Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-03

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'"The government of 1.-The American peo-
pie. by the American Heopls. for the Amer
i sas ssi,Is c set Of te m music of
of tories s shyiecks and othefs imbued p with
the TT, traitorous spirit g. Baneaict Arnold;
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yelp is: mo more slyet Nandard money
for the people Of the United States ex-
cept by agreement With foreign nations"
"A Al l q which s,ussesM What's the mat
The Final Action, --
This important contest Of. the American
people will be peacefully decided at the
ballot box on the Sd Of November next.
Every qualified citizen should cast his
ballot to aid in settling this conflict and
every patriotic American should exercise
science dictates Is for the best interests of
the people of his native or adopted land
the United States of America"
SOME SILVER QUESTIONS.
Interrogation Points That Go Deep
Into the Subject. 4--.-..
From the New York Lumber Trade Journal
Let us not get mixed up with complex
matters in connection with the free silver
idea
Let US not befog our brain with argu-
ments about the crime of '73, or bother
with the many theories which the advocates
of free silver are giving us.
But let us take common sense view Of
the situation.
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, at the
ratio of 18 to 1.
How would that affect us?
We haven't got any silver coin.
A whole lot of people who own silver
mines have it. and they could have it
coined into 10-tO-1 dollars: but, not having
any ourselves. we could not have a solitary,
single dollar coined under the free silver
act.
Now. suppose, however, that all the sill
YER mine owners and others who had silver
took it all to Washington or Philadelphia.
OF to some other United States mint, and
had it coined into 16-to-1 dollars. and
Suppose SO much had been coined that all
the silver in the world was made into
16-to-1 dollars, and
Suppose that every one of these dollars
were piled in one heap right on the next
block, and
Suppose every single one Of them was
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; every
body has
Some have labor, SO much for a collar.
Some have lumber, SO much for a dollar
Some have sugar or potatoes or ham CT
ccal OR something else. all SO ,auch for a
dollar.
We have advertising and subscriptions.
so much for dollar.
When we want one of those silver dollars
we cannot go and take it: they don't be-
long to us; they belong to the 1nen who
took the silver to the mint To he coined
II we took one. 1t would be stealing.
II we asked for one for not thing, it would
be begging. 7-'' - " - - 7'T'7
If the owners gave us one for nothing it
Would be a gift.
If we borrowed one, It would cost ia in
tereSt and so
Most of US. to get one. must trade labor.
lumber. sugar. coal, advertising or some
thing to get it.
it? ~ "
Well. being SO. why do we take any
chances on the dollar?
We can get gold now.
where.
So We have supposed the silver to be, but
Suppose it isn't.
What then?
What is the use of taking chance I'M
less we can do better? A silver dollar won
be worth more than 100 cents. will it?
We are getting that now.
Let well enough alone. u..
Some say duty compels a democrat to
back up and vote for a democrat. You have
Pryans word that he is no democrat Let
hum dare deny, that he said Il. .-. =
Some say 1t is pretty bad now. We might
as we'll take a~chanee 1t can't we-y worse
What kind of tomfoclery is this?
When our baby lay at deaths door Gid
We do any experimenting? We tried every
thing which could cure, but We did not ex-
pertinent.
Are things bad in business wayo
Let US tell you something TO try.
Vote down this crowd of regulators.
Tell the world in trumpet tones in No
vember 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. .-.---