, 1896-10-05
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" REPUBLICAN LEAFLET NO.19 d.
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. The stock in trade of the free
. silver advocates is assertion. =
. They make statements without I
= attempting to bring forward 4
" proof Of their accuracy and in 4
= most cases fer the reason hat
. proof is impossible. Unless an :
Z swered, however, these assertions
: frequently mislead those who
" hear them. 1t Is important,
= therefore, that those who want to
. understand this important ques-
" ton should know the answers, in
= a word. to the most important of
= these stock assertions.
= Here are some of the most fire.
. quent of these assertions Of the
= friends of free coinage and the
= facts which answer them.
: /. That the free coinage of sill
> yer will make money plenty.
1t will drive more than $780,
" 600, 900 of gold out of the country
. and it will require years to re-
" place this amount with silver.
2. That silver was demonetiz-
= ed in 1873.
To "demonetize' to
. abandon the use of as money.
. Up to 1873 we had coined only s.
. 100000 of silver dollars; since
" that time 423, OOO, 900 silver dol
" lars. and they are all in use and
= all full legal tender.
y g.. That the present hard times
= result from the gold standard.
One cause of hard times Is the
continual agitation for cheap
= money. The other is suspension
\ of manufacturing, due to in
= creased Importation of manufac-
. lures under the Wilson law.
4. That the gold standard has
luIlleu the COulllTy.
The wealth of the country more
= than doubled from 1870 to 1890.
= 5. That the gold standard has
y cut wages in half.
= From 1870 to 1890 wages in
" creased 2s per cent and their pur-
" chasing power 81 per cent.
y 6. That silver is not a legal
= tender.
" Silver dollars are legal tender
to any amount: subsidiary coins
are legal tender to the amount of
$40.
~. That free coinage will make
= 371A grains of pure silver sell for
81.
= Three-fourths OF the earth's
. population have free coinage of
" silver, but 371A grains of silver
= sell for So cents.
" 8. That this country Is big enough
" to adopt free silver coinage and
= restore silver's value independ-
= emily of the rest Of the world.
II three-fourths Of the people
/" in the world have failed how can
= $1,000, 900 succeed?
" 9. That the money power"
has cornered gold and made
money scarce.
There is 5 1885, 37. 900 of gold
" in the world, and no combination
" could possibly corner it.
10. That we are being driven
into bankruptcy by scarce money
and high interest.
In 1873 our circulation was
= 1904, in 1895 it was 1896. The
y increase in the total money in
y the country a much greater.
Since 1873 rates of interest have
. fallen so per cent.
II. That the larger the volume of
= currency the higher are prices.
France has $35.77 per capita.
Switzerland has 1897. Prices are
y the anne in both countries.
= -. That primary money only
" is a measure of values.
Gold is the primary money of
both France and Greece. France
3" has $22.19 gold per capita. Greece
" has only 90 cents. Prices are the
" same in both countries.
10. That the silver men de-
y mand bimetallism.
In his Centralia speech, w. J..
= Bryan said: THE democratic
" party has declared for a single
=" standard of silver" That means
" silver monometallism.
IA. That free silver will raise
= wages.
" From 1860 to 1865 a 49h cent
F" paper dollar raised prices 116 per
cent. and only raised wages 43
per cent. while the purchasing
power Of the money received for
= wages was reduced &C per cent.