West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-05-28


| them Tho fat OF tho law, The law
says they are worth so cents. 81
cents, 10 cents. although thore is
not that much silver in thom by
10 per cent, and tbeg arc wartA H..
But / win DO answered. "Oh
yes, OF course, tho coins we hare
arc good. F" "rhcy are not the "5Q
cent dollars we mean" eve mean
the dollars the government is GO
ing TO coin hereafter" "They are
the dollars that the poor la5orinq
man, (who is the first TO suffer from
q debased currency G. CD is TO re-
celve for his labor, and only to got
90 cents for" Tho dollar that is
TO be coined from London priced
bullion. The future dollar will
have Uncle Sans "supersorip-
ton" upon 1T, (and thcre'll be
future dollars, mind what say }
how then can IL be, that one coin
having 4l9l grains OF silver in 1T,
| (the one we have. now), will be
worth 100 cents, aud one exactly
similar, (the future ooinl, will he
worth only so cents? Gan you
comprehend the gold MANS logic ?
| can't, | oan very well under.
stand what he 'CIats, aud what he
wants you and me to believe, but
when he undertakes to explain achy
he wants it, and give mo and you
reasons for believing, as he proteads
to believe, why then it becomes very
difficult indeed, 10 see the force of
his logic, unless he will be honest
enough to state the real factS in the
case; aud then ho would have to
admit that his soheme is intended
to benefit only-the dealers IN money,
and not the people at largo,
We have not enough money in
this country to do the immense
business that ought to be, aud would
with IA sufficient amount Of money
be transacted in the country. The
supply Of money should keep pace
as nearly rs GOULD be, with the
wants Of business, and the increase
of population. care not what the
"per capita may be, there is not
enough money. All the gold and
silver in this country, il coined into
money, would not be enough; it
would have to be supplemented
with some character Of paper money.
All the gold and silver in the world,
if coined into money, would not
begin to be enough to do the husi..
ness Of tho world. How super
lativelY foolish and wicked then it
IS, TO attempt TO condne the oiyiliz-
ed nations to one metal only. The
demand for money IS constantly
increasing. Every people or nation
redeemed from heathenism, creates
a new or increased dcmand for
monoy. What can be said of u
scheme that diminlshes the supply
Of money under such conditions,
instead of increasing it TO tho Ut
most extent, consistent with sound
financial principles? am no
enemy to gold. Let us have all
the mines can furnish. 1t is very
good, but as was said by a farmer
once, about another matter, it is ga
little too short" Abandon the
foolishhess and political empiricism
Of purchasing bullion. Let every
man who has silver bullion take it
to the mints and have it coined into
Whatever denominations Of money
he desires, dollars, halves, quarters
and dimes, upon The same terms
that Che owner Of gold bullion has
his coined, and let him carry it
home with BIN, aud "scatter IL
abroad" as he would DO, in the
purchase Of lands, the building Of
houses, the rearing Of stock, and
the thousand other uses to which IT,
would be devoted, and there would
be no trouble about it's circulation
or its parity. Giyo silver fair
chance, and a lroo Ggbt, and it VIII
take care Of itself and Will need no
rodeemer Just release it from the
thralldom Of political quaokcry and
"Shorman laws" and it wall be the
willing aud fsithful servant Of Tho
people rs it always was in the past.
/ Silver is emphaticallg tho money
Of the people. Gold is the money
Of tho "monoy speculator," the
broker. the banker, the monov