The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-11
MINING.
stocks.
sosros, August 10. 1894
Free Copper-The Poor Man. Money

The following burlesque upon free sill
yer was, during the late convention at
Grand Rapids, circulated among the del
egates by the Michigan Free Copper
League of Grand Rapids and will bear
reading, as some pointers may be obtained
from il:
WHY should we legislate for Colorado,
Nevada, Montana, Mexico and the other
silver states what do we care for them.
Why not do little legislating for Mchi-
gan. Bryan SAYS the United States can
90 it alone on silver. Why can't Michl-
gan go it alone on copper? We have the
copper. We challenge anyone TO bring
forward an argument for free silver that
will not apply with greater force to free
copper. There are in Michigan opal
454 people against 33 642 silver miners
Are Michigan men asleep? Farmers and
laboring men, do not be fooled by either
the gold bugs or the silver bugs, neither
gold nor silver can he called the Door
mans money. II free silver will be u
good thing for the working people, free
copper will be 81 cents better The sill.
yer mine owners argue that the govern
ment can make 53 cents worth OF silver
"A dollar, and by this act bring great
prosperity, and make money plenty. We
ask why can't the government make 3
c.nts worth OF copper a dollar aud bring
greater prosperity and more money for
everybody. Copper has been used for
money the world over Tor thousands of
years. The widows mite was copper
Let us meet this question boldly and get
at the bottom of IL now, and have it set
tied Ii the free coinage OF silver was a
law now, people would not be satisfied
Some of the free silver advocates admit
that the j3 cent dollar may be hard 10
get. but the 3 cent dollar would certainly
be plenty. Suppose the silver mine own
ers should win, that would not settle il.
Let US get on rock bottom at onc' and
be done with IL.
The constitution Of the United States
says gold, silver aud Hopper. What IL the
Use in foolng with gold or silver The
silver movement is being carried on by
the silver mine owners and politicians
who expect 70 get office. II they do
they will let the poor man whistle. This
could not be done with free copper. Our
plan is this: Let the government take
possession OF the whole copper region of
Michigan aud make il penal offense TO
lAAiu' NblItl hhf " ntlf tlrts lutu lUtTt
would be no silver or copper mine own
ers 10 get rich off from the laboring man
and farmer. Congress can then pass a
law establishing a mint, at say Mar
quette, large enough TO coin all the
money necessary for the business OF the
country. This would give employment
70 Michigan men. there would be no
further need Of national banks. Let con-
gress pass law compelling all transac-
tions 70 be made n copper dollars, this
would at once make gold and silver OF no
value except in the arts This would do
avey with paying banks and money
sharks discount on notes az no notes
could be giyen-it would be spot cash.
Free silver would not do this The for
eign debt would then be paid in copper,
a. that would be all We would have to |
pay II with. II would do away with |
bankers, and TO a certain extent lawyer-:
the less the poor man has TO do with |
bankers and lawyers the better he il off. |
There il no use in making a halfway job |
OF this thing. Free silver is only half |
way. The free traders told W. every |
thing would be cheap, so they are: but |
now it is harder for the poor man TO get
money to buy the cheap things he needs. |
lt will he the same with the cheap silver
dollar, its not cheap enough. The COP |
PER dollar would be-