The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-07
JUDGE TURNER'S PALACES.

siderable time 10 relating how the price or
farm products had decreased since ls7s.
and declared that II silver should be
coined wlthou; limit az the ratio OF Is TO
st would Instantly and Immediately
manufacturing ard extrac,ive products OF
the state Of Washington
We suggest 10 every farmer in the state
Of Washington that ne cut out these opln-
ions OF Judge Turner and preserve them
30 that. In the event OF such a calamity
as Bryan's election. the judge may be held
70 full responsibility for them They are
made unequivocaiiy. with a view 10 max
Ing the farmers believe IN their truthful
ness and reliability, and Judge Turner
should not be permitted 20 escape the re-
sentiment OF his miz.ed followers when
they discover the extent Of their deluslon-
They will hns that while the prices may
be doubled. the value viii be the same in
the markets OF the world. Precisely the
same result would be reached as to wheat,
making thirty pounds bushei instead Of
sixty pounds.
IL Is impossible 20 say with certainty
what will happen In the future except by
a comparison of similar causes and their
results In the past. Judge Turner cannot
deny that. II the results he predicts shall
follow the free coinage Of metal at fic-
titious ratio. n win be'for the first time In
the histSy OF the world.
Judge Turner. by implication. admits
that II might possibly ''be injurious 10
aanuitants. pensioners and those having
fixed incomes" This includes United
States pensioners. n course. and II must
necessarily include all those TO whom
money is 10 be paid. because those who
have savings in banks, money invested in
insurance policies. and workingmen who
have nothing except what their debtors
/, their employers-have TO pay them. viii
all be paid In the cheaper money II the
option IL given to their debtors 70 pay
them in either coin.
We ask any workinxman. II his EN-
pioysr has the option allowed by law OF
paying him in i0o-cent gold dollar or
ss-cent silver dollar 60 say nothing Of
75-eent or 5o-cent silver dollar). whether
he thinks the employer will hand out the
gold dollar or the silver dollar?
We ask any pensloner whether II gov
eminent officials have the option OF pay
ing pensions In gold or silver and the OBJ
ton az the same time OF paying their own
salaries in gold or silver, whether they
viii keep the gold and give the veteran
the silver. or keen the silver and give the
veteran the golaP II may be replied that
one viii be as good az the other. IL that
T. the case. why pass a law saying they
ara sof
But u Il not so: ana the free siiverites
know that Z, Is not so. and that no law
that they have put into their platform
the following plank:
we favor such legislation as VIII pre-
vent for the future the demonstration Of
any kind % legal tender money by pri-
vate contract"
II the two forms az money are 10 be pre-
eisely equal in value. what difrererc e does
"a make whether people agree to ray IN
one or the otherf
Very briefly We may point 20 the history
~ all past time as proof that law Is ut
,srly unsvsuinS TO create value. The
great mistake the free silveritss make is
that they think that 7; IA the law which
made. IN 1871. the ratio: the fact Is the
law simply adopted the ratio which ex-
lstea. n ihe law could make the ratio.
whv not make me two equal. or. "a =
matter Of greater convenience. make X s
70 I. 80 thai II would take Just Eve times
ne weigh, OF SILVER 20 correspond TO SIS
equal value With roldr THIS would 80
much more convenient in calculation.
Alexander Hamilton was practical bi-
n1stAil'st: hls ohieci was not 20 coin the
Two metals On similar terms. but 20 keep
them IN Circulation on equal terms. To
treat the two metals exactly alike would
Ne % coin taem - eQual tsrrns-shat
woaid e = ratio - : 90 = Hamilton was
exceedingly careful 20 make ere ratio BIZ
law What he thought u was 81 actually.
lie folly appreciated The dimcalsies O,
successfully carrying cost TIA po'icy % b.
rne,alEsn. ans therefore frequently ans
earnestly urged that care he taken ~ con
rress 70 regulate ths proportion o; pure
mssai in tAe sNe varieties % coia with
an eve 90 thesr average commercial
value" he sad that the necessary con-
rssnenes which weuld follow any eonst8-
s-se,s undertaking .; sltAes metal woala
~ -hsnisAneut q tAst whtcs IS bsaer-
valued"
Hamilton was right No country IN the
eor,d hss ever beer able ny tree coira 80
- s4iva-es and MAINTAIN the valas % ore
uaetal 70 parity with another nesA'
pssvlax tAe revolution esagress issued
b.Iss ~ cres', whsca were made legal ten
Ser. ana sssasal &c receive thssn Sas
uss8e "a sx,inwalsanent % TIRE aset- il
1hs year fg-s TIE lsw Declared taAt Y Sny
persen saorla - 80 ios; - al vs-tcs ansi
regard tar ets country "a 20 refuse - -
cssye ~ bills TRES issued As sAell1 o.
ceavles&an thereof ~ deemed -. enemy
- his eesniyy ana oe rreeiese4 fresh az
sFase At iassrcoarss wfts the inhabitants
| e IRE eelonsss,~ yas this legislation was
IS saavaiifae as ths declaration Of con-
! sFTess EsAr2y enc hsnsred years i&te~ tAas