The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-23


Simply tire fat that sn Nexlco there Is
fres coinage of silver. whereas in France
and 4 America silver coinage Is limited All
the xAoIe currency rests on . god basis
Tsaat is all X - no- oacsrSe Mexico IS
weak power. England and Russia are
very s.rong powers; yst Russia cannot
keep the silver -sEaEe above IT'S market
vAiEs ami England could rot keep the
Indian rupee aosve theirs any more than
Mexico eoaiz keep up the value Of her
dollars Under free coinage cur dollar
wo1s4 De worth about half what IL IS rs~-
I say about half. because the value OF ST.
yer rucfuatsS continually, with on the
wno1e a downward tendency.
.-At The beginning OF this campaign the
Bryanites were dgAting for Scent dollar
During the three months that nave since
elapsed TIE silver dollar has actually sunk
70 50 cents, and now far X VIII sink in ths
future nobody knows. Think Of sane men
actually seeking 70 establish D standard OF
s0ea q kind
Real Wages to the Wage Garner.
Nov look al this silver disk. 1t Is nor
a coin; il is q fat. round piece OF silver.
which a couple Of months ago contained
all ihe silver which could be bought Tor
dollar in gold. As I said. the value OF
silver has sArgnk little in those TWO
months, so Il is not worth quite that. put
IL ia near enough for the purpose Look
at this and the American del.ar. side By
side. The one represents the amount or
purchasing power which a dollar has an
der the gold standard. and the other the
amount il would have under the silver
standard The difference in size repre-
sents exactly the shTinkage IN purchasing
power II We went 10 free coinage; or, IA
other words. the shrinkage there would
be in real Wages 10 the xage-earaer-
Z - hk- a. a Y
mean by another example. Look az these
TWO Icaves one OF which Is nearly twice
the size OF the other. See this big one
This is an Scent loaf when the cents count
OF gold basis. Now look at this small
one. II sells for cents now. On silver
basis Il would sell for over cents; so THAI
really on silver basis II would need higher
wages 10 give the workingnan one OF
these small ioaves than * now needs 10
give him this large one. Compare the big
gold loaf and the little silver loaf. and
then let the wage Garner himself decide
which il IS best that he should have Tor
the same amount OF his earnings. MI
Bryan says the gold dollar has grown too
fat; let him remember that ii the work
ingman can only earn = lean dollar he caa
only buy lean loaf.
Many Of the arguments OF our foes are
diffieult TO meet. simply because they are
so absurd that IL is hard TO speak patient
~ about them. one of these is the talk
abCut what the lunatic portion OF our OPP
ponents are fond Of calling the crime OF
1873 when. as they say. silver was de
monetized' by stealth.
Decentralization Of silver.
'As a matter Of fact. the bill which de-
monetizei silver was before the two
houses of congress for over two years. ii
was printed thirteen different times. and
the proceedings in relation 10 il occupied
nearly 80 pages of the Congressional
Globe. II was passed by large votes after
full debate. during which very aoe speech
es In IT'S behalf We're made. among others.
by Senator's Jones and Stewart VI Ne
vada, who are now among the least ra-
tional OF the friends of silver. 1t was
scattered broadcast throughout the coun-
try and opinions as 10 its value obtained
from every expert in the land; and IL the
passage was 'stealthy.' then every law
that was ever enacted by congress. from
the alien and sedition acts in Adams adj
miniSsratlon to the Wilson -Gorman tariff
OF Cleveland's administration. was passed
by stealth As for It's being a crime,
you might just as nationally speak OF the
crime OF the decentralization OF iron in
Sparta about 30 Il. c.. or the demonetizi-
ton OF cattle in Italy about 1000 3. c.
The first act demonetzng silver was
We were first given gold currency by the
gold act OF 1884 under President Jack son.
Ie We should use the Technology of the
Populsts, these acts would figure re-
specfiveiy as the crimes of 1876 and 1884
and most assurediy were jefferson and
Jackson alive today they would be read
out Of the Democratic party. They were
honest men; they believed In their coun-
try and were Jealous OF It's honor and
they would be striklngly out OF place In
the company OF the men who today are
striving to make the nation sharer In
their own infamy. Mr.. Bryan Is fond OF
denOuncing not only those who lend 10
private individuals what these private in
dividlals urgently need but also those
who In the time Of the nations need
loaned the nation itself the money with
which 10 carry on the national business.
Make National Loans Dangerous.
ut is true that We had to pay altogether
too high a rate OF interest for some of the
bonds which have been recently issued
but this was due. more than any other
one cause. 10 the fact that Mr. Bryan and
his precious associates OF the reputation
stamp BY their antics made the loan dan
rerons nation 50 foolish az TO have
Mr.. Bryan anywhere in Its councils by
Just 80 much wUakens It's credit and in
consequence has 70 pay more for what
ever Il b1Frows. With a proper tariff and
a proper financial system We would not
have 20 borrow NJ all, but inasmuch as IL
was necessary 10 borrow we could hor-
row al a low rate Of interest only X II
was absolutely certain that We would re-
pay 70 the full what was loaned Us Mr.
Bryan and his associates then insisted and
row insist that we ought to cheat the men
who loaned money TO the government out
% half their loan. Int so long as there is
= possibility or the American people pos
sssssng a sense Of honor 80 blunted as 10
make such a man president. just so long
they will have to pay high price for their
folly. When the special champion OF dis
honesty rms for the presidency the nation
will have 70 pay heavier Il IL wishes to
borrow. The foolish advocate OF dishon-
ssty * A terror 70 the honest banker. but
he Is a source OF prcfit 20 the anscrupgIons
Spectator The Foolish knave IS always
the tool OF the smart knaye.
Mr.. Bryan conducts a campaign OF de-
n0neistion He is especially fond OF de-
noancing non-nroducers. Does he mean
by on-rrDs33s ,ers men 20 90 not work
WITH their Fsnasr lincoln and Grant.
sherman ara Farra S1It rendered The coun-
try sorne serVtee a. time when they were
30; working with their hands So. in an
other Nsy. Gld Emerson and T>oweu ana
TIA TtHorre, and Yst IN another way fsa
F1ltor ana Morse and Edison Does NJ
Bryan really believe thai all these men
WeFe useless 10 the country Is he 50 losr
20 az sense az patriotism ihat he does not
glory IN the.r seyyi,e % the natione
Kryan's DenuHeiation Of Capitalists.
TAKE aeain his 5enanciailon Of canstal-
ISIS There are good capitalists and bad
capitalists. inst as there are good work
tagmen and tad workiaETnsn n. honest bank
cashiers and dishonest bank cashiers. rep
'fsahle anf disrepatable newxnarsr rpa,