Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-20

pIause1 We mean that is the ratio That
has been 80 since the days Of Andrew
Jackson, that IL shall be the ratio at which
the mints shall be opened to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver. IApplause.l
It means this, that IL you owe debt you
can go into the market and buy silver and
have IL coined and use that silver to pay
your debts. Already you can go ont into
the market and buy gold and pay your
6ebts after IT is coined, and when you
have the right to use either one, If they
attempt TO corner one metal you can use
the other. ILong and continued applause.1
Whereas. If you have but one metal which
you convert into money and that metal Is
cornered, you are at the mercy of those
who are managing the corner. Applause
NOW, just one word more. hear peo-
PIE talk about the great advantage IL
would be II we had the free coinage laws
50 that men could go out and buy silver
for 80 cents and have IL coined into 100 cents
and make the difference / have known
men to spend time specializing upon how
much could be made under such system.
Uses DonneIly Illustration.
ct am going to illustrate that PROPOSE
ton by a story told OF Ignatius Doanelly.
Mr.. Donnelly observed two men discuss
ing the question in a car, and one gen.
tleman said to the other free-coinage man:
Don't you think it is wrong for the gov
eminent to say by law that any man could
go and buy silver for 30 cents and after
IL was coined could sell IL for 100 cents and
make the differenceT and the advocate Of
free coinage said to this person: Under
free coinage any person who holds 4121a
grains OF standard silver can take that
silver to the mint and have IT coined into
a dollar at any time. Now, If that IS true,
who.' he asked, under the free coinage of
silver would sell his silver for 50 cents%
lGFeat applause There was silence Tor
a moment, and then some one says:
would The free-silver advocate went to
see where the voice came from, and he
found that IL came from a saliow-faced
young fellow sitting by his mother and
the mother said: Don't pay any attention
to the boy; he is an idiot" [Great ap-
plause and laughter.l
Now. whenever one person can under
stand free coinage, everybody can, and IL
everybody can do that, cannot for the
life of me see where the profit is going
to be. I cannot see who IS going to sell
silver for less than what he can get for
It coined, but yet there are people who are
specializing as to the amount that can
be made by buying it at half price. Zap
plausel
a Voice-wouldn't the silver mine own
ers have a monopoly?
Mr. Bryan-The mine owners are the
only people who produce silver, just as
the gold mine owners are the only people
who produce gold. Tremendous applause
and cheering.l The silver, when produced,
is of no use to the man who produces II
until he either exchanges it for money
use, and the moment he brings that silver
from the mine and converts it into money
that money is in use to buy the commodi-
ties produced by the toilers of this coun-
try TApplause.I And until that money
is brought into existence there IL no money
to buy the things which people produce.
Therefore, when we legislatc to prevent
money coming into existence we leglslate
against the interest of those VINO nave
muscle to sell or products to sell and can
not sell them until there is money to buy
them. [Great applause.]
You must pardon me for going into this
subject at all. 1 did not intend to do 1t,
but the eagerness of this audience and
the attention which they have given has
tempted me beyond my power to resist
Permit me to thank you for the Kindly
greetings you have extended and to thank
you for the interest which you manifest
and beg you take this question and study
it for yourselves, and then exercise your
own judgment when the time comes 10 pas
upon it." LApplause.1