The morning times., 1896-08-15
on / SILVER sIN1lRD
Col. John b, eunstan Tells Of
Life in Colombia.
RICH ARE GROWING RICHER
I4aborers aud Small Farmers Are the
Ones Who Suffer-Large Planters
and M4-rchants Increase the Prices
Of Their Goods as the Value of
Silver Rises nr falls.

| cei.- John II. Dsastaa Of Sixth and D
streets Dorthwsstt mot Tree silver man.
He Il "a DeasSerh' but he cas, find no
good in the Chicago platform. His an
1parhy to sila13 stanaard arises Iron
knowledge not pellet. Heknow US wbst
free silver doe& country. He knows
what 1t will do$or The United States shou II
Lie people elect Mr. Bryan.
An Engiishuian ny birth, Col. Dunstan
has seen greatdeal of the world. From
Canada he carne TO virxtnia. married and
settled at Eref6dck- An eugineer by
profession, he, Was vide awake to the
possibilities OF the valley when The boom
struck VirgiDis. He was the first ma yor
OF Roanoke and il well known through the
South. "a 7.'v -a
For muny years he has been devoting
his time To gold mining. He was in Ven
| ezuela Gor Zen years and lately has been
In the republic OF Colombia, South Amer
tea. He 10 developtaE mining property
there IN which a large number OF WashiAg-
ton and Virginia people are Interested.
RACK FROM COLOMBIA.
Col. Dunstan's health resfulres that he
| should come hack to the States for . short
time. Before going to South America he
moved hisfARiiy to Washington 80 hisclil-
dren could have the benefit OF Washing
ton schools. This accounts far his being
In the city at this time.
He afrtyed at home to find his rarty
going wild over the isencsy Of more money
and can zee Nothing but DISASTER ahead
should IL he successful at the POLLS tins
fail. Hisexperiencein In Colombia has made
him an ardent gold man. and in the prom
ises OF better times held out by the 16 to
men be can see little but ruin. He
knows how it works where he has been.
Ten years ago. he said to Times re-
porter. Hcolomhi'i had gold aud silver as
"s 'ho"e,' neir InarAe. 'a'"e leni,i'oeo
an nn'eioiuhse' No~ 'l'- oouhtry Is OH
SNef oasis. AS a consequence, you
can "eaf he Rtofng peop'e wondering
why' since .ney nave snofe money now
tnes canno. ouy as many 'nmes as tney
as'.i To- TIT NO" ,ne taiae o, the ihehey
Q, .ne country shr'cs iro'h Gay 10 Gay
WIN the ih"rAet fhiue VI sh'er'
The vsihe OF the money OF The country
i'as ueprec'aieu- hVersth'ne is measured
ny ko" S'ahcafu- wheh "ouid ornw
oe"l. on my people IN tne uhted states
1 woaio receive from Sz.oO 10 30 per 81
Tor IT, as the price OF silver would happen
10 oe. WIN this lncrease, could not
Pufchase US i coaia Ten Years ago. It
o'o ho' Nuke 30 muen diiierenee 10 ne, !,
as was representing hhhe owners. All
uine owners axe An 1asof OF Tree SILVER.
because tisey chn pufchsse'l labar 8" niich
more cheaIhy. as i-wia snow N q hiie
n@.
Loof AGA iDe Shah farmers are tne
-peopie "po saHcr from ffee snsef IN
Coh''tna' anu ~ VIA oe nrseiy ue same
ciasses ~hach VIII surfer m the United
States II free SILVER wins Defe.
LARGE DEALERS MAKE. Z
1.-The large planters and the merchants
labor much cheaper and places his prices
ON the gold standard. The merchant does
the same thing, and 1t is not uncomn,on
10 see prices going. up and down On the
same article in the Same week. Let ME
show you how the free SILVER works:
.>on the free silver basis the none Y Of the
country deprecated in value from $50 to
300. The increase in the wages of labor
was about Is per. cent. It did not even
approach the depreciation Ten years
q go tic laborer usedto get 60 cents q day,
now he receives 30 cents day. There
is an increase. bqt see what he can buy with
the money he has on the free silver basis
"a hickory shirt which he used to pur-
chase for 20 cents or dollar costs him
50 row, undershirts that he used to bay
10, 10, 20 ue"'s We. 'o no" eoini'oh
=. us un' sun nm you eou'u par'h.se nere'
~. onu oeeu ~ guy ''.t'fe 'of % OF 50
no" eo''e s1e- on ie" 'i'oes arr worn In
!. ,.'a' V''on.1 fuA' pa. NV ces's 81 "Here
wou'o ou, 'ae'h ioilheriy, ahes cheap
~. So ss'e sHiu anu runs
" " ~ 'eA' See 10" o''s's i'oih ~
" 'o 'en'SS pou"u "ne.e ~ ueeu 20 'os' ~
e.ne, "e'i'o'n VI ''e" i"','e i'quoi
WHICH aseu 70 eose % ~-cah o'hy We pof-
iol ,. OF go
"oitihs'n''" WHO useu 10 ieeei'e
~ een's a. on so'u n's's ai"a.s
n"u eon,s inohey iei' es 'he euu oi sie
ihon'h- 40" nc ,'"s heenins anu haS ho'
: Gu hear ~ wen nc esh purei'ase as
nuon 90 no "'t" w. anu e'"''''i'ei"iS "e
siomis
sam us s "'''' e"e s'n
% p "a. '".e 1,'.
"' 70 sne iauo nus ""
an i"o.ease VI b"e' Nv per .eu. :" me
pi'oe VI nus p'o.1s' w. 'na. uo'i "aAc
'p ioi .ue oe ueNi =" 'ue p"Ie''asi"s
'aiue o. ."e 'nones Vi .ne oo'neIs on ahree
''isef ods's- ne Hus' pa! the larger
pf'ce ior eseryeo'ne NC pulcna'es'
AlNEhS "AoES.