The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
NEW PRESENTATION.
A b c of the Question for Working
men and Everybody Else.


New York Lumber Trade Journal
Let us not get mixed up with complex
matters in connection with the free silver
idea.
Let us not befog our brain with argu-
ments about the crime of 1873, bother
with the many theories which the advo-
Gates of free silver are giving us.
But let us take a common-sense view or
the situation.
Now, to start with.
Suppose Bryan was elected and the free
coinage act had been passed, and that free
coinage was an actual fact
Suppose that silver could be taken to the
mint and coined into silver dollars at the
ratio of 10 to l.
How would that affect us?
We haven't got any silver coin.
A whole lot of people who own silver
mines have it, and SO they could have it
coined into 16-to-1 dollars; but, not having
any ourselves, we could not have soli-
tary, single dollar coined under the free
silver act
Now, suppose however. that all the sill
yer mine owners and others who had sill
yer took it all to Washington or Philadel-
phia, to some other United States mint
and had it coined into 16-to-1 dollars, and
Suppose much hau been coined that
all the silver in the world was made into
16-to-1 dollars, and
Suppose that every one of these dollars
were piled in one heap right on the next
Suppose every single one of them was
worth. 100 cents here ana everywhere.
What good would they do us. unless We
had something we could trade by which
we could get one?
Well, we have something to trade; every
body has.
Some have labor, so much for a dollar
Some have lumber, so much for dollar
Some have sugar, or potatoes, hams
or coal, or something else, all so much for
dollar.
We have advertising and subscriptions,
When want one of those silver dol
lars we cannot go and take it; they don't
belong to us; they belong to the men who
took the silver to the mint to be coined.
If we took one, it would be stealing.
If asked for one for nothing, it would
If the owners gave for nothing,
it would be gift
If we borrowed one, it would cost us in
Most of us. to get one, must trade labor,
lumber, sugar, coal, advertising or some
This is absolutely and honestly so, isn't
Wen, being so, why do we take any
chances on the dollar?
We can get gold now.
1t is worth 100 cents on dollar every
So we have supposed the silver to be,
but
Suppose it isn't.
What then?
What is the use of taking chance un-
Won't be worth more than 100 cents, will it?
We getting that now
Let well enough alone.
Some say duty compelS q Democrat to
back up and vote for a Democrat. You
have Bryan's word that he Is no Demo
crat Let MIN care deny tnat ne sald IT.
Some say 1T is pretty bad now. We
might as we'll take a chance. 1t can't be
worse.
What kind of tomfoolery is this?
When our baby lay at deaths door did
we do any experimenting? We tried
erything which could cure, but we did not
experiment.
Are things bad in a business way?
Let US tell you something to try.
Vote down this crowd of regulators.
Tell the world in trumpet tones in No
vember that want the best money, that
we will take no other, and business VIII
revive.
Let the capital out that Bryan and his
followers have scared under cover and
prosperity will come.