Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-10

of IS of gold to 81 of silver, which then OBJ,
to So of silver. that silver is relatively in
creasing. Proportions are not to De esi q,
one. of the metals. any more than short
period of its rise. If they were, we might,
Of the metals. go back to the first OF ,b the
3 of goId to- So of n silver. and come on down
to the half decade closing with 1850, when
to 81 of SILVER, and from that rapid and
prodigious increase say that there is an
dem demon it, as was actually and serious
ly proposed in those days. Proportions must
and not Of short spupts of rapid Increase
or sudden decline.
Ratio Not Affected by Production.
'fThere has been. since the discovery of
duction of gold over silver; but not a steady
and constant increase. Gold has increased
steadiness of output as compared with
geld that is stPiki1g and Rse1hliap RuFng
Of silver as compared to gold has rangeadI
as the highest Compared to IL of gold as
the lowest and 1874 as the highest
I specially desire to make prominent. 1t
is this: These tables which show steadily
con l es With the tables Of the relstiVe
commercial and money values of the two
was the lowest as compared with silver
that. is to say, when the, overproduction
est-no appreciate change in the ratio,
either of the money or commercial values.
of the two metals occurred. These tables
of ratio of values 1 also have before me in
the Atlas almanac and encyclopedias before
when the relative production of gold
was the lowest and the overproduction of
silver, as compared to gold, was the high
est, the two metals throughout the world
below Is of silver as me lowest to slightly
over 16 of silver as the highest, to 1 of
about 81 to i, the money ratio obtaining NJ
in France, and nearly all of the European
When the prod1eton Of gold has rePstfvely
increased throughout the world, as com
such an overproduction of silver as to
necessitatf its diSuse as money or its use
soIutely no sense in the proposition; Men
as of SILVER IN ts eo1n tn
alone in recent years requires US to discon-
be used in this country there might be some
plausibility in the claim But the fact is
silver and gold Of ali the nations of the the
globe, Our silver Is in demand, even al
countries as wen as our own. 1 read from
the statistics. page 17s of Republic Al
Our Demonetized Silver in Demand.
This table shows that between the years
1864 and 1893 that of silver we exported.
ssi1, 200, 600 worth. while during the same
period , we mDGTted f fran Sn o dSregn countries
n nea $4,000 CO., Se Why aho@ld we
dustry of it's produetion By joining with the the
other nations of the globe in an EFFORT to
this is not all. The greatest production of
silver in the whole world for any one year
numbers, Of 500. 900 900.
the nne States alone but te
of the entire world in that year Had none
purposes than for coinage into money: had
none of it been allowed to any of the other
nations of the globe and had we possessed
ourselves
coined it into money, 1t would have given
e s f fhe sOoOO woman this sha co1n hals
only s. apiece. The production of the
r rnnaed nSmbeTs 9a woyt5 Mad we
not exported any of it. but had we coined
it for any other purpose than as money,
it would have given to each man, woman
mendous imitation of money volume that
you'd have been. wouldn't it. Mr.. Gold
but it is stated that free. coinage. or
any substantially increased coinage of sill
try and leave US stranded upon the desc
late shores of silver mOnometallism: :! have
heard this claim before. I heard it in 1915
and the years Immediately succeeding,
stoed fof the feRfs Of the peoPle againsi
the money-changers of the world. II was
positiVeiy as at it is made now. @ What hap
pened? Under the limited coinage acts of
and 500 10000 Of standard silver dollars and
much of subsidiary silver coin, amounting
IN all 10 over $oUUsVVu,Vt
Gold Not Frightened by Coinage Acts.
Instead OF driving gold from the -coun-
try, gold has flowed to US in a steady and
constantly widening volume from the date
first mentioned to the present time, except
s its outflow has recently been compelled
by the desperate attempts of the money
gamblers to force the government to their
terms by presenting legal tender green
backs and silver certificates for redemption.
and the obseGuious and traitorcus acts of
the Secretary Of the Treasury in paying
out gold to them instead of silver, without
warrant Of law for making such discrimina-
ton.
This desperate attempt to force the SUBJ
mission of the people to the~tyranny of the
gold power presents the superficial ap-
pearance of the driving of the gold away.
But why did not gold go away during the
earlier years of silver coinage? Instead