The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-22

The views of Maj. Mckinley on the cur
rency question were admirably stated in
speech delivered at Ada, Ohio, in his cam
paign for governor against Jas. Campbell.
He said:
"The republican party stands opposed 10
free and unlimited coinage of silver under
existing conditions, and insists that that can
not be safely done until the great CONNER
cial nations of the world shall have by con-
current action, fixed the ratio between gold
and silver. The republican party stands,
therefore, for dollar worth 100 cents,
whether it shall be gold or silver or paper
money. Free and unlimited coinage of s il
yer would give the profits to the silver pro-
ducers of the world instead of to the govern
ment of the United States. Free and I'M
limited coinage of silver invites the silver
producers of the world to bring their 76 cts.
worth of silver to the minis of the United
States, the government agreeing to coin
that silver into silver dollar, and, by It's
fat, compel people to take it for 100 cents;
and the difference between 76 cents, which
is the price of silver today, the value Of
silver now is about SO cents.-Ed. and 100
cents, which is the face value of the silver
dollar, goes into the pockets of silver kings
of this country and of the silver kings of the
world; and If we had free and unlimited
coinage in the last twelve years, the $67,-
900, 900 which was the seigniorage, or gain
| to the government, would have been divided
among the silver producers of the world.
The republican position is that If there is 10
be any profit in this matter of moneymak-
| ing that profit should go to the government
of the United States and not to any class of
our citizens or any of our silver producers
or silver producers anywhere in the world.
When we sell our labor or our crops we
want to get for it money that is as good as
the thing we give for that money, and we
want the thing that we get to be unvaryiDg
in value-nOt only good today, but good
every day of every week of every year; not
only good in the United States, but good
wherever trade goes. In a word. we want
no short dollar; we want no short weight;
we want no short measure. l tell you a
| 100.cent dollar won't keep company with an
| S0.cent dollar. 1t never did, and 1t never
will"
| In another speech he said:
"The nations which are on silver basis
alone are the poorest nations of the world
and are in constant financial disturbance
and monetary disorder. Gov. Campbell de-
clared that while he had doubts about it, he
was willing to chance free and unlimited
coinage of silver. l am not willing to
chance it. Now, the people know that IL
we had two yard sticks, one three feet in
length and the other two and a half feet in
| length, the buyer would always have his
goods measured to him by the shorter stick
and that the longer stick would go into per-
manent disuse. 1t is exactly so with mon
ey. / am not in favor of the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver in the United
States until the nations of the world join us
in guaranteeing to silver status which
their laws now accord to gold"
The woods are full of McKinley's wise
and sound utterances on the money ques-
| ton.
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