The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-27
COIN" IN MANCTOWOC!

A Blyut.
Once upon Il time during the hot dog
days of hot summer when people of the
land were studying how to double their
wealth and ln~ome by legislation, it came
to pass that the great lam, who was
responsible for the people waxing hotter
still wrantrlng over the money question,
left his eastern home for a cruise along
the Great Lakes. 1t was to be a cruise
of pledsur, With little profit thrown in.
And IN the course of his wanderings he
reached our fair city-the city destined
ere lon, to become the sister city OF the
great metropolis OF Wisconsin. And 10
and behold the Sun whose luminous rays
had enlightened the great and glorious
a1d WOolly west, had arrived person to
greet the host of satellites who were
shining by his reflected light Coin
had arrived in Manitowoci
Soon the news spread that he would
open his school" for just one day and
all persons old and young, wise and
otherwise, were invited to attend. With
a great flourish of trumpets 1t was also
announced that any and every question
relating to money would be answered
otfhand by the young wizard of finance"
In order to Accommodate the great
crowd Turner Hall was secured and
at he appointed time an Immense audi
/ ence had assembled, composed of farm
ers, doctors, artisans, teachers, day labor
| ers, merchants, clergymen and lawyers.
Com, the teacher, with his little book
and his blackboard, was on the stage. He
! presented pretty appearance but 1t
seemed Incredible to some that his small
| head should contain ali there was of
interest and Importance relating to the
question of money. And yet that was
the case. Not only that bat he was
willing to part with limited amount of
| this concentrated wisdom for the benefit
! of the masses.
| The questioning soon began. An ire
/ pressibIe lawyer put the following
question to Com: Mr.. Com, Will you
kindly inform me how the proposed
change from a gold to silver standard
will affect me and my brethren?"
Certainly" answered Coin. I'm case
We have free coinage of silver we Will
have more money and with mere money
there follows greater prosperity and in
prosperous times people can afford to
| fight out their quarrels IN court rather
than appeal to The weapons nature
furnished them with. Thus you see
! lawyers will have more 10 do and SO earn
more money"
| But the money which | would get
would not be worth as much as money
now is. If it were worth only half what
it Is now my business would have to
double in order that | may make as much
as before. lam oyerwCrked now. L could
not possibly do again as much work, and
! il | did | would be no better off than /
am now, with less work. How is that?"
! This was little bit of a sumner. Coin
| thought a moment, then turned to his
! little book and finding no ready answer
there, ventured the reply that with good
| times people could afford TO pay Ii wyers
more for their work than during dull
| times and becoming a little bOmbastic he
| declared, when the era of general pros
perty is ushered IN, the dark money
| clouds that now hang suspended over
our fair earth sending forth their forked
! lightning that kills its ten thousands
Will have cleared away and peace and
happiness will rule supreme. Then as |
said before yOur business will increase
and you will be benefited"
| Just then a nasal voice in the audience
called out, Mr.. Coin, is it not true that
lawyers business increases most when
there is general smash-up of all other
| BUSINESS
But Com refused to answer irregular
| questions. Tie lawyer sat down muir.
murlng to himself that he could not see
how he was to be benefited by the So
called cheap dollar. Then a doctor got
up.
How Will the change from hundred
cent dollar to a fifty cent dollar affect
meE' asked the doctor. | now get
dollar for every call | make and custom
| will demand that | adhere to that price.
| VIII it not?"
That is true, answered C,In, you
Will IN the future only get enc dollar for
each call II You are general practitioner,
but with good times your business will
Increase. With a high priced dollar as
We have at present it costs too much 10
call in a doctor for every little trouble.
But IN prosperous times people can afford
to be sick, especially when the doctor
can be paid in cheap dollars"
The audience Uttered little at this
reply, but Coin did not notice H. The
doctor sat down but his face Indicated
that he was not convinced. How will
the change affect me-? called out mini
ster' Il now get a salary of 5000 dollars
Il year"
Well, answered Coin, Il cant DENY
that you may have TO suffer a little, You
Will get az many dollars as before but
they will be worth only half as much.
So your salary will practical be cut down
by one half, but you can probably make
that up by the extras. Good times will
bring mora christenings. And even If
you are out little you must bear IN
mind that ministers of the gospel should
be willing to make some sacrifices for the
general welfare.
Then / suppose / too will have TO
suffer, called out person from the
audience, 81 am teacher"
"WelI, yes, answered Coin. "Yon are
on salary pure and simple and unless |
silver appreciates in value and there ia |
parity between it and gold, You will be |
the loser"
But will silver go up in value 50 as to
reach the old ratio of :l6 again?" asked |
the teacher.
1t could be noticed that Coin did not |
care to answer this direct question. He |
had just come from the east where he had |
declared that the old ratio would be re-
stored if free coinage were introduced.
but he felt in the west that declaration
could not be used to advantage so he
said. No, not altogether 1t may 90
up some, put IL VIII take time"
well then, said the teacher, Il will be
earning just as many dollars but their
value will be deprecated one-half Is
hat true?"
Il rather think you are right" replied
JON, but you must remember that all
rue teachers have the spirit of tie mis-
'lonary and while you may be losing in
material way you are gaming in the
plrltual- Though you and your family
nay suffer little on earth, it is in a
.ood cause and your reward will come
tier death, when you will be allowed a
eserved seat in paradise
Next came a merchant who spoke ,
rletiy but to the point. I
Il am a merchant" Mr.. Coin. How '
bout my case?" |
Your case is very simple" replied 6
'oln. "All You need to do is to I
Ouble ND on yOTlr presart pricaC in G