Show A CHILDS CHILD POLITICAL CATECHISM Q what is a goldbug 5 A he is a person who runs a bank an ance company a railroad or loans money to the poor people Q Is he a kindhearted kind hearted mau man A yes he is so philanthropic i e that he is grieved to think that the people are so foolish as to want silver dollars instead of gold dollars Q do the people get gold dollars A no they do not get them but they can pass along the street 1 and see them in the windows of the I 1 gold bugs Q Is a silver dollar as good as a gold dollar A they were for many hundred years until 1873 but n now they are only a 50 cent dollar Q if a silver dollar is only a half a dollar why do the people want them A bemuse because they cannot get gold dollars or silver ones either and a half a loaf is better than no bread 1 Q what is the value of a silver dollar now A it contains 53 cen cents ta worth of silver figured on a gold basis Q will the silver mine owners become very rich if we get free coinage of silver A yes they can then take 53 cents wa worth rth of silver to the mint and have it coined into 50 cent dollars that this process would soon make them immensely rich is as plain as the nose on your your face Q why will a silver dollar be worth only joo 50 cents should we get free coinage A because the gold bugs bags who think it is dangerous for the people to have ang money will put the price down in order to prevent the people from accepting a silver dol lar Q will a silver dollar buy as much or pay as aa much on debts then as it does now A yes a why then would it not be best to have bave both gold and silver sifer conea coined freely and equally with each ather |