Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-07

reference to the banks OF Chieago ana
the amount of taxes they paid il n ,rrnd
Illustration of his methods. He uses n
partial statement, well knowing that
his contention.
Mr.. Harvey quotes the European ge-
oioslst, Suess, to show that the world
can only produce about as much gold
as is required for consumption, each
year, outside of coinage. He conceals
sne laet that Suess wrote his essay
several years ago, and that the pro-
duction and coinage OF gold in the inst
three years proves absolutely that
Suess was entirely wrong The facts
are that during the last three years,
the world has produced $40. 200. 600 OF
gold, and during these years il las
100000. Mr.. Harvey should have known
these facts. Why did he quote Suess,
when he should have known the actual
tacts proved the statements of Suess
to be false? Mr.. Harvey endeavors to
prove decreasing wages in the United
states since 1874. He introduced only
one statement in support OF his posi-
ton; that was the evidence of a single
man from one trade In the city OF
Omaha. On the other hand, to prove
That they are advancing. / introduced
the investigation of the United States
commissioner of labor and Aulhail to
9hph AAaN Abt average annual MuktH
In manufacturing Industries have risen
from $3.50 in 1870 to 1868 for other per-
sons in 1880. Unable to produce any
table of wages that shows a fall since
1870, Mr.. Harvey in the latter part OF
his debate tries to show the falsity OF
my position that in fixing the original
measure, human toll was largely taken
into calculation. Did he succeed? No,
Mr.. Harvey calls attention to the in
crease of crime in the United states,
and attributes IL to silver legislation.
Crime does bear some relation 30 pros
perity, but far more to other causes,
which Mr.. Harvey ought to know. He
repeatedly tried In his book and dur
ing this debate to create a -s'rong i'm
preston by quoting part Of statute
and then leaving on that portion which
would show that his first state nant was
utterly untrue. The records of this
debate convict him of SUCH iueth)1s.
Mr.. Harvey has felt called upon to
villify all the better elements Of society
and has attempted to prove that brib-
cry, corruption and fraud have become
habitual in the nation. He has hardly
been able to find u decent man Except
HIMSELF within the entire United
States. | submit that the cause which
relies for strength upon the whole $50
isfaction that our best citizens must be
entirely weak and wholly bad. Mr. Har-
vey frequently put me on with the
statement that during the discussion
he would answer my objections and
then failed to mention that part OF
the subject again. Such failure is COM
plete proof that he could not make sue
cessful answers. During the NTH day
of the debate, Mr.. Harvey challenged
me to name more than one error in his
book when / had pointed one and which
he admitted. on the sixth day l pointed
out eight glaring misstatements, none
of which he successfully denied Mr..
Harvey gave the foreign Indebtedness
of this country as more than three
times the real amount. He has been
repeatedly called upon to tell when and
how that amount reached us. No such
enormous amounts can come without
some record of the transaction he has
utterly failed to account for the amount
of this vast sum, which is confession
that his statement Is groundless and
only used to misrepresent the condition
Of his country. His entire table Of debts
is composed OF doubling up OF real
debts and is n ISLANDER upon the actual
condition of the American people. Mr..
Harvey virtually admits that the nc-
tion which he proposes Will put this ma
ton on a silver basis and drive gold
out of the country. His statement that
the commercial value of the silver in
the standard dollar is complete admis-
sion OF this point, Hence, ! have a
Ilkll 10 hshulllt llldt THIS pun GplAAtlh-
plates such result. ! showed conclu-
slvely that this would work injury to
II 000,0 900 people who work for wages.
/ showed that the injury would extend
TO all pensioners, savings and other
bank depositors, and though the hold
ers of insurance policy aggregatinHtk2,-
600, 600 Of people and TO every person III
the United States who have any money
except the gold coin. What has Mr..
Harvey said to disprove my state
ments? Not one word. on the contrary,
he has shown that benefits will come to
no people except silver mine owners
and insolvent debtors.
Mr. Harvey said nothing TO offset my
proposition that such action would de-
stroy the credit of our people and lead
to business disaster In every commune
ty In the United states. Good money
may rightly be called the life blood Of
the nation, but credit is the atmosphere
of business life. The perfection of
credit is the glory OF modern husln ess
methods. Reputation in any form IL
rbhorrent to honorable men. On thic
account the business men are almost
unit against this scheme. Go wher-
ever you will, merchants, bankers,
managers of great enterprises, success
full farmers. Intelligent mechanics. and
workingmen are opposed to in1uring
the country and themselves solely to
DoneUI a rev. L nave rum WV btbAh-
ming arraigned this scheme as being
class and sectional legislation of the
most obnoxious kind, What has Mr..
Harvey said to dlsprovo my state
ments? Absolutely nothing. / submit
to the people Of this republic that they
should never permit threats OF revolu-
tion to induce them to adopt wholesale
plumber. The world Is clearly on my
side of this Issue, protest against
any attempt to lead this republic into
the camp of half civilized and barbar-
GUS nations OF the world. Let us rather
remain and work In harmony with the
people who have large experience and
sound business sense.
SUMMARY BY MIR. HARVEY.
The debate settles in my judgment
the following propositions;
/. That gold and silver is the money
of the constitution. Mr.. Horr did not
controvert this and left II with Daniel
iWebsters statement to that effect
The main strength underlying this
proposition is Acknowledgements of the
merits of bimetallism as disclosed by
the whole debate. As token money sill
ver money performs none OF the func-
tions intended by the constitution.
Since this debate press dispatches re-
mort the supreme court OF Ohio has de-
elded that a municipality cannot issue
bonds payable In gold; that such bonds
should be payable in either gold or sill
YER II that court has done so IL has
clearly decided rightly
There is no doubt in my mind, but
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