The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-10-05

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sIom the Prederlcktown Democrat News.
The following letter was received by
the Madison Coun,y bank last Wedues.
day, from the cashier Of the coutineD-
tai National Bank, ST. Louis:
/ Dear sir-Thc treasury department a,
| Washington requires that silver certificates
and treasury notes Of iso I've deposited for
the withdrawal or shipment of silver tIoilarS
Oa account OF the scarcity OF silver eeTtifs.
Gates and treasury or cuin notes. we are IN
ahlc 10 filj the many orders Of our customers
| for silver dollars
The assistant tTeasurprS NJ S. inuis aud
New trleiins b1th report that they are un
able To MI orders for silver half dollars and
quarters. II. therefore. seems that II will
bc impossible for us to either meet the dr.
mand for either silver dollars or fractional
| silver coin. We have offered the assistant
treasurer legal tender notes and gold coin
for silver dollars, but ~ .ecms under tho Law
or the ruling OF the treasury department at
Washington. that he Is unable to accept ans.
thing but the silvcFcerttAcatoso or eoln no,ca.
y. d. MARSHALL. Cashier.
Ut viii be seen FROM the above that
The necessity of building those immense
vaults in which We would have to store
our silver (that the Republican party
~ well as the goldbugs Of the Demo
cratic party were telling Us d few
months ago would have To be built II
we did not stop the coinage Of silver,
was just simply lie told in the inter.
est of lot Of rich bank corporations Of
the Eastern money ccnters of our coun.
Try. However, perhaps II IL FORUM.
ate phase Of the money question iha,
this scarcity Of silver has developed ut
this time, rs 1t Mt once shows Us the ab-
surIity Of NIL such humbugs, and it GER
tainiy ought 10 open the eyes and I'm.
press II on the minds cf every intelli-
gent voter that they have been wrongly
Informed, aud In fact lied TO, In order
that few bankers aud members Of rich
might obtain control Of
the money Of the country.
Not only have these gol,lbugs lied
about the trouble of taking care of the
silver, bus they have baca untru.Isiul
IN regard TO the cheaper money driving
he gold oul Of the country The fact
y, The stcarer, or gold, Is driving the
oliver out of cur country; ne everyone
knows. that Eeads The papers. that we
ire sending to Europe every twU os
hrec weeks 800. 600 ounces of silver.
'r perhaps i.0Oo.0 ounces. Il is
rue that this silver Is ma, money,
hough At the same time our nlinis, ,
without expense, could have made nil 4
II IL INTO money; but Of eearsc bHd
Ibis silver been made into money the |,
'anks Of New York and other money .
enters would have been uHabee to con-
rol the quantity VI money, ne we'll NJ h
making no profit on the uuIpat, for of
ourse II sueh had been the ease there | ,
souid be no scarcity of silver. Hence, In
re repeat that Il Is fortunate for the
Ommon people that Ibis scarcity OF ! q
ilvcf has uncovered the snbleringa Of 4
he gold clique thss are running our
omnscreo and running cur government. b
he whole amount OF the business b d
bat Mark Hanna, Mckinley q Co. have
armed The financial part Of our govern
sens over to tho rich money changers ;,
I Lombard street, London. and Wall
rect, New York. and The cffect l. /,
sarce silver, and the pressai eondl-
ons SHOW, as MIR. lsryan has oiasn told !.
8, that silver Is tho eommon peopss's !
loney. Y