Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23
ton in 1896 will be less that 100000


ton in 1896 will be less that $4,000, 900
ounces.
Every laborer, artisan, mechanic,
farmer, merchant and professional man
in these United States should give this
subject his earnest thought that his
mind may more easily grasp the mon
etary situation with a realizing sense
of its Importance.
With our mines idle this decrease will
continue until, in very few years, sill
yer will only be known as a by-product
with copper and gold, and will not
exceed, all told, over 100000 ounces.
The demand for silver to be used in
art and manufacture may possibly act
in certain degree as a stimulus to sill
yer mining industry. Without a de-
mand of this nature it will require the
entire amount of the by-product to sup
ply the art trade only.
With low prices where Is the worlds
supply to come from? America will
have no silver to sell. This country
and Mexico have produced over one
half the silver in the world at this time.
Mexico is using the greater part of all
the silver she produces, and we can
readily see how that country makes
herself prosperous by so doing. She
pays all her help with silver at a ratio
Of 16 to 1, and sells her products, aside
from silver, In gold countries, receiv-
ing payment in gold. Such manner Of
transacting business makes silver coun-
tries prosperous, while gold countries
deteriorate commercially and fnan-
cially.
Many of the politicians of today are
coupling silver with tariff. While
am for tariff, am for silver first, as
being a paramount issue. Japan and
China are both silver countries. They
can as easily make or manufacture any
needed article as can the United States.
With monometallism, Japan and China !
are given Is per cent advantage to start |
with. The difference between gold and |
silver at present gives them so per
cent advantage, while the difference in
price Of labor in other countries and |
ours is over % per cent; hence rs per
cent is a small estimate. With their
cheap labor to contend with, how are
we to shut out their wares and prod
ucts? Can we raise the tariff high
enough to do SO?
This is one Of the gravest questions
we have to contend with. Shall we al
low the gold bugs of England and the
United States to reduce our free-bOrn
laboring classes to a level with the
or enslaVed coolies of Asiat-
&c countries? Emphatically, No!
But how prevent it?
The simplest thing imaginable.
Throw political Affiliations aside; ig-
nore all party ties on this important
issue, and vote for the presidential
who is known to favor the
Tree coinage Of silver at a ratio Of 16
% 1.
Take John Sherman from 1873 to the
present time for example, with Grover
Cleveland and John G. Carlisle as aux
larles, ana see where they, with their
prOeliVities and teach
ngs, and administrative acts, have
'laced u.s. In the mining states and ter
itories we see deserted towns, idle
desolate houses, poverty,
tarVation, misery, misery, misery, and
. terrible increase in the crime which
ollows and is the outcome of want and
Railroads, too. are mostly in the
lands Of receivers, and trains are run
ing short-handed with crews working
t pitifully low wages.
Farmers are in still worse condl- 1
ion. For all they sell they receive I
ess than the cost Of production, and
pparently do not know the cause. A I
eW days since I met a farmer in !
'maha, Neb. He told me corn in the /
ountry was worth but 1914 cents per
ushet That farmers we're selling their
ogs at 80 low a figure they had to do
'ithout meat at home. That they were ]