Show FINANCE AND M HERE HERB I 1 IS SAN AN EYE OPENER FOR I 1 HONEST AMERICAN VOTERS I 1 export P sad tf less imports import tha man under bm yet tt arte del 1 suna ua clr tho money question alone ajon at af tooting staff ft aff the treasury depart department ment has issued the following statements showing our import and exports the past abu three years tears it will be seen that we are exporting more under the wilson bill than we did under ander the mckinley bill also that we are importing less the relation ol of the tariff to f finance is fully covered by the quest questions ioas and answers that follow the table THE TABLE imports for the year ending june 50 20 1893 pree free dutiable total exports agriculture ma manufactures 2002 mining forest fisheries miscellaneous total imports imports over exports imports for the year ending june 30 r A ree Dati dutiable able total exports agriculture mining 2 20 0 2 I 1 r orts or t S 27 7 1 r i 1 eri r s ii manufactures 1 I total lin imports orts I 1 exports over imports I 1 imports for the year ending june 30 ee cc 3 1 able I 1 total nt IKi af pf orts rt s AL d luire ture 1 55 1 I is 11 i 1 s 1 altures ac tures es arst ris riis mi z Iane igneous ous tc tal il I 1 imports m ports exports escorts over imports imports for the year ending june 30 arpe ar ie Di Din viable ble j I 1 total I 1 duties coll collected eano exports ts agriculture k ri alture manufactures f aning forest fisheries miscellaneous total imports exports over imports 5 Q what do we give in exchange for the imports noted in the above tables A the products of our farms and our factories Q but in cases where the exports exceed the imports what do we receive to make the balance good A nothing whatever Q queer how do you account for it A in this way we owe a fast foreign debt of the interest on which must be paid annually when our exports exceed our imports the balance in our favor goes towards paying off our interest on our foreign debt Q Is our excess of exports annually sufficient to pay interest on our foreign debt A no not by tar far our interest amounts io to annually ully in 1 e ex cees of exports Q how do we pay the interest ain gold Q where do we get the gold A we borrow it Q cite an instance A during the past three years the government has borrowed in gold from foreign countries with which to pay the interest on our foreign debt Q that tor for the burp purpose ase 0 of f maintaining the gold reserve at A apparently yes but it if you will remember that almost as soon as the various bond issues issuer were effected the gold received was quickly withdrawn from the treasury by holders of green backs who wished to send the money abroad in payment of interest on foreign debts Q how does this country happen to owe such a vast sum abroad A nearly all our largest industries are owned by foreign capital the earnings must most be paid annually ann Q can we ever recover these industries dus tries A not unless we abandon the single told sold standard Q why not A simply because should we try to purchase them the present owners would demand gold tn in payment Q why cant we ve pay tor for ohp them in told gold JL A it ift would be impossible to pay tor for worth of property with our oar fiant of gold Q how hov much gold Is now in the united states JL L very huftle two all 11 lioa Ilon dollan woold toor poyer rait Q uza under the mma w r au a fai lre evil endean r ta A iia A Q why is it impossible A because all our gold is now leaving us and if something is not quickly done to prevent it we will soon be on a silver basis Q but it better better to be on a free silver basis than on a single gold basis A yes very much but what we most is a double basis Q flow ho should we e go about getting on a double basis A by B r re ead admitting silver to free coinage and thereby making the silver in a silver dollar just as valuable as the gold in a gold dollar Q how can that be done A very N ery easily if the government coins silver free at the ratio of 16 to 1 which is equivalent to 1 29 cents per I 1 oance holders of silver bullion w would 0 uld I 1 not part with their metal at a smaller figure Q would such a process cheapen gold A yes by throwing the demand demaid i onto silver gold would then flow into the country instead of flowing out both metals having the same value we e could then pay our foreign debt in eather coin Q what effect would the of silver have on our exports A it would greatly increase them Q why A for many reasons in the first place there would be a big influx of silver from every country this would go into our mints and be coined into american dollars these dollars would in turn pay for the products of american farms and factories in other w words our products would go to the countries from which the silver would come this is just the condition of affairs that the people of this akis nation should aim 9 im for Q then it injure this country to absorb the worlds sliver A did you ever know of a nation or an individual injured by too much money that is the best answer Q I 1 see that some of the papers say eay that the advocates of free silver coinage c are all lunatics ga A yes ye having no substantial argument to make against our proposition they ridicule us and in this way keep t beep many good yet timid persons out of our ranks Q have any really great statesmen ever advocated free and unlimited coinage of silver A yes nearly all the greatest men of this and other generations Q name some of them A james G blaine james A garfield U S grant abraham lAn lincoln coln lyman trum trumbull bull andrew jackson henry clay william henry harrison thomas jefferson and many others Q has william mckinley ever advocated the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 I A yes when in congress he voted and spoke for it Q how do you account for his pres opposition to free silver ahe tailed failed in business a few years ago and two representatives of the money power H H kohlsaat of chicago and mark hanna of cleveland came to hl his rescue and paid his hia debts about that time his views on tree free silver underwent a radical change Q do you believe that a free silver republican should vote for mckinley A A sincere advocate of tree free silver cannot consistently vote for mckinley Q how should he vote A for bryan Q one or two questions more what was the price of silver when it was de in 1873 A about per ounce it was at a premium Q then it t is true arne that it was not de because the silver dollar w was as cheaper than the gold dollar A yes the silver dollar was worth a premium of 3 cents over the gold dollar since 1873 silver has declined in value on account of and all prices have declined with IL 11 admit silver to the mints again and it will at once regain its old value avalne in like manner will all other property particularly the products of the farm and factory tac tory adding almost so 50 per cent to the income of the real producer labor P J D the seventy two mo races inhabiting laft tho world with each other jn different tongues and confess cc to about 1000 religions the number of men and women is very nearly equal the averige average longevity loi ty ot of doth boux sexes being only thirty eight years about ae third aw |