The morning times., 1896-09-13
Ten Questions for Mr.. Bryan.


those who the wealth of this land particularly the farmer are
able enough their and inter
produce prices products the
farmer has raised that they will not bring him enough to pay him Tor
raising them.-From H': Btya"s AeaOena0'M Speech
1t is Mr. Bryan and his party who have put the cart
before the horse. They evidently trying to harness
monetary phantom interests expecting it to
move immense volume of trade and unless stopped
by the November election their attempt will end in
panic that will destroy half the industrial and
cia enterprises of the country Were for the sill
delusion trade would be prosperous and there
would satisfactory demand for products. But
the free coinage agitation has impaired confidence
financial stability and the country is suffering from its
effects. Confidence, credit and demand natural
suits of monetary SYSTEM and but for the fear
that about adopt the monetary standard of
China, India, and Mexico mills and factories would
be running full time. This danger has been mpend
ing since the of the Sherman purchasing act
i'll $780, and shall have return of good times
until silver bugaboo is forever banished There
as many mouths feed and much money to
stimulate trade, but capitalists will risk investment
assured that there will be panic and this loss of
confidence future is what restricts demand Those
who feel inclined to branch out and drive business
neither find capital credit to do and in
there has been tremendous shrinkage in the volume of
trade If Mr. Bryan and his confederates will stop hang
ing danger signals in the financial world there will
be lack of demand Further is almost criminal to
force this country to undergo panic and the aiction
debased money standard under the shallow pretense
that imitation will benefit farmers Our agricultural pop
uation, including farmers and hired help, in 1890
52S1 557 The total number of outside of
agriculture A. 326 15O Therefore, in order give
inflated prices to farmers the sverites propose ad
vance the cost of living to than fourteen million
nd fami
way adequately increase their wages 1t is to
diminish the purchasing power of wages by circulating
deprecated money, but act of Congress force
willing employers to pay additional dollars make up
the loss.
When Mr. Bryan advocates the maintenance of a re-
liable monetary standard he will have put horse be
fore the cart The demand for farm other products
be created by unlocking the amount of money
now boarded away Our fall to silver basis would not
the circulation of money because gold would go
to premium and only be used in foreign commercial |
transactions, and there is immediate way to make up
its loss The purchasing power of silver would also be
partially destroyed and the of available money
injured that 1t would be difficult to mix the
vapors of sheol with the sunlight Of heaven
to bring about bmetallism by act of Congress- If the
United States could control the production of both gold
and and regulate its coinage throug the great
nations bmeallism would be possible; but
the open the mints, without international
greenent to coin gold and silver on individual
account bimetalsm will become impossbility.
Our dollars will then be rated at their worth as bull
lion and those of superior metal value will imme-
diately go premium. The for this will be
the desire of everybody to hoard the superior
money and pay out the other when occasion demands
1t is this that Mr. Bryan and his confeder
to designate gold the money of the classes silver
as the money of the people. Gold is being |
boarded by people who afford to hold it because they
expect it will command premium under silver regime
Inasmuch Mr. Bryan is the financial mentor of the
svertes and he is to open his fount of none
tary wisdom this city, it would be interesting as we'll
as instructive to have him the following ten
questions
l. How bimeta1lism be enforced without adopting
method of controlling the entire production use
of both gold and silver?
g. How would deprecated money benefit working
people, and how could their wages be advanced meet
ed tofl nAa ted