The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-02
wheat by legislation? Or to the nina

wheat by legislation? Or TO the m.neuI
double tho price OF coal, ores, copper b
Iron by legislation? OR to tho cotton
ducers 10 double the price OF cotton
legislation Or the wage earners a J
country TO double their wages by lsfs1
tioae IL one IS practicable all are rsaI
c& bic. and Il government paterrah|
must double the price OF silver II shsI
in Justice double The price OF every 81
Industrial product OF value.
Mr.. Bryan Is not only In fault with AZ
self and his varied utterances, bat h|
also IN fault IN his pretended s,atemsE|
facts. lie states that silver did not J
for less than 100 cents as long as Il al
SO to the mint. This Is not a truthful q
sentat.on OF fact. In the years lsS;. q
1883 and 1890 this government coined vssI
more than the entire product Of s.lve
the United States. In 1890 IL coined nea1
si,o00 coo in excess of the entire prodac,
silver in all the states, and yet the ~
OF silver steadily declined It's Lew
value prior TO 1851 was In 1855, when !
ratio was 2o.1s 10 |. In 1857 1t was II
In 1SSS 1t was 2i.a9: In 1859 IL was q
and even IN 1880, when the governn1
coined nearly 5000. 900 In excess Of |
American production. the silver dollarv)
worth 20 per cent. less than che gold 4
lar. Thus not only had every dollar
the American production Of silver free
cess 10 the mint during those four yssI
when we made the fullest test Of |
practtcahillty Of circulating silver, but l
government purchased many millions
silver in excess Of our own preduc.l
and yet the value or silver steadily l
clined, with all the power OF the govs:j
mont given 10 its support. Mr.. Brl
seems strangely forgetful OF these fasj
and they conclusively answer the sh}
ment ne presents.
On another point Mr.. Bryan IL stranej
In error. He declares that when the d
dollar is stamped by the governmt1
whoever comes TO buy that gold I'd
pay him the mint price for the gold" n
Is not the truth. The mint makes
prices for gold. II coins II free for 4
holder OF gold bullion and gives him 1
coin because the coin Is no more vaiusl
than the bullion. and when the bu.lion
coined by tho government and stand
with n specific value. the gold coin h j,
q legal tender at its face value unlex|
has retained the full weight OF gold 4
lion put In when II was coined. 1t Is ID
oughly honest legal tender money, az
man who PAYS a debt In gold must un{
the law. not only pay II In the staEa
coins OF the government. but II must "
the fun standard weight Ii possessed VI
the government issued IL. There II ne
bitrary legal tender law relating to 81
Surrey Mr.. Bryan must have some 4
cere friends who desire him 20 retire n
this contest In November, after he 81
have been defeated by tho most o.,
whelning majority ever given against
candidate. commanding the respect Of
people of the country. whose highest n
ors he has sought. IL so. they shs>
kindly admontsh him that the candida
for president who daily contradlcts y
self must invite the contempt OF the so
try and the world. and that the candida
fen president who is forgetful OF inFa7
ant facts relating directly to the AZ
ments he presents cannot fall with heai
r. is not now a question whether Mr. u
an shall he the next president. for bis !
feat is inevitable. bu. 1t Is quss;1
whether he shall be remembered as onsI
the many honored men OF the land n
while falling 10 attain the pressdsrl
commanded he respect and confidencs|
the country they sought TO govern.