The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24
BRYAN ~ANTIDOTEs.

l. That omission Of the silver dol.
lar nom free and unlimited coinage in
1873 destroyed half u money.
The per capita circulation In lS7s was
SlSN. In 1873 We had neither gold nor
silver In circulation Tho total OF our
money, including treasury coin. was
Si6L.SSi, 500, July /. 1895, our money In
circulation consisted NJ gold coin. Sl56..
lsS, lSS, standard silver dollars. sSs.ITG.
pos. with SS7S.6lt.ts In the treasury:
subsidiary silver. $50. s9s. SOi. gold Ger.
tincntes, is.ss0. 75o; silver certificates.
1881. s59, 500; "Shermans." {s5,s l7. S6i:
"%grcenbacks, s9sSt Isl. SSS. currency GER
~tincates, Sai, $40. 900; national bank notes.
isiSs5 ,921. This makes q per CAPITA
In circulation OF t2ilO (Seo onieial
treasury rrPort)
, That the act OF 1873 destroyed
silver rs money"
Under our limited coinage Of silver
we coined from 1875 to 1896, eighteen
years. a total OF S11i, 1921. 20. During
the entire eighty-dyc years previously
with FREE coinage w To 1873. the total
silver offered and coined was Ss2s. 5S5.
OF. Mint rcports)
3.-That the act OF iS7J was Il gold
conspiracy against silver
It was earnestly supported and voted
Tor by the senators and representatives
Of the silver states. Ths hill was re-.
ferrcd 10 the finance committee of the
senate April - 1870. submitted 10 the
house June %. 1870, passed through va
stnges. all public and ~ record.
until February u. 1873. when It became
a law, lSee Laughlln's "Bimcunlltsm,
~. or Congressional Record Tor
the years lndicatrdl
T. That legislation can keep up the
price OF silver.
During the operation ~ the Bland
Allison act uN7Sl, when the government
was buying s.. 900. 600 monthly. and dur
ing the operation OF the sherman act
uS9Ol, when the government was buy.
ing $4,000. 900 ounces annually. silver de-
clined per ounce from tll6 to 70 cents.
mint rcportsJ
8 That because silver cannot be
kept at par with gold. in a poor"
country like Mexico. II must not be
presumed the United States cannot
keep the metals at par.
This Is Suppression Of the fact that
all the countries now on the gold stan
dard tried to keep the metals at par
and failed. one group consisting of the
combination OF France, Italy. Belgium
and Switzerland. Can the United States
hope to succeed alone where all the
greatest countries In the world, slngly
or In combination, failed?
6. That gold and silver with free
coinage at Is TO / is the money OF the
constitution"
Read the constitution.
Z That free coinage Of silver at 10
to l Of gold Is the money Of Jefferson,
Hamilton and Jackson.
Read their writings. Each knew that
unless the coinage ratio approximated
to the market ratio the un-
d~ervalued metal would not circulate
and advised accordingly.
s. Bryan garbles Blaine and quotes
before the great era Of silver
set in.
Read both ungarbled.
8. That dropping the silver dollar
from the coinage OF 1873 cut down
prices and wages.
So long as wages do not fall, decline
In prices is an indication OF prosperity.
1879 to 1895 the savings bank de-
posits Increased from 1902, 400, 29S to
81. O41 ,S67, 800. This stands for surplus
after wages have supported the earn
ers. 1t is not hereditary wealth. That
other banks. A non-partisan
Of the United States senate
in 1894 hal in twenty-one In
wages were 40 per cent higher
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