The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-02

Is not property. II Is n measure or re-
preventative OF value. To say that plenty
OF money makes business Is TO MISTAKE
the case. The reverse proposition Una.
plenty Of business makes monJ picnuIui
IL the truth of he matter.
NOISY BRYANITES.
Al this point ina free-silver crowd mat
had been holding itself In readiness "
interrupt the speaker. understanding the
point to be an allus.on TO a faVorite ar
gument Of Mr.. Bryan. let loose a yen
and tried 10 see how much noise IL couli
make. Inc shouters were not numerous,
but every one of them made ."s throat
do double duty.
Governor Cameron waited for the DEM
onstration TO suDsidc. and then, with
cutting sarcasm. he remarked that moth
ing pleased him more than the presence
or gentlemen who differed from him. and
nothing would grieve him more five weeks
from now when the inevitable happens
than TO think that he had Cor an instant
broken of the cheers of these gentlemen
for their candidate, who Is doomed to de-
feat.
SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.
kesumfng his argument the speaker
said: This attempt - make something
OF rothing IL not rev. Some of o re-
member a certain class 81 promising fnan-
ciers. who came thrcrgh here a few years
ago. telling you that II you would let
them have thirty dollars of your money.
they would return you one hundred dol
lars.
After many had parted with their
money 70 never see IL again they formed
the acquaintance OF the fellow who ex-
planned that by the mere fact of running
n surveyors chain ever old fields Of broom
sedge tho LAND was to be converted into
corner lots n city values. and many
more good dollars were sunk IN that
scheme Of attempting to get something
FOR nothing.
THE ~FREE1SILvER SCHEME.
Now m the free-silver man. who
wants to show how 70 work the scheme
on q new plan. Virginians have neither
silver mines nor silver bullion. The ma
jo1ty Of SILVER mine stock II owned by
the detestei British. These people are
not going "a invest any OF their money
IN Dinwiddie lands or Petersburg indus
tries. II silver was the money
OF our daddies. tobacco was tho money
OF our grand-daddies. If value can he
given 70 anything by act OF Congress. let
tobacco he made n legal tender at about
three times thu mIrket price. That
would DO the people OF Virginia some
good, but Il would not help the silver
mine owners. and they would be against
II.
FICTITIOUS VALUES.
Discussing the proposition TO give a fc-
tiuOus value 10 silver, tho speaker said,
you may declare a peck TO be a bushel.
Nnd you have more bushels, but no n. 3
potatoes. You may make fifty-oue ccats
e. dollar. and you will have more dollars.
hut no more money.
He then told an amusing story OF the
adoption OF Indian ampum "a legal
tender in the colony of New Amsterdam.
and the cunning Of a Connecticut Yam
kee. who set up a wampum mint, and
alter coming g. large quantity of oyster
shells. swindled the Dutch out OF their
merchandise and good money, and left
them the bag to hold in the shape Of
deprecated currency.
Taking Confederate money as an ilustra-
ton Of deprecated currency he showed
that land and labor were the last to re-
| spond 10 the difference in the value OF
money and that labor was the worst suf-
| ferer By the depreciation.
TWO HUNDRED CENT-DOLLAR.
The salary OF the auditor Of the Peters
burg railroad at tho close OF the war
would not buy three barrels OF flour.
The clear loss 70 labor during that period
was no less than eighty per cent. The
nrosent dollar though IT has been called
a 200-cent dollar was none too good Tor
him or TOO rood for the man who works
for wages whether with brain or shovel.