The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-01

40 True BIMITdLLISr CAV sur
PORT THE CHIC1GO CANCIDdTE.
His Platform Represents Silver Mono
metallism Pure and simple Which viii
Reduce the Per Capita to As.


The er l0sed letter was written by q
WeA-kICNu business man and Democrat
Oh This city. TO "a friend in another south
efn State. NJ is a careful summary Of
the arguments against Bryan ana FREQ
sily-.. and ass such places i'm brief form
much tIat has been written and said
upon tho subject. but which mas been
too lengthy for tho seneral reader.
1ly Dear sir.
i received your letter Of the 18th IN
staut ANA am glad Co see that the pO-
aIu0u you take is lu favor of 11uetailiSm
4 dO not Sec however. how that result
can possibly Doc attained through vote
ius for DR. W. j. Bryan. That is not
wlct is desired hy thc Bryanites nor tho
silver mme-oMI0rs. Let us -ee what u-
mcttalism masue.
smetallism means double staud-
ard-two metals both OF which being de-
Glazed 10y Congress 90 have a fixed, rela-
tive. and nominal value. and each 10 bee
taken at lts nominal value as the true
measure OF al other values iu exchange,
arn which Congress agfees shall Doe main-
tanned e. "a parity with each other The
onlv way il can b. maintained is by
putting am actual dollars worth of bull
lion into tine silver dollar. and dollar g
worth OF gold bullion into tile gold dollar.
Tlcu the cold dollar and the silver dol-
lar will both become standards. You cam
not secure bimetallism except under linn
lied coint ge where the government abSO-
mlely is iu position 90 maintain the pari-
Is between the two metals. You cannot
secure Dimctalliem by casting your vote
for BRYAN.
This VAS the policy pursued by the
founders of the government There is
nothing in the Constitution making gold
and silver the money Of the government.
Thn only reference 10 IL f. that gold and
silver shall Doe The only legal tender Of
tho states
\vathinaton said in reference to tho Old
Colonial paror nancy. cts imitation will
not benefit the farmer or the mechanic.
as IL will only enable the debtor 10 paw
his debt with "a shadow instead of "a sinh
stance"
Hamilton said. "On tho intrinsic ,,alno
of liz money unit. the eocuritv and value
. of property depend Gold may Zoe said 10
have a greater stability than silver as
being of SUPERIOR value. There can hard
iv boz ii better rule i'm any country Tor lie
heal fhon tho market prOpOrtf0n."
Jefferson stated that: "rhe real credit
Of lilo United STATES daDonds on the ahiii-
~ AMI me innutabilitv OF their will 10
nav tbeir debts
rlff..rs'r in r-s2 wrote. Gust nrfnci-
Nils min Tod us "a disregard LEGAL DrO-
'ortf,,. .ftooetiar. In inruire INTO the
,,,riof ,ri.,, ~ ,lid in tI' eeverlI come
49, ,fth ,.-l,tci, NE Shall nriucin3llv be
',.,,,'.',1 ~, l',,,,,,..r.a AMI ia take am
49, -, 49, ,-.,- ,1f,,b dotiff
i ,i,ht nov, H. cIence the value. and es-
pocially TO lessen it,"
Jackson stated. Although wages are
ncminaiiS tie same. or even somewhat
iieher. tfov are greatly reduced lon fact
b., the ircfcese III 4 spurious currency
when aoncarr TO make money abound.
There IS no fraud In gold-like the hon
81 principle of the founders of our gov
eminent IL is Interchangeable. ana viii DO
ifs Office, well everywhere and at all
lines
Webster said: "The very man of all
others who has the deepest interest in
sSifgd currency. ana VINO suffers most by
- 81 ~ ,,,.',, ,,ho earns his daily bread
~ his 6@ilv Toll.
rrere arc sixteen hundred millions Of
c,-rrenry I'm fhis country. Five hundred
millions of il are cold. The per capita is
ahCut 49, ~ An 80, Ms t.l[fro The
mr. 'i6eriisl clair be iipon a silver basis,