The record-union., 1896-08-11

lized nations could settle down upon
one set of coins of uniform measure and
fineness for all the people of the world
to use. Each nation would have its own
particular stamp upon the coin, but that
particular coin would pass at the same
value in either New York City, Paris,
London or Kamschatka. There need
not be really any international coin
struck The only requisite is that the
coins of the different nations should be
of uniform weight in fineness and value
in all countries. OF course, the convent
ent French decimal system would be the
base of that used in international coin
age.
It is likely that this international
coinage will be accepted by the nations
about the same time that universal
brotherhood is. But when it does come
many difficulties will be done away with,
as shown by Mr.. Stone. 1t costs mint
of money so to speak, for one country
to melt up and recoin and stamp With
it's own superscription the money 1t re-
ceives from another country. To go no
ia arther than our own land, we ship
abroad some weeks several millions of
good solid Yankee gold coin, half
eagles. eagles and double eagles. This
money goes to the merchants of Europe.
Much of it is melted and made into coins
of the realms into which it passes. Some
of it is necessarily lost in the melting,
and the process of recoinage involves
also labor. delay and nervous strain.
Comparatively little gold from foreign
countries comes to the United States,
unfortunately, but last year we melted
and recoined over S13, 100000 worth of
foreign money.
FREE SOUP.
Placerville Nugget: Some one said
last night that free coinage meant free
soup. 1t does. Free and unlimited
coinage will force free and limited
soup for those who would rather work
and earn it. People, pause ere you al
low this suicidal policy to dash you
into an abyss of forced idleness. Here
are two roads At the end of one IS
free coinage, free trade, free charity
souphouses, and everything cheap with
no money with which to buy. AT the
end of the other is protection, employ
ment. prosperity, prices high and money
enough and to spare with which to pur-
chase. Do not desert an old and tried
friend for one that is self-invited and
recommended only by itself.
THEY NEED IT.
Stockton Independent: The California
fruit grower needs protection; the wool
grower needs it; the sugar-beet grower
wants it, and all those who depend on
such industries for labor and wages
need it. The only way they can get it
is by electing protectionists to Congress,
who will unite with other protectionists
of all parts of the country to protect
all American industries. Then they
must also elect as President man who
will not veto a protective tariff.
FOR THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
Tulare Register: No, free coinage"
does not mean that all fellows who are
on their uppers may reach into the pin
and help themselves to bright new
dollars 1t simply means that owners
of bullion may get it coined at Govern
ment expense. Unlimited meaps in
these present squally times that silver
from the four corners of the earth may
be run through our Uncle Samuefs mills
or traded for coin even up if it is of
standard grade.
sixteen to one'' does not mean that
sixteen times as much silver as gold
shall be used nor that we all shall have
sixteen times as much money as we now
have. nor that our silver dollar is to
be worth sixteen gold dollars. 1t means
that by law given quantity of silver is
to be worth one-siXteenth as much as
an equal weight of gold: that ten silver
dollars shall weigh sixteen times as
much as a ten-dollar gold piece; that
sixteen grains shall be put into the sill
yer dollar for each grain in the gold
dollar