Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-04-28


the only question worth discussion
or consideration. It will dwarf
the tariff as decisively ns the slav-
cry issue did from 1854 onward 10
slayeTy's death" The silver ques
ton win enter the canvass, il will
be discussed, and IL il worth dis
cussion; il wili be considered, and
is worth consideration. Il Is the
great question Of our time. Il is
not a local issue, It is world vide.
The people know that times are
hard, that money il scarce, and 1t
win not do for the gold standard
advocate to say that there is plenty
Of money in the banks, that there
is as much money in the country
now as there ever was; that the
per capita amount in the United
States is s25.59; tha people know
that il is not with the working
men, nor with the farmers, nor
with the business men, for it Is not
in the country. Let us look at
the last report Of the director Of
the mint From that reporti il APP
pesrs that there were in the u. s.
treasury on November /, 1895
1884, 1886, 217), three hundred and
sixty.four millions Of silver dol
lars belonging to the government
and yet when the secretary of the
treasury is called upon to pay out
coin he declines to pay out these
silver dollars but pays gold.
When be finds his supply Of
gold growing small he puts q
blanket mortgage upon this entire
country in the shape Of a bond is
sued and sold for gold and replen-
ishes the stock. When asked why
he does not pay out those silver
dollars,he calmly replies that there
are outstanding more than three
hundred and thirty three millions
1888, 456, 1851 Of silver certi6-
Gates and that IL the holders Of
those certificates should present
them at the treasury the silver
dollars must be kept for redemp-
ton. But if is urged that there
are more than thirty millions more
dollars in the treasury than certif-
Gates outstanding, the bold state
ment is made that those silver dol
lars viii not circulate. That no
body wants them, that although
money yet they are not good
money, that they are not the best
money and that the q. s. govern
ment must pay in the best money.
Is there any bad money, any poor
money? II so, how bad, how
.pOor? Alasl il is very bad and
very poor. It Is 30 poor a money
that it viii not pas the debts OF
running expenses AZ this govern
ment Of ours. In fact it is no.
money at all. Money is anything
which can be used as a medium Of
exchange as a circulating medium.
but this enormous pile Of silver in
The q. s. Treasury viii not circu.
lats. What an outraged II, how.
ever, there are 1884, 85, 217 in the
treasury, which BY law OF other.
wise has been rendered worthless
and viii not pay debts, then, tia
B so-called money is not a part o.
{ our circulating medium. Not onll
that but If that vast sum was onol
money aud has been rendered use
3 less then the men who ruined
we're great fools OF great enomie
10 our people. Aud il tho Amer
q lean people can by eleetlng q con
gress and a President who are will
ing to restore the money function
to those hundreds Of millions O
now worthless silver dollars by al
means let the day Of election dral
rnigh.
+ The fact that there are silve
q certifcates outstanding for mos
4 Of this silver does not Material
4 alter the case. for those silver Gel
3 tidcates can be exchanged for gois
and II presented 70 the u. 81 treas
y ury and gold d requested the sol
Is Is paid. Should the holder of
a silver certificate fear that fne col
i would not b paid at the TREASURE
o he can 60 to the banks he can 3
/ 10 the merchant aud exchange "a
IL silver certificate for a gfoonbaol
b and with The ereenbaok obtain q
50 that lhe silver in "a.