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Show SILVKIl DOLLARS. THE ADDRESS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL SILVER COMMISSION. Shewing the Cue or the Prenent Monoy Slrhijouoy In Due Knllriily to DolDf Jlu.lni on a Gold Halt. Alone. WAsniNdTOV, Dec. 13. The National Executive Silver commission has issued an address to congress as follows: The commission believes the present money stringency and tho breaking down of credit on both sides of tho Atlantic mainly, if not entirely, due to tho attempt to conduct the world's growing business on the narrowing basis of gold as a single money standard stand-ard and again appeals to congress to delay no longer the restoration of silver to unlimited use as money, with all tho gold. All attempts to relieve tho present pres-ent situation by increasing the volume of credit currency or multiplying credit expedients can afford but temporary tem-porary relief. With the gold supply constantly diminishing, the population increasing and tho business rapidly expanding recurrence of tho present situation must come, forcing a periodical periodi-cal adjustment of prices and business to the ever contractiiur scale of a single gold standard. What is needed is a broader basis of primary money, constant and ndcuate supply. Hi-raetalism must liu ro-estali-liKheif. 'l'hero never has been and is not likelv to bn iu tho future too.mneh (rold ami silver to supply the world's needs for money. To supply tho probable prob-able population of tho United Slates alono for tho next century, with tho same per capita we now have, will re-quire re-quire tho production of the metal as preat as tho entire production of the American continent sinea its discovery by Columbus. "With tho free coinnffa of silver the dill'ereneo between silver bullion and silver coin must at once disappear and end silver speculation. It everybody can have silver metal converted into colnaifo free of cost, at t lie rate of grains to tho dollar, then of ootirso thero can be no dillerenee between the valno of (rivou weight of silver in bullion or coin. The commission believes tho fear that freo coimiHo would (lostroy thfl parity of Rold and silver on our ratio of six-teeti six-teeti to ono not well fouudud. Certninly this cannot take place and continue permanently until enough, silver has been coined to provido us with our full distributive share of the world's money independently of cold. Our share at present is H.SHO. 0(10,000 of which nt least $t!50.O0O,l() is gold. Silver enough must be coined then, to give the United States tho full $1,500,0(M),0(K) besides tlie gold and besides enough to take the placo of retired bank notes antl supply the requirements of ourincreasin population pop-ulation and growing Industries. He-sides He-sides the proposed issue of new papor money will tend in the same degree to displace gold that silver will. Which, then, is best, metallic money, constant in tupply, sclf-regulating. nud that needs no redemption, or additional credit money, to be some time redeemed re-deemed in gold, that bocomo constantly dearer as the demands upon it increase!1 The peoplo demand that their constitutional constitu-tional right to have recourse to both gold and silver for money be restored to them. |