The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-09-25

( 4 PLAIN TALK 70 wo.,anaMs,s.

Tho A y o Of Ithe SILVER Qusstson.
Lot us not got mi1ed up with com.
\ plex matters In connection with The free
+ silver idea. ss's
Let rs not hefcg our brain with ar.
guments about the crime Of 1873 or
bother with the many theories which
the advocates Of free silver are giving ~.
But let Ms take common sense view
Of the situation.
q Now, to start with:
Suppose Bryan was elected and the
free coinage act had been passed and
that free coinage was an actual fact
Suppose that silver could be taken TO
the mint and coined into silver dollars
4 at the ratio Of 10 to 1.
How would that affect uss
We haven't got any silver bullion.
Awhole lot Of people who own silver
y mines have Il, and 50 they could have
IL coined into is 70 1 dollars, but not
having any ourselves we could not have
> solitary, single dollar coined under the
Tree silver act.
Now, suppose, however. that all the
silver mine owners and others who had
ailver took 1t all to Washington or Phil.
adelphia or to some other United States
mint and had It coined into le to i
{ dollars, and
Suppose so much had been coined that
all the silver An the world was made
into 10 TO ] dollars, and
Suppose that every one Of these dol.
lars was piled In one heap right ON the
next block, and
Suppose every single one Of them was
4 worth 100 cents here and everywhere.
What good would they do us unless
We had something we could trade by.
which we could get one?
Well, we have something to trade;
everybody has.
Some have labor, somuch for o dollar.
Some have lumber, SO much for o
dollar.
Some have sugar or potatoes or hams
on coal or something else, all so much
for dollar.
We have advertising and subscrip-
lions, SO much for o dollar.
When we want one of those silver
dollars, we cannot go and take it. They
don't belong to u.s. They belong to the
4 men who took the silver to the mint to
! be coined.
II we took one, 1t would be stealing.
8 II we asked for one for nothing, il
would be begging.
II the owners gave us one for nothing,
Il would be gift.
II we borrowed ono. 1t would cost Us
interest, and SO
Most Of us, to get one, must trade la
bon, lumber, sugar, coal, advertising OF
something to get it
This is absolutely and honestly %,
isn't ita
Well. being SO, why do we take any
chances on the dollara
We can get gold now.
1t Is worth 100 cents on o dollar
everywhere.
sowe have supposed the silver to be
but
Suppose it isn't
What thens
What is the use Of taking chance
unless we can do betterf A silver dol.
larwon't be worth more than 100 cents,
will its
! we are getting that now.
Let well enough alone.
Some say duty compels Democrat to
bnck up and vote for Democrat. You
have Bryan's word TINT he is no Demo
GRAFT Let him deny that he said it.
Some say it is pretty bad now. We
might us well take q chance. It emit
be worse
What kind of tomfoolery is ttiss
Are things bad in business wayp
Let us tell you something to try.
Vote down this crowd Of repudiatora
Tell the world in trumpet tones in
November that we want the best money,
that we will take no other, and business
will revive.
Let the capital out that Bryan and
his followers have scared under cover,
and prosperity will come.-Lumbez
Trade Journal.