Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-11-24
CHAMP A R LETTER"
James W. Dobson Takes Issue With
Congressman Clarks Recently
Published Statements.

To the Editor Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, Nov. 22.-Dear Sir:
In your issue of November 18th l read
an article with the above headline.
The letter is intensely interesting, as
our Congressman brings before your
readers many things Of interest to
many minds. It is not my intention
to review Mr.. Clark's letter in It's
entirety, but to look for a moment at
his remarks on the money question.
Mr.. Clark declares that there are two
kinds Of monometaIlists or two classes.
1t is not necessary to repeat bis de-
scription; your readers q refer to
his letter for that.
One sentence in Mr.. Clark's descrip-
ton I will mention. He says what
they want is a scarce dollar, the scarcer
the better, and what they want is
precisely what we don't want. Now
let Us see il these are the facts Of
the case. In the first place it would
be well to understand that Mr.. CLARK
is addressing himself to all his political
opponents, whether they are Demo-
Gratis or Republicans, IL they are Of
the gold standard type. He shows In
bis letter by a statement from the
director Of the mint that during the
good old Democratic times, from 1872
to 1850, we coined s1,650,O 900 OF silver
and from 1861 to 1872 we coined $780,
SOC, 900, making q total production of
S154, $50 900 in silver prior to 1875 and
now, from the tenor Of Mr.. olark's
letter, we are led to believe that the
gold party Of this country land that is
the Republican party lie trying to
curtail the supply Of money.
Well, II Mr.. Clarkis assertion Is cor
rect the Republican party il going
about it in a very peculiar manner
and viii certainly have to change their
tactics or else they viii not accom-
plIsh their purpose, for we as a people
are, to use q business phrase, literally
coming money under our Republican
tariff at such a rate thai In two years.
time we have increased the amount in
circulation s356, s50,5s2. These are
official figures and are just as accurate
as the figures quoted by MFR. Clark.
Does this look as though the Repub-
lican or gold standard party lie try
ing to make money scarcef II 9
man sells anything at q good profit il
he not said to be coming money! We
as a people, under q present system,
are selling nearly $3.50, 900, 900 a yeal
more than we are buying This money il
circulating among the people, for the
people raise and make the articles tina
are scld and the great mass Of the
people are that much richer.
MIR. Clark is a great story teller. he
tells a good story in his letter about
the negro bell ringer. l like a good
story, for feel that tits good to laugh
but the farmer who sold 5000 worth
Of cattle and took bis pay In $1,000 in
gold, $1,000 in silver and $1,000 il
greenbacks could not laugh, because
when he took his money home he hit
It ia lis house and while he was IN
town the pext day along with his wife
his house burned down and bis money
looked a little different. His green
backs could not be redeemed and hi
silver, which had melted IN the nre
brought him lie bullion value, aboul
e154, but bis geld was worth si,vOo
Ant then there Is no laugh to this kind
Of 4 story. There is . very msteFia
difference between telling 9 good Btori
and telling q part Of the truth ant
leaving some things untold
Yours sincerely,
JAMES w. DoBsoN.