The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
FREE COINAGE CATECHIsM.
For the Use of the Indies Bryan
Silver Club.


For the Use of the Indies Bryan
Silver Club.
CHAPTER FIRST.
Q. What is intrinsic value?
A. There is but one kind Of value in
economics, viz, purchasing power.
Q. What is fiat" money?
A. All money created by law, includ-
ing gold, is fiat money. The dollar
whether it be composed of gold, silver
stamp of the government makes its
value as a purchasing agent
Q. What is binetallism?
A. The equal legal treatment of the
two metals, gold and silver as money,
at g. given ratio of coinage.
Q. What is the ratio demanded by
the Chicago platform?
A. Is to 1.
@. What is meant by 16 to L?
A That in coming the two metals
into money 16 ounces of silver aye to
be deemed equal to / ounce of gold.
@. What is the present commercial
ratio of silver and gold bullion?
A. It is about 80 to l.
O. What has caused the divergence
between the coin and bullion value of
silver?
4. Inc QGIHOuCllZCJlOI OIL silver III
1873 by the United States ard some
other nations of Europe.
Q. What is the ratio Of the two
metals, silver and gold, as they exist
| by weight in the world today available
for money!?
A. 1t is about Is 2-3 to T. which means
that there are only about sixteen times
as many tons of silver in the world
available for money. as there are tons
of gold
O. What therefore is the natural ra-
ito between silver and gold?
A. Is to 1 is the natural ratio be-
tween silver and gold bullion, and
would be the commercial ratio, had
there not been legal interference.
@. Why was silver demonetized?
A. It was de1nonetized because Of the
desire on the part of some individuals
to limit the supply of money, make
money dearer, and thus increase it's
purchasing power
@. What classes Of people would
profit by the decentralization of silver?
A. The money dealers, bond holders,
| creditor classes and those having fixed
incomes.
Q. What classes of people would be
injured by the demonstration of sill
yer?
A. All the debtor classes, wage earn
ers, laboring classes, agricultural and
mining classes, and all others not in
Guided in the monied classes. in fact,
about seven tenthS of the people of the
United States.
40 be continued by S. B. Ferguson)
/ General laws of naturalization. as
| they apply to women:
! All women born in the United States
who will have reached the age OF twen-
ty-one by the 3rd of next November,
are entitled TO vote In Utah in the
/ coming election for the candidates
nominated by their respective parties.
All women, born in foreign coun-
tries who came to the United States in
their childhood and whose father was
naturalized before they reached the age
| of q Years, are entitled to vote.
/ All women, born In foreign countries,
who are legally married to a native
| born or naturalized citizen of the Uni
| ted States and are q years of age, are
legal voters.
All women who are legal voters must
register again this year in order to
vote in November.
The Fifth Precinct Ladies' Bryan
Silver club will meet at Mrs. Watson $
residence. 344 South Firth East street
on Tuesday, Sept s, at 2:3o p. m
The Ladies' Bryan club of the Fifth
precinct will meet at Mrs. Watson s,
213 South Fifth East street, on Tues
day at 2:30 .. M. Mrs. La Barthe and
Mrs. DR.. Dart have been invited to
speak. MABEL NEW MAN,
Secretary.
The Ladies' Bryan Silver club Of the
Fourth precinct will meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. R. M. Evans, 701 East
40
MRS. j. FEWSON SMITH,
President.
The Ladies' Bryan Silver club of the
Second precinct will meet Thursday at
2:90 at the "Barnacle,' 443 South First
West street Mrs. c. E. Allen will
speak. MRS. R. <. THOMAS,
The Ladies' Bryan Silver club Of
the Third precinct will meet at the
( Mammoth pavilion, corner of Fifth
West and First North streets, Friday
September IL at 2:30 p. m. Good
speakers will be present.
The Ladies' Bryan Silver club of the
FIRST precinct will meet ait the resi-
dence of f. NJ Weller, on East Seventh
South street, Friday, Sept II, at 2:30
D. m. The Hon. T. G. Merrill will
speak.
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