The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-03

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2. Vel. About .htr-y-ous ouncss-
- How much . The silver b2-iion tn Q
Standard dollar worth IA gold,
3. About = d 50 cents
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@ How many grains .. silver bullion
VIII ~oad dollar buy az this tsnss
=. Something more than TO.
- Nov. 10 restore he EiFer dollar 20
- eQzs- place by the SIDE Of EoaG by
naezas OF free coinage. NUS Il not %
sauA. to he gold oss In commercial val
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3. VIVA, meant IN my speech was that
zi7E grains OF silver coined into q dollar
mus. have the same osos-paying power an
q is grains Of go,6-the same thai Is had
from 1sas 20 the crime Of Is7a
O. B9. between those p~rsods-leS %
ts.3-xzs not the y71Lx-graln silver dollar
worth as much commercially or Intrinsic
ally as the e t-5-gTain gold coLlar7
b. les. Bur what Of thai 10 . man
heavily fl 6ebty We want The Aw. TO de-
clare that tAs same weight OF silver as
before the crime" Of 1878 shall b legal
tender Tor . dollar OF debt ., the present
time.
O. rou ADMIT taat The value OF that
much bullion - bat half Of what Is was
before the crime o. 1873. DO you notg
3. Yes: but the weight Is the same.
That's my point. The value cuts 10 figure
Ia the case
Q. II cuts an important figure with the
man who loaned dollars equal In value 10
. IS grains az geld 10 be repaid n dollars
wort. but u grams Il gold. Americans
living previous 20 1873 were required 70
pay their "cosa'' debts In collars woSLh
100 cents In ~osd. were they noi7
=. Well. that was their bad luck Then
silver was worth too much In purchasing
power. And thai 10 the case with the
present standard silver dollars he'd up
zrt.nctaliy 10 parity with gold They are
worth TOO much BY one-half- They must
be broken dorm 70 their intrinsic bullion
value for buying and selling purposeA out
for paying gold value debts congress must
make them legal tender for twice their
market value n buying things
@. How can congress do thatf
3. BY means OF free coinage ~ the
ratio OF Is 70 ]. Congress can decree such
dollars good AT their face for paying all
debts, including life and fire insurance
policies. soldiers pensions. bank deposit
ors. etc. II Is al perfectly simple when
you look into r.
O. Mr. Bryan, wha: DO you mean BY
saying IN your speech that "conhdencs
must have a substantial basis upon which
10 rest, and that SO long as you legislate
value out OF property there Is nothing
substantial on which confidence can restI"
B. That Is perfectly plain 20 me and 10
every man who seeks 10 pay his debts con-
sracted on the gold basis of value. by ten
cerang silver dollars having the purchas-
tng power OF 80 cents. BY this means con-
ndencs viii be restored TO the debtor that
he can iicus1a.e the claim with half the
money or property he received from hin
creditor and retain the other half as
clear gain. Don't you see what q sub
stanral" basis his confidence win rest on.
as said in my speechz
q You say I'VE have every desire for
Al homes. dollar, which Is az kind to the
man xho produces wealth as Il - 70 the
man who holds Y in investment" Please
explain your riddle. There are many MILL
tons Of waxe-earners In this country who
are producing wealth by the sweat OF their
hrovrs What kind Of money Is TO be paid
them for their labor7 What sort OF ''hon-
est dollars does the free coinage IS TO l
party propose 70 pay them fnz VIII they
be satisfied with dollar that has 50 cents
worth OF bullion in Il and has Only a half
dollar IN purchasing power IN the store.
grocery meat or bread shop. clothing
store or coal yard7 VIII labor Re content
with that sort OF fraudulent doiiar7 Do
they want the employers TO have the priv
ilege OF rendering them these legal tender
IS TO 1 dollars worth 50 cents each, IA
payment for their toll. thus cheating them
out Of half of their hsrd-earned wages7
Nr. organ, II that the kind OF money with
which s-ou propose 'sto restore public con-
faencs- and good tines when you are
elected PRESIDENT Is that the sort OF
"cross OF silver on which you propose 70
elevate labor ard the kind OF crown
which you intend 10 press down on the
sweating brow OF tour
Counsel for Bryan. rising. 70 the court
We 'biect 70 answering these goldbug
questions on TIRE ground that they would
crtninate himself and tend TO defeat him
for president.
Court-0htecfson sustained
@. We note an exception
G.. Exception overruied-
Bryan sits down. looking heated ana per-
Of his chariatanisTn.
w. $50 ~ r.