New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18
FLAYED BY DIR. SCHURMAN
ypv.N1su LAID BARE BY CORNELLs
PRESIDENT.

Ono of the most successful OF 'he ho'ii""'
meetings held by the CornmeNia'
Sound Money League at Broadway anu
ST was that of yesterday. oNe' 49,.
tended the meeting. ana theH ,,
ss..s 90 q b,gh mitch by President j. G' Scnur
man of Cornell University VINO was coh,,r-
.,..oror for the occasion. Presioeh'
Spo""'' - ,,.os both powerful and scholar
~, uo delivered similar address OH :.
- ..,,,,,,, Of Riverhead. Long Island anu II
ho,ndcd enthusiasm there MANY
,,,o,s have desired that he might ue'N'
- IN the West declaring tha' MS
.a,,,a have all the more effect on account ".
.o,,or with such prominent .oid
,..,,,u,;on as Cornell University pu' Nv CIV
,,a, Il will be impossible for MN ~ n,na,yn
'na' COM, Of sneecf- making in the caiip",S
,.oroo the University opens heN. w.,
- =, ithaca will take up All HIS '''',, ,a.,t
warn, greeting was ex'eh"'u ,ha meet
a ""' ,'ner he was introduced al INV -
,rs yesterday by John h. nia'N
80 ,ba League DR.. Schurmah S'''' ,orcial
must not omit 10 of party formsT
re, earne for the nane1atniSoSn integrity The
end the v,nuie r pronounced upon nm' S said that
,nred bv Dr. Samuel JohISH on the other SID.
scoren Mn,ld make Surfing for t 1t sr Was an
falling in. d.a9ehtea' single individual. but row Tut
sui nariy | will not say ' inferred the empty
the lawleSs sprrss have outraged the invite
Of 1 The American people; corm 10 jump across the
as in HSi nrtiona disaster and diss nmpcd dollar
dollar. but for 50 cents y,s are Jealous Of Their
But 'r and they Will avenee thus applause
nv The overwhelming deiea' u
0' ''9 THE MArABELE PARALLEL
VIVA, Is the motive of this new, Son,aro that
N"~ rlatform? The POpocra's ueoi". ,.or,,,nr
ize0
SILVER '"' ,,;,a,ion Gentlemen. there l. NV
ia -, u.ar vacing in another part Vi wv rho
60 defence of a demonetized cur, e. ,h. gold
Maabces have taken up a arms aemonetizcd onS
m nor ieTnens Of their circulating me nstle and
true ihS t 4bd cattle present T Ime Brit
srirkon with terrible Zanoesl ntrv are slaught
ish VINO hav t, The Maabeles protest tnas With
time immcmorial fever-strlchsnd cattie The Eng
them h%d bnt in he markets of the world ,en nu
stricken cattle are We rMats6eles without waiting
Tor the aid and consent Of any olnT enlistment of
had reG9HsS 70 currency Gaughter9 Their W 1Sf
e exactly the as that OF me wPite metal de-
in value Because in the markets 81 given
World they not desired a. an ro,ow metal
70 sound animals and TO the yeIo" ''0
AN UNMIT1GATED LIE.
.,ar,,on Yesterday in Buffalo. 1t
,ras vour condolences but II mas maue 'i'0
hest If n bad Job. 1t has given in us aunee'o
the Chicago platform. and 1t maintains ~ ,
n,atform which l hold in my hand that III ueO."
-, for tho free and unlimited coinage OF siSe hrt
~ nSeavorng not to establish new stahan,e Of
10 restore a very old one lhetc ~ ~ make il
DANGEROUS Dang but there falsy en9rgh IN WHAT
make it unmitigaied o me- in 1egprd TO the cur
rsncy? In 1872 Hamilton and Jeferson IeaasrS d ID
opposing pare ega Th Taa of gold and silver should
he the same the commercla rario iIsd fo he is
70 II was expected that by adapting es , ra' in
~ commercial ratio both metais TSeeu events
s ii,.cr feiI in value Now il is law or f1nance
law verified by all our own neral IL oyerestimaed
in value, that metal remains al be insult by mi
srstns abroad and consequently in the United ,i
of AmfrG from GSd 70 left the Country
LESSONS FROM THE FATHERS.
PINT our fathers were not satisfied with the white
x,,tal which the free silverites now offer as
nenacea for all our suferngs The fathe'S olu
not appreciate consorting with ASIA CohSeq "n"s'
ir 1884 law was passed altering the iesH' i~'o
OF the two metals 10 l6 to l. which was tHs" 'n'I
relative intrinsic value in the markets Of the WORM
Rut owing to the discovery Of the god mines
and OF her causes gold soon feil 10 d Ehl,tr 20
than that of the legal ratio silver was otJ and
gold the cheapened metal remained az holhe, at',
from 1894 1873, excepting alwa{s ne ton in his
country our currency purely one OF goo, @i,J
the fathers showed themselves per- .at' new law
Tor The Establishment of fractional silver currency
doliar 70 the gold dollar The so-cdlled q inc OF
1873 was merely an acGcl lace u ~ he rollntrv
bv natural causes. gold has taken It's pace anu
the law Of 1873 recognized the nTonosaa free coin
age Of silver at a ratio OF l6 to at the It9aen'
time ~, GS STs before liking the legal ratio Of the
two metals in circulation ascertained thei, .ot
mercitl value and adopted that as the Ics'' '"''0
(Applause)
WHAT HISTORY TEACHES
And secondly We may learn another lesson from
The history Of the American currency NO hau'n
NOT even a nation powerful as the Onteo o'd-sS
can keep gold and silver if the minis are ireeF
onen TO both. In concurrent circuauoh' Oui e
,erience from 1922 proves that whenever the iegaI
- 5arorts from the commercial ratio one metal
&c driven out OF the country and the other remains ans
I-rn,n 100 10 1884 currency was sllNsi' iiuIn
e5 IN ~ was gold-never OF silver and gold at the
ThjrdlV it also appears that the slightest deVa
Of one cent from the legal ratio is suicient 20
bring about This result ega ratio is sucient to
drive one or other metal out OF I Iannnn II
then gentlemen DO you INNS u, rstjo Of 20 10 in
NJ markets Of the world, me niten oin as
establish curreney in %ni s6 itm mr. to inc
- 10 Ia s,S cries of That's the truth mere
Is p9SMeT r, on Of f"SH that Il the
age bill enacted the n ,h ,evei 81 the com
arca ratio but OF all this is rsDsrS ,b D
the pohcy Oh me comm, rcal ratio. and secondly
=. consequence for which thefc - ny -, - tnr
u Is tor efceot NJ. Bryan's sanguine heilei ~
w, hnan exnericnco shows that the mint deant
Tor silver has the slightest ,P rId
IN ming lis price in the markets " We tr
"a pplause) Even when under o our .eoo,,b Sii,,r
Constantly declined in price assert, cSrc Of
without fear Of contradcuon ,n o,d NOT rs ,blish
b,metalsm in this country; but neyiiany 1ad
10 SILVER rnonome aisin and for us SIN r| and
ro.taii,s,n Is silly monomania daughter, ahu
annlsuse) DO you propose 10 celebrate tny in
ooyP,ne txentieth century Of Christian ciVlIza.lo
bv renouncng the monetary standard OF lme ci,
ilized world in order that YOU may cohhort Main
tnT,a Janan and China? Is not Mexico an "iOect
lesson and warning
EVOLUTION AND RETROGRESSlON.
Darwin tells us that evolution Is always accom-
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