The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-30
The A, b, C for working Men.

The A, B, c for Working Men.
Let rs not get mixed up with complex
matters In connection with the free sill
yer idea.
Let rs not pefog our brain with argu-
ments about the crime OF '73, or bother
with the many theories which the advo-
Gates Of free silver are giving us.
But let us take common-sense view Of
the situation.
Now, to start with.
Suppose Bryan was elected and the
free coinage act had been passed, and that
free coinage was an actual fact.
Suppose that silver could be taken to
the mint and coined into silver dollars at
the ratio OF 10 to 1.
How would that AFFECT us?
We haven't got any silver coin.
A whole lot of people who own silver
mines hsve 1t, aud so they could have II
coined into 16-to-1 dollars; but, not hav-
ing any ourselves. we could not have q
solitary. single dollar COINED under the
FREQ silver act.
Now, suppose. however, that all the
silver mine owners and others who had
silver took 1t all to Washington or Phil
| adelpbia, or to some other United States
mint, and had 1t coined into 16.to.1 dol
lars, ana
Suppose so much had been coined that
all the silver In the word was made into
i6-to-1 dollars, and
Suppose that every one Of thess dollars
were piled In one heap right on the next
block, and
Suppose every single one of them was
worth 100 cents here and everywhere.
What good would they do us, unless
we had something We could trade by
which We could get one?
Well, we have something to trade;
every body has.
Some have 10 Dor, so much for q dollar.
Some have lumb Der, so much for dol
lar.
some have sugar, or potatoes, or hams
or coal or something else, all 20 much
for q dollar.
We have Advertising and subscriptions,
so much for dollar.
When We want one Of these silver dol
lars we cannot go and take 1t; they
don't belong to US; they belong to the
men who took the silver to the mint to
be coined.
IL We took one, 1t would be stealing.
II we asked for one for nothing II
would be begging.
II the owners gave us ono for nothing,
it would be q gift.
II We borrowed one 1t would cost us
interest, and so
Most OF US, to get one, must trade
labor, lumber, sugar, coal, advertising
or sonnet hing to get 1t.
This is absolutely ana honestly 10,
isn't 1t?
Well, being so, why do We take any
chances on the dollar.
We can get gold now.
| 1t is worth 100 cents on q dollar every.
where.
80 We have supposed the silver to be,
but
Suppose 1t isn't.
What then?
What is the use of taking q chance un-
less,we can. do betterf silver dollar
won't be worth more than 100 cents,
will i'll
| We are getting that now.
Let well enough alone.
Some say duty compels Democrat to
back up and vote for a Democrat. You
have Bryan's word that ne is no Demo
crat. Let him dare deny that he said 1t.
Some say 1t Is pretty bad now. WI
might as we'll take chance. It can't bs
worse.
What kind OF tomfoolery is this?
When our baby lay at Deaths door, did
We do sny experimenting 2 We tried
everything which coold cure, but We did
pot experiment.
Are things bad in a business wayf
Let us tell you something to try.
Vote down this crowd of Regulators.
Toll the world In trumpet tones ir
November that we want the best money
that we will take no other, and business
will revive.
Let the capital out that Bryan and hi
follows have scared under cover anc
prosperity will come.-New York Lum bel
Trade Journal.