The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-18


mint refined it. Any owner Of silver bullion could
take his bars to mint and have them converted into
dollars, halves quarters dimes In 1877 there
was slipped through Congress measure which took
that privilege from owners of silver bullion. Up
to that time silver producers could do like the Mex
can producer of the white metal. Take his metal
to the nearest mint and have it coined There were
minis at Philadelphia New Orleans Denver, San
Francisco and Carson City. Shortly after 1877
several of those minis were closed and silver was
coined upon government account only.
1t was not long after 1877 before representatives
of all silver mining industry in Congress perceived
their danger; and they began an agitation for re-
sumption Of free coinage of silver. The argument
waxed strong all over the United States; and people
in all states lined side the other
Very Few were for single gold standard Practic-
ally all were for bimetalism; but the line OF cleav-
age was whether the United States should try to carry
bi-metalism alone by restoration of free coinage of
silver at 16 to l. induce other nations to unite IN
the novenent The question was brought to an Is
size IN the election of 1896 The Democratic plat
form with VIM. j. Bryan nominated declared for Tree
coinage at 16 to l., regardless of all other nations
The Republican platform declared for inter
national bi-metallism, and pledged itself to bring it
about and VIM Mckinley, an avowed bi-metallst,
was nominated for president upon that platform
The Single Standard Democrats nominated a
gold ticket with Palmer and Buckner the candidates.
The Republican Party with it's doctrine of in
ternationa bi-metallism the election by getting
the most electoral votes but there were thirteen mil
ior Americans who voted for VIM. j. Bryan and free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 ounces OF silver
to one ounce of gold in the coinage without consult
ing any other nation the face of the Earth Ihr-
teen million Americans voted that the United States
was big enough and strong enough to put over OIL
metallism alone. And they were. 1.-The Oasis Will
admit that it did not think so then. 1t supported
Mckinley and international bl-metall1sm Inc
biu oh tO
But the Single Standard Gold Democratic tic
ket nroled less than three hundred thousand votes
in all the United States All the rest OF the people
were for bi-metallsm in way or the other OF the
two presented in the respective platforms OF the De-
mocratic and Republican Parties.
Now. mark how the Republican party carried
out its pledge of 1896 With Mckinley safely elect
ed, supported by Republican House and Senate,
monetary commission was framed to go to Europe
and beg the single gold standard nations there TO re-
store bi-metalsm. 1t was hopeless JOB, when
Mark Hanna, Nelson Aldrich, Tom Platt and other
bosses of the Republican party knew full we'll IL
was what we call "camoufage" to deceive the
American people, and it did, The commission re-
turned from Europe, reported to Congress that no.
thing could be done in Europe, whereupon Congress
fastened the single gold standard upon the United
States almost irrevOcably
Now, after the foregoing lengthy DEPRESSION we
return to Mr. Buffers proposition which is that there
be restored in Mexico free coinage of silver up to $780,
100000 ounces of that metal. AS he put it in his
address Wednesday evening, he would take Amer-
can silver dollar base and have Mexico coin two
peso piece of equal weight and fineness, one peso
piece Of the same weight and fneness of the Amer-
can half dollar and so down the line He does not
advocate return of free coinage pure and simple He
wants Mexico's silver mining men to have chance
their product to finance their enterprises He
wants also the United States to restore to the treas
uary vaults at Washington the three hundred million
siver dollars which were there backing like amount
of silver certificates and retire the fiat money that
has been issued instead in the form of Federal Re-
and bank notes.
The Chamber Of Commerce of Nogales, with it's
coadjutor, the Young Business Mems Association
have pledged themselves to help forward Mr. But
ters proposition. 1t is good one, and "The Oasis
wishes them all power