Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-17


tons so cheap? II take a ship load
All right said the agent, and he
started out. while a clerk Signalled TO
The proprietor that the agent must be
q little or mentally. But Tor fear he
might send q ship load he was called
back, and the oder was cancelled. 1t
is so with rugs and carpets, and with
many other things. The advantage the
silver nations have is tremendous
one. and they viii crowd US more and
more. Give rs free silver, and We will
save the American Farmer, and he will
save the American manufacturer. zap
p.ause). As Mr.. Bry;al says, you can
destroy all the cities OF this land, and
still the people may be prosperous, but
destroy the farms and the grass will
grow in the streets Of your cities. You
Will have 10 help the 5000 600 on the
farms. And il you elect Mckinley a
thousand times you could not do it
and you VIII never elect him IN a thou
sand years. applause. Are there any
other gold men here?"
a Small BOy-"One has just,fOpped.
Oaughter)
There was a wise a wise man in
ancient Greece named Scion, and he
found very bad condition of affairs
there when he came to ruls. In Greece
when farm was mOrtgaged, they used
10 place a stone at each corner of the
piece of land, with the name Of the
holder OF the mortgage on it and the
amount OF the han. Scion found that
nearly every faSm IN all Greece had
these little stones on its corners. He
took such measures as raised prices
forty per cent. and in ten years all the
stones had been removed from the
farms in Greece Tle gold standard
must be destroyed, or the gold standard
viii destroy the people
\ Voice-They say We have over
production.
over pToductioni Il is under con-
sumption. Ia six thousand years the
world has never been able TO ct
enough food ahead 10 last The human
race one year. There is no over-pro-
duction in closhing when men are
naked. There is no Over-production or
food when men are starving. 1t is de-
creased consumption. That is what is
the matter. I tell you, any laboring
man who votes to elect Mckinley casts
q vote 20 cut his own throat. TAP
plause)
A Voioe-'I want 10 know what be-
comes of the AZ cents differencesbetween
the price of silveT-55 cents an ounce, l
believe il is-and the dollar?
The stamp Of the government ADDS
II cents to the exchange value OF the
metal You can't make value by law,
but YOU can make a demand, and the
demand fixes The price. When you put
q government stamp on money every
bo6v wants il. Very few people want
7ba raw metal. No one wants silver eA-
cent q few 10 make spoons WITH anu
no one wants raw gold, except 10 MI
tee.b and 10 take the liquor out Oh some
neonls But we all want money You
breek the birds wing, and then you
c,,es him because he can't ny. you
.4sgrale silver and destroy its value as
money and then cuss II because II IS
Gse-ralad. (Applause) All you want
~ l,Doyv is will the money buy uoi-
,s-'s worth of goods and pay dollar
,-ortb of debts. You don't care Wha'
it IS -. o,,oor N
,,r5e~--q1d what l mean. mean that
when the government COINS Go'-S az
what becomes Of or Who gets me III
/ ference of At cents? .,.o
you get It, my friend, II you TAKE
the silver 10 the mint. Inc govern
meDt does not buy the silver. II Simply
coins it and you get it again. Inc ne
Dublicans say the government stamp
does not give value. Let's see II ii
docs NOT in some cases. The govern
men takes five cents worth or copper
/ ND etamns il in one hundred one cent
D;pces They are not legal tender. You
r-1't compel any one 20 take over
/ twentv-five of them, but you BUY
something for a dollar and lay down
ono hundred cents, and they VIII not
/ he refused. The government takes
ff-een cents worth of nickel, ana
/ e-amns il into twenty-five cent pieces,
/ and they 20 for a dollar what gives
-bo+ five cents worth of copper or thaJ
/ ff-een cents worth of nickel the value
/ NJ tho dollar? Ii is the stamp ana the
guarantee Of the government Why,
even a National bank note is not d legal
/ tender. Ii is not really money. II Is
only a promise TO pay, but II IS ac-
cepted by me because l know that you
will take il. and YOU know that the next
man will take il.
This question was again repeated by
the uuestiOner, and was answered IN
about the same way. The difficulty APP
naared 10 be that the man in the audi
+ erce did not make his idea clear to the
/ sneaker. or else ne did not fully catch
or comprehend Mr.. Bells answers and
explanation.
An Inte,ligencer reporter submitted
this written question:
"Wby did silver continue 10 decrease
7 in price even when the government
was purchasing 100000 ounces
/ month";
Because. although there was an in
/ creased demand for the metal, there
was also an increased production. Ii
+ was not free coinage, but only small
demand. which the larger production
/ counteracted. Silver did 90 up for
+ time under that act, but it fell again
4 for the reason | have given"
A Voice-Why don't the $4,000 600 of
I silver dollars in the treasury circulate?
I don't know, unless it is because
( the government has not paid them
out 10 any one. They are not
/ distributed free. The government
/ does not do that. They must be dis
bursed in the regular manner. | sup
/ pose the people would take them if
! they could get them
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