The morning times., 1896-10-23
They Are Chasing Financial Moonbeans.


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Mr.. Bryan tobbng shirt None of his
silvees wearing
badges That oeEse limited entirely those who neither
pect to profit By epudiang their debts by undergoing panic
r the alleged benefit of others The heroes of this campaign
not the sound money side They will generally be found
the who cheat somebody deagogue
their Office Mr. Bryan elected of them
will get hungry before free coinage No
doubt that panic will should there be question
TO the distress calamity will What ten will
rapagng Will they be obliged to browse
the meadows with cattle? We not but know not Perhaps
they think better lose few inches of waist rth for the
diamonds under the gold standard
They believe wiser build poor houses than to
have mills and factories with busy wheels They evil
IDENTIFY prefer promised through the
ruins of business than to prosperous EN-
poyers But they seacrifcng heroes for all that No
vember 3rd they will rally assemble congrea gather them
selves pols and ballots shall many
American people allow Mr.. Bryan do their thinking.
What the claim of bimetasm? Under coinage
mpossbity. The opening mnts coinage in
divdua silver monometalsm Two metals
not circulate concurreuty when their market value differs from
their coin value This financial feat has never yet been
psed under independent free coinage and long de-
velop mines and speculate metals it be- The
claim is made that the United States powerful enough link
gold and silver fixed ratio and hold them together face
all opposition For eigone years experimental
proposition and failed Prior 1878 cooperation
thirteen great nations which held open
COINAGE but with their could
and silver parity and circulated
From 1892 to 1884 had silver mouometaism From
1873 gold basis and during that free coinage period
there no immense bonanza discoveries of silver If bmc
am could be maintained then, now
with improved ceapened mining and an increased
and y-increasing output!
The svertes frequently point great prosperity under
bimetallism Before generally was in
slow odfasioned There energy and vieor
manifested that claacterzes present methods
much money circulation Our entire monetary system
consisted of 24 225 in specie State bank
notes. and capita circulation only Surely that
of money could with pros
perity. For the eighteen years. 1875 our none
ary system entirely OF paper, except millions of
subsidiary COIN If there any prosperity during that period
cannot be credited to free coinage because gold or
silver coined and that little commanded premium
pie who talk of prosperity under bmetallm sadly
for facts There no bmetais and growth prog
nation causes than free conape
Naturally 1T aoses Mr. Bryan money badge
strs his followers when their bmetallis
questioned But silver standard money
and for the silver standard Conse
IN.
of their plainly pointed and silver under
free coinage not the heavenly prosperity
circulated concurreny
alone at all and creditor nations will
the
helpless bietalism
citizen
temptation of
preferable
Should fall to silver basis not only continue o
the greatest debtor nation also merit the
notoey of being the dishonest Every dollar of the money
borrowed abroad of gold its equivalent The adoption of
debased standard would compel the payment that debt in
deprecated If that not dishonesty cannot be found
outside green goods game Mr. Bryan other nations
will speedily join in reestabhing bmean Should t1e
United States brand itself thief by enforcing policy II
would be long time before other nation seek DIR
company We would deservedy be ostracized both uanca
and Commercially and the of international bimealm
would practically be doomed Has Mr. Bryan
lender who made loan who had
If might possibly friendly relations the nations