The advocate., 1895-08-14

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prices had reached the lowest point
they would possibly go to. And yet it
shows decline in prices Of 80 per cent
below 1872 and per cent below the
prices of 1860. Mr.. Horr has repeatedly
called you attention in this debate to a
new system Of measuring property. It
IS system that he calls the human
toll unit. It is deceptive argument.
1t is ridiculous to an intelligent man to
have this financial argument confused
with confusing proposition Of the hu-
man toll unit. Human toll sells its
services for a medium of exchange
which 1t can exchange for the sub
stance and necessities Of life. And
can only reply to Mr.. Horr's argument
on that question In the language he
used to Mr.. Brown himself-that it Is
so absurd as not to be considered sober
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Wants Fair Exchange Value In Money.
The gold standard men are constant
ly pointing to the gold dollar as being
worth 100 cents as measured in itself
Of course it is. 1t is a self-evldent prop
Ositlon, as measured in itself it Is
worth 100 cents. What we want to con-
slider is the exchangeable value Of mon
ey with property and the exchangeable
value of property with money. And
from these combined tables that are
now part Of this debate you learn that
lesson and you learn 1t in a way that
no confused argument that can be put
into the controversy can affect you.
Calls Free Coinage Socialism.
Mr.. Horr-I was writing in reply to a
man who thought we ought not to have
either gold or silver, a man who be-
lieved as my friend Harvey used to
teach only a little while ago, that every
kind of money should be a piece of pa
per stamped by the government, and
anybody that will read the article will
see that he was only greenbacker OF
the old sort, but his theories were alb
sOIutely so ridiculous that they were
contemplate Haryey here entered a
denial and referred to stenOgrapher's
notes) What l said in reference to his
theories being ridiculous was not In
reference to his measure Of value at all.
1t was his whole attempt to substitute
paper dollar based upon nothing with
which to do the business Of the country.
That is where Harvey will land yet.
The disease he has never dies out. He
hasn't reached the last stages Of it.
That Is the trouble. What he wants
and what these people are after is to de-
stroy all values and to destroy all prop
erty and to put this nation on social
istiC and anarchistic basis. (Cries OF
mo! Now Now as to banks. Why is
1t that Mr.. Harvey feels called upon to
enter into TRADE against banks, and to
indulge in such q torrent of abuse
against bankers? Men may occasional
ly invest their money in bonds and
mortgages and not become scoundrels
by so doing. A man may even be an
honest believer in monometallism and
not be either thief or robber. In
deed, a man may even believe that sill
yer has had its day and should never
: again be used as standard money; he
may believe that honestly, though Mr.
: Harvey may differ from him. Though
/ may not agree with him, he may be
, just as clear-headed, just as good q
friend Of humanity as either of US
: with charity for all, with malice to.
: ward none" We should strive to con.
vince those who differ with us of the
: error Of their ways, but never lose