The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-15

OF pure silver, six grains more 10 the
dollar than the American coinl. He
puts the Mexican coin in a melting
pot carries the product to the United
States mint. and gets 100 American
dollars for the silver a gain " two
for one.
The question arises, where does the
gain TO Uncle Sam come ins How long
win he be able to stand this racket -
The silver men lose sight of the fact
that this is a government ~ the peo-
pie. and that what injuries the govern
ment Injuries also the people who CONF
pose Il,
The Republicans say. in their plat
form. in effect that II all the world
agrees 90 give pound ot sold for
sixteen Of silver than the United states
cannot complain; hut until the world
does, let us not do So for should we
do that alone. our country would be
the dumping ground for all the silver
Of the world, and all the sold in this
country will 80 abroad In short. we
would put our country upon mono
metallic basis,
When an Irishman was once boaStins
that a shilNnS in the old country would |
buy as much as a half dollar in Amer |
lea, he was asked why he didn't stay
in the old country, Fat was too quick !
for his ques,iouer, Where the divil |
would l get the shiulugs" was his
ready reply, II is much the same case
with the workiugman here. Where is
he TO get the money 10 buy silver bul-
lion or Mexican dollars in order to
speculate with. 1t is only the silver
mine owner or the capitalist who can
AFFORD TO buy up silver, in the market,
that would set any advantage out Of
a free coinage act, at ls to l.
The argument Of the Bryan Demo- !
cratic speakers is that the people OF
the United States ought 10 give twice |
as much for silver as it is worth. be- |
cause, II it should, then all other COM
mercial nations would give the same
price. This sounds like Esop's old IA !
BILE Of the fox who got his tail cut on !
in the trap and then advised all the
other foxes to have their tails cut Off |
too. They say that II the United
States did that, that such a demand |
for silver would arise as would cause |
the price to advance from 50 to l to |
Is 10 l. Who is interested in the rise
Of the price Of silver? Is il the poor
man who don't own any. or the mine
owner or bullion broker? That Ques-
ton answers itself. II silver does rise
in price is the laboring man going TO
get any more of il than he does uowe |
VIII the rise in the price Of silver dou-
bic the wages OF the working man? |
On the contrary. the country would |
put itself on a silver basis similar to
Mexico, and the silver dollar would |
then purchase about one-half that IL |
does now.
The Democratic platform says that il |
that the money question
is paramount to all others at this
time" The Populists agree with them.
The Republicans are inclined to insist
that the tariff question is OF equal inn
portance. but the difficulty is that in
the senate OF the United States, at
present, the Republicans have not a
majority and are unable to pass a tar
in measure because the free-sllver men
stand in the way and say no tariff law
shall pass unless We also open the
mints TO the free coinage Of silver at
Is TO l.
By this stand-and-deliver action the
Republicans are left no choice but TO
make the money question paramount
10 the tariff. Some Of the prominent Re
oublicans Of Oregon have been inclined
% make the money question one Of in
'erior consideration to the tariff in this
,ampaign, but they must see that this
$ impracticable and disagrees with the
opinion Of the great body Of their
brethren throughout the country, and
t is to be hoped that they will change
their views to conform to those Of the
party leaders who are now on the
stump elsewhere for the election Of
and Hobart.
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