The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-22

HI MADE ~ l4sAAN'
Some Things That Human
Power Can Not Do.
"MR. BRYAN HAS SPOKEN MOST
FORCIBLY OF THE GREAT POWER
OF THIS COUNTRY. HE HAS RE-
FERRED WITH ILLOGICAL FERv-
OR TO THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
OF OUR FATHERS IN ANOTHER
FIELD. HE SAYS WE HAVE ES-
rABLISHED OUR POLITICAL INDIE
PENDENCE; WE HAVE SIGNED.
PROCLAIMED AND MADE GOOD
UPON THE BATTLEFIELD THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPEND-
ENCE. WE WHIPPED THE BRIT.
ISH AT GEORGETOWN AND COULD
DO 1T AGAIN AT ANY APPOINTED
PLACE. NOW, IN A NATION so
POWERFUL, HE SAYS, CAN NOT
WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT FL
NANCIAL POLICY? ARE WE TO BE
BRITAIN'S SLAVES WHEN WE
HAVE CAST OFF OUR POLITICAL
sHACKLES? WELL, MY FRIENDS,
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
HUMAN POWER CAN NOT DO. THE
INDIVIDUAL CAN'T DO 1T. MA.
TIONS CAN NOT DO 1T, AND ONE
OF THOSE THINGS IS TO FIX THE
MARKET VALUE OF ANYTHING.
CONGRESS CAN NOT FIX THE MAR
KET VALUE OF SILVER OR GOLD
ANY MORE THAN 1T CAN FIX THE
MARKET VALUE OF WHEAT. WHO
WOULD THINK OF SAYING THAT A
LAW OF CONGRESS DECLARING A
BUSHEL OF WHEAT WORTH A
DOLLAR WOULD IN THE SMALL
EST FRACTION OF A CENT AT
Feet ITS VALUE?
81 HAVE A GOLD DOLLAR-DO
YOU THINK I WOULD GO INTO THE
STORE AND ASK FOR A DOLLARS
WORTH OF SILVER AND GIVE
THAT DOLLAR WHEN COULD
TAKE 1T TO A BROKER OR BANK.
Err AROUND THE CORNER AND
GET TWO SILVER DOLLARS FOR
1T AND BUY THE ORDINARY DOL.
LARS WORTH OF SUGAR AND
| HAVE A SILVER DOLLAR LEFT IN
MY POCKET? DAUGHTER )THE
| DISREGARD OF THIS LAW WILL
| SIMPLY BRING US TO A PLACE
| WHERE GOLD WILL BE UTTERLY
| DRIVEN OUT. 1T WILL FLEE FROM
! US. 1T WILL GO TO EUROPE. 1T
| WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR THE
GOODS WE BUY ABROAD, BUT NOT
ONE DOLLAR OF 1T WILL EVER
PASS FROM MAN TO MAN OR FROM
| II A ATT| ID ID A
UNITED STATES; NOT A DOLLAR
| OF IT. (APPLAUSE.) THIS DOES
NOT REQUIRE THE LEARNING OF
A FINANCIER. 1T is JUST so
PLAIN A THING THAT THE MOST
UNTUTORED MAN CAN SEE 1T;
THAT IF ONE THING IS WORTH
MORE THAN ANOTHER EVERY
MAN WILL PAY OUT THE CHEAP
ER THING AND KEEP THE OTHER
AND TAKE 1T SOMEWHERE
WHERE HE CAN GET FULL VALUE
FOR IT. HOW THEN ARE OUR PEO-
PIE TO BE HELPED? WE HAD
SEEN THAT THE NINE OWNER GOT
NOT AN INCIDENTAL BUT A d.
RECT AND ENORMOUS BENEFIT
FROM THE FREE COINAGE OF Sill
YER; BUT I SHOULD SAY HERE
THAT WHEN MIR. BRYAN SPEAKS
OF THE GREAT RESOURCES AND
THE GREAT POWER OF THIS
COUNTRY IN MAINTAINING IT'S
OWN FINANCIAL SYSTEM. HE is SO
ILLOGICAL AS NOT TO TAKE NOTE
OF THE FACT THAT HIS SCHEME
DOES NOT PUT THE POWER or
THE GOVERNMENT BEHIND THE
SILVER DOLLAR AT ALL. CAP
PLAUSE.)
"THE GOVERNMENT HAS MOTH.
ING TO DO WITH 1T, EXCEPT ITO
STAMP IT AND GIVE 1T BACK nc
THE MAN THAT BROUGHT THE
BULLION AS THINGS ARE NOW
WITH THE LARGE SILVER CIRCU
: LATION WE HAVE, EVERY DOL
LAR OF 1T IS SUPPORTED BY THE
: PLEDGED FAITH EXPRESSED IN
PUBLIC LAW OF THIS GREAT MA
TION THAT 1T WILL BE MAIN
TANNED, THIS SILVER DOLLAR AT
A PARITY WITH GOLD. THE GOV
ERNMENT IS COMING SILVER
NOW ON IT'S OWN ACCOUNT; II
Is BUYING THE SILVER AT THE
MARKET VALUE, AND IF THERE
Is A PROFIT IN 1T, 1T TAKES TIFF
PFOFIT FOR THE TREASURY. TIL
OTHER SCHEME GIVES 1T TO THI
MINE OWNER" = EX-PRESlDEN1
I, HARRISON AT CINCINNATI.
A Mine Owners Ides.
The way in which at least one silve
mine owner looks at the question o
free coinage is described by the Hon
William j. Coombs of Brooklyn. in tn
course of a very clear and businesslik