The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-11-22
WEEKLY DISCOURSES ON THE GREAT
crime OF '73

to say some member proposes give silver the status OF real
money when Congress meets says Goodwns Weekly Had there
been hundred million dollars worth of silver certificates available
week before last in New city with the silver behind them in
the treasury would any Of the odme hrekers have been rgh
ened them? We have been png up tens and hundreds OF mil
lions in gold for years past and behold day came when
avaled nothing.
We were told fifteen years ago that silver had ceased to be fa
of had shn so per cent when measured
Inv ood? That was denied its legitimate and mmemoa use
v law nattered those political economists Wha uey "d
for standard something which would hold Its value law
no law More must hold up when measured by gou "eh @
carried their point They had all that wise press OF the great cities
70 hack their demands and to oboqy upon all who did not
take their view They satisfied to call us IN the west
lpan idiots rather they nmaed that underneath uoiu "
eect o1r disposition be grand larceny thieves was soe
b.1 Even old man Harvey Scott of the Oregonian lever
hdd on most subjects inclined to take this vew thougn ~
more 70 lack of knowledge of the real functions OF money
and the absolute necessity unchanging standard OF Vaues ~
70 an inherent lack of common honesty go
Rr now the much-auded nviolabe gold standard WIN nv
he test that its friends insisted was imperative Il MI u
h over the files of the Oregonian for five years past nc w
- that cold is so weak and limp that 1t cannot Suau up anu
hold ifs own against box of Oregon apples. ana , w.
behind it is all the majesty of the laws OF all the great
or+b Measured by what men eat, drink ana veal ~ -
from month to month That is the same old Ia" o SuppY
ITO ~ ,e as much as it does the potatoes that gro"
IIT1++o valley or the salmon that swim IN the CoaiiO
This being true then that business OF 1919 was e9 m -
;e Of +he ages was it not? 1t struck down al e +
the country so per cent ana douO ~
bearing piece of paper in the lano cannot keen even by
d. 4to business is reversed now man cahot NeeP
Du. ~ at or per cent if he collects prncFa anu
interest o,ooo GO wars aoo at per cent and
o ~ iye the full interest and principal TO-DAY
were - o TO buv property with it how much could ne Ouy
"e " a. bo+ he might have bought when he naue ' ~
1 into 40 Der cent of anything mat 10 n
- 60 six months ago before the depression anu 60
w. t true would not be sensible ana ia an t"l.
Css TO do to reinstate silver at a fair Vau @ b country
Congress " ecsar to extend its money in TINS Gous
~ ;5 world wants every ounce China Woulu ~ s" ,n
Al a that this country and Mexico can ~, Cit
every o"i ;d Of the whole amount for India ana w o
France Germany Austria and ltay leu,s [ ~ III
@ 900 ces annually for subsidiary coinage IN Wiz rc
e o00' I e,rb know no other money except "Pp y1,
Pc e SQUARE thing by metal that is really more France an
G ;+ use is so much more widely ,J - GEE II
IS Deeu I'D we think China and Japan would DC @ &C. tft
@ restored Why go ahead and pass Jaw W. United State
ia cav 81 90 per ounce, will be accepted OS eaa7 NV Wi
silver at say tse effect forty days after its passage
y anu anu done bv our government the world wOua 0 u week
N that done @ he its value all around the world IN "es'
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