New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-19
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or phy your rec coinage OF silver? The silver
advocates say It Is simply placing sne 70 is weight
and hneness. If this were all. we Woulu no' ,o,d
moment oppose TIER 2ans nor go upon the
market. the bullion goes. az ths's .o DO moo
value The ,o s,,cb dollars and such
coinage would not be OF any possible VhIue ~ s
rnine-ownnrs But this is not what they propose,
They insist and the Chicago platform declares tha
they shall have the right TO BRING an 'le pud r.,
nj the world OF all now coined and unconGd ~, IN
other countries Of ali now mined and OF an the
vast stores yet undiscovered IN the mountain I'd
our minis and have IT coined at our expense anu
returned 70 them with "A law attached compeiins
the people OF this country to accept ~ do aii nJ
coined as full legal tender for al debts. pubic anu
nriv,te for an products sold for all services rem
derad for all labor done at 100 cents on the doli,,
cannot cornnel tho mine-owner 10 accept his labor
at "A double price. Why should me m ne-o", nb
producers of the country accept their silver prou
uct double Its market value
NOTHING TO BACK BRYAN's STATEMENTS
Mr. Bryan. at his Madison Square meeting be-
fore all of the audience had left. declared hat III
mis- belief opening our minis to the free ana ur'i'r-
tied coinage Of the worlds silver would immedi-
ately advance the price of silver from eS cents per
ounce it's present bullion value. to 81 % an ounce
its coinage value in gold. Is there anything In MS
tory or the experience Of mankind to justify such
belief? can the American people AFFORD TO chahcs
tho busincss and prosperity OF this country ana or
it's 100000 people to the behef or any man , mo~
ever distinguished. when that belief Is IN direct
opposition the accepted judgment OF inanknu;
As Mr. Foraker has so well said. can we anord
to make experiment station OF the "h''e
What is the free coinage OF silver? There are many
people in this country who actually believe that ular
free coinage minis Will be sort OF HoVerni si
threshing machine that the mine owners w L ad
their bullion into the front end. While the people saHu
around the other end Of the machine ana the doa ~
run out into their pockets. Such IL not the case VI
all the bullion that will be brought 10 our MINIS ,o
dollar will 90 into the Treasury OF me 1n'et
Filming ia he machine and the same who feed tie
bullion into end will hold the bag into wnicn NE
TO the free and unlimited coinage Of silver until the
mine owners Of the world with the doIars W. .o."
nal stars and when 1t is buided and completed there
is not man IN the United states VINO C%n hun
dred cents worth of labor, or the product OF aDof ~
give in exchange for it, and whenever man III tlS
fl ee country has an opportunity to exchange ms aDo
or his products money. he ought 70 insist upon
receiving in payment the best dollar that the CIVIL
The silver advocatos tell have been on gold
in the state Of ohio which bears date prior TO 1913?
Has every dollar that has been borrowed ny an
Ohio farmer or by any Ohio man. on note ana mort
gage. been paid to him in gold or money equivalent
gold? Is 1t honest that he should pay ~ any o' b
money than that he has borrowed? But when 90 me
mortgages of the farmers and the mechanics Decomgf
due? The ordinary term Of mor,edse, on o rvS
estate is from three to five years very niue noneS
Is borrowed for longer term by small norrTwvrs;
Your time TO pay il coming soon -" nere IL r.
POSSIBLE that ali the farmers OF Ohio will be prepared
when TIER d yen in money Worth 50 cents
on the dollar? The fact OF it Is, my counrynen you
no no, NV wbe 20 tSoI become due You will be pre-
pared 70 pay the interest, you may be piepar,I ~
limo r. time AZ the same or at cheaper interest rates
and gradually year by year. pay of untiI your ei
IN F5r polirv When viii drive capital out Of
the country. When your MORTGAGES come un ou n
certainly not on as favorable rates as you have nov"
4 BIG EVENING MEETING.
There was another big meeting at night IN the
tent. The speakers We're Governor Hastings Oh
Pennsylvania and Representative McCieary 81
Minnesota Both speak ers were enthusiastica"S
received Governor Hastings said in part
Mr. Chairman Ladies ana Gentlemen: r rae
OF ths 2Hnry %99 are Save now Come to the forks
OF the road The signboards are up at'u - Rrvan
and an free silver and the other to Mckinley ana
sound money. 1t i OF the utmost bbouId recall
he FACT that during the period of threefourth OF
our National existence there was one gagIiaI man
imitv While they were divided upon almost every VERY
other question they travelled the same goad Win nl
ment at that which is now proposed Dy nnr e
in this Country free Of cost 10 the owner at ra
ito Of b to d6s sr0 soan to E9n of al the World
TO the owner the ratio Of 70 TO ina, rt XIV
Of siIver which at present is worth 50 cents Thar
the silver owner shall take 50 cents worth D mo
~ tho nited States minis and have II Gomez t, 40
dollar and that all The peSple, Of the ar occ nep
states. no matter what b tne cbt nthsr pubic or
r;.t 0 shall be required the Scent dollars
This means an abrogation of the pole fo mT,
,ainnd hv the fathers for more than eerout tIs
~ The period Of National existence IL IN, liz
the destruction of the principe 81 IN our coins
commercial value of gold and silver III oul ll euh
at = nariy II means that the Government VII ~
stitue for dollar Continuing t Of mat Which is
no more valuable than wind; 1t means that ote Ia
for more than half a century without dscord shal1
be travelled longer mat H. PTnSipMf sdson
a a1T Jackson are to be ramped under foot
THE PARTING or THE WAYS
r1oro are the forks OF the road. Bryan ana I'LL
man and Altgeld stopping at every TURN III
their march to tell the people OF this country Una
their road leads to that haven where money can w
earned without much labor; where prosperity
comes without much toll: where debts can De eA
| ,irsuished at 30 cents on the dollar where Gov
eminent bonds can be redeemed at hat-price' ana
where a warfare OF sectionaliSm' an arraShs ol
/ the poor against the rich. OF the employed asaS'
| the employer of the disconnected against the
,hrftv of the loafer against the industrious citi,
zen will inurc to the general progress peace ana
Tbr etiT are the forks OF the road And there
IL the wel-beaten path of experience. Illuminated
by the wisdom of nations and OF centuries; anH al
he head OF the column stands our loader Mchln-
lev OF Canton Those who follow IN MS traln az az
no less lovers OF their country man mos. Wiz ei
the column where the road forks. The signDoards
up and ready for nsPfT"o Saws tpcId Ever
if the arteries OF trade and commerce p1tWeen ths
rrs Down with the Federal Judiciary says The
chicago cony.nten becsuse it enfOr G,1e IN. m.
nv pitchfork. says Tman, that may consigr
the supreme Court of the United States 70 obl
| Won Come along this untried road says
| Mr. BRYAN land when you stand with me on TOT
! Of Wonder high mountain will show YOU such pos
/ sessions of silver and such manipulation or ~
| yalue that although / have been talking all thu
time the half has not yet been told; and, whereas
/ don't own dollars worth Of IL. and Uncle San
| owns II all; nevertheless will make negotiatio
trnss.s insure your prosperity. and at the same
time be to advantage to the owners OF the Com
stock lode
When the American wage-earner comes aloni
and listens to these appeals he IL likely to nquir
how TWO silver dollars worth 30 cents each are bet
Tor for him than 81 worth 100 cents whom the for