The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-21
$4,000 FOR SILVERITES.
<SoV Each offered for Satisfactory
Answers To Five Financial
Propositions.


90 Tor proof that bl-metall.sm Is not a
*'s Tor PROOF that the election 81 Bryan
vi nos bring on a panic
~" Tor proof that government running sx-
kSHssS couli be met in any other way
@'ah by tat money issue. Or BY bond
saes or ~ tie enactment OF higher
arm Jaw, IN evene % Bryan'S election.
-" Sor proof thai free coinage viii give
noTe money II time 20 prevent a
money famine.
=. toF proo< ina; free coinage VIII not
a0Fee rs 10 silver basis
believing that oi-re:allisr,. as y-o-assd
- Sne Calcago Platform. is a fraud and
=, - ...a STA oe4ls-oa. ami that the silver
..s'a.gh s eoth bluff and a mis-
ana Ms free coinage followers an op<,or-
.sA1alty 10 sUostantts e some q their asssr-
ssosiS. 10 mat end | offer Two thousand
borrowing comb. ons:
80 .'Ss-b .-inetaliisrn is myth. and I Will
= sI; , nTyan or any other person $50
ae vi demonS1rate thai gold and szver
nas ever been circulated freely al a narity
for any considerable lime n he Tr~sfe5
1865 curing the eighty-cne years car
a.l.its we're open 10 coinage on Individual
Second-The election o. The silver os,si-
aates VIA bring on a panc and ! VII
sre Mr. Bryan or any other person $3.50
= ae VIII snow how that calamity can De
ass,,;e exceW by the defeat OF these
aa.ra-A panic would bankrup, our
teasury. asld | will give Mr. BRYAN or
a-,y o.her person 500 20 explain how gov
sIhNent expenses could be met within a
,neasonaois length OF tine excep: BY bull
non purchase. a fat money issue BY sell
!Is ponefs or by the enactment OF a higher
arm law. The available treasury cash
g.. IA
,otal cash expenditures average about
sSo.o"oo a month. Our excess of expendi-
-. oso and for the first six days in
october the loss was 81 ss461ses Our
treasury deficit now averages about 49,
Woo month. In the event OF pro-
foHged panic, customs revenues would be
practically cut OF and the deficil largely
increased. while expenditures would not
timlnisa / wart to know where the Bry-
an administration would get It's money to
carry on che government.
Fourth-F'ree coinage would contract
our currency. and | will give Mr. Bryan
how free silver will give sufficient money
10 make Up the loss OF gold In time 10
prevent money famine. Our present
coinage facilities are about $4,000 COO OF
II would take at least three years 10
build and equip minis 10 insure the annual
coinage OF 100000 co. Where are We 10
get our rooney
Fifth-Free coinage would force us TO
silver basis, and I will give Mr.. Bryan
or any other person $500 10 prove TO the
contrary. Gold and silver could not be
held together at fixed ratio by the Unit
ed States alone without establishing pur-
chasing agencies 10 control the product
OF both metals. The result would be de-
based money. with all Its evil corse-
quences.
The above offers are made In good faith.
The several amounts will be paid either
TO Mr.. Bryan or any other person giving
the desired Information. The answers Will
be submitted to Mr.. Charles A. Dana. edi-
tor New York Sun: Mr.. Fl. II. Kohlsaat.
editor Chicago Times-Herald: Mr.. John II.
Holmes. editor Boston Herald Mr.. Alex
X. Mcclure. editor Philadelphia Times.
and Mr.. Edwin Abel. editor Baltimore
Sun. Should a majority OF these gentle
rnen decide that the answers ara practi-
cally correct. the amounts offered will be
promptly forwarded. In order that sill
verite speakers may be given an oppor-
tunlty TO reply TO the above questions.
Ii is my desire that they be requested to
answer them in public. Address all corr
respondence to
C. G.. CONN.
Editor Washington City Times.