The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-05-22
A QUAKER CRUSHED.
EDITOR OF NORTH AMERICAN
coEs DOWN BEFORE REASON.
Tried to Criticize the Nssioos'
lat s.d L. Treated to Much Mesa
ed Lsssoo-The Various CoissSe -"
Mint Acts Explained.

Mint Acss Explained. u
II r Bartine in National Bimetai- :
list In its issue Of the 18th inst the :
North American grace
fulv pays its respects TO the editor OF
the National Bimetallist. terming nim
"a niseducator." and accusing him OF Q
ignorance.
A II is our desire that the readers
~ this paper may perfectly understand
the real merits Of the arguments W on
the gold side Of the money question:
the North Americans article Is SUI
Joined in full:
..The free coinage men have taken
the last and generally fatal step IN 'he
propagation OF views and beiiefs not
lin harmony with the known laws oi na
,pre namely. the establishment OF
weekly journal which Is to be devo,eo
l,o the education OF the people The Ma
l,ionaI Bimetallist is published In Chi-
caso and Hon. II. F. Bartine Is inc
] editor. We believe that MI barline
has served in Congress. where he Was
lnoxn as a most insistent advocate OF
A free coinage. Mr. Bartine Is presum-
ahlv a man of intelligence. and We never
heard any doubts Of his sincerity eA-
e messed Having retired from puphe
ll.fe. he now addresses his enorts 70 nv
e great and good work OF educAtins 'n'
~ naonIe in finance. The teacher Is prop
erlv a power in society. II teacnel
~ the verities he is power Tor gooo
y In a teacher of falsities he may oe
power for evil
r. 1T may be promised, however ina
r in matters OF opinion and oeiiei sou
latitude must be permitted TO men
become APOSTLES. II would be FOLLY
oh,ect 10 Mr.. Bartine's teaching tn'
!. ,ras coinage would remedy most OF u
IN ena,cial ills under which the wor
rs v,oans A he holds that In oroer
: Increase the value Of producs IL
ere only necessary to food the marke' -
m that product. IL is his privhese .
NAV be his duty so to teach Du.
ua,rers Of fact Mr.. Bartine Is not pr
,layed 70 ignore or TO misstate the IA
Of history. There can De no eon
versv about facts OF record- ~
,aaainp the National Bimetalist
his a. rissta,ements OF facts OF reco
not only in one place but persis'en'
A. We cannot suppose that an earn
.dxoca,e Of anything would delioefs
To ~ and knowingly faisify the recoru
ION .sua,ns 10 be said that the falsinca'
-, ha ignorantly done. and II
a., rorantly done II impeaches the ca
,;on bility Of the teacher
80 ~The string most persistentiy na.
i.ih' unon nv free coinage men Is tnat
an foul conspiracy Of the money po.
mes .,ver vas demonetized in 1873
and ,nvolves the claim that free coinae
'sWe 49, continued from 1892 to 1873
"It his paper OF December 4 Mr. bar
- reiterates as fact that nee oo''
vas the fact up to 1873 he say
ver was demonetized and the coin
reaav struck were reduced In tneir
sender TO IS. This Is q misstatel
coCAi ~ the facts. The coinage act OF -
Is at twenty years before = demone
inde- verx dollar Of silver to De 81
anary ,henceforvard by debasing the "
( the Of fractional silver and providins
nextl,, should be coined only on govern
husv ..count the coinage to be regu
- ,al,n .mount By the Secretary Oh
r,,nd treasury. It was by this act .ns
They legai emu .s - anv single pay
'onn To show how completely .n,s .
70 ee' monetized silver II should DC
to tear ,h,t the fractional silver coined
md II 80 ,ssa was full legal tender
tomb. dr.s and demands. and that oy
10 the ara,;on OF that act the fraction
ext to yer then IN existence
a1al :. circulation and into the meltii
4 Han exactly as .ne ~ .,rrv The
; ,ssa therefore. suspended tne
noucih a,a..e NJ silver completely. Z
once -.c,ically. and as fact there
tskirtS, s,l, legal tender in circuiaiio'
crowds ,Ssa until ls7s-twenty-four
-ge by. Mr. Bartine also misstates IN
Of the when he charges upon the ac'
nation. the crime OF putting gold aoos'
,Ia IN, nv making 1t the money Oh
Mater. ton. The act Of 1858 made tne
ing OF silver at the mint pAs
.oId alone and made II excnA
country for gold in sums Of 500 ana n
,barear thereof. We have cited out !
rmh;as statements Of fact. but 'ney =
a,ner;- in the space Of a quarter coluln
h'ne, .m. article. As they are funo
ha'e,gn' and monumental we have 9
~ them" 80.
The reader having feasteo
e named and nourished his brain upon
,elIec,ual repast spread out ao
bis h er no 10th TO devote any time 20
nablon monplaces Of the Nafional n'' m
60 vi,h It's densely ignorant edis'
still there are few little
which the North American
!; h,manl gone slightly astray. and nov
: ..h III some II may be to the reaae