Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
A WOMAN,s- CONTRIBUTION
on Sound Money.

| Mrs. Mary f. Henderson, Of Washing
| ton, wife of former Senator John B. Hqn-
derson, has written pamphlet on SOUND
Money" which is worthy Of wide circula-
ton for the clearness and cogenoy with
which it discusses the main issue Of the
campaign. Mrs. Henderson has disproved
the common saying that "a woman can
not understand financial questions" as
these extracts will show:
gold dollar has never had an equivocal
or doubtful meaning. 1t never will have
so long as it is the standard money 6f the
civilized world and is the metal the most
permanent in value Now the silverites
insist that our government can place any
| value it chooses on any metal by merely
placing its stamp upon it. II so, it would
be cheaper for our taxpayers to buy tip
| than silver; and If SO, our government
could pay its whole debt Of Il zoo, ,0oO, 900
In s. worth Of tin. When for fifteen years
Uncle Sam was forced into buying all of
the silver produced In our country for the
mere sake of forcing a value upon 1t, and
the value steadily declined on account of
| its always increasing abundance, have we
not tried the experience long enoughs
The people understand the meaning OF
bushel, pint and yard.
| They merely measure the quantity or
length of anything, without regard to
value. The standard gold dollar does
only the same thing. All we want Is q
| money measure Of permanent and fixed
value, made of metal whose market
value isas near us possible the same II
coined or melted, and that Is all. In the
treasury at Washington is a bar made of
| incorrosive metal which shows exactly
to hair the length of the yard which is
| adopted officially by the government of
the United States. If at the start It had
been shorter or longer 1t would have been
just well. All we want is to know
exactly what 1t is and what 1t win con-
tinue to be- If that yardstiok had beena
long thermometer, tho mercury dancing
up and down with the weather, or Hike
the stocks in Wall street, ono can easily
understand what would be its inconven-
fence in commerce. We do not want to
be bothered with two yardstioks, more
than with two standard dollars, and es-
pecially with one Of them ever changing
In value. We want but one standard dol
lar, and we want that to be made Of the
metal which, of everything on earth, is
the most permanent in value. Gold Is al
most as permanent and indestructible as
eternity. 1t is used as standard OF value
by all the civilized world. Why should
we select a poorer metal for the money
standard Of America?
"Now, what the dollar is worth in corn,
hay, cloth, wages, depends upon many
things-bad crops, good crops, supply, de-
mand, quality, etc, ETC. The dollar alone
must be permanent and its meaning un-
derstood by all the world. All the gov
ernment has to do with 1t is to weigh,
with the most infinite care, the gold bull.
lion, and by placing It's official stamp
upon it declare that the coin honestly con-
tains so many grains. Here tho respond
bility of the government ends. The fur
ther use of that dollar, today In bread, to-
morrow in sugar, the next day In wages,
is alone between you and men. z.
World.