The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-04

Let us not befog our brain with argu.
ments about the crime of '73, or bother
with the many theories which the advo-
Gates of free silver are giving us.
But let US take common sense view
of the situation.
Now, to start with.
Suppose Bryan was elected and the
free-coinage act had been passed and that
free coinage was an actual fact.
Suppose that silver could be taken
to the mint. and coined into silver dol
lars, at the ratio of 16 to /. Il
How would that affect us9
We haven't got any silver coin.
A whole lot of people who own silver
mines have it. aud SO they ould have
coined into 16 to dollars; but, not nav.
ing any ourselves, we could not have &
solitar y, single dollar coined under The
free-Silver act.
Now, suppose, however. that all The
silver inc owners and others who hat
silver took it all to Washington or Phila
| d elphia, or to some other United StateG
mint. and had it coined into 16 to dol
| lars and
Suppose SO much had been coined tina
all the silver in the v orld was made int
| Is to | dollars, and
Suppose that every one of these dollars
were piled in one heap right on the mex
| block, and
| Suppose every single one of them wa
| worth 100 cents here and everywhere.
| What good would they do us, unless ",
had something we could trade by which
we could get one?
Well, we have something to trade
everybody has.
Some have labor so much for dollar
Some have lumber, SO much for dollar
Some have sugar or potatoes or ham
or coal or something else, all SO mucl
for dollar.
We have advertising and su descriptions
80 much for dollar.
When we want one of those silver del
lars we cannot go and take it; they dom
belong to us; they belong to the men VIII
took the silver to the minS to be coined
If We took one, it would be stealing.
If we asked for one for nothing
would be begging.
If the owners gave us one for nothing
1t would be gift.
If we borrowed one, it would cost u
interest, and so
Most of US, to get one, must trad
labor, lumber, sugar, coal, advertising
or something. to get it,
| L MS Is dUSOlutoly shAu uou1SulJ 81, lsu
itgss
Well, being so, why do we take any
chances on the dollar?
We can get gold now.
1t is worth 100 cents on dollar ever
| where.
| So we have supposed the silver to be
but
Suppose it isn't.
| What then?
What is the use of taking a chance un
| less we can do better? A silver dolla
won't be worth more than 100 cents, will
itp
We are getting that now.
Let we'll enough alone.
Some say duty compels IA Democrat t
back up and yoteafor Democrat. Yol
have Bryan's word that he is no Demo
GRAFT Lst him dare deny that he said 1t
Some say it is pretty bad now, W
might as well take chance. 1t can't b
worse.
What kind of ton,foolery is this?
When our baby lay at Deaths door, die
we do any experimenting? We trie
everything which could cure, but we di,
not experiment.
Are things bad in business way?
Let us tell you something to try.
Vote down this crowd Of repudiators.
Tell the world in trumpet tones II
November that we want the best money
that we will take no other, and bushes
| will revive
Let the capital out that Bryan an,
| his followers have scared under cove
and prosperity will icome.-New Yorl
| Lumber Trade Journal.