The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-24

with the delight of a young lady with
a new novel. It circulated among the
farmers and gave new incentive to the
Shopes of the free siIverites. Every
Newspaper editor noticed it editorially,
and the gratuitous booming it gained
helped to roll up SIS circulation into
the hundreds Of thousands. Already
upward of 100000 copies have been sold.
By October The author expects to have
reached the million mark.
It was a book OF mystery. Its OBJ
Scure origin helped its success and the
question with everybody has been,
What is the cause of all, and when
will the craze cease? Mr.. Harvey has
written two other books, a Tale Of
Two Nations" ind Coin Up to Date"
which have brought the circulation of
alll three I'D TO 5000, 900.
50 dreds Of editorials are daily ap-
peaSyg in the leading papers of the
coMitry in controversion or defense Of
the arguments in Coins Financial
School" and one Chicago paper has
employed J. Laurence Laughlin, pro-
fessor of political economy il the Chi
cago University, to write editorial re-
plies to it.
The author of this remarkable book
is by birth a West Virginian. Buffalo,
near Charleston, W. Va, is his ma
tive place, and he is a lineal descend
ant of the eminent anatomist, William
Harvey, the dis zoverer of the circglIa-
ton of the blood. He is 43 years of
age, married and has four children,
two boys and two girls. His wlfe's
maiden name was Anna r. Halliday,
and they were married at Gallipolis,
O., in 1875. Harvey's father was a
Nirginian of Scotch extraction, who
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rBy profession he is a lawyer hav-
Ing been admitted to the bar when he
was but 10 years of age. His education
was obtained in a country log school
house and in West Virginian acad-
envy. IN a broader sense he is educated
10y experience and travel. His favorite
studies were arithmetic and history;
he has a passion for statistics The
Congressional Record interests him
more than novel.
He Started n Paper.
In the early spring of 1898 Harvey
was living in Ogden, Utah. He had
invested in real estate in Denver, Pu-
eblo and salt Lake and estimated the
value Of his property at 100000. The
panic came and he found that he
fs31Ild not realize one-half that sum on
his possessions. For some years he
had been a student of financial legis-
lation, especially with reference to the
silver question, and being firmly con-
WINGED that single standard was in
sTo,eal to the interest of the people,
'heEecided to go to Chicago and start
q weekly paper for the purpose of Gre
ating a. sentiment favorable to free
coinage. he started such a. paper and
gave e the name Of Coin.
While I knew it would be difficult
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in the east" said Harvey to a World
correspondent, Il believed that the
people in the west who thought as 1
did on the question would assist me
to the extent of making the paper
self-sustaining. In this L was mis-
taken and the paper died, but out of
ats grave rose the spirit of Coins FL
nancial School"
Harvey was a good advertiser, and
before his paper ceased publication
he made one bid for public favor
which came near capturing the town.
He hired a coach drawn by four white
horses and driven by a coachman in
resplendent livery to parade the prin-
cipal streets of Chicago, while = smart
boy in the vehicle, dressed to repre-
sent Coin. distributed copies Of his
paper. Thousands followed the coach
q bout the streets and the next weeks |
sales showed q decided increase, but /
6he plan had not been adopted early |
enough TO save the paper.
''Abcut this time" said Mr.. Har- |
vey, Il made a proposition to Joseph |
afedill. the venerable editor of the !
Tribune, and If he had accepted it |
my book probably would never have !
seen written. I proposed that he |
Sboslld argue the gold side of the ques- |
% end that I should argue the BIZ
fhefallic side, the discussion to be car
ried on through the columns of Mr..
MedilPs paper over our respective sig
natures He neither accepted nor re-
fused my proposition; ne never an
ewered my letter. but since Coins
FINANCIAL School has become a sue
cess the Tribune has devoted more
than 100 colutnns Of its space in an
swer.
"A representative Of the Inter Ocean
then made me the same sort Of propo-
sition / had made Mr.. Medill, except
that the paper was to employ A man to
argue the single standard side. This
also fell through and 1 was
informed at the time that Lyman ].
Cage, president of the First National
hank. and fnancier of international
had gone 10 the proprietor
IF the paper and protested against such
an arrangement. 1 have lately been
ssuFed that Mr. Gage did not do this.
hit Gkbougfit so at the time and it was