The representative., 1901-05-16

and ambitious men getting control Of
the money; that is, It's volume. and
when this control is secure. the rest is
easy. the destruction Of the nation is
rs sure to follow 40 night follows the
day.
written by a prominent attorney and
clerk of the United States court.-Ed.)
The Law for MabeA.
Editor Representative: Once more I
come to you to thresh old straw that
Maben has mussed over, and II you and
your readers will pardon me for this
pnce,-I will promise faithfully never
again to notice Maben In your columns
ION this question, that was at issue be-
hween US; for Of all the men ever knew
Who wrote and had their articles pub
ntshed in a respectable newspaper Maben
ls the worst prevaricator, quibbler and
phuffler I ever saw. He can no more
ebe held to an issue that a Digger Indian.
have repeatedly called his attention
to the question on which he took issue
with me in my article of Feb. %. In
which l said 1T Is not necessary that
money should have a commercial value;
that the laws of nations make money
each for themselves. which is their unit
of value and money Of accounts, with
(which all business Ia done within the
Boundary lines of that nation; but as
soon as the money of any one nation
passes the boundary lines of that ma
zion, 1t Is no longer money, but an arti
tcle Of commerce sold by the pound"
OF course, there are exceptions to
tthis rule, there are few nations who,
lby reciprocal laws. make their money
International, but the above Is what
Maben took exception to and wrote as
tollows:
i,March IA: 1--WE all know that gold
poin always passes in large transactions
Bither at home or abroad by weight"
This is the exact language Of Maben
IN his article Of March IA, which he
called Nuts for Nelson" and 1t was
said to disprove the statement had
made Feb. %; and not one word in my
article of the 28th, or his of March IA,
was said about clipped, punched or
worn coins.
April 4 1 replied to Maben of March
IA by saying mo payments are made in
the United States in pounds, or by the
weight Of coins, but all debts, or COM
mercial transactions, are made In dol
Oars and cents by counting the coins as
the stamp on their face indicates"
All this time nothing had been said
about clipped punched, drilled or worn,
out coins. This idea of defaced and
yWOrn-Out coins were first introduced in
his article of April 18, where he quotes
the treasurer's statements in a list of
prices which the mints pay for that
kind Of stuff In cash, when presented
for sale, and has no bearing on
the question at issue and has not the
osemblance to connect it with the issue.
and will not pay any further attention
to 1t, or Maben either. II he persists in
such Misrepresentation.
Maben demands that l give date Of
law whicE says that gold coins are a
legal tender at their nominal or face
value.
Now to wind up and dismiss any fur
ther controversy on tais subject with
Maben, l will proceed to grant his re-
quest, hoping he will read up and in
future make better appearance in the
discussions of this question. Here it is,
Mr.. Maben:
Coinage laws of the United States;
acts of April 2, 1892: June %, 1884;
January 1S, 1897; February 21. 1853.
(This last is the first law in the Unit
ed States which limited the amount in
which any United States coins could be
made a tender This act made all coins
less than one dollar tender for IS
only.)
Act of Feb. IL, 1873, is the first act
ever limiting the sum In which dollar
coined in the United States was a legal
tender: this act created silver dollar,
known as the trade dollar and made is
legal tender for S. for any one payment
Act of Feb. %, 1873, provides for the
coinage of silver dollars, with this pro-
vision:
THAT such coins with all silver dol
lars heretofore coined shall be a legal
tender at their nominal or face value for
all debts and dues, public and private,
except where otherwise expressly stipu-
lated in the contract"
This is the exact language; word for
word, in the act of 1873. the other acts
referred to all make coins of dollar legal
tender, without the exceptional pro-
vision that appears in the acts of 1873
and 1873. Read them and profit by it,
Mr.. Maben. Good bye.
A. H. NELSON.