The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-07-30
The WEISER SIGNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY by
II. e. LOCK WOOD.
HURSDA JULY 30. 1896.
THE ANARCHISTS REPLY.

pounded a question SD silly that the
SIGNAL felt constrained to follow the
old scriptural advice of answering a
fool according to his folly, and in so
doing used rather strong language
Now the Republic comes back with
all the goldbug stock argument at its
command, such rs this: "The an
archist who is misrepresenting the
people of Washington county" icon.
ceived in sin and born in iniquity, this
political miscarriage evidently hates
everything and everybody who does
not fall in line and swallow his lame
and impotent conclusions. " ''smart
Aleck, F" "eggregious sef-concet of
the Weiser editor" etc, etc. Such
argument is hard to meet 1t il
deep. Did we not know that the
brilliant editor of the Republic Dor
rowed it from such journals as the
Globe Democrat and Chicago Tri-
buhC, We WOuii Dt leu W CIculI Nun
with having originated it all himself.
The questions upon which the
learned editor would be enlightened
are the following:
Are our without the consent" friends
ready to abandon all commercial inter
course with foreign countries? Ii not.
what kind of money do they propose to
use when purchasing abroad? We
would like to ask our without the con
sent" silver friends, why draw the line at
silver? What is the matter with coming
brass, lead or ironY 1t is no more money
in Europe, except for its value as bullion
than either of the other metals.
To the first the answer is, emphat
ically, mol To the second, the gold
and silver coins of the United States
mints, backed up by the strong arm
OF the greatest and richest govern
ment on earth. 70 the third, we
would say, draw the line Mt silver,
because of its beauty, durability,
scarcity and incorruptible qualities;
because it has been recognized as II
AHOhOl iiObl iiit tNIlltSL ayes
down through all history
''What Is the matter with coming
brass, lead or iron?" There are
hundred reasons why not There are
so many, and they are so patent that
none but very silly and poorly in
formed people ask such question.
Either of these metals is so plentiful
that no one would part with thing
of value in exchange for coin made
from it, which is not the case with
silver, as thousands upon thousands
of disappointed prospectors we'll
know. Its quantity is limited No
more OF 1t can be found than the
needs of commerce will require.
1t has been demonstrated that the
supply of silver is, rs to weight,
about l6 times rs great as the supply
of gold, therefore it would follow
that one-sixteenth the labor required !
to procure pound of gold would |
procure pound of silver, and this !
pound of silver ought to he worth |
as much as the pound |
of gold, and it would be were it adj |
mitted to the minis on equal terms |
with gold
Our whole foreign trade only |
amounts to 4 per cent of our whole |
trade, the other 96 being done at /
home. This is another reason for
independent action on the coinage !
question.
III the United States cannot handle /
its monetary questions, without the |
consent of other nations, then it |
would appear that it could not make
and enforce tariff laws, as such laws
slways have an effect on other coun-
tries. This country can return to
the free coinage of silver without the
AID or consent of any other nation,
and she will do it
For further information on this. the
sui, question befose the people in the