The sun., 1900-10-08
THE A 8 c OF FREE SILVER.
Plain Statement showing what ZIG
to L. Really Means.

Plain Statement showing W hat "ln
to L" Really Means.
"Sixteen to one" means that Bryan
and the Democrats insist that congress
shall enact a law which will make III
ounces Of silver, now worth about 6u
cents an ounce, or $500 for 1G ounces,
worth rs much rs one ounce Of gold,
worth S20.GI.
The free aud unlimited coinage of
silver at this ratio, therefore, means
that Bryan and the Democrats want
congress- to enact Il law SO that any
| body having silver, no matter who he
| may be or where he or his silver comes
| from, can take it or send it to any
| American mint and have 1t coined into
standard silver dollars OF 4i2l2 grains
| free Of all cost the american people
paying all the expense Of coinage, these
| free coined dollars. in weight and IN
trinsic valta worth about IS cents, to
be il compulsory legal tender for an
debts, 10th private ard pubic. IN
other words TIL government shall pass
d law a@lrei'r q accept lS cents for
100 cents ana cnpel every Americans
rich ana poor alike. 70 submit q this
prcpostefoils ana bankruptcy breeding
scheme.
Rohhery d The People.
When il + remembered that America
owns less than one-auater Of the
worlds silver, the astounding and ig-
nomnt atroeity Of this proposed rob
berry of the people is made more clearly
manifest. Everybody knows that near
IL il not Ill of the other tllrce-quartcrs
Of the silver in the world would be
sold to us at two for one, double its
value, and sent to our mints to coin, so
That in a very short time after the en-
actment Of such foolish law an ava
lanche Of silver would pour into this
country from all parts Of the earth. SC
that the government would have tc
t suspend and repudiate this law. II
/ the meantime Ill our gold and much OF
our other property would be owned by
) foreign owners Of silver paid for hy u
at more than tw.cc its value, Wlicl
would mean overwhelming loss to thi.
,, country. hrnelcss national hnnlrnPtc.
and universal panic, putting the cul
rcncy on I'M absolute silver ha,is. Cal
i any sanc man conceive Of 4 more ali
surd Or bulkolike proposition?
Why silver iIna Become 50 Cheap.
Up to 1871 silver WAS ut 4 premium
over gold on account of its scarcity an
i, worth from S1.2a to $l.3l per ounce
but during the 20 years from 1871 (
! 1891 such enormous silver deposit
5 were found and so much silver WA
Z produced that the world could not uti
Il ize it all for coinage or i'll the art
t and its value and the price therefor
y rapidly declined, until in 1881 it fo
to A. cents per ounce, compelling nca
i ~ every silver mine owner to SIN
! down and quit, so that very little silv'
i is being or has been produced durii
,s the last ten years, consequently Il
# price has again advanced nearly
lS cents per ounce from the lowest.
Y Why Chnrges
!" Labor las been we'll rewarded und
= the present Republican admnistratio
i Everybody is able 10 earn good Ii
ing Why invite commercial dstreS
general panic and hard times by ina
gurating another experimental chan
q such as we had iii 1Sl3-4? No woi
3 no wages Or very low wages, bre
b riots. souphousrs and great genel
8 suffering Will he brought on by eve
Il vetp cast for the Bryan. Croker
n braska free silver ana New York
n trust combine. II you don't believe
u law and o,slcr and the supreme cot
B d what they Stylc government by
n function to Restrain the lawlcss a
q protect iifp and property hut want ;
n arrlE. robbery ana panic, elect I
y Democratic cand,1ute William J,
q n.n9s Blwaa. to ruin you ana i,
n carnt.F ana riaac Us the Taught
Il i 'ck q all the ot.ler countries Of j
VI Garth.
d Can yeH sei!5as'Y neite such con
I'll tions as these >yi}d theorists and wo
4 be eXpcrilnentats IL government i
s pose?