Is it not a fact that the silver dol
lar in 1873, just prior to the act of Congress
that demOnetized silver was worth Just little
more than the gold dollar? Yes it was worth
three cents more. Mr. Bricc can You tell what
was the value of the gold and silver
dollars of our fathers for a period
of sevcnty-eight years? Ans: 100 cents
the gold dollar. Ninety parts silver and ten
parts copper for the silver dollar and ninety
parts gold and ten parts copper for the gold
dollar. Very good Mr.. Voorhees,, what is
the weight of the silver dollar? Answer: f12l
grains Troy. What is the weight of the gold
dollar? Answer; 2j.S grains Troy. At what
ratio is thisy Answer: About l6 to |. Glass
what IS ratio? It's the relation between two
numbers expressed by the QuOtieni. Mr.. Hill
you may work this question on the board: If
one ton Of pure gold is worth S6O2, 100 q, and
a ton of silver is worth S3167i g5, what is tho
ratio And, Mr. German, yOT may take the
second example. If Sl,OOO,OOO gold coin
weighs 3,6S5 $ pound, avOrdupois, at a ratio
Of lB ito |, what will be the weight OF 81 600 900
silver coin; Answer: s., ,g72S pounds avoir-
dupOis Mr.. Hill, what is the ratio in the eX-
ample ! gave you? Answer 16 to /. Now
then, If our government would treat the two
metals alike at the miuts coin both mt the old
ratio OF 10 TO ], by new act Of Congress. that
should read something like this
by the authority given us by the constitution
to coin money and regulate ITS value, we COM
mand the Secretary Of the Treasury to open
the mints Of the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage of both gold and silver and
to keep steam up and run on full time, and
the silver so coined shall be legal tender the
same as gold for all debts public and private.
and interest ON the public debt, how long
would it take for the sixty cent dollar to he
worth one hundred cents; Answer: / don't
know. Well ! tell you it would not take as
long as it takes to tell it, 1t would be worth
100 cents before il got out Of the mould. You
can now take you seats and our next lessen
will be foreign bills Of exchange and United
States gold bonds. Yours truly,
GEORGE ANE.