The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-03

this country would be the READY eoapes-
lion Of demand TO supply and OF supp"
To demand. This would render IL I'M
posslple Tor any bankers or ether neiAf
Ious persons 10 corner the cows ana nsio
them out OF cireuration'
There 10 another ad'Sneasc s'e1
whiskv and eggs. Neither Oh 'he ia'ee'
substances could be coined, Du' 0o"s 0".
~, coined 10 any extent. Ihe eoi'Sse Y.
metal Is worked ~ heating the n'e.a,
and marking 1t with a cold stamp oSL
poILAR LEGAL TENDER Fun ALL
DIES The only difference wouiu We
-, ., ,,ethod We should heat the Stamp
and mark the cold cow-"ONb Wv
LEGAL. TEND DIR FOR ALL ~ r'o.
n is IN, province OF the Government
under the Conltitution 10 coin money
and TO fix the value thereof, ana haN'ns
thus coined COW money and hxed .no
value We should only need TO amend tne
existing laws for collecting duties ana
taxes by substituting the words "coinea
cows" for coined dollars.
The paramount advantage OF COW money
would be. as | have said. that We couid
have our COW money and eat IL 100. HOW
singular it Is that this advantage hso
not been discovered ages ago. The OIL
ginal money consisted OF bulls, oxeh'
cows, heifers and calves. Bulls would De
excepted under the legal tender act Tor
two good reasons. First in order 10 keep
up the supply OF calves and, second' be-
cause while one can eat bull beer 1t Is
not desirable
The secret which has so lately been dis
closed by Mr.. Bryan and his supporters
IL that what the law declares 10 be law
- ffrll Iahe nl " no
power and monetary force. Now, we cam
not eat the COW hide IL We eat the beef.
and the coinage stamp will have been
Impressed upon the hide. The hide would
therefore retain its full lawful value. or
course .hc act for the coinage or COW
morey would provide that there should
he Tut one stamp on each cow. Then
would ensue another and great advantage
OF COW money. No part of the hide would
be needed for monetary purposes except
that which carried the stamp. Therefore
We could not only eat the beef but we
could use the greater part OF the hide
for shoe leather and yet have all our
money left full OF the monetary force Of
law for cir cllation and sufficient for all
cur purposes.
In that. again. we have an example In
China. The Chinese used TO make bronze
or hardened copper knives which they
used for monetary purposes. but when
they found that while they needed a very
large per capita circulation of money
they did not need so many knives, they
left or the blades. and thus were enabled
20 make ever SO many more round handles
with a square hole in the middle, and
that kind Of money now serves the pur-
poses OF the great mass OF the people in
China. circulating as money. paying debts
and working as cash, which 1t Is rightly
called
Another supreme advantage OF cow
money is that II wonld bear calf interest
and thus tend TO maintain les own volume
OF circulation. ! do not think n would
be judieious TO include asses in the coin
age. although the Persians whose ex-
ample we are following Fixed the value
Of a she-ass by law. fear that ass
money might degenerate into mule money
ana that would tend TO contract the cir
culation.
l venture now to reply TO some criti-
c'sms OF my first proposal. said that
IN the time Of COW money the asses bore
oil the burdens of trade and commerce.
Some OF the people who want 70 double
the price Of silver by free coinage OF fun
legal tender have suspected sons refer
ence &c themselves IN that application OF
the word ASS" How can they suspect
me OF such design? Would not all the
asses re needed 20 carry on the work OF
production aid distribution in the great
trade which our improved COW money
would bring sh,ut? Why then double tho
value Of asSes by such an act? We surely
carnot srarc The asses
Does not President Andrews, OF Brown
University. tell us that the money quea-
ton OF the present time is the greatest
question OF civilizations"
May ] not then demand that nv smr-
gestion for remonetizing the COW shall he
treated with the pane respect as the
proposal Of the silver miners TO remone-
tic silver? Equal rights are demanded
IN the minis or the country for the coin
age OF gold and silver bullion. and the
righteous demand Is now made for an
equal right for the coinage Of the COW.
The silver mining classes demand the
privilege Of forcing. coined silver money
upon the masses (spelt with an NJ or
otherwisel under the fat Of law. May
not the farmers demand the equal privi-
leee 10 force COW money upon a trustfll
community? Dare any one say that only
asses would bear either burden without
any resistance.
I'm the confidence OF the Justice OF this
case. the benefit 10 the farmer and the
great market which II would create for
against cow money IS now called for