The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-02-14
goodwin VERY WRATHY
VETRAN utah editor SKINS HIDES FROM new
YORK SLANDERERS

Bryan individuals of whom
miners contributions Mr. Bryans 1896
campaign Mr. Bryan did repudate their contribution And
assang Mr. Bryan they included scry abuse of the who
had made the contributions though they public enemies who
seeking bbe the Government into committing something
like hari-kari.
The nany upon Mr. Bryan and upon the conribu
tors grows thought considered says Goodwn
Weekly
principle rather should say axiom political
economy prices advance and recede in the
precise money and decreases country
before the first page history wten silver and gold had
money They the only metals fitted for the
pose because they alone the only needed requisites namely
lstre maleaby indesctably densitythe only difference
between them being degree densy-and the fact
that had been able acquire enough
of both metals mems needs for money.
After minis established their relative value established
possible by the of labor required produce each
which was about II to poured into Europe from
and Peru from D. 1900 D. 1900 could not beat sill
than AZ points and the coinage of Great Britain
that of continental Europe 1914 to Our own
finally established at 16 to and sensitive was the
worlds market that our underwegted pre-
their being bought up and shipped abroad silver 16 to was
more valuable than gold
Silver was discovered United States 1859 When the
great gold of California and the gold and silver
of Nevada of the nation through the anguish the
and the fear of that second birth But the upheaa
gold hiding and the Government had to issue
paper money to expenses and sell bonds
money 60 The bonds sold discount the paper cur
encv fell before below 40 the dollar
With this paper currency passing with the Government these
bonds were bought The the first was
to have the interest paid specie (ver god
The have the principal of the bonds paid IN
specie great part drawing $3.50 cent interest
bondhodes tenceforth to receive specie
and principal for the they had paid tor the
bonds did satisfy their avarice In 1878 the
bondede indebtedness than $22ooooooOo
those bondhod conceived the idea OF doubling the
principal The then comptroller OF the cur
rency looking bill puportng better regulate
currency three and representatives pushed
by through the house and and became law Each
one of pncey rewards from the
of New York City
The nation at large had no realization by silver had
been reduced basic metal money commodity until silver
began to fall in compared with gold But with every
of property interest bearing securities payable IN
gold fell Then storm in and out OF con-
g to have wrong undone but that New York faithful as
always is and rushed the bondhoders defense and
raised the Woud you pay debts in light weight dollars though
the truth was seeviden that silver had seemed to fall solely be-
cause its function as money denied by legislation At
that time the Government the and cities the railroads and
people owed quite much all the property Of the republic
amounted to-
The fight to restore silver years Once
nearly won but was back by the then Secretary OF the Treas
ury the press that always does the bidding OF the
capitalists worked necessarily against restoration
In the meantime the property the country had measured in gold
srnk so per vaue silver had and hundreds OF
thousands of had made bankrupt while millions more owed
about as much property would have sold for Then to he
willing resdent to give to silver money final blow, those
New York consprators precpated panic which Frustrated the
country special of congress called and silver as basic
money finally assassnated
Three years in the counrys extremity one OF the great
parties put plank in its platform pedgng the restoration OF silver
In the previous twenty three years since the first legislation against
silver the miners in the silver had been robbed of quite $780,
600 bv the legislation which denied silver its mnemoa place
as money! the property of the east had lost IN the shnkage
of their property quite 80 percent OF Its value
few men of them owners IN silver mines sent
OF their free will what they try elect the candidate pledged