The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-07
some QUESTIONS
Concerning the Money Question
Answered Very Clearly.
POINTS FORNTllE wORKINCMEN.
How Frto silver would Affect Prices.
Wages or Workingmcn Cut , Half
iiscnnso tho Purchasing Power OF Hts
Dollar would he Only Half Necessities
OF Lilo would Riss, bnt Wages would
Not,

Tho following questions and answers
arc from the Wool and Cotton Reporter;
Editor OF Wool ma Cotton Reporter:
! have read your article on tho mn
ture or Money" Many agree with your
theory, while rs many others doubt II.
A large portion OF the working people
RrC,hot educated upon financial cconom-
lca, There are many who are seeking
correct Information. l wish to ualt you
n few questions. as ! am one OF those
who are seeking light,
a Now, Nrsi. whnt would be the re-
sui, II the law passed In 1873 demonetl2-
Ing oliver should be repealed by the next
Congress? Would prices OF the products
OF the farm, factory and Workshop In
crease, nnl II so, In what ratio, nnd how
soon In your opinion?
(2) IL prices Increased, would not this
have a tendency To stimulate an In
crcaslnE business with those industries?
Would Il not have about the aunt eff
feet as was experienced In grccnbnck
time. from about 1863 to 1865 or 1866?
Wcrr there not extraordinarily pros
porous times for manufacturers In that
rhriOd. aud did not many poor mnnufac-
tUrgrS become rich? Would the same
results occur again In n limited meas
urr2 II not, why not?
iC) Would there not be an active de-
mand for labUrcrS, and Is not the price
Of labor governed, To a large extent, by
the laws OF supply and demand, ~ we'll
as other thInGs2
a. IL It not natural that when n has
a thing 10 sell he should seek TO get tho
highest price for 1t possible, without any
consideration whatever n y Ia what
would be the cost OF anything he wished
10 buy?
() What would be tho effect upon the
gold in the national treasury or the
vaults OF the national banks II the
working peoplGUf all the industries OF
the United States should become sus
picious OF The sO-called cheap silver
dollar. and demand the sound gold dol
lar instead for what was owing them
for labor?
CGl II all industrial concerns In the
United States were compelled TO pay
OF their help In gold alone, how long
would the gold In this country last,
provided none should return TO the
b'llshd NEsill : IL EOlu tlhllt WIS uStNl
to pay OF labOrers, what proportion
would, in your opinion, fail to return
again for years to its proper channels
OF circulation as at present?
u Has not the workman equally as
good n right TO demand gold for pay
mcnt for his labor as u b~ordholder has
for the interest on his bond?
(S) Why is It that gold Is not In more
general CiTculntlOn2
(g) Would there be as many goods In
ported from abroad under the double
standard. rs now. under the present
single standard?
(10) Would the double standard In the
United States have any effect in d.
mIn!shing the demand for exports Of
the agricultural products OF this coun-
try abroad?
Gll Is not the price OF all productions
either agricultural. mechanical or In
dustrlal, governed by the laws OF sup
ply and demand?
Q2) What portion of mill men or wo-
men eve owned n gold eagle?
(l3) Is there not Mt present an active
demand for gold, and only n limited sup
ply?
C+) Does lot the law of supply and
demand apply to gold ~ well as other
commodities? II not. why?
WOODEN MILL MAN.