The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-05-01


Assi.ss ~ rsaias Mass~, % Hin
Cs~afsy-
n " B2sttce IN NatiocaI Bimeral.
List Ine venerable senator from Yer.
1crr L. perhaps. the Oldest American
IL public life he Is considerably over
- yea-s Of age and he Icus since eeas@d
- learn anything new His views or
zoresary cuestions we're formed. in
the main half . century ago. This
sas long before the silver question
arose The tso precious metals xers
t,@n both perfectly performing the
f-netlO1 Of money. There has been no
breaking o: the ratio between them
Aat s,ere vE 70 suggestion OF superb
or1ry or t1serSorisy. apprsriatiou or de-
2r-ciatloc n either They stood al
most inuovable n the ratio OF r5I.
oSncSs Of silver 20 I ounce Of gold
The sinrs Of France vere open 10
bot, AZ that relation. and the market
a-rs very close 10 the mint rate.
CnSer tie circumstances il was m.
,1ral enough for hin 70 assume that
iS's TO vzs the relation fixed BY trade
co1rtrion< and TO overlook the fact thar
lie Preach coin- &c Law vas What made
Nd crctrulIs,t the market price
In ls1s the American mint was closed
20 silver little later the minis Of
France And the other states Of the Latin
1nsoo limited it's coinage. Inmetf-
Irely silver began TO derlrne in the mar
Ie B1r ccrrenporaneously there
FA< . considerable increase In the pro
'ucrio1 Of silver and IL vas an easy !
natter for him 20 bring himself to be- /,
eve that the Increased production was :
se sole cause o. the decline.
lrcrsti5I- As IL may SEEN. there are !.
any zuc- men and men OF fair iarerIi- :
sncs vh-o actually believe that the :.
or=y-Ese q gold and silver has moth :.
q 20 90 With their value In short. =
~ The g0Itsnirh dxes the value OF =,
Nc and that the metal il simply :.
s,et II the value which lie places up -
] IL -
II this vfev. the facts that the mar =.
: price C gold - money value :,
Z that 1orey Is purely the creation -
zu- are ecrireIy overlooked. -.
NJ Norrtll Is not Q great man BY any
ans During the time ae has been
public life ais environments have -
- Of . character 20 irresistzbly in -
Ne aiz TO the support Of such meas .
> a. the 1oreyet classes favored -
tie tzrf6 thee classes are some
a; eividet- 81: in New England they VI
1Anly IL tzvor Of protection and
ortErxiY M Morrill, Is on that side DC
12o1 the money question the -
Iirh Of TIE country is almost soIitIy 'ne
ss>'t il favor Of the gold standard eoil
'r~soee Mr. Morrill, i a gold nan IN CIV
exrr>r-e sense the
. c0ctterr Is - % the absolute per ine
Ion Of gnlt a. . measure Of value e~o
ae las never taken the trouble to sixe
o~ics TIE surface He knows cop
an ounce Of silver can De bought ~ Q
about IS cents IL gold and be also Der
- that measured in gold. the PROF
lesAle prices Of our great staples met
fallen about cre-half since Is-3: MAJ
- the gold dollar still contains the Mar
. setEhr Of gold in his faulty he writ
ally thinks Its value has remained the
lz1xst He does not seem 10 know Gale
tE8srsncs bestgeen the weight o.
gold dollar and its value He Wort
ais 70 think that the purchasing to CT
: Of gold dollar can double. ana a. |
Ial1e remain En2Irsred-blissfuIIy amo
nScfo1s that value IL merely . its
Of excha1xs- and that VIXEN and
~ and goods are measured against at 5
osh<r In exchange relations. IL the ttoni
> fall in price the money necessa- inclr
rlssx- orre
1T arxun>nt made BY the senator THE
'~1s 1ror the theory that the gold
-eI-. valr1e- II Il upon this as
Itior aIone that ne spezks OF the
: collar a. only being worth 80 ~,
No matter how much more OF
i ecorr must D. put forth in order
( a gDlt dollar he conplarently
Is that the gold dollar is no more
be than il formerly ra-other ny
/. - 49, suita
- the Sesror Of the senate can amer
dispose o. great economic ques- eoil
II IL 10. "a - xorssr.-1 :, 80, Of pu
EeiInsznfrz people talk Dip ern !"
, about the silver craze alIoy