Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-17
Mr.. ATKINSON'S LETTER.

of challenging attention and |
making people read what | had to say.
1t has worked wcll-they do read. Anony- |
nous, threatening and abusive letters and
pour in. More than all and |
better, long and carefully written letters !
Of an Indignant sort came from many men
who prove by their own words that they
have begun to suspect themselves of not
being full wittcd on the silver question.
also used the term "half-witted" In
charity but the effort of the silver faction
to force their silver bullion through the
mint at the cost of the tax payers is n
fraud. Their purpose can only be attained
by force bill. They intend to deprive
people of any right to refuse to take these
fifty cent dollars except MS IN equivalent
to one hundred cents in gold. Ex-Presi-
dent Harrison has used the right words
when he said. '"rhe first dirty errand that
a dirty dollar does is to cheat the laborer."
| made mistake in being charitable
and in deferring to the good intentions
of many of The supporters Of these men.
! find that their honest supporters merely
supply good intentions to be used for paw
ing had place in which this bad fraud
is being brought to a heated point e
also made mistake in adopting the
term "Popocrat." Rightly construed that
would mean the rule of popular party.
This silver miners party il not IA popular
party. II is faction of full witted men
working for their own interest in silver
mines and for the interest OF British
silver. Its name Is therefore the Silver
crat party. Rightly construed that name
means the rule of the Silver interest and
that means British interest.
British owners now hold a large mart
of the silver stocks of this country which
produce about 10000 600 ounces of silver
| year. British owners now hold nearly
all the other productive silver mines of
the world,-in Australia, Mexico, South
America and elsewhere Their. product
aside from mines in this country is 1885,
DOC. 900 ounces Il year. The whole silver
product comes TO 17j,0O0,00O ounces and
is increasing ut recent prices. Its bullion
virlue is SIZE, 500, 900. The value to which
| the Sivercrat party PROPOSES to raise it
| by force bill is S225, 100000. Difference
or additional profit, SllO,2nO,OOO a wear
on the present increasing product. That
profit is the motive force of the Silyercrat
ty,-three-fourths or more in the Brit
ish interest. The increase of this mostly
British product did not stop when the
market price went below 80 cents on a
dollar In gold, WHY should IL? On the
official report of the Broken Hill Mine
of New South Wales. belonging to Brit.
ish owners, ii makes 12,000000 ounces q
year besides "a lot of lead copper and gold
At the market price of silver bullion II
has paid its British stockholders in eight
years n capital of less than $4,000, 900
over S4O.0O0.0O0 in profits. of which ovei
S25.0OO0o0 was in gold coin, the rest il
stocks. The Silvercrat party. under tn,
direction of Mr.. II. G.. Newlands of Ne
vadn. the leader, and Mr.. w. ]. Bryan o.
Nebraska, the follower, proposes to doubl,
the market value Of that bullion. Tha
would give the British owners of tn,
Broken Hill Mine an added profit on tina
one mine in gold of more than $40 DOC, 00l
a year. That mine produces only 10 De
cent of the worlds product. which is most
ly British. About an equal profit woul
fall to the rest of the silver mines. mostl
British. Here are two or three little sum
: for Messrs. Newlands and Bryan to do.
Question /. If we, acting in behalf of tn
Silvercrat party, can raise the price of tn
l 12,000,0o0 ounces of silver from til
Z Broken Hill Mine from f6 cents to 81 .
=, per ounce. how much profit shall we "inc
! Idcntally' make for the British owners
Answer. S1.20 minus 66 cents. equal
G3 cents: IL. 000.0O0 ounces, multiplied b
: G3 cents equals S7,5G0,000.
i Question 9. IL we ruise tho nrioe of III
rest of the silver bullion nroduct of 163
g OOO,OOO ounces mostly british from 4
D sents To 81 20 cents nm ounce how n,uc
= additional profit shall we .inc;dentaIlv
e take ont of the nockets of tho America
:, workman and mn into tbr noclkets az n
e Silyercrats. mostly British
g Answer. 81. 90 minus On; cents eouo
S 63 ccpts 1G3 oO0 ono ounc.s ,nn,t;,i;,
d nv 63 cents eounls s10o ,on 900
$ Question q If tbe british owners NJ II
It. Broken HIN Mine Inv, mnda s1o oon IN
II on 12.OOO. 600 ounces n vcnr in e;rbt van,
n at the morknt RAJ. of silver bny, ,,,,,
II will the mostly British owners mako
II tho nnxt ei,,bt ve,r. on 17I ono 900 ,,,,,,o
lie n year nj II 20 ceuts mn onnr,. when :,
re have sacurnI their f,rca Iii ,o br;n', Il
p yalne of tho s;lvor bnlIinn nf tho ,rnrIa ,
Id TO that nricep
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as answer in lis p.xt sno.cb
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