Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-23
Don't Forget That Plentiful
Gold Helps to Make
Living Expensive
The More Gold Produced the Less Dollar Is Worth The
Dollar Is WORTH the Less Man Can HAVE on So Day

talk-exremely foolish taz-about making
of silver valuable of gold o
theory very properly said that production of silver
make the dollar worth less and less great
fusion reducing the value of the payment for wages
The silver problem solved by demoneng silver and
of silver worth whatever it will bring silver dollar
is worth dollar the copper worth only be-
it has the government stamp on it.
What feared had "16 to T. prevailed would
have happened tremendous scale in the production of
silver has been happening slowly and gradually in connection with
gold itself.
The dollar which the basis of all transactions AND
WHICH IS THE BASIS OF THE AMOUNT WE PAY A MAN FOR
DAYS ABORis many grains of gold of certain neness
If you take lump of gold weighing pounds the United
States treasury they will make that really gold and then
they will hand you without question United States money equal
value to the value of that gold
You dom need be told that if somebody suddenly
discover mountain of gold and begin pouring the treasury
values would pieces dollar would be worth little nothing
banks would be panic, and suddenly the nations of the
would be compelled to change their monetary system.
Fortunately through centuries supply gold seems to
about kept pace with the necessities of the human
You know perhaps that have spent getting gold
ground actually money than they have ou-hat
say all the digging and mining has the human than
the total value of the gold extracted
But the gold has been produced about needed
in trade in payment of The increase
has been violent frghn the world make
necessary to give up gold as the standard,
Gold hit upon because does affect it and because
it long tmendefnitey, if it away by friction
1t selected because there just about enough of and be-
cause it was very pretty.
Before gold used used other things cattle and hides
nstancefrom that peciary which, from the
word 'pecuns cattle Savage islanders still certain
shells up king of the island the
shells and sometimes big makes him very rich very
poor all of sudden
We back gold and the increased cost of living.
The gold supply HAS BEEN INCREASING VERY LARGELY.
Ores utterly useless worked and
gold by suphde process If only dollar
a ton fields of gold Africa, Alaska, in
many other parts world been opened up the
struggling desperately and eagerly working for the
by of finding mine they would not work for other
kind of a CERTAINTY, have been increasing the supply
Gold S plentiful AND WAGES STAY ABOUT THE
SAME We refer chiefly the mechanic wageshe mechan-
through his had intelligence enough increase his
tie gentleman silk top and the with the silk fac
effort do him good and tries to live his
small salary
He getting just about number of grains of gold
for weeks work years but the price of silk hat
and of food the the price of everything has increased
thanks the that there MORE gold and spent
plenifully.
What is to be done about it is hard o say.
But quite certain that those that discuss the high of
living must take into consideration THE GREATER PRODUCTION
OF GOLD