Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

cents per ounce, or SIS, o40, 900, 900. And
strange TO say, the larger part of this
added wealth would be outside Of our
own country. In gold standard coup-
tries the commercial value of
the silver coins in circulation would be
brought nearly to the gold standard.
This fiat of ours would substantially
double the value of SIP, 000,0 900 in sill
yer coins in Great Britain: $500,000, 900
in France; S215,000,000 in Germany;
S54 100000 in Belgium; S16,000,000 in
Italy; SO, 100000 in Switzerland; So
100000 in Greece; 1855, 900, 900 in
Spain; $10,000,000 in Portugal: $S5.000,-
o in Austro-H Hungary; S56, 600, 900 in
the Netherlands; $4,000, 900 in Sweden;
S5,4O0,000 in Denmark; $44 ,000,00 in
Turkey; So. 900 in Australia; $15.-
100000 in Egypt and $4,000, 900 in the
Straits, besides $625, 000, 900 in this
country, and raise all this money near
1y to par with gold; and yet we are told
that all these countries not only refuse
TO join Mr.. Bryan and his supporters,
but even do not sympathize with them
in this stupendous enterprise which would
add so much 10 their wealth, and In
a large degree relieve them from
the burden now resting upon them
of keeping their gold md silver coins at
par with each other in their circulation.
But how would ii work in the silver
standard countries? This government
fiat of ours would at one fell swoop SUBJ
stantially double the value of S41 100000
in silver coins in Russia: S50.00O.000 in
Mexico SS.000.000 in the Central Ameri-
can states; $4,000, 900 in the South
American states: $3.50, 000,00 In India,
and S12o.000,000 in China. and would at
the same time double all the private and
public debts of those countries. which
have been contracted on the silver basis.
Rnt Mr. RrNan'S prOnnGitinn il mara far
reaching than that. He asserts that he
believes that this legislative fiat on our
part would not only bring the silver now
in existence to par with gold ct the
ratio of 16 to l, but would keep It and
a tSe future th Rr0d pTidS w tnSiFf' h "ireSfs9
probably double the production.
In view of these facts is there any i'm
propriety in inquiriug how il is that we,
I0,00O,OO strong, can affect the money
of 1,350,0O0,0O0 people by a simple stat
ute. while the 1,350,000.0 600 cannot by
legislation affect us? And are the people
of Great Britain and continental Europe
dubbed "money-grabbers" and pluto
Gratis" If they hesitate to believe that Mr..
Bryan has found and carries Aladdin's
Wonderful Lamp, and can produce these
stupendous results? And are the millions
of people in this country who have made
contracts and investments upon the pres
ent monetary standard. which Is gold,
and which has been the standard at least
since 1879. and l think since 1884, to be
charged with being unreasonable when
they ask Mr.. Bryan to state explicitly
what he believes would occur not only
to their interests, but to the business of
the whole country, if his prediction as
to the rise in the price of silver should
not be fulfilled and the standard of ey-
change should suddenly be changed from
n gold to II silver basis with no, or at
best a slight advance in the commercial
value of silver bullion? j. l.. Il.