Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-09-11
Address, DR. G. Y. SHORES,
aE. Second South 81 SdtLaks City, Utah
FAVORABLE TO SILVER.
Manufacturers Will Vote fer
Bryan.
Coming to II Realization of the pau
gers of IA single standard aud will
Voc Against Mckinley for the
stand He Inns Taken

''ChNST, Ah'p 0"nl T,--1Ol. Hughes
Mcdonnell, a leading mining man of
California is in Denver. He is the
mineowner who last June paral, zed
he gold sympathizers of Wall street BY
offering rs cents an odnce for 1000, 900
ounces of silver, the delivery % he
made after the election in November
rhey cabled to London and next day
agreed to deliver at S. cents. In an in
terview he said IL believe that BRYAN
viii be elected because the manufactur-
trs TIN mselves will awaken To a rpaliza
before November comes around A
few weeks ago was guest at the ban,
qnet table of one of the largest shoe
manufacturers OF Massachusetts. There
we're nine Or ten of his brother manu-
'acturers present. and before we left
every man shook hands with me and
declared he would vote against McKin
ley AID use his influence for silver A
few years ago the fruit rnisers were
sending their products to the mining
tatts Of the west by the tram
toad, and they received high prices fbt
all they sent. Now they are not sell
ng amy, and every hing goes east but
,fler pn1 ing freight lit le or nothing i,
eft
Just before leaving San Francisco |
net the agent of a japanese bicycle
house. He sold his machines for $I2,
which he converted into twenty-six
Mexican dollars. which in Japan are
quail in purchasing power to So A.
'nng as Mexico produces cheap sive ,
Ianaa will Increase as manufacturing
center of the world BY the rise IN the
price of silver BY restoring the act Of
1873 the advantage II fipor of Japanese
competition is eliminate
"A month ago" said The Colonel, ~
met an old English banker in New
York. lie had been forty years in the
banking business and was a member Of
parliament He gave as his opinion
that if the United S aies declares for
free coinage of silver this country will
at once begin TO supply Central and
South America, and the trade which has
for generations been going to England
viii find a supply center IN the United
States. The result will be TO force
England and Germany 10 the free coin
age of silver, n there will lie revou-
tion Of ire people in those countries.
The cid gentleman carried little book
IN his pocket containing facts aad fig
ures which showed thai the mints Of
India we're closed through the influence
az The none. lenders Of London IN or
der tIat thet might realize largely from
the receipt Of one billion rupees due
upon Indian bonds IN 1877. These
English financiers looked far ahead and
mi friend informed me that after the
bonds we're paid | might look out for i
change Of policy on the part of The
bankers of London. lie told me that
there /. onIy enc country in the world
lhat can injure England, ara that is TIE
L nited States What she fears i, ,hd
the [ nited States may enact law for
the free coinage Of silver Such a law
would do more harm 10 England
than all our navy and all your armies. ="
Colonel Mcdonnell says that the bcsi
veavers Of the world are found in III
da. aad until the invention of steam
machinery, India supplied the capitals
of the world with all kinds of woven
goods. Improved machinery is now
frdieg its way into India, and In
prophesies that the danger TO The manu-.
facturers Of this country from Iaranese
competition Is a bagatelle as compared
with the danger from India.
"The argument that our silver must
be redeemahle in gold IS nonsense.
Here is ive.franc piece coined in
France. Why is it that this piece Of
silver is received at its face value an
over Europ,2 have paid out French
,ilver ri, ces III Germany, Italy, Ilolz
land and other countries, and nty *
p-rienee is that the silver money Of
Franc is as good as gold, with The ia.
ple exception of charges on trans orta
~. A PECULIARLY Of the sitaa ior Is
thai The silver money France j. not
mad iedeemahle III gold. This
mant has been di.pnted, nut We
looked into the subject and know Tic
! atemen: to be absolutely true. There