Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-08-01


] protect lty q, inding or producing
market fOr IT,
Silver l. used now only in the art
and its commercial value Is far belo'
what il formerly was, because wheI
we had free coinage OF silver tn
. amount placed in a dollar had a com
mercial value of sl.0O but now tn,
the same amount or quantity has
, commercial value of about 6S cents
: why?
Because when We had free coinag'
OF silver. wlIat is now worth, in the
arts. 6S cents could be taken to tn,
mints and coined and as soon a
coined IL would be worth 81 , hence
there was no necessity Of selling yOul
bullion or dispOsing of IL for SO cents
when you could get 100 cents for the
same quantity when coined.
But you say: Are you not mistaken
about silver being used only in arts
are there not now silver coins? /
answer you yes, there are silver coins
but the act OF coming is an art, the
free coinage art, however, is denied
MS and we demand tho restoration Of
that privilege. fostered protection.
GIVE Us free coinage and silver has
"A protection. Its protective influence
will not stop west Uf the Rocky noun
tains. Fully one-half Of the thirty
millions yearly produced by the
miners Of the west would be sent east
To the factories Of Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts and New York and
other manufacturing portions Of the
east. Therein you have protected the
eastern manufacturer TO the amount
OF sl5, 100000 year by remOnetizng
silver and the remaining Sl5.000,000
would be paid out by the vast pro-
ducts Of the Pacific coast, and there
are none better, yet we are compelled
TO go begging market, reached only
by long carriage and at great expense
Let Us look TO our own mutual in
terests as people and the farmer and
the mechanic, the miner and the
laborer will each receive protection, a
heretofore much used bat dastardly
abused expression.
Then would our homes be beautihed
and the inhabitants thereof better
clothed and more plentlfully fed.
American freemen! DO you want
protection OF life, liberty and home2
II you do, exercise the prerOgrative
that God has given you as an Amerl-
can citizen and step up TO the ballot
box in November and help yourself
The time has come for us to vote with
our heads and not make ourselves the
instruments OF monopOlsts or tradi-
tional prejudices.
Many west OF the Rocky mountains
and states adjacent thereto have,
doubtless wondered why we have not
so much money In the west as we
formerly had. That Is easily explained
We are not manufacturing district
we must send our money
into the eastern or manufacturing
districts like Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts and New York.
But why at this time do we feel
more keenly the monetary depression?
Because since the demonetizatiOn OF
silver In 1873, the mining interests !
have declined with the decline Of sill
yer and our miners have ceased tO |
Earn money AZ they did previous 20
Tie fall In the price of our silver pro-
duets, while In the meantime we have
been compelled TO send what money
could be realized from the agricultu-
raj products, 20 the east for manufac-
yured articles and there being moth
ny TO bring money into this vicinity
Dut the agricultural products, none y
1as become continually scarcer and
'carcer until we have not, at this
lime n sufficient circulating medium
20 perform the necessary functions OF
What Is your remedy? Open the
mines. How can this be done? Go TO
he election next November with
reesilver ballot In your hand,
patriotic purpose in your mind and
reedom throbbing in your heart, de-
,oslt your ballot In the box and the
iod of plenty will smile approvingly
lpOn your act.
We do not now need so much, more
americans as we need better Amerl-
ans.
The strength aud perpetuity OF our
epublIc depends upon an educated
'allot, Do not vote for any party.
Think for yourself and vote for a ,
principal aud the noble deed per-
Ormed by the deposit OF carefully
lolded, thoughtful ballot will 20 on ,
nd on down through the endless
ges, blessing and benehtting human /
BY "until the volume OF human his
Dry shall be sealed forever and de-
yered 20 the Omnipotent Judge" q
f. u. MoRCoM.
WOOdburn Or. JulV 70 lS09 II