Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-15
A PLAIN TALK TO WORuNGMEN.
The ABc of the silver Question.

The 4 II c of the silver Question.
Let us nos get mixed up with com.
;ieX matters III connection with the free
i.lver idea.
Let us not bcfCs our brain with ar
guments about the crime Of 1873 or
bother with the many theories which
/ the advocates 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 tho
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
Mt the ratio Of 16 to /.
How would that affect uS9
We haven't got any silver bullion
A whole lot of people who own silver
mines have it, and so they could have
it coined into Is to l dollars, but not
having any OURSELVES we could not have
o solitary, single dollar coined under the
free silver act.
Now, suppose, however, that all the
silver miue owners and others who had
silver took it all to Washington or Phil
adclphia or to some other United States
mint and had it coined into l6 to
dollars, and
Suppose so much had been coined that
all the silver in the world was made
into Is to dollars, and
Suppose that every one of these dol
lars was piled i'll one heap right on tho
next block, and
Suppose every single one Of thcU was
worth 100 cents here and everywhere.
What good would they do rs unless
we had something we could trade by
which,&e could get one?
Well, we have something to trade !;
everybody has.
some have labor, SO much for dollar.
Some have lumber, so much for u
dollar
Some have sugar or potatoes or hams
or coal or something else, all SO much
for dollar.
We have advertising and subscrip-
tions, SO much for a dollar.
When we want ono of those silver
dollars we cannot 20 and take it, They
don't belong TO us They belong to tho
men who took the silver to the mint to
be coined.
If we took one. it would be stealing.
If we asked for one for nothing, it
would be begging,
If the owners gave us one for nothing,
it would be gift.
If we borrowed ono, it would cost us
interest, and SO
Most of US, to get one, must trade la
Dor, lumber, sugar, coal, advertising or
something to get it,
This is absolutely and honestly so,
isn't it?
Wen, being so, why do we take any
chances OH the dollar?
We can get gold now.
1t is worth 100 cents on dollar
everywhere
So we have supposed the silver to be,
but
Suppose it isn't
What then?
What is tho use Of taking q chance
unless we can do better? A silver dol
lar won't be worth more than 100 cents,
! will il?
We are getting that now.
Let we'll enough alone.
Some say duty compels Democrat to
back up and vote for "a Democrat. You
have Bryan's word that he is no Demo
GRAFT Let him deny that he said it.
Some say it is pretty bad now. We
might as we'll take chance. 1t can I
be worse
What kind of tomfoolcry is this?
Arc things bad i'll business way?
Let us tell you something to try.
Vote down tins crowd of rcpudlators.
Tell the world i'll trumpet tones III
| November that VIC want the best money,
that we will take no other, and business
will revive.
Let the capital out that Bryan and
his followers have scared under cover,
and prosperity will come. Lumber
Trade Journal.
Cheap money means dear goods. Il