Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-08-20
QUESTIONS FOR BRYAN.
THE NEW YORK WORLD ASKS
SOME PERTINENT ONES.
PROMISED BRYAN IT'S SUPPORT If HE
WOULD SATISFACTORILY ANSWER
THEM-bUT HE DIDN'T.

open letter to Candidate Bryan promis
ing him its support if in his speech of
acceptance he would answer satisfactorily
ana logically the questions therein con-
tanned. Mr.. Bryan did not answer the
questions. Following are the World's
questions:
l. When in the history OF this country
has silver occupied ''its ancient place by
time hen he two metals circulated upon
equal terms as full legal tender money,
with the minis open to the free and I'M
limited coinage OF both? II 50, when was
is?
4. You say that the restoration OF that
condition Will, in your judgment, "restore
the parity between money and property"
Will you kindly explain what you mean
by this? What is the parity between
money and property" DO you mean that
the restoration" will put up prices, undo
the cheapening effects OF improved ma
chinery, transportation, etc, and increase
the cost of living to all classes Of the COM
munity? II 50, will you kindly explain
how this increase in the cost OF all COM
modities is likely to promote "a return of
general prosperity" Will the working
man, whose wages are stationary or near
ly so, be made more prosperous by having
to pay more for his flour, meat, groceries,
chickens. eggs, fruits, vegetables, cloth
ing, household utensils, rent, and all the
rest OF it? viii even he farmer be better
"a with a double price for his produce, in
the wholly improbable contingency that
Europe will consent to pay it, II he must
pay double for everything he has to buy?
3. You point US to "a larger field OF
usefulness in supporting the gold and
silver coinage of the constitution" But
what is ''the gold and silver coinage of
the constitutions In what clause of
the constitution, or in which OF the Is
amendments, does the fundamental law
prescribe gold and silver coinage or
any other coinage? In which does it
mention any coinage further than to
authorize the general government to
coin money and to regulate the value
thereof Acting under that authority
Congress at first authorized coinage at
l5to l. Was that he gold and silver
coinage OF the coH-titutfan?' It so, how
i has is to come to be the coinage OF the
eau-t tuition? tader tie first rat silver
was uudervalued and refused to circulate
exc pt III the form Of Worn and abruded
] foreign coins. Our own silver coins, even
tho subsidiary pieces We're melted down
for bullion because they were worth
about per cent. more than gold dollars.
Ia all tie period up to the time OF the
/ great silver discoveries Congress sought
to make the coinage ratio he same as the
commercial ratio. 1t never authorized
coinage at any other. Was that the
"coinsge of the constitutions If SO,
+ VIII il be a return TO it for us now to es-
tabi.-h free coinage at the ratio of Ii to
when tine CumuerciaI ratio is about
+ 81 10 !?
(. VIII not free coinage at Is to / re
Guce the value Of the dollar unit by
about one-halt?
5. VIII it nos be in fact a Reputation
Of about one-aaal of all our debts, pub
lie and private:
Is. !, there not danger that it Win
caus, the return to US OF Hi the AmerI-
80 II ~ - q II
Ia ,' ''' una ''"'I>'f' STOCKS "'i" o"i'"s
-hus preci plating panic of giant pro
portions, ~i,n long years OF depression TO
iYlo&?
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