The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-23

Uncle Sam Must Take fifty-Three Cents
Worth of silver aud Make "A Dollar.

Worth of silver and Make Dollar.
Editor OF The Times:
Sr,-A daily campaign OF education Tor
sound money from bottom TO top Is need
ed by the readers OF the press n they
are to combat successfully the errors.
mistakes. and sometimes the mlsreprc-
sensations OF those who are trying 10
believe in the fallacIes OF unlimited Tree
coinage Of silver at 10 10 /. II Is aston
ishing how little everyday people are
able to say Understandings IN FAVOR y.
their respective positions.
Hence We say let the elementary ID
principles or monetary custom. right
and practice. which favor sound money
have wide publicity, and DO repeated daH!
II necessary.
Say two would-be believers In free
silver TO us: What DO you understand
10 be the meaning OF unlimited Tree
coinage of silver at 10 TO ~ We answer
ed. Uncle sam must take CT silver aSoul
lfty-three cents worth, according 10 the
worlds market value, receive II, receipt
for H., melt IL, and stamp II one nun
drcd cents COR one dollar, free OF eN-
pemsc to the owner. why. that - ridlc-
ulous." they said, that can't be the way
OF IT, But that Is 1t. that Is the correct
Interpretation OF those words as used
practically I'm the free coinage OF shNer
to-day, and according 10 the Ihleaso
platform. Uncle sam is thus MADE
monetary liar and a financial preVaIlca-
tor Of the most pronounced ana bbsIt
waited type ever known 10 the worm.
FOrty-seyen cents OF lie 10 u dohdr Vi
one hundred cents. says the CxliiNeh
world. in market assembled. This silver
is orjy worth about hfty-three cents
and we will not accept IL Tor any more
and this is also the verdict OF the SOUND
money men of this country.
Now, 10 be fNr. If we want morn
money In fhe hands Of the people lei
not Uncle Sam DO this dishonest thins'
and try 10 coin silver free on EXPENSE
az nearly twice its market value Let
FIRST have a tariff ON foreign SILVER, a''
then let Uncle sam coin free OF eN-
pense all the silver bullion, od pia.e'
and the seiniOraee IN the Treasury ii il
is best. and let DO be so stamped ~ 10
circulate az its market value, redceih1D'e
quarterly, If necessary on account OF al-
cruod value. and payable In sHver re-
stamped at advanced valuation IT ~ -
worth f.. Let Uncle sam buy the silver
at the honest market price, Which - inc
only honest way 20 buy either gold "ne"''
corn, or silver. or any other COMMODITY
Cold IS a commodity. and 20 is s'NcI'
and so is karat OF diamonds.
why IS "a karat II diamonds, formerly
worth 500 and 500. now worth only 80
or 500? Our silver friends cannot say
because It has been denlonetized. no IL
is because OF production the same
"a with silver; tho supply makes the
~ form
Is cents. IS now worth z or cents. Is
This caused by decentralization? Supply
and demand alone govern value, unauect-
Ell fv any governmental fat. Silver has
not been practically demOnetzed at All
Win hundreds OF millions coined, and I'm
circulation moro than there was IN
1872. with millionaire mine owners able
TO close down wcalth-producing invest
ment solely 10 stop product. we ran 10
sea anv governmental hardship from a Sill
yer standpoint.
No government on earth to-day can
change the market value Of gold or Sill
ver bv q governmental fat. Any gov
crnment I'm good credit can obtain nun
drods Of millions NJ gold at very slisht
pcr cent advance on price al market
WEIGHT. 10 IS q commercial transactioh'
adjusted only bv the markets or the
world. Hence it Was that JEFFERSON ana
Hamilton I'm ihe organization or our Con-
etifution and government we're 50 nice
and particular about the actual CONNER
ci9l value Of the tuo metals respectively
that the ratio might 10 exactly acccn-
ing TO the market value. and that neither
metal might have The fraction OF u NH
more value iu the money ISSUED. W nat
would Thomas jefferson or Alexander
Hamilton say now 30 the nat Falua'loA
OF 1G TO- I? Nearly sd per cent. less 'aiue
On suvcrt Think of if. To say nothing
OF a great Government Ike ours lne
greatest and strongest ou earth. Nhal ~
fhourhf of q merchant tlat VIII give
short welrht-oycn coal dealer IT you
rleasc2 What shall he thought OF our
Government 81 through mis- insane, ui7-
honest hcresy OF free silver. it shal4 slf'
to its poorest citizens the rich can l'Ho
care Of themselves dollar worm on'E
about ffty-thrce cents 100 the Chrlstiai.N-
cd and civilized valuation ana JudtihtHl
OF Tie world to-day And yet TINS "o'-
lar I'm tho hands Of wealthy mlne-o"H'i7
shall demand one hundred cents or i"eF
Labor or whatever they may have 10
s,u This ia short weight with n yen-
goancoi This is clas legislation mat
tate.
Ye gods. on what has the silver-mine
owner fed that he should demand such
trbutes
DO they wish 20 control senatorial ana
congressional votos2 shall we Doe con-
fronfed bv another gigantic millionaire
trust?
oh. no, the people remember too wen
the maripulations OF the sugar tri'l
quite lately. and the people remember
that the five senators from haYemeyer
were AN left az home later on.
SO perish. say We. ail silver, sugar or
Other rascalitv. This rs n Government
for the people. and shall not be govern
ca 10y trusts.
Yours truly.
SILVER JUSTICE.
~ IuPENDfNG CRISIS
4 Nirginian in Chicago "fai h''"iiS Ut
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