The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23


i7cse~Ss iAetT t0ee1ss. I Aeg yea 20 co.,
slaeE wAesae- TIE great tofIgng masses -
tais 58uoa have not = right - make a
bushes cut q zsasltkas sncs. AMI protect
their homes ara tselr faNasiex troan sss@s-
~. tAzAfiAuse.l TIE feanderS ~ ear gov
eTnsE1tas never concesed mar the tins
N0ul5 come wf1zn there weahf he oEiy .
Ter people IN this country who we're ccza-
EsssEt 50 settle grezs nuh1.c qus<tto0s- II
they bad. shsy Nosl8 have written N the
constitution thai or rsasf asesssc1S most
everybody could vote. out On ire money
question eaay tAe sfnRncseTs ce1ie vote
tArplsuse9
'sOur epponsnts o. che rola standard
Democracy arc al linked as % the policy
which Should Ne pursued. TAey al want
the same Object. they al want 80 elect a
Republican candidate. because they BE-
heye TIE Democracy Is hetter exsmgllHsd
through RepgbslcAulSns. U-anxhterl
Some cs car opponents say that sne
god standard - a good thing. while others
ssy whSa. we wznt = As-rns allisEn. ha1 We
cannoE have il until samehoay helps
'LsaughteFl n the gold standard = good
thing, why should We want bi-rnssslhssng
And YET. Il they ever hSve 40 men max
ing speeches me same night. ths chances
are IS 70 Usushter1 tAas one os xhena viii
praise the Eolf standard as
good thing. while TIRE other VII
tell yoa how anxious they are 20 get rl3
OF h. One man SAYS the reason WHY ha
does not want free coinage Is that he does
not think the government should PASS a
Law that Will enable the silver miners 20
take - cents worth % silver bullion and
convert Il into 100 cents OF course he
may have been in favor OF a system Of
TAXATION that would give 80 o. 80 per cent.
profit. bat that does not count: Il Is n
terrible thing TO allow the silver miner
20 make that profit. Then the next man
who comes I'D viii say that as a matter
OF fact the stamp Of the government adds
nothing 10 the value OK the metal. and Chat
the free coinage az silver simply means
that you convert ~ cents worth OF bullion
into 5e-eeat dollar and nobody makes
proit out OF Il. tApplausel
NOW yoG can see the absgrdity Of II.
II the silver miner under the law Of free
coinage inGs that his silver bullion -
raised so that that which is now worth .
cents will be worth 100 cents. then there
are no 50 cent dollars. and II the other
man is correct and the law adds nothing
10 the value OF the metal ard you simply
convert 80 cents worth of silver into
so-eent dollar. then the mine owner has
not made a cent. Well. then you hear an
other speaker say that there has been no
fan Ia prices. and he viii dencunce the
people who are complaining that gold fiaS
risen in price. and then his colleague viii
tell you that not only have prices fallen,
but that IL is the grea TEST BLESSING IN the
world 10 have prices fall.
'sour opponents do not dare 10 say that
the gold standard is good thing. because
no party In the history OF this country
has ever declared In favor OF a gold stand
ard. and they do not dare TO say that the
gold standard Is a bad thing. and tell To-
ooo. 600 Of llber-t~-loving people that they
sfa~ss
1ion brings them relief. tcries OF THAT is
right.')
what is the principle that unaerlies it
all? IL is that the law of supply and de-
mand applies 70 money as 10 everything
else. Increase the amount OF money
more rapidly than the demand for money
increases, and You lower the value OF a
dollar. Decrease the quantity OF money
while the demand for IL increases. and you
inerease the value OF dollar. Nnen you
understand that principle. then You un-
sierstand why the great crusade IN favor
OF the gold standard finds its home among
the holders of fixed investments. who by
such legislation raise the value or the
property which they hold tApplause.l
When YOU understand the effect OF the
noIlcy and then understand that the de-
sire for II is manifested mostly among
those who hold the fixed investments and
trade in money. l think you Will come 10
the conclusion that / have. that the fAct
that the gold standard Is a good thing Tor
them Is the principal reason why they are
i'm favor OF A gold standard. tApplsuse.l
Now. nv friends. when you make up your
minds that the gold standard Is Dad
thing. then the only question that You
have 10 consider Is how can you get rid
Of n. They can raise objections TO the
man which We propose, but II free COIN
age makes a silver dollar equal to a gold
dollar why. then IL will be Just RS hard
10 get A silver dollar as 81 ~ TO get soia
dollar. DO you know what they overlook Z
They overlook the fact that when We ofihg
silver into competition WITH goio We ~.
crease the supply Of standard money; that
uhtle the silver dollar will be worth as
much as the gold dollar. II VIII be easier
IN obtain with the products Of ton a shVer
dollar or a gold dollar than II is To-Day
(Applause)
ssIs there is any person who is afraid
that under the policy proposed ny the
Chicago n,atforgn we are going 10 nave
a nooa II money and that YOU viii he
,sroy,nns IN IN. We cannot appeal 20 you
fo- supr,ort But n there IS ANYBODY here
whose experience r. such that he Is VIII
fng 10 risk the disastrous conSeq7ie nee ,
- ,Aas aooa upon him. We ask YOU TO con-
slider WHISTLER wc ere emitted 10 your
vote. II bl-metsllism Is 70 be restored
The United States must take the lead'
fAnnfausel 7 assert that the Americnn
,,s,r,rn have she right and tho ability TO
fs.s-ssfa+a for themselves on every question.
no matter what other nations may fhlnk
about a. U,ong appisuse,b Tho man VINO
s,,sv .hai bi.retaliism s. desirable. AMI
yet that the United States y inpotent 20
bring this advantage 20 your people. mas
made an admission that ! shan not make.
we aopeal 20 You 20 remember that the
- AA
s.a,,za ready 70 protect is people from
every danger. foreign ami domestic. tAp-
,,la.s@A \ Other nations T8sy protect their
sronle as they should. but our nation -
The only nation that can protect the Amer
ican people. $3.50.
,ztea not 50 much IN knowing the oolec-
items to our plan as 10 SHOWS w.. -
mans the opposition have 20 felieNe me
Conditions. WHY don't they propose come
tang II Is because they do not know
49, n,.gt,t 20 he done. SO they are poor
,,soy,la "a lead you ont 81 bondage. l4auEl-
,er1 Ia * because they know ana VII
~. teUr II So they have not me caHd"F
$50 ought ~ ~. possessed by those VINO
s--..,s ,ssrerr tata people from their stlf~
49, sna distress 1ApplauseD They
ssv arr dollar wfil BE- a Scent dollar
xxa7f ,,evr nv friends, they refuse 20 ap-
-. - sac silver that Is proauced ~ mo
= GRID The Law 81 supply ana aefuals'i.
we say. Increase the DEMAND Tor ssiFsf
-. fe.s.tsfst3,n. and that new demand act
tee vtth the demand new in existence.
-,-'5i rna~ats upon thc price q silver. We
-. tSas nat new demand viii be SUI
e.ient TO consume all the silver coined
q. the mint. and. being sufficient, VII
ragsa cha value OF silver bullion 70 Sl1s
throughout the world. fApPiauss-p We
-, {, ,aasa~1 for our belief. They sim
80 ssv II won't do &. and taen 81 back
80 r7~ooose ABSOLUTELY nothing.
.sTf we need relief from TIE gcld stand
al vs must Secure Il for ourselves ana
:, ~ must secure this relief for ourselves
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