The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22

statesmen of the country. They would have us believe what history does not support-that gold and silver enjoyed equal privileges in the hints of the United st3sss during all our . history e,y to M ney onss assert d taH aSer 1873 was ''the crime of the century" and ia the cause of the present deplorable business condition of the country. They must know that prior to 1873 we had less than 0OO0,0 900 of silver dollars in circulation. We have coined since that time nearly 500, 0OO, 900 of silver dollars, and. and they constitute a Psrt of the he. cur, ,n,, tEas when she he Coinage of aS SotS so
 and silver was free in the United States the per capita circulation in this country waA less than it has been since the sc- called ''crime of 1873" Why, under the free coinage of both gold and silver in the days of the fathers we had in 1SCO q per capita of $4.99; in 1883 it was $S.60; in 1852 it was $14.63; in 1872 before the resumption of specie pay with unlimited paper currency. it was $lS.l9; in 1854, twenty-one years after the suspension of free coinage of silver, we had per capita of $24 .SS, and every dollar was as good as gold in every part of the world. We have a greater per capita in the United States than has the United Kingdom of Great Britain many. The per capita of the whole world is about $5.15. The per capita of the gold standard countries is SIS, while the per capita of the silver standard countries-of which they want to make us One-is about $4.30 Even in the gold standard countries we have more silver per capita than they have in the -sz af xh<, .11 rIn rr<lA standard countries, having a popula- tion of less than one-third of the worlds population, have nearly two-thirds of the circulation of the worlds currency. The United States has about 51a per cent. of the total population of the principal countries of the world, yet it has g 21-100 per cent. of the banking re- sources and nearly 16 per cent. of the total money supply of the world. France has a higher per capita than the United States, but the banking deposits in the United States are $11.76 per inha bitaDt, or $43 greater for each inhabitant than the banking deposits of France.
 Per Capita Rate Would Decrease.
 Tt must never be forgotten that the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 would not increase but would decrease our per capita circulation. It would add nothing to it, but would rob us of the good money we now have and put us where the silver countries of the world are tOday-upon a silver basis alone. There is nothing in our present currency status, therefore, to disturb us, except to defeat the party which proposes to de base it. It is the proposition to debase- our currency standard that has created consternation in every business center of the country; has made times hard, has driven money from active industry, and s.Vvf hnht ind bprr r<.I l.or hara xx,sll be kept until confidence is restored.
 "The people will not consent to a de- crease of their circulating medium, nor Q debasement of that medium of exchange. If by your votes this menace to the mon.. ey and credit of the country be dispelled, and by the same votes you restore the. American protective policy, that will stop. deficiencies in the treasury, and will pro- tect American industry, and courage and confidence will come back again. Open the mills and the mines of our country by judicious protective tariff and you will stop idleness and distress in the ranks of labor, and you can't stop 1t in any other way. What will be the voice of Maryland on the 3d day of No- vember? tCries of Mckinley, McKin- ley.D What will be the voice of the. great city of Baltimore? (Cries of Mo. kinley.1 How will that old conservative. city speak for national honor? (Cries of By voting for Mckinley and portec-
 Il thank my old comrades of the war Tor their presence here at my home to- day. l thank my fellow citizens of every vocation for having paid me this visit, and ! beg to thank them in the name of the Republican party for their assur- ances of loyal support to the principles of public honor, protective tariff, sound money, reciprocity, which will bring to- us, trust and firmly believe, good times, 1Sskpv ~l""s A~~