Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-02
A Great Speech.
Aldredge at Atlanta
An Able Argument

wit and Humor, With Sound Logic, Kept
the Convention IN an Uproar-Case Stated
So Plainly That All Can Understand 1t.
Five Principal Free Coinage Arguments
Answered In TUrn-Chinch Bugs and
Boiiworms Versus nc to 1 Cranss-what
Makes Interest Low9-Important Prices
That Have Risen Since 1873.
Perhaps the sound money speech "a greatest
demand IN 81 PARTS Of the country, and the De
mand forwlieh Is E4ost constantly growing, Is
that Of Judge George N. Aldredgo Of Dallas.
Tex, delivered Oct, Is, 1895, st the convention
of the American Bankers association at At
lanta, Ga. We are certain that al u cur read
ers wiz relish the wit sind huraar which upset
the dignity Of the bankers. They win also find
It very instructive reading. We reprint IL In
full below:
The proposition that this government should
coin silver GoT the world, in unlimited amount,
at double its market value, is so repugnant To
the common sense OF mankind that II ought to
be unnecessary 70 discuss II, and would be but
for the feet that q portion Of our people have
been misled by appeals 20 their prejudice and
D} 'ho speala1s7 REASONING OF solhists II our
so''t"AHo-O wore @she1 10 uc9iAFe thaS TWO
quarts o9uaLeI d s"!'oh or 70 feylse inc multi
pIc2b'cA tahie ana en3ct th&b I'D times III
egualcd 200, all men would see the folly, but
when asked 70 believe that SO worth Of silver,
uy Dsin- ',"Il7" ny Shg government swamp
instantly becomes worth SEQ many people
honestly believe this miracle may Sc accom-
phshed' ana many oteers AFFECT 20 believe II
TOT praetIeai purpose.
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For nearly 20 years every enlightened nation
in the world has been on "a gold standard basis.
They are all representative governments, and
their laws are made by their people and for
their people 4he government "hl2A nf:e g.
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are "sa, a-lu " - - a. g.
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al the oar'h Ia sol'enoJ Wv iosJ1i!es, a. y -
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ABANDON tho Oihu'L - ene - IL
cIad naonJa wbo are weak and IGNORANT who
have little or no commerce., where bull fights
abound and schools 90 not, where human labor
is in sharp competition with the meek and
lowly iackass, where a breechclout is preferred
TO a fun suit and where the bulk CT the people
know no more about a standard Of value than
a mule about the nebular hypothesis. Surely
we would do well 10 take a look at the COM
pany before we sit down to the feast.
FREQ Coinage Arguments,
M. ...;.o = thot die oo,r,rv .,,or
- ar,StaI ~ o,nrmons by7siness for On
n"1Lie aoIJ s..rdard snall endlor,y raad.
yea ~ . - - an les - 49, 10
!use - 5o,.h,o st.nd,rd 90 eo,d and s;Ivor
y !" ,5,ancad 4, bohals 30 Srch =
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mans sn ! aorr,o standard resting uno, cold
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anu 49, ,ess I;nbIa "a a,,ct,a,,on than
VI ~ ln,s ..arSard
d sihsio So SaId 80 amrroc,oto1 3, ,a,ro aud
oanar.u noaasnrad Inv II has declined IN
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