Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

cents per ounce, or Sc, 040, 000, 900. And
strange TO shy, the larger part of this
added wealth would be outside Of our
own country. In gold standard coun.
tries the commercial value Of
the silver coins in circulation would be
brought nearly to the gold standard.
This hat Of ours would substantially
double the value of SIP, 000, 600 in sill
yer coins in Great Britain: $500,000, 900
in France; $215, 100000 in Germany:
p4,O00,0O0 in Belgium; $16,000,000 in
Italy; SIS, 000,0 900 In Switzerland; So
100000 in Greece; 1856, 100000 in
Spain; $t0,000,000 in Portugal; $50, 000,-
600 In Austro.H angary; SOC, ooo,o 900 in
the Netherlands; $4,000 900 in Sweden:
$5,400,000 in Denmark; S44, Co., 900 in
Turkey; $1,000 900 in Australia; $751;
100000 in Egypt and $4,000, 900 in the
Straits, besides $625, 600, 900 in this
country, and raise all this money near
ly to par with gold; and yet we are told
that all these countries not only refuse
TO join Mr.. Bryan and his supporters,
but even do not sympathize with them
in this stupendous enterprise which would
add so much TO their wealth, and In
n large degree relieve them from
the burden now resting upon them
of keeping their gold and silver coins at
par with each other in their circulation.
But how would IL work in the silver
standard countries? This government
fiat of ours would at one fell swoop sub
stantially double the value of Sal 900, 900
In silver coins In Russia; S50.000.000 in
Mexico 5000 900 in the Central Ameri-
can states; $4,000, 600 in the South
American states; $3.50, 100000 In India,
and S725,000,0N in China. and would Mt
the same time double all the private and
public debts of those countries. which
have been contracted on the silver basis.
But Mr.. Bryan's proposition is more far
reaching than that. He asserts that he
believes that this legislative fat on our
part would not only bring the silver nov
in existence to par with gold Gt ths
the future production there, although
doubling the price would hereafter
probably double the production.
In view of these facts is there any inn
propriety in inquiring how 1t is that we,
10,000,000 strong, can affect the money
of 1,350,000,000 people by a simple stat
ute, while the 1850, 000,0 900 cannot by
legislation affect us? And are the people
of Great Britain and continental Europe
and many millions of Americans to he
dubbed ''money-grabbers" and pluto
Gratis IL they hesitate to believe that Mr..
Bryan has found and carries Aladdin's
Wonderful Lamp, and can produce these
stupendous results? And are the millions
Of people in this country who have made
contracts and investments upon the pres
ent monetary standard. which Is gold,
and which has been the standard at least
since 1879, and think since 1894, to be
charged with being unreasonable when
they ask Mr.. Bryan 10 state explicitly
what he believes would occur not only
to their interests. but TO the business of
the whole country, il his prediction as
to the rise in the price of silver should
not be fulfilled and the standard OF ex-
change should suddenly be changed from
n gold to a silver basis with no, or at
best a slight advance in the commercial
value of silver bullion? j. L.. T..