The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-27
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free silver are shoss vhe desire IL b.
caass ths5 vaat Dsrs money aad those
vhs ssiksvs thas II would result IN hish-
Or rr1css- Tnsrs arr some perhaps who
wat Tree savss because thsy tank they
- get euf u asbs more easily By paying
n silver II ID true they claim that GOA
has sdsanesd - vsius bseasss sf The
crime Of n. but silver has bssa dscrsas-
Ing n vaius il the nasksts - the world
sises long bsfsrs uz1 asA even u the De-
cisns bad sniy beguA IN tat ysas The 1sots
have Sssn iacurrsl II shs eutsdAs - long
ss than nvs yean ago-ssvsnssen ysan
- least asnsS the cause nAtursd Thsss.
however. fern . small proportion an1 n
= thoss who vaat nors moasv ana hlgh-
o. prizes. with perfectly honest puUsss.
who fern the naia body Of free sslvsssssA
In The vss - TIE movement. making IL
most soiss sal most rsckisss Of sbs esar
seuasnees are the ofnes-sseksrs who 3oia
svsryfhfng-ssW Political partiss. froter.
nal societies. even churches. - part Of
plaza 70 get votes II II could be shown.
however. TO those who want more money
ana higher prices that free silver would
not give either. the schemins DEBTORS ard
the scheming c6llce-sssAsrs would b ~
rare h these days - Barn Burners. An
tl-Masons Or Ytatio1aA
What = TIE advantage q being able 70
one n the purchas,nG power Of the enc
dollar II reduced By half, what advant-
age would Il b TO the working men Of
this country n. instead Of ATTY million DOL
lars worth Of silver IN the vaults Of the
miat At San Frascisce there were one
hundred million dollasS worth therss
In the interior Of the country where traf-
&c with foreign nations In not direct. or
among young men who have not had the
experience with inAAfion such - their
fathers had. some misrepresentation might
be sxcusabls, but in . sea-board place IKE
this II IL surprising that any doubt should
b felt on the subject For instance. we
have direct dealings with the South Amer
lean republics. which are on . free silver
oes.s. We know that articles shipped
twice the nunhsr Of dollars they can b
sold for In the state Of Washington. why.
then. don't ne all buy goods from mer-
chants here and send them down to .
country where We can get double the
price? The reason II. OF course. that al
though nominally dollars the same as ours
are. the dollar OF the free silver country 10
measured IN the markets Of the world By
the price Of gold. 20 that while the num-
her OF silver dollars doubles. the oom-
msreiai value Of two In silver remains the
same - one In gold.
The free siiveritss say that law gives
gold its value. and that by putting silver
on an equality in law Its value would be
the same II seems feasible that II every
man In the world. backed up by every gov
eminent in the world. should agree that
silver American dollar. no matter what its
sisc. or how much silver II contained.
should everywhere and OF all times have
the same value. II would Be quite inma-
tsrial whether there was any gold or not
In our currency. This. with tho goid Of
other natiods equally generally accepted
IN q ratio Of enc OF gold TO sixteen OF silver.
would b international bi-metaiiisn- It
II even possible that a concurrence Of the
ak or seven great commercial nations
might be powerful enough to enforce such
a financial Law upon weaker countries With
or without their consent But IL IL mani
testify as impossible for the United States
to force Its silver dollar upon m unwilling
world At . fictitious ratio a. 1t Is for
Guatemala TO compel the United States
merchant 10 accept one Of its silver dol
lars. on a free silver basis. at a parity Of
value with the United States dollar. which
Is backed by gold.
Precisely the same consequences would
follow II this country adopted free silver.
Every man who has put his gold dollars
into q savings bank. into an insurance
policy. into loan. would be paid In silver.
Gold and silver being at parity In this
country now. 10 would make no difference
II that were done today. except for the tn
convenience. because me silver dollar Is as
good az tho gold dollar But If we had FREE
silver we would soon realize the difference,
80 did young man in Seattle who has Just
returned from free silver China-that IDEAL
country TO which the free ssiverites always
polnt. lie Is an American who engaged to
work ia China for SO many dollars. when
his work was done he was PAID these dol
lars-which looked every bit as good as
American dollars land so they were. 50 far
as the quantity OF silver was concerned.
on his arrival in Seattle he found that all
he could get fer them was 81 cents on the
dollar. II we had free silver here he could
have exchanged those Chinese dollars for
American dollars without any apparent
loss. and he would only have realized the
difference II he attempted TO buy anything
from any Of the great commercial nations.
lie would have realized IL quickly enough.
too IA this country under free silver, ~ IN
| one pscket ne had a five-doiiar gold piece
| ana IN the other Nv, silver American dol
| lars, Ne ecuis fnd that he could buy
| twice as much Of everything With his Ave
| Collar gold piece as BE could with the Eve
| silver dollars; or only bali a. much. 10 put
| II in another way. with the ave silver dol
| lars as he could with the ave-dollar xold
4 piece. l, voali matter very little to him
| whether Il was silver that Mad deprecated
cr gels has appreciated II he should be
| working man ne would naa ,ha; every