The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-30
KBPIDIdIiON KLPCDfI1ED.
What Hone-t-Moncy Democrats Have to
Say on the Platform and Ticket.

What Hone-t-Moncy Democrats Have To
Say on the Platform and Ticket.
The silver advocates demand that the
Government snail IN this one commOd-
3ty give the lie 10 the markets and shan
try 10 compel the people 10 take sixteen
ounces of silver as equivalent 10 one
ounce OF gold. although every ounce OF
gold is worth thirty ounces OF silver.
Here is tie dishonesty. III Is as dis
honest TO make us pay t:e mine owners
double the vasue OF their silver as IL
would Doe TO make Us pay the baker dOu-
bio the market value Of bread. Govern
ment cannot estaDish a value No gov
eminent ever did. Every effort TO force
"a wshcd-for value upon the people in the
face OF "a different market value mas
been fruiticss and has ended IN nflah-
cial panic.-lllustratcd American.
The national bank bills are good money.
Securing every dollar these bills repre-
sent are Government bonds on deposit
with the Treasury Department at WASH
ington. No bank issues more than 20
per cent Of circulating medium against
its deposit OF 100 per cent OF Government
bonIs Hence. II q wOrkingman holds
bills. the failure Of that bank would not
irnpair the value OF hts bills. They are
secured Tor redemption by the Govern
ment bonds. inc naiiOn's currency
should be as safe. Silver. though II
were pied mountains high III Washing
Ton. would not furnish the security. Sil-
Yer is only valued for what II viii bring
In the open market, and though the
Altgelds propose 20 fix ill., value Dos la~
that law would be imperative mere anu
a Joke Acknowledgements standard.
The Chicago platform Is not Democratic
doctrine therefore no Democrat Is opls-
cd 10 support it. William Jennings Bryan
IS not a Democrat, therefore no Demo-
crat is obliged TO support MN TOT lHe
presidency. Neither can he expect such
support from sound money Democrats ODD
view OF the fact that he publicly decmr-
ed before the meeting OF the CHl'aH"
Convention that nothing in heaven above
on the earth below. or IN neil beneath
could make him support goid-stahdatu
platform HAD free silver not preNall-
ed at Chicago, Bryan would not nave
supported the nominees OF tnat cohFel-
iion. He would have been IN ~. LOUIS
advocating Populsm.-ConneiisNihe CouI-
Ter.
II noo1,le do not have confidence in our
credit system IL Is quite apparent l'"0
IL would be utterly Impossible To earn
on the business of the country IN 6olu.
How much easier VIII IL Dee 10 cur va
uts s.rne volume of business with the
silver added 10 the GOLD as u''l'''''
nancy evidently under the most iaNoE-
able circumstances for the siiF'I "''"
,stos II is utterly impossible TO transact
the business OF the country without
perfect restoration Of confidence I'D OUT
lit s,-sfem. This fact shows that uie
ol,icct Of the silver men IS not so i'"' ID
80 Increase the funG Of ultimate monty
is ia debase our currency fep"oi" 81.
Io,'t and enlarge the markets Tor slN'r
,,,ue owners Cincinnati lInc9-9''1'
T.. 90 wears preceding 1893 India ma"
~. e~eo and unlimited coinage OF siN',
Wv, 1,,r,ro those years SS05no,Np WoI'"
- silver bulUon was imported INTO 'i'''''
an onnual average OF S'5W"uVo' a"o"'
ono third OF the silver produclloh "i
world But this large annual cum
,ton ~ silver did not keep the price u.
hrllion from falling. nor dii il pi
the aiminution Of the purchasing Natu' -.
"a. silver currency OF India, Ia spite o.
,he fact that during the period referred
- the United states utilized about S'op,-
osnooo worth Of silver bullion for cur
rencv. Reporting on the results OF free I
sn,.o. coinage i'm India. the miia Cur
,crcv Cor mission said: THE ev"enc.
before us points to the conclusion '1a'
drrina recent years silver prices or IN
dan produce have risen. If. rs eN\R'r.'nce
shoc,s vysres respcnd more slowly TO tae
alteration in the velue of ths standard,
This rise ir tho price Of produce must
have been preiueiced 20 the wase-eain-
inc classes" Would not similar result
come In this country from the uniii'ii'e"
coirare Of silver at the dishonest r"''
u rs 10 ]? Wage earncrs, look before you
lcap.-BumalC Courier.