The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09
SOUND MONEY .EAflET.

zAe ssock N s-nas Of tie f-ee SILVER a.
Sccafe7 - ASSERTION [Ae~ make state
Ezs-ts v5t1cEt zsss-ysarE to Ar@-x fag-
va-e FroSs 81 s1ssr Accuracy, ard T. =zoss
CASES fo- re resscH that E-caf - tEpcs-
szezs- J-sess answered. aoweyer. sasze
assertions frequently -ass.s2e SAosss who
nez- them Il 10 important therefore.
thAr shoaa Who waxs 20 szsze-ssxn4 sEss
s7ayc--Arr g1es-aca xsc1st know The ar
sTe-s- = ro<e- 70 tie Dost xE2crsz1.
% sAese stock assertsonA
Here are soze % tie rses1 frequent A.
es--ScEs Of the s-fen1s ~ eree Coinage At
tie facts which answer tA<n-
]. That the free ccEnxSe OF silver VII
make nonsy SleEty.
II WI drive ncre thar sssc on Nc AZ ecse
est Of tie country and u VIE require
yeEr1 70 replace tAza a-scx1t with silver
I That silver was deEcnetsxec u ISL
To ~ce1s01eszz<~ means 20 abandon The
uxe q A. r,cnsy. Up to 80 ne has ccsrea
Only ka1 sec Of SILVER esNla-S. S@nce ssaf
tine re have coined @ see 30 SILVER sol-
lara are thRy are IL h go and 81 ri.
sexaI terx1er
That the present hard tines result
from the geld standard
One cause at lard tines 10 the conet--al
ags.afiee fer cheap money. The oshae -
saspenssos of manufacturing c2s g IN
creasea iinpor-arsos Of nanEtsctzz0o IN
Z That ,hs god standard kas ruined the
country.
TIE wealth o. the country mere than
Doubled from 1875 70 lssa
8 That The gold standard has cut wages
In hztf
From 1875 70 LOO wages Increased = psr
cent AID tae.r purchasing power = Per
cent
6 That silver b not legal tender.
Silver dollars are legal tender 70 any
amount: Subsidiary cc4Es are legal tender
% the amount 81 So
Z. That free coinage VIII make Fla
grains CT pure silver eel for e.
Thsee-fourtAs of tie earth's population
have free silver coinage. but III grzias
Of silver sells Tor s. een.s-
J. That this country - big enough 70
adopt free coinage and restore silver .
va1sas independently Of the rest OF the
weird
II ,hree-sourths Of the people IA the
weird have failed. hew can N.D 90 sue
eeed.
. That the money power. has cornered
gold and made money scarce
There Is G.IE.< 81. 90 Of geld In the vori1.
and no combination ce9sd possibly eor-
neY L..
Ia. That We are being driven into bank
rCptcy by scarce money and high interest.
In ixss cur circulation was slx-g4 per CAP
ita. 10 IsH /, was e. s. The increase In
the total money In TIE country Was much
greater. Since isss rates OF ic,eres. have
fallen 50 per cent
IL That the larger the volume Of cur
rsney the higher are prieea
France has $S-T per capita Swi:xer-
land has ts-E. Prices are the same 10 both
countries
l. That primary money only 10 . meas
IRE Of values
Gold Is the primary money Of both
France and Greece. France has Sz7-ls gold
per capita. Greece has only . cents
Prices are the same 10 both countries.
Il That tie silver men demand BIZ
m<tz.sism-
In his centralia speech. ". ]. Bryan
said: The Democratic party has declared
for q single standard OF silver" That
means silver moao-rnetaiIism-
Il That free silver viii raise wagee-
From 1855 10 1866 q o.. GER; paper dollar
raised prices rs per cent. and only raised
wages - per cent. while the purchasing
power OF the money received for wages
was reduced IS per cent.