The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-29

ADAPTED from Bryans Speeches)
believe it will be n blessing 10 the
United States to lose $3.50. eeooso OF gold.
believe 1t will be a blessing to the
United States TO take half the purchasing
power out OF It's 5oo00o,o0o OF silver dollars.
7 believe IL viii be a blessing for the
United States 20 take half the purchas-
Ing power out OF It's 1859, ooo,eo worth OF
paper money.
l believe that to cut dollar in two Is
10 double It's value.
1 believe that 80 cents = twice as much
as 100 cents.
I believe that the farme~ will be better
of when he sells 1alt as much Of his pro-
duet as he does now al the same rate
believe the farmer Will ne benefited by
having 10 pay twice as much as he does
now for everything he does not raise and
must buy.
Since hold that The farmer would he
better of Il ne sold haif as much rs hs
does aow at the saric rate. It follows thac
/ hold The farmer vii be SSH be;ee- on u
he soil qGar. r as macl. as he does now
a. the same rate.
Therefore. it follows that I hold IL
would be better for the farmer If he sold
nothing al all. but let his produce rot on
his farm.
hold thai the city workingman would
be better off IL he earned half as much
as he does now.
believe that all the widows and Or
phans whose means OF support Is invest
ell IN loans WIFI be blessed by getting
back 50 cents or the dollar their bread
winners toilsd for at 100 cents on the dol
lar. and tina, they would be still better OF
Il they had 10 40 20 the poor house..
I believe Il would be a blessing for
SEQ 90 depositors In savings banks who
have laid Up $40 100, 90 by tell al 10 cents
e The dollar 20 get back half the amount
o. their SAVINGS instead OF the whole.
! hold That The country would be better
of II half the value OF the capital OF the
4.0so national banks. amounting 20 nearly
sra. GO. 90. we're extlngulshed. 1t would
help business all over the country.
believe il would be blessing on the
sta'es Of the American Union II the $500
co.l9o deposited ny private persons N
4.et0 state banks were reduced to % cents
GA the dollar or largely lost ali together.
Th.s would encourage thrift ana animate
enterprise.
hold that the states would De further
blessed K the see. loo go capital n state
banks were shrunken 20 half ia debt
paving power. This would help the farm
ers.
believe Il would be blessing 20 towns
X the ere Insurance companies were 50
crippled that they could pay only hall
the face value OF risks.
I believe that 81 would fau Ike 4 bene-
dlc,ioa upon the holders OF sis I'D. zoe 90
worth or its insurance on which they
had paid 100 cents 20 the dollar. 60 learn
that they coula realize only 80 cents On
the dollar o. 'heir policies.
! believe ;hat Il would be an encourage
meut - hcuernakers 20 know thai The
si50eea.oe. Ia Building association shares
were 20 shTivel 70 half their valUe.
I believe that. although owners 81 silver
would not peTTni, thA metal - be coined
into 1ollsrs Tor Americans when IL was
worth more % export than 70 coin a.
though coinage was free an1 unlimited.
owners cf silver are unselnsh patriots IN
desiring 70 coin unlimited silver INTO dol
lars no@ when they can get "a chance 10
do 50 g twIce the worth cf the silver az
ere market price and hall tie value IN the
dollars 20 ths people
aol3 Is 20 DC solemn duty 20 the SO
GO fnvass4s and the 100a WIDOWS ard or
plans on the pension roll o. the natlon 20
deprive tAena 81 hsif The ct-fss aid each
monthly Il 49, - especially heroic. fnr
tsass who Eet glcuE now on 81 a noah
% co0lr.ve 10 i've ca s. A month
believe that = IS 5st-Fr for ne United
safes 20 grade Down w-ih Cana and
Ae1tcc fhan 70 VIII Great Britain. Ger
i7Aa1y- Franco. Austria Hungary Holland.
F2e <ara
h9&4 that expulsion OF al cur red a-a
contraction Of half our silver and vapex
- expsns.cn % our currency
hold .HSt Ire law 81 graVltAtaa-, can be
Sz4SEaefs4e4 - act 81 congress-
eeAsSs Ea-arc.&4 9aacksan4 u rock
bottom Ger s aatson.
believe g12; TIE beSt way % hssi,s I'd
a coa1trT = - destroy .L---Azcaxo TmAs-
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