Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-19

/ hitiN WbOse amount IN tNlSlenct
/ al that time In the United States none at
all existed In 1873. Since then we have
coined or issued silver certificates. based
| upon bullion deposited. SOS. $4,000. which
/ y now outstanding. n continual menace TO
! the treasury, for we have to hold IL up To
! gold by main strength and the more silver
/ we coined the lower became its price. going
i at one time below q cents on the dollar.
\ During the same period the coinage o.
I gold throughout the world had only tn
1 creased about 81 SO 600 COO or about half as
| much az the Increase OF silver. The enor-
, nifty OF the orfensc TO silver is thus msde
plain. In lS5s we had none. Now we have
I Si2NSo.oeo, and throughout the world there
Is moro than double the amount OF % years
ago. What terrible crime on silver. The
money OF all kinds In this country to-day
/ - more than 81. see. 10000. every dollar as
! sood as gold. being S25 for every man. won-
an and child in tho country, as against SIS
/ In 1875 Thus half OF the money OF the pco-
/ pie has been stricken down by increasing
I its volume nearly sO0 per cent. and it's per
! capita nearly 20 per cent. What Pity We
cannot have some more such crimes'
/ What has been the result OF this great
/ Increase OF money? OF course the people
/ have been swindlcd IN some ways. else
there would not be so much clamor about
/ II by tho orators CT the Byranic school.
/ Surely the peopic must ho crucitiod upon "A
4 cross OF gold. FOR does not Bryan say soG
/ lie forgot TO add that on .he two neiEhbor-
\ ing silver crosses he is to be one OF the
]
who borrowed money in this country were
glad To pay an average OF from eight TO
twelve per cent interest. How much are
you paying MOVE In this locality s.bout six
/ To seven per cent. Just about half the Old
/ rate. The average OF money borrowed
/ In this country to-day does not exceed one
/ third the rate OF - and 30 years ago How
/ terrible is the greed OF the Wall street
/ sharks and eastern goldbugsl Where the
advantage to capttalistsI Can you see T. =?
/ II gold has gone up in value instead of
! silver coming down. ms those foolish pco-
/ pie tell US, how does 1t happen that we can
now borrow gold for about ouc-half To
| onc-third what IL cost in 1873? Strange, Is
/ II not that az gold has grown dearer IL
/ has grown cheaper
Snap for Mine Owners.
| What does the free coinage OF silver
AT the ratio OF sixteen to one imply sim
/ ply this that the owners OF silver mines
| or silver bullion can take IL TO the United
/ states mints. have IL coined into dollars. and
! delivered back to them again Tree OF
| charge. and that these dollars snail be
| legal tender FOR all debts. public md pri-
! Vatc BY this means ~ the quantity OF sii-
| Yer In our dollar Ia worth % cents the miner
] or bullion owner will nominally double his
| money. The government gets nothiuS.
| This h the scheme. IL Is TO double the
money of the bullion owners How much
| bullion have you, my friends. TO be thus
| trRnsmuted2 Not an ounce. Who has2
| The much abused capitalists of Wall
| street They, or men just like them, tho
/ money kings own or control every good
silver and gold mine In the country.
| Don't you wish you owned silver mine
| so as To have it's product doubled In valu.
| 10y the votes OF those simple mindod peo-
! pie who think they would destroy you?
] What fools these mortals be-" Judas.
| you remember, was n free silver man
] Thirty pieces fixed him. Bigger 1gures
| are expected by those who are now on
| dcnvoring TO disgrace and betray this
country. There Is nothing small about
| them.
But they say. at any rate. that what
| was good enough for the people OF the
early days OK this country is good enough
for Ms. II we are TO have free silver let
| us have che sacred goldfish and fragrant
! muskrat skin. the beads. the wampum.
! the cowrio shells and all that convenient
/ and effectual currency which so happily
! supplied the wants OF our eastern anccs-
! tors. 80 panic or LABOR strike occurred
| when Goldfish were currency. Give us. then.
| the ancient currency IN general tud in
| detail or els" let the dead past bury its
dead Those old constitutional ancestors
| crank rum and molasscs. The present
! generation prefers something better. and
| prefers it straight"
Rise In All Prices.
Mr.. Tcnney then briefly answered the
arguments that the free coinage Of sill
yer would be of benefit To the farmers
and laboring men. There would. he
said, be an immediate rise i'm the price OF
commodities. with no corresponding in
crease in the rate of wages. In closing
he said:
when at the republican convention at
81. Louis the other day the representative
OF sage brush, jack rabbits and free coin
age marched out, bedowing the aislcs with
their tears. IL was "A proud day for the re-
publican party. The grand ola republican
elephant has refused to be waggcd by his
tail. The elephant IS doing well. To keep
! the republicans OF the Rocky mountains I'm
harness during the pnst is years has cost
the people Of this country n billion of dol.
lars Let the democrats have them and
| welcome. They must not cost us another
cent. And now about the democratic patty
IN general. In spite OF the numerous blows
| we have dealt 81 IN sundry vital parts In
| days gone b.. its tail. Ike that Of the snake.
I stili wiggles, and has even now taken on
the additional rattle Of free coinage II
| rattles everywhere, even i'm its throat This
I party. historic and horrible. and especially
its present Heterogeneous condition, Fug-
se8ts the story OF the Irishman who
/ swallowed the potato bug. tfc sat on
q stump I'm h!s potato patch. his face indi-
/ eating the misery writhing within An
] Acquaintance riding by sang out. Pat.
| what is the matter with you? You seem 10
/ be In trouble In trouhlc2 Sure cuottrh
! am. your honor. Bcgorra. sur. / swai-
7 ADWtA IT Iibl.ilO bNEs anu NiiuUNEl within
five minutes / swallowed "A handful o..
| paris green 90 Kin the haste he - raising
the yo-y divil inside Of me yet. so he ,s'
The freshman dicG But 81 may be fha. t5t
Z stomach, gizza:d and ellmentary canal OF
ta- democracy have boon 80 long nccra-
I toned 10 bitter doses, crl-tics aud putYa-
tives that the paris green Of free silver WI.
rcarcoly cause more than temporary
nausea. How about the grand old parry
~ republication? For go years. since ite
baptism or t1c steps OF the capitol here.
where / "as spectator. it has moved
proudly forward To- the music OF the union.
for the suppression Of slavery. the proicc-
ton Of labor. for honest government. for
sound money and for the rights % mon.
How can any FAN 10 see who have reps "a
for principle and grand achievement tftt
! this Is the party. par excellence. Of gIary
ana hynor and patriotism2 And now ;ye
stand ,-sady 90 give battle TO the cohorts 1f
dishonest money. and we Will put them
down and still live on "a thousand years. .
terror 70 tho foe"
Heated Glass.
IL glass be heated To tho melting
poini OF aluminium, the adhesion Of the