The Monticellonian., 1895-10-18
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of two skins? could have furnished Hoke smith with more accurate Illustration in the celebrated ease of the mountaineer of Kentucky, who sent man to the peni- tentiary because he sewed n 'coon's tail upon ipossum skin loud laughter and applausel, but 1 speak most respectfully of the government Of our country and of the men who are engaged In filing cab tHet position when ! say that this illus tration is hardly worthy of q cabinet min tster. Is 1t possible that AIr. Hoke Smith, secretary of the interior. can't see the dif- ference between the dollar of paper, which is of value for a great many purposes that silver dollar ts, and this silver dollar, Cf intrinsic worth, upon which Is stamped the sovereignty of great people, and which IS a good legal tender for all debts, public and private2
 Is 1t possible that MT. Smith doesn't know that the intrinsic value of gold and silver as he heralds il, is almost nothing ? Why, if Nou make 1t money, 1t represents all value and will buy everything, even the souls of men. tApplause) Where, my friends can Mir. Hoke Smith, secretary Of the interior, find man in Georgia, outside of the luuatic asylum who would sell his silEef bullion at the commercial price to- day, II every man who had silver could take that bullion to the mint and sell II d [ 4l2i2 grains for q dollar2 Why he would find his silver dollar would buy as much as dollar iu gold and he must be thought an idiot who would take his silver bullion and sell for GIIz cents an ounce and g0 10 the mnt and say; I would like gold for this and let the stamp of sovereignty rep reSentlug the brain and siueW. blood and courage Of 5a4an,pG9 CT proud people obtain q dollar for 42ie grains of silver, good as gold, not only tn this country, but throughout the world" tApplause1
 N E#n I Was AAIa@ in Carlsbad, where l went for the sake of my health, I took some silver certificates which l happened to have ta my pocket. to a banker and asked him to give me Austrian gold when in Austria. Hte handed it to me without discount across the counter. Cheers and applaHse9 Gold. red gold. dcspotic goldt and the thought came to me he didn't know what he was doing and that he was cheating himself but bankers don't gener- ally do that way. tAppiauset I said to H1H. aJo 8OH know what tHi5 is? This is not EreeuhaCk, read that" He said h, lad read it. | said: This is a silver certificate that entities you to S you carry it to the treasury of th Gnlteu States. in silver and nothing else
 On, saii he, T know very well that fa q silver dollar, hut this will buy anS. tidng in Aoar country and that Is as gooI <o me as dollar In gold, be sause can buy 4ith 1t the me5tt. the gran and the wheat and any, thing tbat comes from the United statgs. l5gt why is 1t this silver dollar is depreeiat-#-it Is worth absolutely 45 cents less upon the dollar than gold-when this silver dollar certificate can be taken anywhere Iu he world and exchanged upz on par with the money of my country :? because il represents the nest aggressi Ve and most honest, the most productive peo- Die in the whole world.
 About Europe's silver.
 But We are told by Secretary Smith. and Secretary carlisle Of the treasury denart- meHt that # silver be coined. if the unz limited coinage of silver be advocated in the EH#-Gd States. then you will he flooded Et lrf4fKr r..e and forks or Europe, brought here to be g1iued Into dollars. My friends. fl would be Impossible I8 transact the business of continental Europe for 6ue aaN as l have stated. without the silver they now have Wa ln circulation In Europe all transac- lions. except amongst bankers. are 6f the smallest kind.
 Prices are much lower than in the United States. aud among the middle and lower classes tae most of the transactions aEe Hek5H e.Hal harIiE 10 a single dollar Austria to-day has s-Ia .aaa .3la in legal ten der silver il fs rare that you see a gold piece In Austria unless it Is u6ssessel HF some foreigner who pays railroad fare Ia Ao4La from enc country to another. Aus tr5a is attempting now 10 go to the single gold standard. aHiHs England and Ger many hut il silver he stricken Gut or sur rendered Or tdkra away rom Austria t0- morrow, it would be absolutely impossible to transact the business of that kingdom
 Germany has SUR, ,00u,Uu0 in silver coinage
 A also the Austrian silver unit value Ger many could no more do without her $te1,- ee4eg1 CT silver than her people could de without uN} gen in the air they breathe
 In France they Use gold because il is small aHd compact, in tTaHsaGtiHe d large volume If business. The people every where iu France, however, use silver, hay Ing Se9Ho0ly of silver legal tender, and iefIR ote 91 the most prosperous nations in Europe.
 IH the states of Europe there are 1515 ounces oE silver to one of gold In the United States there are 16 ounces of silver to one at gold. bees any sane man be- Iieye that the silver of Europe without which they can transact business would be bfouEht 10 this country With the loss of one-haIf ounce and the payment of the cost or trauSu9 9rtatiou in order to be talned in the United States2 Silver an S#efs the purpose of banking reserve in Europe haNins for ordinary commerce an Interchangeable quality in the affairs of the people. If lo4s ounces of silver are equal to one ounce of gold in Europe, lG ounces of silver are surely equal to one ounce of gold in the United States and l wish 10 say right here that while in con gress 1 did vote for higher ratio in order t8 secure some kind of a silver bill, I never Wayered ia my allegiance to the 16-to-l standard and that it IS the proper standard is my honest opinion to-day.
 The stamp of Sovereignty.
 I rememher. q few years ago. showing AIr. Hoke smith, the secretary of the in- teEiar, the result of the stamp of sover- eighty upon a silver dollar l remember that few years ago. in lS9d when 1 had the honor to introduce in the senate of the United States q bill for the free and un- limited coinage of silver. 1t passed the senate. AHd silver. then worth 94 cents an ounce, went up in 10 days to S117 an ounce, an advance of 23 cents What caused 1t to adVanee2 Not it's intrinsic value It was the same silver What caused 1t to go mp 23 cents in the market inside of 10 days?
 It was the stamp of sovereignty put upon it by the people of the United States by the action of the senate and house of representatives, which had indorsed the action of the senate: and if We had passed that free coinage bill, and 1t had been sent to the president, still there would not have been parity with gold until the executive signature had been put to the bill. (ApplauscO What is the intrn- sic value of which We hear so much now What is 1t worth of itself, or what can you do with it2 What can you make of it2 What are the uses of it2 It will make a ring to cover some lady's finger; 1t will make something to adOrn the ear or q bracelet or a necklaces; 1t will make spoons or knives or forks; but that in- trinsic value is comparatively nothing compared with the great monetary use Of gold and silver, which makes it, as 1 say. the representative of all values Ii ena- bles the holder to purchase commodities of every sort, which makes it the great interchangeable instrumentalty of ciyili- Zatlon.
 Intrinsic value of gold and silver! Who can eat it2 W he can use 1t for any pur- and sciences, where ii is used to a limited extent? How can fl cOmpare with iron