The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-28

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Bur IN srg-a OF al taEs vendetta Story
% progress zni development sc are I'D
rnSst geld ha~ appreciated under tHe Sos4
stzrzia-si. thai az Aave a 9st-ee1t deisar.
and taat w1Aae ise dollar * 2avznc1TE.
pr.ees q - falling This nas afways Sss-n-
ed to ne 20 be ire ou@ra no2re aTzET-rss y
% THIS c2zl7a4gn- y OWL a S-.ea aG4lz-
s1Z xsscy this side % ne street ana f91
cE1 SIX tsz@-u=nts 2gon ne opposite Sc.
ard ws each receive the same ren@ sar
rHem. i msgat - said, N a corazasTc a.
s@rse. t1at trey were seuz. IN value. BIZ
Slpp5S. yoI @liow YOUR SIX te1erzenrs -
90 20 rack and rl4n. or .1aE yo1 have con-
petition 81 he aelghbo-caso1; suppose a.
result that ire rent upoz yog~ six -sn@-
merits fails. SHE the rent 1po1 nv arscs
building remains tae same az f crs<trlz liy
wsS N0x. can L DC trsl.ltullv said ira
because your ~ax tsaennents nave fallen
OF n earning power and mine has rslaa =
al re same az / originally was. hat Ire
x4s.e u ny brick 5uilGlng Eas arc~ec-az-
brick building has remained as Il was or
lgl1aiIy. bur ys34r SIX tereZ1eats have "a
en- n value The ultimate test of the value
OF god dollar = It's interest b aEsE1S Or
interest paying vagls. jas. "a the test %
the value % a brick block IS rs rental
val1e. or tbs speed or ne Stre1gtr %
horse = tAa test y rs value. Prior -
ls1S. the average rae OF Interest through
out rhs United States vas from 20 % per
cent per annGnl. today sae average rate
a Interest throughout the United states
che gold dollar has Apr Ac5aee6 e We
have d 4s-cent dollar. why has not the
charge Tor the U.s. % TIE dollar ircrea ssfe
II the dollar Itself aaS multiplied twice.
fhe Interest charge for the Use Of IL should
have bsea 8gssIt. Piled twice. AMI instead es
paving from > 20 per cent per aaDum
today we shoalt b. Paying Is 70 ~ per
cent per sunUm- The truth about tee
matter : thar gold has not appreciated.
bat silver haS deprecated. and x = only
because the credit of this government =
good that II can issue dollar WORTH =
cents and Induce the world % take =
FOR Ia9 cents Bur. take away from this
government It's credit ami its power %
redeem these silver dollars with dollars
commercially worth fS1 cents ard they
will pass current for their market value.
Mr. Bland says thar the gold standard
lowers prices and that under free coinage
prices viii rise. Let Us see. Suppose the
price Of q olsaei Of wheat today az Chi
cage Is - cents; that bIsheI OF wheat viii
boy a given number OF yards % calico or
pounds % sugar. Now, II we double the
value % the o4s1el 81 wheat II VIII usir-
chase twice as much sugar and tw,ce as
fnuc1 calico But While the yal1e Of the
hlsh@l Of wheat was doubling. mat would
the calico ard sugar Be doing? Certainly
trey would be- doubling also. All comm obi
ties are affected bv the same laws and
rise and fall il obedience 10 those laws
II fAe wheat crop : scarce. the price %
abundant and consumers scarce. The price
o. wheat VIII fall. Two million eggs will
sci q better price % four nliiiior neo-
PIE than four million eggs 20 Two million
people.
Then We are tod by the Democratic
SPEAKERS That the price OF silver affects
the pFtce OF wheat. and that as silver goes
Up or down Wheat VIII ris@ or faI Now
the same cause which effects the faM Of
silver may affect The fall Of wheat lust
az Il aHecfs The IA OF town lots or mer-
s1an1lse, but sEat the price of silver has
anything 20 do wiki the price Of whea Z
ID Haa-- Democrat. Pcpa--St or p0pCcrat-
can truthfli.y demonstrate. Nstther is /.
true that the prise OF farm products has
ioat0Neti the price or silver with any regu-
izTitN- In lss3 Labor Commissioner Wright
made q report 10 d non-partisan commit
lee or the senate OF the United States a
70 the average price of spring wheat n
chicago over d number &c years. and The
Rod. This report shows that in 1911 wheat
was higher than n 1913, although silver
ha1 declined - cents an ounce During
the period when the coinage of silver do
lars was discontinued The average price
q wheat Tan~ed - a dollar and upwards.
The great decline began in ISIS. when the
government bsFan 10 coin silver dollars
a. the rate OF Two mis,ion Der mont n.
neat IN lssV. aen silver was si.35l4 was
S.lS4tlE lower than Wleae in 1855. when
silver MIS- sgiz cents, and wheat IN ISIS
Was 81 D. with silver az 81 cents azd only
sri2 cents IL 1884. with liver al Sill
NAeat rose in 1873. 1851. lS5. IsS7 1855 AMI
il 1851. not w.chSg a nd8ng thar silver rz.> a
al of these periods. Then cur Democratic
friends say. having been driven oal- OF this
poS.tlo1, taat Il \ rot the price OF silver.
h4r me amount OF u. and I ask YOU 70
weigh the following figures from TIE slms
coined ard The price OF wheat for twenty
years: