Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-03-04

long ago but the miners of Short
/ Creek are represented In the Kansas
+ House by a plutocrat who didn't seem
to recognize his opportunity or is more
likely in sympathy with the robber
money barons of Wall street who want
/ to corner the money market and con-
tract the currency.
/ Before introducing this resolution
! it was submitted to the lead and zinc
mine owners who said they approved
of it as it would be good thing for
+ them.
! Your committee had some difficulty
in deciding upon the ratio of I6 to l
as the commercial ratio is about 3d.
900 to but it is expected that free
coinage will restore lead and zinc TO
their legitimate place in the money
markets of the world. No doubt it
will because since this resolution was
introduced zinc ore has gone up 81 per
ton.
General Artz objected to the state
ment that there were no silver mines
in Kansas as it might depress the
market quotations of his mining
stock but he was greatly in favor of
free coinage of zinc, etc. He said
there were no arguments in favor of
the free and unlimited coinage of
silver that did not apply equally well
/ to the free coinage of several other
metals, especially lead and zinc. Your
committee had not thought of this
before but after little study we be-
lieve it to be true. Some of the
!
sion are here inserted in our report:
Free coinage of lead and zinc would
make d larger volume of money which
would be hard to ''corner."
1t would increase the circulation
''per capiter."
1t would be cheaper" money. even
cheaper than silver.
Farm products would sell higher IN
this kind of money.
| Our debts would remain the same
while the volume of money would be
increased. That would make it easier
to pay off our mortgages which the
Great Red Dragon forced actually
forced to sign it.
| Lead being softer than silver it
would make more flexible currency
almost as flexible as paper circu-
| lating medium.
Being cheap money there would be
little incentive for counterfeiting. Ii
counterfeited the spurious coin would
| be as good as the genuine and the
general government would be reliev-
ed of large expense in maintaining
IA secret service for the detection and
conviction of criminals of this class.
Free coinage of lead and zinc would
be of especial advantage to our state
because:
Kansas can maintain it wothout the
consent of any other state.
She could control the per capiter
and make 1t as low or high as she
pleased according to the production
and price of other crops.
1t would make more work for our
lead, coal and zinc miners.
1t would keep our coke ovens hot.
1t would make more work and nigh
er wages for our lime and charcoal
burners.
1t would make a better market for
all our agricultural products.
1t would help the farming class as
they would get better prices for their
hay and buttermilk.
The prospect is pleasing. 1t ex-
cites your committee. Hurrahi When
we can coin the pig" then let the
clay digger dig and the stone jigger
jig. Then let the crusher crush and
the rusher rush the growler. He can
afford it. Let free silver go heller
skelt when the Spelter can spelt. Let
the coker coke and the croaker cr-.
Oh, no, there will be no croakers
when we have free coinage.
LATER Imagine your committees
surprise when we received remon-
STRANGE and protest from the miners
of lead, coal and zinc. They don't
want free coinage of their products
They don't want to receive their
wages in cheap dollars and then pay
higher prices for farm products to
live upon.
This was a sumner but the mind of
a true reformer is equal to any emer-
gency- We amended our resolution
as follows:
Resolved, That lead and zinc coins
shall be legal tender in sums of not
less than one million dollars and new
er be legal tender for daily wages in
any sum whatever.
That ought to do up plutOcratS ana
satisfy the WORKING classes