The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-25

RIO Grande the American merchant or
trAdeSnnn will not take Il for any.
thing more than iifty-thrrc cents
worth OF American goods. In the same
way the American farmer would find.
under free coinage, that, While ilfty-
three cents was as good as Que dollar
Tin name unly). In his own country, 1t
would not go" IN Liverpool or Lon.
don, where his surplus products must
be sold. He would stlll get paid Tor
those surplus products In gold prices,
because they must be- marketed IN gold
standard countries But the American
farmer certainly knows another thing
that the gold price paid for his sur
plus products In Liverpool viii TX the
home price that Will be paid for his
products IN this country.
So, then, he stands to be n Hurc loser
by free silver coinage. whoever else
gains, lilo must sell all he has TO sell
at prices fixed IN the open markets of
tho wSrld. where the fiat OF the AmcrI-
can government, even though counter
signed by all the silver mine owners
Of the west. cannot make silver money
legal tender for anything more than Its
intriuSN value. measured by the gold
pound sterling lie must. on the Other
hand, under free silver coinage, buy all
that he has 10 buy In his own county,
and the free silver advocates nre can
dld enough to tell him In advance that
The prices OF every article In the list
OF his purchases In the home market
will he advanced. And No they viii.
The farmer IL thus invited 10 commit
the folly Of compelling himself to buy
all he has 10 buy IN the dearest market
and TO sell all he has to sell IN che
cheapest,
Wh-rr the Profit toes.
All ,hc nrnb, I, IN. ,,r,r,so5 c,,,,g.
-,
''""' '"c 6o'" !" '"e S"NeF OASIS Is LOT
III" silver mine owners, or for the spec
uIlt0rs who are holding silver bullion
In large Quantities On The Chnnrr nf
free coinage. Every man can sep how
this small class NJ citizens would rcap
Il rich harvest W prnfit nv a free, coin
age Victory in November next. What
Is Intended IL not the actual coinage.
Of SILVER dollars. bu; the Immediate Is
sue NJ silver certificates in exchange
for silver bullion deposited for coinage
at the ratio OF Is 10 i. That means that
the owners oI 5000, 900 worth o, the
white metal would be able to rush II to
the mints and receive, without waiting
for It's coinage, silver certificates 10 the
amount OF SlOUU ,uWl, That amount
they would be able 10 pass on at ONCE
unon the people, paying the farmer for
his wheat with II, the manufacturer
for his machinery with II, and the
wagc-earnrr and tho lav-labo their
wages with II. Very soon after that
their face value would begin "a de-
preciate in purchasing power, They
would br taken anywherr for one dol
lar. but the prices Of goods would be
marked IN, and they would ONLY buy
nj hrst eighty. then seventy. ,hcn
Sixty, and finally only thyriv-iIy, CENTS
worth Of goods. Coined money ia like
wator-bJurd 70 find It's level nj los,
II the farmers nul producing classes
are IN be- benefited on IN. fIat nl,n I,
can be- done only in ono way The
government; mus; take fftv-thrcr cents
worth OF cotton. ar wheat or corn mr.
pork. or ~ any other thing pr,dured
on farms or in factories and stamu II